Virginia vs. Clemson ACC Championship Full Game | 2019 ACC Football

[Applause] 49 degree night clear skies expected proud of some 60,000 fans on end here in Charlotte you're watching the ACC Championship on ESPN as part of dr. pepper championship week hopefully no more snatching Dabo here's Maria Taylor all right coach your team is 127 straight games for the fifth straight year you find yourself in the eighth Fifi title how did you describe the opportunity in front of them on championship Saturday that's special I mean these are special moments for both teams you know you work all year play 48 quarters for the privilege to play these four so we're just honored to be here represent our division and hope we play our best game clemson has won the toss and they chose to before for what it's worth bronco mendenhall told us that if they had won the toss they would have defer [Applause] sanika millage is back teeth for Virginia to get the ball first no jewelry tonight for Virginia that is significant [Applause] rice Perkins had a monster game last week against Virginia Tech about 475 total yards three touchdowns but a year ago against the whole easy and the memory prompted this tweet post game on Saturday night said he kept the picture to the left of my screensaver fifteen consecutive game Virginia Tech and they turn it around [Applause] the challenge for this Virginia offense and for price burdens is the hand of the emotions of last week on the stage of tonight Bronco Mendenhall the stage wouldn't be too big the opponent maybe he felt like his team was going to let it all hang out nothing to lose maybe that's the right approach for this off second down and six [Applause] suppression try to escape he can do that for you first out of itself he's crashed out of the 41 by kevanna Wallis and Perkins is the athlete he's the guy that goose his team a chance against Clemson he's got the speed he's got the explosiveness and he's gonna have to be tough and he's gonna have to battle all night long in the ocean and without Joe read especially Todd it's going to be all about Brice Perkins [Applause] Perkins with a great pocket closed middle of field got a banister gone that one man to beat and kuba shake the safety panties it's a gain of 40 why not let it all hang out they get one of their best receivers DuBose with a double move on the safety Tanner Muse the same thing that Clemson does with t Higgins in the slot getting up on his safety Virginia says we're going to take the same kind of shot all the way down the field in a hurry at the 13 of Clemson again the pocket is clean [Applause] that into the new sod here in Charlotte [Applause] when what a start Bryce Perkins you know it hasn't been cleaned down the field on a couple of looks but in those cases he's run the football and got a first down on the first opportunity that time nowhere to go with the ball and he just throws it in the dirt incomplete lived to fight another day and the first time they huddle up on this opening drive [Applause] first penalty overnight referee tonight is Riley Johnson [Applause] healing deformation in the back [Applause] it's interesting they're deciding to take me down away from bronco mendenhall bring up a third and ten here and this Clemson defense more the most difficult defenses to scourges and pounds football again Brent Venables on 3rd and 10 you know he's going to have something cooked up snappy they're gonna say [Applause] Nolan Turner comes up with a collection [Applause] just an overthrow here from Bryce Perkins on 3rd and 10 he's forcing this ball in it goes way over the intended receiver and Turner in great position great awareness to have his feet inbounds control that ball to the ground trying to get the ball to thrilled Chapman and as good decisions as Bryce Perkins had made during that drive that was a force what an athletic play by no turtle [Applause] to the office and attribute Justin Ross gain of 15 on first down have the opportunity to go in and score and this defense time to time again for groups in this season this is the best turnover ratio that Davos Sweeney has had in his time at Clemson it's been a big part of why this is so successful here's Travis ETM a clear-cut face mask and the middle of all that traffic Bell [Applause] Manny Alonso jr. from Miami on Virginia could see that from a mile away or it just like that Clemson is past midfield this is the area of field where they love to take shots to T Higgins just Ross 10 on the play it's one two three to 2300 is the start yeah that's just to talk about well he through multiple interceptions and three games towards the beginning part of the year but since the Louisville game was a turning point he has been flawless here's why [Applause] wants to run Trevor Lawrence six or eight times a game this was a key Alonso was in position there but you see the speed the athleticism of Trevor Lawrence he's a more complete player this year which is scary after watching what he did in the playoffs a year ago guys never trailed in the second half of any college game winning a war never living on the second [Applause] [Music] [Music] plays soft to make the ball comfy thrown underneath but you got to come up and you got to make the tackle if you're Nick Graham that's it easy touchdown for Higgins [Applause] [Music] the interception out the back of the end zone the Perkins interception again no Joel Reid that's a ruff-ruff loss will continue tonight both as a receiver and a return man [Applause] village the 1-yard deep out of the end zone [Applause] the Clemson defense hard to believe they're better than they were one year ago you see the Saks / games that's a little down but the yards allowed per game this season is better nobody wants to listen to her it was kind of hard to listen to it right after you lose guys like Wilkins and Lawrence and Pharrell Brian then you lose both inside linebackers in tre Lamar and Kendall Joseph who lose a corner and Trayvon well I'm gonna be better well but they're playing better team defense it's Terrell Jana on the receiving end Darion Kendrick makes the stop gate a five-time you don't lose five defensive lineman that's why none of us did listen but the different looks upfront especially and then the secondary plate Perkins will run forward for a few it's all about Brent Venables you know it's very simple he's the best if not the best defensive coordinator in all the college football and he knows it and all the offenses that go against him know it and he's done an unbelievable job this season with these young players playing especially the linebacker position skal ski and Chad Smith have been out stand on third down and three it is caught it's Dubois for the