
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Clemson destroyed Notre Dame in the ACC football championship Saturday, 34-10, at Bank of America Stadium. And the Tigers embarrassed the Fighting Irish so badly that, by all rights, Notre Dame should get dropped from the College Football Playoff, losing their spot to Texas A&M. It turned out that Notre Dame needed everything to go right in that first game against Clemson Nov. 7, a 47-40 thriller the Irish won in double overtime. Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence and linebacker James Skalski both had to be out, Notre Dame had to be playing at home and Fighting Irish quarter…
