Understand that the Clemson defense dominated the start of the game, but that is what Clemson's defense did to everyone last season. I believe UGA won the Natty last year, here was UGA's drive chart against Clemson:
Punt
Punt
Missed FG
Punt
End of half
INT
FG
Punt
Punt
End of Game
Here was vaunted NC State's regulation drive chart against Clemson's D last year:
Punt
Punt
TD
Punt
Fumble
Punt
Missed FG
Punt
TD
Punt
Mussed FG
Downs
Clemson's defense shutdown everyone last year. Also, WF did not punt in the 2nd half against Clemson, and the game was 17-10 at half. So, the game was still in the balance when WF started moving it consistently on the Tigers. Also, WF's last TD against Clemson was arguably garbage time, but the other TD that WF scored in the 2nd half was on a drive that started in the 3rd quarter, and WF scored on the 1st play of the 4th quarter. Clemson had all of its defensive studs in the game. What killed WF, is after that TD, Clemson went on a 7 minute drive to kick a FG to essentially end that game.