gain of seven and a first down it is amazing when you look at Clemson's defense last year with that NFL one they were 17th in the country in explosive plays the lab that's 20 or more yards and this year they're fourth from the kingdom the country with a better back 70 clearly not as good [Applause] sideline jab spin forced him out gain of 15 so Tanner beautiful season but he's got beat once already in this game and now he misses this tackle right there and not a great start for Muse he's been outstanding throughout the course of the season he's been a solid dependable tackler and coverage man in the backend but he's got to you see it back there he's upset with himself he knows he's missed two floats uses the super senior this year is punter Renfro if you will in his fifth year is [Applause] for price Perkins that of the call this the 50-cent package America knows it's the city sent package talking with Robert and I the offensive coordinator last night he said we're going to have a couple of two quarterback packages in there Brennan Armstrong's our backup but he's a very talented young football player just a redshirt freshman and he said why not now we're up against it from a talent standpoint we have to have some wrinkles the goal in this game Ronia split out top of the screen that's Brookins out of the shotgun [Applause] now go for incomplete pass a little bit of a miscommunication there with his receiver on the outside like Billy Kemp he's trying to throw it to Kemp he wants him to keep going to the to the sideline Kemp comes back inside and that's a that's a breakdown by Kent because you don't roll a quarterback to one side and run around ball in the opposite direction he spoke skipped over to the side [Applause] standing at his own 46 we have a shotgun on 3rd down and 10 just across midfield which is tipped up nicely he's got it across the middle it's a first down Nolan Turner pretty good coverage nothing you can do about that 12 yard completion so far the story is upfront this offensive line and backs and tying in for Virginia are picking up the pressures from Brent Venables as rush pick up a nice pocket for Perkins to throw from see if Turner's a little banged up but he made the interception in the back of the endzone on the first Virginia possession he'll watch for a bit for how important these first downs and time of possession is for Virginia she's keeping their defense off the fool Perkins got some pressure able to escape out of it we get to see him slide down about 32 by Chad Smith for a gain of five dan was it we see it you see you watch him but he is so dangerous with the ball in his hands let's now look at this formation what do you call that got terminology for that looked like a scatter that's what I thought yeah - see ya - guys emotion there that was very smart by bronco mendenhall knowing that those guys were gonna have to come set stop because he had to in motion he avoided a 5-yard penalty so all that fun and Virginia spevak timeout live from the Hall of Fame let's never who played it down they never beat Ohio State one time you're insulting highly insulting yes second and five for the 33 I could say a lot of things [Applause] here's Perkins Scalzi forced him out [Applause] very close we'll see where they parking let me give him five and they're gonna give him first downs a heck of a play by price Perkins he's avoiding the negative plays on first and second down and in this case just kidding what he can great block on the outside and as Todd said there's no sliding in Bryce Perkins that's a that's a good call good spot it's got to avoid the mistake here in the red zone 1 interception already in the end zone [Applause] the 27th for these are the comforts there but my County was trying to uncover to the inside and Perkins was expected enough cover to the outside I'm very fortunate a lot of times when that happens you're throwing the ball a linebacker right behind and you throw an interception [Applause] Clemson to jump there Perkins will throw a baby a straight [Applause] anyway keep on Louis able to knock it away we'll check the bar [Applause] Oh let's Xavier Thomas the sophomore defensive end smart play by Perkins knowing he's got him off sides and a shot downfield this offensive line has has been up to the task so far in protecting Perkins against this pass rush to Pinckney Tyler Davis Foster and Thomas and he trusts him [Applause] see that last one for a first down by Perkins Scouse keen company Gaeta to one of the big questions coming in was how is Virginia going to respond after the emotional win against Virginia Tech last week and on this stage and offensively at least they have taken the ball against his very good cuts of defense [Applause] [Applause] great call from Robert and I anticipating pressure [Music] to dial up another exotic and it came back to bite him [Applause] here's Brian Delaney tip missile and the victory over Virginia Tech he's good their world time seven all four of these guys are going to drop out and it leaves one on one with views to blow from the slot just runs right by him and that ball 6:22 let the player here in the first quarter [Applause] Delaney will put it away it's crap CTN touchback the fifth year in a row punching back in the HCC championship game [Applause] look out for the Pitt Panthers Miami 18 there's a panther fool to date and find out like I said earlier it's kind of ho-hum for Clemson they're here every year they win it every year it's always a brand new opponent for them in the ACC championship the kickoff he's able to keep their pick up a yard what a stage it is for Virginia you know the incremental improvements every single year under bronco mendenhall and finally get over that hurdle for jigna tech and beyond this stage and to be in a tight 7/7 ballgame early they're up to it keep it on a good thing to eat the end it's going to be too short in seven needed nine Devante crossed about a third short now this Virginia defense playing without their best player price of all the corners an all-american broke his ankle in the sixth game against Miami they lost areas Bratton there you see Hall in football Stratford before the season started the other corner then Nelson a safety so we have been decimated in the secondary this season it is easy now Joey brought made the stop gain of seven Eskom Smith is the only defensive the seven that went down to injury that actually returned he's coming back from a torn meniscus and they're not able to play the style of defense that Nick Howell would like to play they put a lot more man coverage when they had those secondary players but you're gonna see a lot of soft coverage keeping Clemson in front of them they do get Chris