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Clemson DT Kourtney Kelly is here.
He says that the day after his injury, he felt like he had a chance to play this year. Kelly adds that the history of guys like Adam Randall coming back early helped push him through rehab.
QB Tait Reynolds joins us now:
Reynolds says his running ability is just getting better and better over time. He says he is excited to see how much it can keep growing.
What is Chad Morris' messaging to his WRs after drops?
Just go play the next play.
Morris says drops will happen, and Clemson's WRs cannot let that mistake affect plays afterward. He says that creating competition can help waking everyone up with not letting mistakes linger.
Chad Morris says Jarvis Green has probably been one of the more consistent pieces in the room for Clemson, and feels like he always finds yards on each given play:
"He's just gonna give you everything he's got."
Morris says being able to end the game on offense has been huge over the last two weeks, with Reynolds' legs producing game-winning plays.
Confidence-wise, it's "huge for this Clemson unit.
The key moving forward, according to Morris, is building on that earlier in the game.
Chad Morris says Clemson's red zone struggles are a "combination of things," whether it is drops, penalties, or miscues.
"It's been a continuation of an error somewhere or a mishap somehow."
Chad Morris says the challenge right now for this offense is to consistently support Tait Reynolds with the pieces around him.
He adds that an example of that strong support was Grant Wise, who started at center against Syracuse this weekend.
Morris didn't think Reynolds was running with confidence in the beginning of the season and that he was playing the QB position afraid to make a mistake.
That is what caused Morris to watch his HS tape.
Morris says his HS film looked nothing like how Tait was running in college
Nolan Hauser on his "Terminator" nickname:
He says Kevin Kelly sent him a link to NFL players calling their kickers "terminators."
Kelly started saying it after each kick Hauser made in practice, and it caught fire from there.
Hauser says Dabo Swinney told him he had tied the Clemson record after the game, but that it didn't mean anything unless he could celebrate it with Brodey Conn and Clay Swinney.