Williams totals four scores in ACC title loss

Fedora said this week that if his team upsets the No. 1 Tigers, it deserves a spot in the top four.

North Carolina is 5-2 against the spread against the A-10, 1-3-1 against the spread in their last five non-conference games, and 2-6 against the spread in their last eight home gams against a team with a winning road record.

“We’re not always flawless, but we find a way to win”, Tigers coach Dabo Swinney said. If you cut him open, he’s got an oversized heart.

And undefeated No. 1 Clemson (13-0) played undefeated No. 1 defense. “You’ve got to keep playing”.

Clemson (1) can not afford to let a chance at the College Football Playoff go by the wayside by overlooking this ACC Championship game against UNC.

“Coach Fedora has done an outstanding job of leading our football program and I am pleased that he has agreed to be our coach well into the next decade”, UNC director of athletics Bubba Cunningham said.

Clemson: Sophomore WR Artavis Scott has 153 catches during his two seasons with the Tigers, including 77 this year. So, against Clemson, why would they do anything but grind out the game on the ground?

The Tar Heels would still be in line to play in the Russell Athletic Bowl in Orlando on December 29 against a Big 12 team, perhaps Baylor or Oklahoma State, which would be an entertaining game. “This guy beats you not just with his legs, but his arm, his mind, his heart, his guts and his toughness. He’s a great champion of a player”.

He used – and needed – all five Saturday night.

The offensive numbers were gaudy.

The Tar Heels seem to disappoint every year, failing to take advantage in the often-middling ACC Coastal. In between those two scores, Clemson put up 21 points.

When asked to make his case for the Heisman on the field after Saturday’s game, Watson obliged. I tell him he’s got to be better in the passing game. “We’ll see what happens”. “He went Superman on me”. North Carolina is making it’s first appearance in an ACC Championship game and has an outside chance at making the College Football Playoff, as they are now ranked 10th.

Clemson held Carolina to just 5-of-14 on third-down conversions.

Marquise Williams passed for 224 yards and three touchdowns and also ran for 81 yards and a score for the Tar Heels, who were trying to win their first ACC title in 35 years.

Clemson turned that into a 97-yard drive with Gallman scoring on a 3-yard run. It was ugly in the first half, between a botched fake punt that sent coach Dabo Swinney unglued and multiple personal foul penalties and an offense that was out of sync. “But certainly we’d like that called correctly”.

“I don’t answer to rumors”. Clemson needs to stop the rushing attack to win this game.

“I most definitely do”, he said. The Tigers responded two plays later with Watson’s 35-yard touchdown strike and a 35-16 lead. North Carolina is averaging 229.7 rushing yards and 41.3 points per game, both among the 20 best figures in the nation.

Sure, Gallman had a 16-yard TD reception, his first of the season and the second of his career, but he knew he had to have a more productive second half.

Green had his head down when he collided with Switzer’s helmet. Clemson had three costly personal fouls in the half, including a roughing the passer and a late hit out of bounds.