Moore back from suspension violation of team rules he missed the last two games [Applause] 59 yards for the score and the Tigers are back on top [Applause] coverage in the slide you got to get a gym or a reroute on both the Higgins and Ross you can't leave a safety like blunt one-on-one man-to-man ten yards off without a reroute off the line of scrimmage that's just asking for these guys to run downfield it's tough it's difficult right because you got backups playing in there against two of the best receivers in college football Nikki poison Potter on the extra point 14:07 [Applause] [Music] some kind of pressure [Music] tomorrow the exclusive reveal of the college football playoff matchup leasing the fellows are also available here six matchups and a final top 25 go misty college football playoff selection show was headed by AT&T [Music] I think there's there's two individuals on Virginia's defense that can fit that bill on three routing and jamming at the line of scrimmage and it's the two outside linebackers noah taylor and charles snowden they've got length of six seven and six five and we were talking with Nick Howell he said yeah we're gonna get do some of that where they go out over the slot and get a jam on Justin Ross and Auntie Higgins those are the perfect body types to do that the problem is the secondary that it's so obvious the lack of speed after those three major injuries which is why you got to help them millets thought about it for a second and he'll take it need take a look look at this week's college football playoff rankings brought to you by AT&T about four to seven three out of those four are lost that's why a lot of people think Clemson they don't have to necessarily win tonight and still be in because of that right certainly not have to Georgia lost too - better scribe people very disappointed the Utah showing lines but up a bigger fight bigger effort last night that was not to be credit to over territory yeah push down to 10 for Perkins gonna keep it here we had a pool and stand at a first down got by Kowski for a loss he comes free right in the middle and Perkins at 63 215 pounds you underestimate how physical a baby is obviously he's fast we know that butts Kowski he's a breakdown a little bit wrap-up he's had a great season the week devil Sweeney pointed it out that he is a special special player smart football player tough Perkins to throw and complete to Dubois maybe got back to the line of scrimmage gate on three Scouse keys a story what you want talk about clean living last year gets redshirt year and played four games we played against Georgia Tech played the ACC championship game the Cotton Bowl and the national championship game play in four games that's that's a red shirt he's haven't replaced him some good players Kendall Joseph was such a dynamic player for this Clemson team a year ago miss Kowski has has solidified things in the middle and he's allowed Brent Venables to do so many different things because they're so smart in the back sir put throne completeness to walk six cats already [Music] an impressive start for him this favorite target the price Perkins Gordon we are really this is where Virginia you know they miss having a running game and running back driven run game Tala Papa's there running back but it really has been Brice Perkins and the see if they used him again here in storage situation we will take Clemson would know that was coming too but if I turn one the Billie Kent got the first down driven up by Isaiah Simmons gain of five of the play you can see the confidence of Bryce Perkins the tots point the stage is not too big for he's trusting his offensive line it's got nothing to lose his best player on the offensive side is out in this game and joaneen going up against the number one defense in college football he's just let it hang out [Music] [Applause] first down intent for all his at midfield north carolina's the only other team is for a first quarter touchdown against Clemson genius got there touchdown we're doing head to and sales it over the head up to ron perkins code and letting it hang out after louisville after that loss he went to a wall people the wide receiver coach marques Hagan's and Hagen's new price they call it biscuit said hey it's gonna have some fun let the other guys do their jobs let's sort of put Perkins back it easy but terrific I haven't lost since maybe the biggest compliment you can give a quarterback as they make everyone around them better and that's the definition of Brice Perkins that's exactly what he did a week ago in the rivalry game you can tell this this team the entire team in Virginia as Bryce Perkins goes that's how the team go second down and ten quick throw to Cowley about 44 while as and stop gate of six I asked Perkins why was it the wide receiver coach you know that the very unusual to hear me he said that Aikens is the king of Charlottesville I just trust them and I have a great relationship with them and I needed some guidance that I got 25th offensive snap coming for Virginia stone the first quarter Pat Billy camp all alone there for a moment got it over Jordan Williams outstretched arms tips off the edge sighs hey it's not Simmons it's Xavier Bryant right there gets a finger on it but that ball was going outside that Persians at camp had been not on the same page we saw him broil oh and he came back inside one time that time expect him to be outside again you gotta grab that receiver on the sidelines and make sure you're on the same page fourth and four from the 44 a Clemson punt formation for Virginia let's Nash Griffin to give it a book darion Hedrick clumsy bounce for the 20 that's a 27 14 seven Tigers love you guys [Music] this is for me son you gonna help me finish this thing or what [Music] principle we can help you plan for that start today at principle calm case it is Gordon Ramsay handing out samples do you like just an okay you see your culinary talents do ya is smart guy almost like I'm in a brand-new iPhone but not pairing with AT&T that's true good man fingers not a buffet use the cocktail stick get the most from your new iPhone on AT&T America's fastest network for iPhones switch now and get up to seven hundred dollars off the new iPhones don't freak out but you can get 50% off all menu price pizzas when you order online at Domino's right now right now any price beats us when you order online at Domino's there's a good boy to sell Watson I just want to wish you good luck man keep doing your thing he leading those boys you know how we do down the Georgia boys they do some little Tigers all day come some Tigers all of them spit my boy kind of surprises my boy because Lawrence destroyed some of Suboxone