CLEMSON, S.C. (CAC) — Jaron Blossomgame added to a long list of preseason accolades Wednesday when he was named a third-team All-American by CBS Sports. Blossomgame, who last week was pegged first-team All-ACC at the conference’s annual media day, leads the Tigers into the regular season opener against Georgia on November 11. Blossomgame was named the nation’s No. 12 overall player…
BALTIMORE, MD (CAC) — The 2016 The Johnny Unitas Golden Arm AwardÒ candidates have been reduced to the Top 5 of the country’s top college quarterbacks. Remaining candidates for the prestigious annual award – named after the man many refer to as the greatest quarterback ever to play the game of football – are: Luke Falk, Washington State Patrick Mahomes II,…
Clemson, S.C. (CAC)—Clemson is ranked second in the first College Football Playoff Poll. The 12-person committee released its first rankings of the season on Tuesday evening. Alabama, who defeated Clemson in the National Championship Game last season 45-40, is rated first. Clemson, who enters this weekend’s game with Syracuse with an 8-0 record, is ranked second. Undefeated Michigan is third…
In the inaugural College Football Playoff poll of the 2016 season, Clemson earned the two-seed as the postseason push intensifies. While excitement built to see who was placed where, Dabo Swinney and his Tigers couldn’t care where they’re ranked now. Click the video above from ABC Columbia Sports to hear what Coach, Christian Wilkins, and Jordan Leggett have to say…
Fort Worth, Tex. (CAC) — Deshaun Watson, the 2015 Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award winner from Clemson, has been named the Davey O’Brien Quarterback of the Week for the second time in the past five weeks, the foundation has announced. Watson led Clemson’s 37-34 late comeback win at No. 12 Florida State by amassing 430 total yards. Trailing 34-29, Watson…
Clemson, S.C. (CAC)—Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson is a semifinalist for the Maxwell Award and Tiger defenders Christian Wilkins and Cordrea Tankersley are both semifinalists for the Bednarik Award. The announcement was made by Maxwell Football Club (Philadelphia, Pa.) President Ron Jaworski on Monday. The Maxwell Award is presented each year to the Collegiate Player of the Year, while the Bednarik…
CLEMSON, S.C. (CAC) – The Tigers were five-for-five on penalty kicks and senior keeper Kailen Sheridan came up with a huge stop on Miami’s third attempt, sending the 14th-ranked Clemson women’s soccer team to the ACC Semifinals for the second-consecutive year. The Tigers (13-3-3) and Miami (10-8-1) tied 1-1 in regulation at Historic Riggs Field on Sunday, before Clemson advanced…
GREENSBORO, N.C. (ACC) – North Carolina and Wake Forest hold the top two seeds for the 30th annual Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Soccer Championship, set to begin Wednesday, Nov. 2. Both the Tar Heels and Demon Deacons repeated as divisional champions from a year ago. Top-seeded North Carolina (11-2-3, 5-1-2 ACC), currently ranked No. 3 in the country, earned the…
Alabama, Michigan, Clemson and Washington are at the top of The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll and the Big 12 was left without a top-10 team after a weekend during which four unbeaten teams lost. Two days before the College Football Playoff selection committee unveils its first rankings of the season, the AP Top 25 provided a likely…
GREENSBORO, NC – The Atlantic Coast Conference Sunday announced the following game times and networks for the football games of November 5. Saturday, November 5 Louisville at Boston College, ESPN2, Noon Georgia Tech at North Carolina, ACC Network, 12:30 (split network) Pitt at Miami, ACC Network, 12:30 p.m. (split network) Virginia at Wake Forest, RSN, 3 p.m….
