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What we will be watching for this weekend

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(Tigerillustrated.com does not release a forecast for FCS opponents on Clemson's schedule. We will resume the Friday forecast on September 17 ahead of the Tigers' conference home opener versus Georgia Tech).

For Clemson fans, the most conflicting and difficult byproduct of an unsettling defeat against a top-shelf program is the length of time before the Tigers will have a chance to definitively resolve it on the field.

South Carolina State head football coach Buddy Pough is shown here in Death Valley in September of 2013.
South Carolina State head football coach Buddy Pough is shown here in Death Valley in September of 2013. (Getty)

At some point in 2021, we'll have a much better idea of whether what we saw on offense Saturday night was representative of the season as a whole or a mere aberration.

But that's a long time from now. Even under a best-case scenario, Clemson could spend the next two months lighting up scoreboards and fans would still be at least a little nervous about what might happen in a playoff -type matchup resembling the one we saw in Charlotte.

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