records high school in Georgia this Travie CTN up the middle for 14 you know I think the big the big thing the difference in Trevor Lawrence I've known notice this years the leadership right last year he didn't have these deep-rooted relationships he was news to freshman and takes over for Kelly Brian but now after an offseason together the relationships are deeper and he's able to leave from a different standpoint [Applause] you got to bring some pressure here's cross right here is just going to come up crosses a converted quarterback who has been a safety they moved him to corner and now he's playing nickel his fifth position on defense because of the injury to Brent Nelson and he gets a big play Vontae cross was bronco mendenhall first recruit to commit that virginia makes the big play there [Applause] - Higgins Nick grant has been beaten already for a touchdown and he felt like he read it right he was going for the interception make a big play look at the concentration by T Higgins school made the national watchlist [Applause] [Music] leave my student section [Applause] [Applause] 13 on 1st down this offensive lines starting to exert their will up front you know they they lost some great players at hi Jeff some Paulson Ali but you talked with Jeff Scott their offensive coordinator he thinks this offensive line is bet the best that they've had since they've been here and it's not because of the individuals is because selectively they're working so well together it's starting show first down at 10:00 [Applause] [Music] offense number 76 [Applause] doorbell you're talking about the offensive loss I want to say hundred I've seen in 20 years of studying Clemson I'm glad you went first it's not in Sean Pollard's fault that's a run pass option clearly he's just doing his job Jackson Carmen is the only non senior on that offensive line at the sophomore left tackle Matt cam able to bat it away Nick how I'm gonna bring a little bit of pressure try to get to Trevor Lawrence you know you can't hold up back there on the back end against these receivers so maybe you get some pressure 27 in Virginia get rid of it take it down by knowing [Applause] great call from dick house you've got a great rusher and going tailor he's going to come off the edge and then you're going to bring it off the slide and this offensive line wasn't ready for you see the back release is out if Trevor Lawrence gets that ball to etn he's still running but you cannot give him enough time that's what Nick Howell said to us if he knows the coverage he's going to cut you apart we have to confuse him this will be a long field goal attempt for BT Potter [Applause] whistles like a timeout was called there's Dabo icing his own kicker set for an update here's Cass city hub earth Cassady thanks Steve an update from the Big Ten championship game in Wisconsin and Jonathan Taylor strike first opening drive Taylor right up the gut for a 44 yard touchdown run Wisconsin on the board of seven nothing early Steve my cast thank you Taylor had really struggled a couple of previous games against them avenues 2.7 yards per carry but he rips off the big one there [Music] you gotta feel pretty good if your bronco mendenhall he's given up two big blades really it's in the passing game and trying to CTF you can live with rushing yards on the ground they've got 47 yards here in the first half miss that to the left [Applause] here's another crack from 52 that's to the right there are flags now [Music] [Applause] you don't want to give a kicker three chances though after Nick grant you just cannot be offsides Nick grant has taken a couple of risks here in this game salty Li Shimin T Higgins already gotten a touchdown it's the little things the discipline all right so from 50 to 1 to the left one to the right seven snap of the place are good [Applause] critical mistake Virginia [Music] give a guy three chances right and this is one way left and then right and he's gonna figure it out eventually that's like three for a dollar the carnival the ACC championship game number three Clemson number 23 Virginia we believe Virginia win or loss he's headed to the arms Bowl cannot confirm nor deny we believe winner loss clemson is headed to the playoff pretty sure we can confirm that that's a good start for a cstube la they found something here with him in the slot on tantabus Virginia has but he gets up on news and able to run the double blue this was the first drive of the game he's exposed then on the touchdown same thing Brent Venables brings an exotic pressure where he drops out and Dubois gets loose down the middle now Brent Venables one of the best in the business of making adjustments and I think the first adjustment he's going to make is getting some reroute on the slot and not letting tanner Muse be isolated one on one at the safety stop [Applause] flip to Billy camp [Applause] he was there first got some help through his friends to gain a seven on four sound ready in this football game Virginia has 136 yards passing that's that's all me more than Clemson averages giving up only honor and 26 at work just into the second quarter so Virginia has found some production in the passing game [Music] [Applause] gain of 4 Perkins can be leading all players bacc in total yards better than 3,600 a week ago he rushed for a hundred sixty four yards two touchdowns okay those disses rushing numbers house against the but Foster's defense too you see Virginia Hanalei time of possession is so important in this game because of the explosiveness of Clemson's offense grunge it only has 16 plays of offense they've got 17 points and they're they're two-to-one in the time of possession Virginia the ground back to the line of scrimmage Tyler Davis a true freshman near the middle of that clubs and offensive line the best interior lineman they have had such an early age back the Grady Jared Velma we know how much dabble loves Jerry a lot of great defense alignment so you say he's that good that's a lot of praise but Davis certainly has been a true freshman at 300 pounds he's been a rocked in the middle of this bunch of defense this year [Applause] second down and nine [Applause] steps through some people [Applause] get back to the line [Applause] come together [Applause] the contact there's some old-school pushing and shoving Bobby Haskins the left tackle the middle of it for Virginia I was wondering about Kavon Wallace and how he would play in this ball game it's an emotional game for him from Richmond Virginia wasn't recruited by the University of Virginia and he say he will play the best 60 minutes of the season in this one no question that there is inspiration of motivation for Dave on walls and a little