Ex-Clemson WR DeAndre Hopkins Tweets Support For DeShaun Watson For Heisman

And the No. 1 ranking was on the line.

Adam Griffith kicked an Iron Bowl-record and career-high five field goals, including four in a touchdown-free first half as the Crimson Tide led 12-6 at the break. They make everyone else better. Clemson averages 38 points per game for 501.4 yards. But if it was looking for style points to impress the CFP committee, this was not the way to do it.

Today’s Clemson Tigers vs South Carolina Gamecocks college football game has a start time schedule of noon eastern time and airs on TV channel ESPN.

SC has lost two consecutive meetings to Clemson, and the programs appear to be headed in opposite directions. On the fourth play following the kickoff, Watson’s completion to Artavis Scott was fumbled at the Clemson 26. Logan scored on runs of 42 and 40 yards, and Hood had a 39-yard run of his own before scoring from a yard out in a 35-point spreed for the Tar Heels (11-1, 8-0 Atlantic Coast Conference, No. 14 CFP). “This is a rivalry game and they are a team that can beat you”. Watson was 20-of-27 passing for 279 yards and a touchdown against the Gamecocks.

Week in and week out, Deshaun Watson has gone out and made his case for winning this year’s Heisman Trophy. He ran 21 times for 114 yards and three TDs.

What is the likelihood Orth posts similar numbers against Clemson’s stellar defense Saturday?

According to oddsmakers from online sports book BetDSI, the Gamecocks are 17.5-point home underdogs versus the Tigers after Clemson opened as a 17.5-point favorite.

But that turnover margin could loom larger as the big games arrive. The latest installment carries a bit more weight for the Tigers, who can virtually clinch a spot in the national semifinals with a win Saturday and a victory over North Carolina in the ACC championship game.

As for the football it self, yes, Clemson should win.

Despite returning only two members of the 2014 two-deep on the defensive line-and having one of those players, senior defensive tackle D.J. Reader, miss multiple games for personal reasons-the Tigers’ line has been just as nasty.

Bently called it a “head-scratcher” and was critical of Spurrier for resigning at mid-season without finishing the year for players he recruited, similar to the scenario with Frank Beamer at Virginia Tech. Swinney came into the rivalry game 3-2 in his mid-season stint in 2008 and recalled how feeling he could win the game – and he was carried off the field after a 31-14 with the Death Valley crowd chanting “Dabo” – it would’ve been hard to deny him the fulltime job. As far as Clemson goes, this can easily transform from a relatively convincing victory to a massive upset by their rival which could ruin their chances at the College Football Playoff.