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Clemson Tigers’ center Ryan Norton threatened over bad snap vs. Florida State Seminoles

By Andrew Melnick

Sep 20, 2014; Tallahassee, FL, USA; Florida State Seminoles running back Karlos Williams (9) celebrates his overtime touchdown with teammates offensive tackle Bobby Hart (51) and offensive tackle Cameron Erving (75) against the Clemson Tigers for their 23-17 overtime win at Doak Campbell Stadium. Mandatory Credit: John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 20, 2014; Tallahassee, FL, USA; Florida State Seminoles running back Karlos Williams (9) celebrates his overtime touchdown with teammates offensive tackle Bobby Hart (51) and offensive tackle Cameron Erving (75) against the Clemson Tigers for their 23-17 overtime win at Doak Campbell Stadium. Mandatory Credit: John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports /
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The Clemson Tigers have been to be steaming over their 23-17 overtime loss to the top-ranked Florida State Seminoles last week.

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The Tigers couldn’t connect on an early touchdown pass, missed two field goals and fumbled in the final minutes in a tie game as they were attempting to go in for what almost surely would have been the game-winning score.

In one of the biggest moments of the game, the Tigers faced second-and-goal at the one-yard line. Center Ryan Norton snapped the ball over quarterback Deshaun Watson’s head resulting in a 23-yard loss. The Tigers were stopped on third down and missed a field goal.

On Tuesday, Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney revealed that Norton has been getting threats from Clemson fans over twitter.

“Coach [Chad] Morris told me [about the threats] last night,” Swinney told reporters. “That’s disappointing. I think he deleted his account. It’s a shame that young people have to deal with that kind of stuff. Nobody wants to make a bad snap.

“I think most of it was people mad and venting, but it was threatening to Ryan is what I was told. Those aren’t fans — those are people with issues.”

This is clearly completely uncalled for but unfortunately this sort of thing happens all of the time.

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