bit of an extra push it wasn't needed gets a rise out of Virginia Bench Perkins got an extra shove in there to the helmet also this needs to be careful not only [Applause] two teams that have not since 2013 we'll play next year in Death Valley in the ring all sorts of time now [Applause] Lily Kent was in the neighborhood and Perkins will pick himself up off the new grass great adjustment from Venables right he brought some blitzes early the game and got beat at the corner position this time he doesn't bring he brings place covers back here he's got two safeties just plays his own and keeps it in front of him rushes for and there's nowhere to go with the football and eventually Simmons gets to the quarterback - Gribben back to punt be the second puppet of a low snap you recovered Chuck seemed able to come up with the football cannon ball hit Kendrick definitely hit Kendrick the face mass generated in the laughter the right position the right God and Pacific Life 150 years strong protection and retirement solutions for your future there's three weeks ago was ACC championship he knows Virginia and Clemson again you sucker in the calves men's soccer team pulled on the 3-1 top-ranked there's traffic CTN [Applause] to gate of 14 with that wind Virginia law by the interplay tournament we forest Santa Barbara next week Ben Socrates trying to see James get paid to break see them again averages 8.3 yards per carry that's ridiculous of course and 5.4 yards after first contact those are the best numbers in the country and when Dabo says the best running back in the country understand but nationally a lot of people don't seem to talk about him that way not even on the Doak Walker list and that's some of Davos frustration and it's Wharton there's Trevor Lawrence [Applause] see if the coal had a cat they call it a cat he was very close to the line of scrimmage when he released the [Applause] watch this catch from T Higgins I mean six-foot four beaches all the way out that label clearly on left toe in there moving the sticks and now they blow it dead let's see Safiya through a large was beyond the line of scrimmage when he released that football and it stands to gain of 24 it's either way it's a spectacular catch the previous play is under further review see that black line which is not official any body part behind the line and that's a legal pass look to me like his right foot of Trevor Lawrence was behind the line of scrimmage and that was clearly a catch from T he has no question he controls this ball all the way through it goes the one hand he's got control of it and that toe left toe was clearly inbounds it is amazing to the naked eye all these plays look out of bounds and then on instant replay everybody's inbounds yes how did he catch I don't want to generalize but everyone able to get a foot down in the NFL they somehow to get two feet down that ball was his age that ball was almost outside of the white they're like his full 6:4 extension out of bounds that is that is some next-level stuff we were just talking about ECM and he's the workhorse there's no question about it but if you remember back to last year late in the run for Clemson late late in the regular season championship game and then into the playoffs it was these receivers that started to step up and make huge plays yesterday one started to see it again tonight it was Justin Ross right Alabama had no answer for Justin Ross and he didn't even start the game but he became the most explosive player for Clemson in the playoffs and ended up over a thousand yards we see and to have complete possession of the ball and with that catch no juggle and get that toe in to use Todd's term she's got great catch radius I got big hips too Michelle hands man if it stands we've got Higgins 4 catches 91 yards 10 1938 yards and again at the stands 24 [Applause] see Riley Johnson the referee every time he takes his earpiece out [Music] before I get ready to speaker's get that better peace out sometimes I like to do that with you know it's good right next to me I have no choice right I'll just talk louder so it is a first down and ten [Applause] after a spectacular catch the cut of that Virginia defense [Applause] six yards [Applause] receiver running back the tight ends don't get who price here watching seal the end the line of scrimmage great you give him the grease and he's going to finish no question about it the best backs in college football [Applause] extra point is on the wane [Applause] [Applause] research we welcome you back Charlotte North Carolina Bank of America Stadium Charlotte Panthers on the road in Atlanta they'll return to their home here next week but a visit from the Seattle Seahawks 24 what's nine minutes to go embraces the spirit of the V Foundation with its Thursday's Heroes program linebacker Charles Snowden said of the heroes they are fighting fights we can't imagine but often those fights on with cancer last week's hero eighth-grader so lorraine barbers in the midst of chemo treatments and will have surgery upcoming that's so cool I think every college football program should have the structure within their athletic department to do things just like that every single one got printed on strong in the game Perkins nope able to complete to a season two Gua his seventh catch and not only to Zola rain spent last Earth Day with the Cavalier show she's got a shout out from a local Charlotte go resident so thank you so much for being a fan and thank you for staying strong and for inspiring and motivating everybody around you that any much much love your way so Lorraine had her cell phone you get a shout out to kiss from the rock good all-around good on Virginia said you had a chance to do that back in your college days as well yeah important that was to the Michigan family exactly what Snowden was saying there it gives you perspective right like yeah you got a big game coming up against clubs at ACC champ to bear a lot of pressure come on nothing compared to what these young men and women are going through and this is it's a predator to bronco mendenhall and the culture that he is trying to build has built and Virginia it's not just about winning it's not about doing great it's about doing good at the same time and and kudos to all these players in Broncos for that coach it's part of the the a new culture AMD [Applause] to Virginia it's football and price Perkins for six and then now that they're winning I mean think about bronc woman he took over a program that was so far down in 2016 they lost in Virginia Tech 52 to 10 and the two programs could not have been farther apart and in 3-4 years he's now gotten this program to the a system Jeb I have a lot of family and