That you extend it to the 3rd and 4th Qs. Can’t do that because by then the balance of the game had dramatically shifted.
I do believe there is a legitimate claim for “what if #27 doesn’t get hurt . . . “ but it only can be stretched into a series of contingencies. The bottom line is that the game was tied and not overwhelmingly in either team’s favor. In the second Q, minus Love, Clemson separated primarily by picking on Vaughan. But our offense never showed enough punch to keep the field from tilting too much toward Clemson. And their defense was suffocating.