After ND I felt like it was about 90% on the offense, especially in the second half. I felt like our offensive game plan was awful, and that the defense played well enough to win had offense capitalized on some opportunities.
I'd say that Clemson was about 50-50. Two missed field goals, several stalled drives and not closing out the game was on the offense. OTOH, the defense pretty much ran out of gas at the end, too. It's a toss up. A defensive stop or an offensive drive (or made field goal) would have won the game. Blame both sides.
I think the difference is what you do about it. So we need to recruit bigger, faster, stronger, and deeper on defense. Offensively, however, I think we could be a lot better. Running out of the gun is shit. Only teams that pass first run out of the gun to catch defenses off-guard. We tried to be "run first" against Notre Dame and it was disastrous. Some of the plays we ran that game had zero chance of working and we ran them multiple times. We are so predictable as well. We would be 100% improved if we ran more bootlegs with Tanner run/pass option, and if we would get out of that stupid pistol set.