Charlotte's going there and what this football team has become compared to what it was four or five years ago there's Torkington throat enforcement and again as all sorts of time deep shot down the middle of the field last second dontayveon wicks was there Isiah Simmons had the coverage two players wearing orange breeches back there to knock it away yes and your eyes are not deceiving you that is Isaiah Simmons back there the outside linebacker defensive brush defensive end and also a former safety knows how to play in the back end so coach Mendenhall what he was coming to Virginia said on his checklist he said I wanted to go to an awful program that was his word he said I want to go to an awful program that is passionate about something besides football in addition to football imagine have another can check this and he has turned things around nicely gain a to off the plate bounced down the field before the game had a chance to talk with the president of the University of Virginia Jim Ryun I'll tell you there's there could not be more aligned with the value proposition of what Jim Ryan Carla Williams the athletic director and Bronco Benton are building as Virginia's really cool to see down and eight does put everything in perspective with plenty of time Sam through the hands of Billy camp incomplete form down missed opportunity there for Virginia this is the president Jim Ryan this summer he was invited to come work out in the offseason with the team and hidden he's running wind sprints right alongside how many presidents do you see down we haven't come across too much of that we haven't come across the head coach like Bronco Mendenhall either they're trying to do it and do it differently at Virginia miss Nash Griffin back to punt third time tonight Kendrick the fair catch so after every Cavalier ween runkelman that all picks a player to have the honor of breaking the rock or they'd be purged in Y attack for the first time after 15 straight losses the players had a different idea [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] that's so cool right so cool emotional for him start at 2 and 10 and he said things were actually worse than he imagined that was it 2 and 10 in that first year now it is fourth season again notice a Mendenhall got off to a rough start Virginia's first game with Bronco as head coach both respected McShea they lost to Richmond hey hey call Ripley well it's beginning to do they said they had three goals right beat tech break the rock and then party he checked all those Dixon Clemson hit pretty good after he picked up four yards of a play and it's easy stop Zayn's and ear the tackle for Virginia not that quick you know I couldn't come up with that myself [Applause] just over five to play in the first half third sir here where you [Applause] in the gutter Dixon john simpson the left guard has really stood out to me watching the film this year of Clemson's all fits alive they lost falcinelli they lost Mitch Hyatt Simpson has really become the bell cow upfront he he doesn't just get on people he moves people out of position and into the defensive backfield that's something they really haven't had a whole lot of Clemson on the offensive line in past years [Applause] fake the rod his fifth catch it's a gain of eight on the play so second down and short Simpson is a guy who might see has a nasty disposition on the field but we're told he never has a bad day with Gabe's Cervenka no Tom McShea has them along the top five guards will be coming out heading to the NFL so we've got a false start there check it out that might dampen Simpsons a day or two for two [Applause] well the biggest question for Clemson coming into this season was the left tackle position and they lost Mitch ioan and Jackson Carmen wasn't just a true sophomore head and played a whole lot how is he going to hold off and he has really matured and grown and played well second down and eight large throwing across his body that Justin Ross cross [Applause] it's a gain of 20 we see where he stepped out of bounds Ross is so quick for a guy his size it's amazing to see how he moves well just that the ability to break tackles and go make plays with his body control I you know Mari Rogers T Higgins Justin Ross these guys are so special like he stepped out of bounds before midfield there and get away with it tn try to hit him out of the backfield step too far they got the match up they wanted etn out of the backfield on the wheel route against the vaunted cross catch take your part not a step too far that's a drop a travesty Tien [Applause] remember etn at that bad game in there one stumble at North Carolina the unfortunate part for ETN was that was going into a buys we had her here dabble for two weeks talk about the one-off game of his career problem sips it in there to the - this first grab k2 19 from interests to the last time what he thinks comparing this receiving for I'll go Alabama I think Alabama's a little deeper because of the for but this group is so talented too large take on some people big six six three contact with Charles Snowden it's a gate 9 I think you're gonna see more of them with Trevor Lawrence as this playoff stretch comes remember when we watched a Sean Watson three years ago play he got more more carries as the games got bigger and bigger and I think Davos when he knows this I need to get this guy some refs run the ball so he knows how to read it he knows how to protect himself you're gonna see more of him as a new goes on 66 yards rushing for Lawrence last week in South Carolina was a career-high - Higgins and they do mix the wrong in the past balanced offense for Clemson here tonight game 2 well the scary part is as I said earlier it might be the best offensive line Clemson chat in 20 years of studying them then you talk about the wide receivers that is etn oh no by the way the number one overall picking a year from now at the quarterback position in Lawrence so where where's the weakness on offense Richard and birdie down gain of four and so with everything you just said why isn't everybody around the country in love a Clemson time that's what Davos yelling and screaming about all week everybody just it's it's it's a lazy take okay is what it is it's a lazy take but you're not watching you're not paying attention because they're just playing inferior opponents in the ACC and Davos point is this Joe just for who we are LSU Ohio State are gonna find out who pumps a second out of gone play coming we get whistles it's a false start All Stars office number 76 you could almost see Dabo with his palms in the air like what do you want from us we play everyone's on our schedule and all we do is win 27 consecutive games