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Despite high preseason expectations, No. 8 Clemson has not shown it is a top college football team through two weeks.

Clemson needed its third-largest home comeback on Sept. 6 to beat Troy, a Group of Five program.

CLEMSON — An unusual Week 2 for Clemson football nearly ended in disaster.

The No. 8 Tigers (1-1) experienced a 92-minute weather delay within the first five minutes of their game against Sun Belt Conference opponent Troy (1-1) on Sept. 6 at Memorial Stadium. Then, Clemson committed two first-half turnovers and punted three times to help the Trojans lead by three at halftime.

"That first half, it was Murphy's Law," Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said.

The Tigers settled down in the second half to handle the "craziness" and score 24 unanswered points

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