There’s loads on the agenda at Clemson for this Saturday’s ACC battle with Wake Forest. It’s Homecoming. It’s the annual Breast Most cancers Consciousness. And it’s the sport the place Tigers coach Dabo Swinney has the prospect to tie Frank Howard as this system’s all-time winningest coach with 165 victories.
Swinney touched on the primary two matters early in his Tuesday press convention and dismissed a query in regards to the third calling the sport simply one other recreation to him. The Tigers are coming off a vital win for them at Syracuse, a win that received them on the board within the ACC after a pair of losses.
Wake Forest had final weekend off. The Demon Deacons are 3-1 and 0-1 within the ACC. To this point they’re eighth within the ACC in whole offense at 426 yards per recreation, and they’re ninth in whole protection at 338 yards per recreation.
Clemson has gained 14 straight over the Demon Deacons together with a double-overtime win final season in Winston-Salem. The Tigers’ final loss to Wake Forest led to the firing of head coach Tommy Bowden and Swinney’s elevation to move coach. The Tigers personal 70 wins all-time over Wake Forest, the second most towards all their opponents. They’ve their most wins, 72, towards USC.
A few of Swinney’s key feedback:
- Wake Forest is 3-1, a staff they had been lucky to beat final season, very expert and effectively coached group of receivers, QB may be very gifted, all the time have a man at QB who’s artful.
- Wake Forest has three actually good backs, they perceive their scheme up entrance, they’ve some gamers up entrance as effectively on the defensive position, they’ve defensive finish who’s a load off the sting, very skilled within the secondary.
- Wake Forest is an effective soccer staff throughout the board, painful to look at final yr’s movie on the defensive aspect, in all probability considered one of their worst defensive performances in a few years.
- Wake Forest not any completely different with out Hartman at quarterback, their quarterback has been round and is an effective participant and supported by good receivers, they’ve had an open date to prepare so anticipate to see a number of wrinkles.
- With out the turnovers, they’re 5-0, however that’s soccer, happy with how his staff bounced again from the Florida State loss, nonetheless on the search to be their finest, loves this staff simply had some powerful soccer breaks alongside the way in which.
- Seems at getting Tyler Brown as God’s Favor, they’d somebody decommit and that gave them the chance to supply him and get him, a blessing that they received him, nice household and he grew up a Clemson fan.
- Brown was a basketball participant first till he determined to decide to taking part in soccer in highschool, lots of the finest receivers they’ve had had been actually good basketball gamers.
- 13 years because the final time they misplaced again to again video games simply means they reply, that’s culturally who they’re, a windshield mentality, not wanting again within the rear view mirror.
- WR Misun Kelley has two extra video games to play earlier than they redshirt him, he has some surgical procedure he must have, he’s performed in two video games because of the harm to Antonio Williams.