they're the defending national champions now will they have to beat Alabama they do so and rather easily through the to 244 16 in the championship game a year ago they played two SEC opponents out of conference in Texas A&M South Carolina this year so their schedule certainly is up for debate taken down by Joey blunts gain of four ABBA play we've been beating with with Davo for years and I asked him point-blank listen you've never really changed you're always up to missed it but seems different this year like you're defending your team for the first time ever he said yeah I couldn't even get the question out he said yeah I am defending my team because no one respects us the way that we should be respected Jinja has to have stopped here once against the ball to start the second half to to the end zone juggling Clark T Higgins they'll take another look at it for now it's a score and a thirty to seven lead by the Tigers and Virginia decided to play man-to-man with Heston Smith the corner r1 along with T Higgins and and he has good position good coverage but you just give T Higgins a chance and he's going to make the play Haskins MIT is only starting his third game of his career and he's going up against the best receivers in college football [Applause] boots it through said they would cousin kicks a field goal hands the wind they get a part to be see a big celebrate for Clemson pepper about to deserving broadcasters maybe getting in on that $100,000 in tuition mom honey you got some student debt no no I'm gonna the Seneca millage comes out to shy of the 30 make sure your kickoff your NFL Sunday tomorrow's NFL countdown this week how who dad became a saint rallying cry cats countdown tomorrow 10:00 a.m. Eastern on ESPN a Monday Night Football the Giants head to Philly to take on the Eagles coverage kicks off Monday night countdown at 6:00 on ESPN the ESPN app Eli Manning to start at quarterback Football Giants brief somebody's gonna win the NFC East becoming the Cowboys but that night TV lies got the good game left in him TV convert the Eagles there she will spent a timeout 38 seconds left thirty one to seven and I guess we approach halftime with some 38 seconds left forth break no one should be surprised third ranked Tigers came in as a heavy favorite Dabo says every game from playoff game they need style points they have something to prove and maybe later we'll get into the argument whether Clemson should be ranked higher than third freeze yeah certainly you could make that argument they're defending national champions I think they're better on the offensive side right think of what they lost from a year ago hi-yah fall Cinelli runner retro but everybody else is back right and they're playing better team defense so you could argue that they're better than they were a year ago and that's scary but I don't think you could argue against Ohio State and LSU they have better wins that's why they're that's why they wanted to Ohio State's do some trouble early on tonight they're trailing 14 to nothing Clemson definitely being locked into that three spot and see exactly what happens to the rest of the night gain of seven on the play of the timeout two lost seven a big apartment I just I'm happy that we have a playoff system of four teams and out of the BCS because if we had this situation right right it would be a nightmare well how about the people that are calling for the eight team playoffs friggin thingy well hey a lot of people say in that Greece some thought was here we've had we've had what was Oklahoma Baylor today that was a quarterfinal okay what what is how state is in a situation right now right this ain't all situation so we've had these games that that are leading in to the semifinals I think it's great word is that will sweetie thinks it's graveyard is I asked him that question yesterday he likes the situation that it's in he liked the BCS yes there's no way if you were Clemson this year number three there's no way you would be like adebisi's I think a lot of people feel that way and I think whether we want it or not an eighth team playoff is coming could be him that's America [Applause] better to see that pass is knocked away Kevon lawless nearly had it 26 seconds left behalf and it's fourth down almost a big mistake here for price Perkins get pressure right here you just got to eat it right keep the clock running and protect the football scary thing about Isaiah sabers he's probably the best cover linebacker in the country and you just saw what he to do as a pastor yeah - Griffin back to putt final half minute got some pressure there is some contact don't see any flags on the field it's a 52-yard punt Griffen aerial coverage provided by Goodyear recognizing those who strive to rise above the rest Goodyear more driven you know those Punk's are saying they can act sometime - time - let's see if there was definitely some contact [Music] definitely not when you throw their hands up to think looking for a call and won't get a long way from Broadway ETN go for a big loss in the final seconds we would think of the half [Music] Clemson that's their sixth possession officially but on the five tree possessions so far four touchdowns in one field one as we hit halftime [Applause] end of the first half for the ACC championship 31 7 all Clemson now stop the capital law and halftime report Kevin the Gandhi Jonathan Vilma and Mark Sanchez these messages [Music] Oh saving convinced us we're committing to a plan Wow Austin number three Clemson complete control 31 to 70 ACC chip chip game Big Ten Champion going on right now and last time we saw these two teams play 38 the 7 was the score all Ohio State but Jonathan Taylor JV bye-bye the offensive line for Wisconsin is doing a great job both in running the football and protecting Jack cone sliding the protection over to chasey on the defense a little pressure here Wisconsin's defense came to play nice grab Austin Mac 34 yard gain Ohio State Wisconsin territory but then here's the set he has some time but how about the pursuit it's a great coverage sack by the Wisconsin defense and as you mentioned the pursuit is there the best part Wisconsin's staying in their lanes and of course if Jonathan Taylor everyone's focusing on him so now Jack own brother threw me jack ho what's the wheel right now it's 14 nothing Wisconsin largest deficit for the Buckeyes this season and Ohio State is driving at the moment welcome to the studio Kevin agon alongside Jonathan Vilma and Mark Sanchez what's the face LSU in that rising defense right now - JV right got a point you gotta hate on Georgia SEC title game and jobber nobody nobody on the planet was to face Joe Burrell right now in college football