The Clemson Tigers went into Blacksburg, Va., and thumped Virginia Tech 23-3
earlier this season, yet it’s the Hokies who are 7-point favorites on Bodog’s
NCAA football odds for Saturday night’s ACC Championship Game rematch in
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No. 20 Clemson (9-3), the ACC Atlantic Division
champ, hasn’t been the same club for a while and enters having lost two in a row
and three of its past four games. And that single victory -- by three at home
over Wake Forest -- required a recovery from a 14-point deficit. The three
losses weren’t pretty, with all by at least two touchdowns and the past two by a
combined 45 points. In that four-game stretch, Clemson has committed 12
turnovers compared to six in winning its first eight games.
Last week
against state rival South Carolina, the Tigers were little match in a 34-13
loss. Clemson’s offense, which looked like the best in the ACC most of the
season, managed only 70 rushing yards and 153 total. QB Tajh Boyd
struggled big time, completing 11 of 29 passes for only 89 yards. And
ACC Freshman of the Year Sammy Watkins had a quiet four catches
for 39 yards. In the first eight games, Boyd threw 24 touchdowns and just three
interceptions, but he has thrown four touchdowns and seven interceptions in
Clemson’s last four games.
No. 5 Virginia Tech (11-1) has won seven in a
row since that lone loss to the Tigers. In that stretch, QB Logan Thomas
has been a different player, throwing for 14 touchdowns and just two
interceptions, while also adding nine rushing touchdowns. Plus the Hokies have
the ACC’s top rusher David Wilson, who is No. 3 in the country
with 1,595 yards.
In that Oct. 1 loss to Clemson, Virginia Tech was held
to a season-low 258 total yards. The three points by Virginia Tech were its
second fewest points in a home game since Frank Beamer took
over the program in 1987 and first time Tech was held without a TD at home since
1995. It also ended the Hokies’ 12-game ACC winning streak and was their
second-worst home loss in the past 30 seasons.
The winner of this game
is headed to the Orange Bowl. Clemson is 1-6 ATS in its past seven neutral-site
game. Hokies are 4-0 ATS in past four December games. Tech had covered the
previous five meetings vs. Clemson before that October loss.
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