CLEMSON — Dabo Swinney came out of a happy offseason talking about a “honeymoon” with Clemson’s new defensive coordinator, Tom Allen , and hoping it would never end.

But anyone who watched the Tigers’ 46-45 loss to Duke in early November could see there was discord.

After a series of coverage busts, Swinney came to his “head coach of the defense” on the sideline, demanding answers. The best Allen could offer was a look of disgust and statements of fact, because one safety or another just wasn’t where they were supposed to be.

That wasn’t enough to satisfy Swinney, who further vented his frustrations by entering the secondary’s sideline huddle and screaming “BUST!” at every responsible party. Many were at fault, because the Tigers gave up 651 pass yards in losses to SMU and Duke.

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