I went back and watched some of that game....geez.
-The first two offensive drives for Clemson: we should have had a pick on the first that led to 7. On the 2nd drive, we have them in 3rd and 9 at midfield, they get a holding call but on the same play Amari gets a late hit on Lawrence which negates the hold and keeps their drive going and gives them 7 more.
-Our first two drives, had nothing to do with receiver separation. King had 0.5 seconds in the pocket both times. It was a complete protection failure.
At that point the tone of the game was pretty much set. The thing that's frustrating is we had the ball at Clemson's 22 with 5 mins left in the 2nd, down 14-0, and we can't get a TD. Then it's 21-10 in the 3rd, we get a fumble, have the ball at the 25 and throw an INT because our receivers are god awful.
We had NO business winning that game but it's very possible this game could have been within one score midway into the 3rd, which is shocking.