ACCN Analyst Talks Biggest Question for Clemson Ahead of Spring Game

With the spring game less than a week away, the question on everyone’s mind is what will the Clemson offense look like under new coordinator Garrett Riley.

Recently on the ACC Network’s ACC PM show, co-host Mark Packer talked about the annual Orange and White scrimmage.

“Not that you get any answers in spring games per say, but there is an intrigue to see what it’s going to look like,” Packer said. “One thing we’ve all heard is the playbook has (shrunk), and Garrett Riley’s idea is hey, we’re going to run 30, 35 plays but we’re going to have this thing down to a science and we’re going to go fast, fast, fast, fast, fast. So, we’ll see what happens on that end.”

Packer talked about the one question facing each ACC team, and of course for Clemson, it was the new offense.

“The big question’s gonna be Garrett Riley, right, what’s Clemson’s offense gonna look like,” Packer said. “Cade Klubnik’s back, they actually have a lot of pieces back. A lot. Not as much as Florida State, who has more back than anybody else in the Football Bowl Subdivision, but the Tigers have a lot of pieces back from an ACC Championship and Orange Bowl berth. But the Garrett Riley system is going to be the million-dollar question.”

Packer also noted he was anxious to see how Clemson’s wideouts perform in the new scheme.

“For me, it’s going to be the wide receiver play for the Tigers,” Packer said. “I mean, we were so used to seeing all-world wide receivers, and I think that is one area of Clemson Football that has not been – I don’t care what the system is, but the wide receiver play has not been as good the last couple years. So, who develops? There’s some pieces from a year ago.”

Clemson’s spring game is set for Saturday at 1 p.m. with streaming provided by ACCNX.