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You make your own luck by bringing your own guts, by being in the right place at the right time, by being so good at the detail things that in a close, high-stakes game it's always the one or two details flubbed by the other team that end up deciding that game.

And the inverse of that is precisely the story of how Clemson has managed to lose five of its last eight games against Power 5 competition.

Because for every Clemson fan that jammed into Death Valley yesterday, the most gutting part of what happened was the almost microscopic line between bumbling Clemson and vintage Clemson.

YOU MAKE YOUR OWN LUCK (For subscribers-only)

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