ACC Championship: Clemson Vs

However, in certain situations, they seem obvious and apparent.

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In a way, Clemson Coach Dabo Swinney’s confidence entering Saturday night’s ACC football championship game can be reduced to one contest.

At least one of Watson’s teammates agrees with Swinney in believing it’s not a close debate.

Swinney’s team again made it a two-possession game in the second quarter.

In between the three stagnant offensive possessions for the Hokies, Clemson was able to score twice on the ground with running back Wayne Gallman and quarterback Deshaun Watson, building what appeared to be an insurmountable 35-14 lead as the clock ticked down in the third quarter.

“There’s not many moral victories”. They called a pass from running back Sam Rogers on the next play. “I’ve never doubted that about our team”.

– Defensive tackle Tim Settle had 1.5 tackles for a loss to lead the Hokies.

Clemson will play Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl for a spot in the national championship game. “I like the way that we’ve matured throughout the year, our emotional maturity, our ability to put the previous week behind us and focus on the next week and handle the emotions of big ball games, and I feel good about where we’re at now as opposed to Week 2”. I knew we would come out on top.

It was a celebration not seen by almost as many fans as a year ago, when 74,514 witnessed Clemson’s 2015 championship in Charlotte, but a change in venue because of political reasons didn’t stop the Tigers from dropping 470 yards of offense in Orlando.

The bowls might have some concern about Orlando fatigue and inviting the Hokies back to a city that’s not easy to get to so soon after this game.

Clemson: Two of the nation’s best coordinators square off in this one – Clemson’s Brent Venables and Tech’s Bud Foster.

“He’s just got so many weapons around him that are so risky, and you’ve got to pick your spots on trying to come after him”, Fuente said.

Clemson (12-1) owns back-to-back ACC titles for the first time in 28 years. “I can’t wait to see all of the orange and maroon in the stands”. “It’s not going to happen very often”. “Arkansas, being an SEC team, I’m sure that they’re going to have a lot of talented guys and I’m really looking forward to that”. But the big play came on the first play of the drive when Evans completed a 53-yard pass to Isaiah Ford – Ford’s longest reception of the season. These two haven’t met up since 2012, but Clemson has won and covered the spread in the last three meetings with Virginia Tech. MI and Penn State (after beating Wisconsin in the Big Ten title game) are the two teams that have a case after No. 2 Ohio State, but it’s doubtful the committee would leave Clemson or Washington out after both won their conferences this weekend.There was plenty of discussion about which team would be the ultimate benefactor of a loss by the Tigers or Huskies, but that will all go for naught. “Why do we put ourselves in this position? Ten wins will kind of be the big thing to how successful our season was”.

Virginia Tech also has ball-security issues.

They’ll find out Sunday at noon who and where they’ll be playing, but it’s unlikely at this point that they’ll be doing anything but trying to get back to the national championship game, thanks in large part to Watson’s 288 passing yards and 85 rushing.