Clemson Football: How the Tigers Can Avoid Another Late-Season Collapse
Last season, Tiger fans saw a new-look Clemson team with a new offense led by offensive coordinator Chad Morris that gained national acclaim thanks to the likes of quarterback Tajh Boyd, freshman sensation Sammy Watkins and the ever-present Andre Ellington leading Clemson's rushing attack.
And yet several weaknesses, such as an inconsistent offensive line and a porous defense, proved to be the Tigers' downfall late in the season, suffering blowout losses to Georgia Tech, NC State and South Carolina in the regular season while also being embarrassed in the national spotlight by West Virginia's "Air Raid."
Despite these losses, the Tigers will enter 2012 with targets on their backs, and if they want to make it back to Charlotte and back to Miami, several things must be done to ensure the Tigers don't suffer a critical meltdown, as they seem to do whenever the media attention shifts towards them.
