GAME PREVIEW: CLEMSON
BY LOU SOMOGYI
BATTLE OF ATTRITION
Notre Dame's woes of losing six
major players for the season to injury
before the fourth game has been well
documented.
Among Power Five conference
teams, Clemson might best rival the
Fighting Irish when it comes to set-
backs with personnel losses this year.
One difference is that whereas Notre
Dame returned 19 starters from last
year 's Music City Bowl victors, plus
added 26-game starter KeiVarae Rus-
sell from 2012-13, Clemson had to re-
place a plethora of front-line players
from last year.
Only three starters returned from
the nation's No. 1-ranked total defense
(260.8 yards allowed per game), with
the most notable loss being first-round
pick Vic Beasley at end. Six starters
were back from the offense, but the line
took some hits in the offseason as well
as the regular season.
• Redshirt sophomore defensive end
TOP STOrylineS
Sophomore wide receiver Artavis Scott — who had 20 catches for 188 yards and two touchdowns through
three games this season — is now without his running mate, junior wideout Mike Williams, but the
Clemson pass attack is expected to remain lethal.
PHOTO COURTESY CLEMSON
