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Orange Watch: Dissecting “Shafe” Part 2: “Welcome to the ACC”

The not-so-funny aspect about Shafer’s initial reaction to Clemson’s strategy is that Swinney was well within his rights to try and take a 42-7 lead into the locker room even with 30 minutes left to play. Stranger occurrences have happened in college football comebacks and if nothing else, the sooner an insurmountable lead was intact with less game clock, the sooner Swinney could start liberally substituting in his second-stringers as he eyes bigger games down the road.

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Clemson Tigers rout Syracuse Orange

There was a lot of hype surrounding Saturday’s game between Syracuse and #3 Clemson. The combination of Homecoming, the Orange’s ACC debut, and a premier opponent led to a giant crowd at the Carrier Dome, but all they saw was a dominant first half performance by the Tigers, who cruised to a 49-14 win.