COLUMBUS, Ohio — Welcome to Week Five of Clemson-Alabama Watch on the road to the College Football Playoff. Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney watched Justyn Ross drop a pass from D.J. Uiagalelei as his team failed to respond to NC State’s touchdown in double overtime. The failed fourth-and-5 play put to bed any chances of getting back into the playoff discussion and likely killing the ACC’s hopes of being represented. The Tigers have been the standard for a conference that hasn’t missed a playoff since its inaugural season in 2014. Florida State represented the conference as the final champion of the BCS era, and Dabo Swinney’s program has made it every year since. A loss to Georgia was something Clemson could overcome. It was a top-five matchup on a neutral field to open the season. The loser would have plenty of wiggle room as long as it didn’t lose again.…
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