Red zone
Tommy Bowden brought in Rob Spence to take over his offense last year with the idea in mind of getting Clemson into the scoring column more often.
The former Toledo assistant did make great strides in 2005 - his Tigers ranked in the top four in both rushing and passing offense in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
But if Clemson is going to live up to the preseason hype that has some people talking conference championship, Spence is going to have to figure out how to get more out of his red-zone offense.
"Hopefully, we'll be more productive in the red zone," Bowden told "ACC Nation" earlier this month.
"We led the ACC in red-zone scoring, but they were mostly field goals. We've got to score touchdowns," said Bowden, whose team scored on 45 of its 49 possessions in the red zone in '05, but only scored touchdowns on 27 of those possessions.
"Hopefully, a year and a half with the offense, higher retention and a little more carryover will help us be more productive in that area this year," Bowden said.