For Dom Capers, going back to Clemson brings back fond memories [Video]

CHARLOTTE — Dom Capers hasn’t necessarily missed the bus rides.

But he’s never quite forgotten the feeling, either.

“It’ll be fun for me to go back there,” Capers said from his office in Bank of America Stadium recently. “The crowd support was great, and we were doing everything for the first time.

“And it’ll bring back a lot of really good memories.”

When the Panthers played there during their inaugural season, everything was new. Beginning with the team itself, an expansion franchise granted in 1993. And with that new came a lot of excitement but also a lot of adjustments.

Since the stadium in Charlotte was still under construction, they trained at Winthrop University in Rock Hill. The small matter of where to play games wasn’t settled until late, with Columbia a possibility before a deal was struck to host the first season at Clemson. That meant a slightly longer ride — especially on the way home — …