The Latest Breaking News from Clemson

The season of recalibrated expectations comes for everyone, eventually — even Clemson, at this very point last fall, after the loss at Pittsburgh. It is the moment when whatever plans were made in August are officially moot, and nothing pushes a team further down the spiral than losing its quarterback.

We may not see as many titans fall as we saw a week ago but there are still plenty of hugely consequential matchups on the schedule this week.

Take a look at the ballot I submitted before the ACC releases preseason accolades.

It’s that time of year when quality of losses and strength of schedules force our SI committee to make some close calls.