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...reaction of Clemson fans to the stories has been as defensive as might be expected, but the shrill response of the school's administrators was unexpected and unseemly. When ABC television followed the Washington Post into the story, educators took off against the messengers. Appearing to be more disturbed by the reporters than the reports, the president of the university, Dr. Bill Lee Atchley, went after ABC harder than anyone at Clemson seemed to be going after the answers...
Atchley complained loudly when a report of the investigation was aired Nov. 28 during halftime of the Penn State upset of No. 1 Pitt. He charged that the network was campaigning for Georgia over Clemson in the rankings and for the ABC-televised Georgia-Pitt Sugar Bowl over NBC'S Orange Bowl. Coming from a university president, this seemed a curious approach to a troubling subject. It did not improve anyone's perception of a successful football team's priorities. A few guileless words from Tiger Quarterback Homer Jordan in a magazine interview didn't help...
Against this whole gloomy backdrop, the Clemson football team put on a bright show during the season, of defense mostly. At one point, Tiger opponents (Georgia among them) went 18 quarters between touchdowns. In that 13-3 Georgia game, the Bulldogs' only regular-season loss in two years, they turned the ball over to the Tigers nine times; then they turned over the national championship...
...very talkative about the N.C.A.A. trouble. Clemson's on-field defense has been exceptional. The strength of its off-field defense will be tested in the months ahead...