CLEMSON — Dabo Swinney has been extremely blunt regarding his unhappiness with Clemson’s ability to stop the pass last season. “You definitely take stuff like that personally,” Strozier said. The Tigers allowed more than 255 passing yards per game, and ranked just 120th nationally in pass defense. But this year, I really feel like I grasp the defense a lot and I am able to understand what other people are doing. “More experience and definitely more confident than we were last year at this point.