Clemson vs. NC State Preview & Prediction

Swinney also pointed out that, during the streak, Clemson has a 10-1 record in games decided by a touchdown or less.

“You’ve got bickering and all this stuff going on and there’s a distraction before the game that I wasn’t out there to address it early, and then you’ve got all this stuff in the game, and then we all have to go back through the same [tunnel]…it’s just, it’s not smart”.

In his last game at Wake Forest, he ran for 205 yards and two touchdowns, so he will surely look to keep the legs churning this Saturday. With that being said, Swinney believes Reader has too much talent to not play in an expanded capacity.

“It’s very impressive, but you can’t look at it like a monster”, he said. “We’ve got to play well”. “We knew we had to go take it from Miami”.

Clemson’s mental toughness has been on point all season, from surviving a tough road win at Louisville to allowing Notre Dame a fourth-quarter comeback before holding on late for the victory.

Nothing like moving up in the rankings after a three-point win against a brutal BC team.

Winning at Miami attracted broad attention in college football circles, but Swinney cautions that Saturday’s game at N.C. State looms as a “bloody your nose” experience. The Tigers will have their hands full, but as long as Clemson comes out and plays to their potential, I expect them to cover the spread (10) and come out with a comfortable victory. At the end of the day the moment is what it’s all about.

But rankings are “just a number to me”, Watson said Monday.

7 Georgia Tech (3-5, 1-4 ACC): All it takes is one historical win for a team to go from last to the middle of the pack.

“It’s a awful setup down there”, Swinney said.

Swinney said the postgame locker room celebrations – which include his YouTube hit dancing – are critical for a team that’s required to deal with a great deal of pressure during the week. My thing was first of all, we’re going to stay right here until they get off the field.

“That’s what I tell our guys”. The Hurricanes (4-3, 1-2) are coming off a 58-0 loss to Clemson that stood as the worst loss in program history and led to the firing of coach Al Golden a day later.

“Al Golden is as good a person as there is in the business”. He’s a really good football coach. “I feel for him and his family, but like I said, he’s a heck of a coach and he’ll land on his feet”.