ACC Championship, Clemson vs Virginia Tech: Score, highlights and recap

The Tigers found the end zone once again, this time it with a 21-yard pass from Watson (who began the game 9-of-9 passing for 89 yards and a touchdown) to tight end Jordan Leggett that extended the lead to 14-0. I started to get comfortable about the game.

Watson and Clemson entered the season with lofty expectations after going to the national title game a season ago.

On a night when the third-ranked Tigers (12-1) essentially punched their ticket into the College Football Playoff, Watson also fortified his Heisman candidacy in a 42-35 triumph against No. 19 Virginia Tech in a mesmerizing ACC Championship Game. Then the Tigers were terrific against Oklahoma in the 2015 semifinal and almost beat Alabama in the College Football Playoff National Championship.

Virginia Tech is a 10 1/2 point underdog heading into Saturday night’s ACC title game. He also rushed for 85 yards on 17 attempts for the Tigers, who’ve won back-to-back ACC titles for the first time since winning three straight from 1986-88. But Ive stayed away from (saying) ‘youve got nothing to lose because I dont believe that, ” Fuente, the ACC coach of the year, added.

“They showed up here to win the ballgame. It’s a pretty somber locker room because of that”. There is a lot at stake for both teams in this game. Defensively, Clemson can hold its own.

Clemson senior linebacker Ben Boulware is the leader of the Tigers defense, and will make sure to have the defense ready when they face the Hokies Saturday night.

Virginia Tech, meanwhile, is looking to spoil the party. On the ensuing do-or-die fourth down play, the Clemson defensive line was in hot pursuit of Evans when the quarterback chucked the ball to the right sideline toward receiver Bucky Hodges.

“The reason it hurt so bad was because they sold out for the cause”, Fuente said.

NO. 14 WEST VIRGINIA 24, BAYLOR 21 Skyler Howard threw two touchdown passes and ran for another score to help the Mountaineers (10-2, 7-2) to their first 10-win regular-season since 2007. But that was all she wrote for the Hokies offense, because after two quick plays put the Hokies into a third and five, Evans was sacked.

Virginia Tech comes to Orlando a little untested.

Now, the Hokies will await their bowl bid. If the upset can happen, it will because of the great defensive mind of Bud Foster who can put a game plan together to stop/control any offense even one as good as Clemson.

Watson’s Virginia Tech counterpart, Jerod Evans, was just as impressive. The Hokies ran a well-executed fake punt that was initially called back for having an ineligible receiver downfield, but the penalty was overturned on review.

Clemson capitalized on an Evans interception and drove 49 yards before Watson scrambled in for a 2-yard touchdown run. Evans faced a ton of pressure, though, and threw an interception to end the game. Gallman has run for 943 yards and 14 touchdowns and Williams has 79 receptions for 1,114 yards and 10 TDs. We just wanted to be the ones with the trophy at the end. Clemson has yielded only 20 points and 415 yards combined in easy wins over Wake Forest and SC. The Hokies were just about off the field, getting a clean hit off the edge on Watson. The lanky junior totaled 373 yards and five touchdowns and offered a microcosm of his career midway through the fourth quarter, when the Hokies had cut Clemson’s lead to 35-28. A 5-yard touchdown pass from Evans to Cam Phillips pulled Tech to within 42-35 with 5:43 remaining.