Travis Etienne ran for 156 yards and two touchdowns, Trevor Lawrence threw two short scoring passes to Tee Higgins and No. 2 Clemson beat Pitt 42-10 on Saturday night to become the first team to win four straight Atlantic Coast Conference championships.
Clemson safety Denzel Johnson is very familiar with the routine leading up to the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game. Like most of his Tiger teammates, he’s been through it before.
Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney will look to lead his No. 2 Tigers to an unprecedented fourth-straight outright ACC Championship Saturday when his team takes on Pittsburgh at Bank of Amercia Stadium at 8 p.m. on ABC Columbia.
Before Pittsburgh plays in their first ACC Championship game, Panthers head coach Pat Narduzzi breaks down his team’s matchup with the three-time defending conference champion Clemson Tigers.
Clemson’s grown comfortable playing on college football’s biggest stages, while Pittsburgh is getting their first taste of life on top of the conference. But it wasn’t always like this for Dabo Swinney and the Tigers.
Despite giving up over 600 yards to the Gamecocks, the worse defensive performance by Clemson this season, Dabo isn’t stressing ahead of the ACC Championship this Saturday night in Charlotte. He knows his future NFL stars will step up now in the postseason.
The Manning Award, presented by the Allstate Sugar Bowl, announced today that Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence has been named a finalist for the 2018 Manning Award, presented annually to the nation’s top collegiate quarterback, including bowl performances.
Clemson defensive tackle Christian Wilkins has been named the recipient of the 2018 Jim Tatum Award, the Atlantic Coast Conference announced Thursday.
Clemson sophomore running back Travis Etienne has been named the Atlantic Coast Conference Football Player of the Year, the league announced Wednesday.
Alabama, Clemson and Notre Dame maintain their No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 spots, respectively.
