On Tuesday of last week, ahead of Clemson’s eventual 24-10 home win over Florida State last Saturday, Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney decided that after their first touchdown in the game, the Tigers were going to go for two instead of kicking the extra point.
“I made the decision on Tuesday — which is our kind of heavy field goal day and our prep day there – I made the decision on Tuesday,” Swinney said during his weekly radio show on Monday night. “I told the team, ‘First touchdown, we’re going to get two. It’s going to be eight points, not seven.’”
That’s exactly what ended up happening. After the Tigers received the opening kickoff, they marched down the field on a 13-play, 75-yard drive, capped with a 4-yard touchdown run by quarterback Cade Klubnik…