Dabo Swinney and the Clemson football program are having their worst season with Swinney at the helm in years, and it has been a rough time for not only the Tigers fans but the players as well.
Clemson has won at least ten games in their last eleven seasons, an amazing run for the Tigers. That streak ended Saturday, as there is now no chance this team can win double-digit games. Sitting at 4-4, this is a place Clemson hasn’t been in a while. Wide receiver Troy Stellato spoke to the media after the game and was very honest about what’s going on and how it feels.
“We have no business being 4-4, and it’s not okay. It’s not our standard, and it’s not my standard. So, it’s frustrating. It really is because we believe we should win every game. We’re three plays away man; it’s crazy. It’s crazy,” Stellato said as he shook his head.
“I feel like just everything is going against us this year a little bit. We’re a 4-4 football team, but we’re not that. We aren’t that. We’re just like literally a couple plays away every game. It’s frustrating because we all put in so much hard work…every week, these freak plays happen,” Stellato said.
At this point in the season, it is no longer a worry about ten wins or an ACC Championship… it is simply about qualifying for a bowl game. The Tigers need two more wins over their final four games to qualify.
It will be an interesting final stretch of the season for this team.