they absolutely don't he was on fire tonight absolutely dynamite we said it before but Georgia's vaunted defense they ran into the Bayou buzzsaw right that's Joe burrow baby ball woods he's absolutely lights out and listen he continues to just carve up deep guys watch this play right here JV as a defensive player what's going through your minds you're trying to chase this young man the guy who came back was Justin Jefferson for the ball 71 yard game burrow in this one for touchdown 48 touchdowns on the season that's an MCC touchdown passing record fifth win over an AP top-10 team is this a 1 seed this isn't one seed right now offensively look great defensively they're coming on strong LSU wins and wins big look at this most passing touchdowns in a game and you see Burroughs name right there by the way Ellison passing coordinator Joe Brady brought up similarities with Drew Brees and Joe burrow in the same system mark I love at the compliment on an absolute compliment i sat down with this kid during one of their bye weeks during the season was so impressed I was raving about him coming back I didn't know he was gonna be this good though patio making his case for that one CYO state is struggling all right the case board before seed we saw what happened last night to Utah Oklahoma Baylor battling out potentially maybe for that final spot in the playoff and this is the big 12 champion Charlie Brooke Oklahoma's defense was in that backfield in the first quarter they were some mother Oklahoma's defense led by that man Kenneth Murray jr. he they were smothering Charlie Brewer he goes out with the concussion for yeah he was done for the game meanwhile the other quarterback Jalen hurts to Nick bass Quinn right there Oklahoma by 7 the third string quarterback the freshman Jacob Zeno how about this play and the race by Chris Platt to the end zone this is what made it a game right here you threw when Matt rule went to the third team quarterback he just let it go and by doing that the secondary for Oklahoma couldn't adjust early on the game of big plays in the second game at that play gets them into the red zone and they who get a field goal to tie the game up we go to overtime Ramon Dre Stephenson the touchdown and then the the Baylor offense could not hold off Oklahoma's attack and go ahead it's up refreshing the see Oklahoma's defense finally keeping up with Oklahoma's office fifth straight big 12 for Oklahoma they win 32:23 meanwhile highest ranked group of five team that wins their conference champ just clinching the spot the Goodyear top bowl class Memphis in the driver's seat but facing Cincinnati and Desmond Ritter he didn't play last week at the Liberty ball in this game he looked very good there's Brady right white rolling to his right has some time decides I want to keep it oh he sure does he calls his own number but Memphis Olaf let this thing get away really both teams nobody could decide who wanted to win there were special teams penalties that were fumbles and turnovers but a huge emotional win for Coach Norville in one of his last games as a Memphis white quick throat Antoniou Gibson here late announce 29 24 Cincinnati had a chance they had a chance but Ritter overthrowing his receiver and Memphis finally wins the American micro expected to be the head coach at Florida State tomorrow Boise State they won but you see again it's the highest ranked team in the group of five if you win your conference championship and that is Memphis right now the drivers they do a tremendous job beating Cincinnati twice to in order to get to the Cotton Bowl our hats off to normal and good luck for met Florida State it all plays out tomorrow the exclusive reveal selection day the selection show it starts Sunday at noon on ESPN will get you ready 9 a.m. Eastern Time on espn2 the capital 1 fan vote update once again Trevor Lawrence the Justin Ross and Trevor Lawrence a different quarterback the last five and a half games 19 touchdowns pics and that train for the Tigers looking really good in Charlotte up 31 to 7 coming up the dr. pepper tuition giveaways coming up and stay tuned to watch two deserving seen Clemson in the first half and that was the Ohio State struggling the keys to get the 1 goes to three really that's not going to metal house they can't come back right down 14 nothing then they're gonna earn themselves a date with this team who clumsy and nobody wants to see that right now so certainly it is material and we would all expect Oklahoma in [Applause] comes your way tomorrow nice to get all that rankings such matchups of course the playoffs who's in Travis he Tian is in with the football from the 6:00 [Applause] and ETA - hurtling over the kicker brahim Delaney 33-yard returned annamaria telecom in dnal said the message to his team was simple that the mindset was correct but the execution did not quite match it so he told his team all we can do now is play hard for the next 30 minutes of his football game Sweeney on the other hand he was effusive in his praise of Bryce Perkins and what he's been able to do in that first half but was also proud of the way his offense was able to deliver those 31 points in the first half Maria thank you Bob's first down in Ted [Applause] and then it's 24 yards from scrimmage there as we check out tonight's Pacific Life game summary Annie Tian you keep giving him the ball and he's gonna continue to wear on you now 10 carries 80 yards in this football game and a touchdown and why wouldn't you continue to give it to him right up the middle this offensive line and John Simpson where there's Lawrence going to his left across his body Lamar Rogers was in the neighborhood here now the a prevention Pacific Life game summary that's been Trevor Lawrence thrown at E Hagins she plays soft coverage on the outside of Virginia not to get beat deep and we missed tackles and the Lord says that time confidence his best players he's in a rhythm second and ten Jay Dixon out of the backfield nothing doing there Devante dross and a nice first half for Virginia makes you to stop there what have I told you that the Trevor Lawrence at eight consecutive games of three touchdown passes that's quite a streak we said on the season they're beating teams by an average of 35 points per game and after the North Carolina one point we went up to an average margin of victory of 42 points that falls in line with Lauren's having those big numbers third and 17 chance to continue to get off dropped overton could not hang on we talked about the conference and the maturation of Trevor Lawrence watch his calm in the pocket here there's gonna be a free rusher right there and he just slides gets his shoulder down and makes an accurate throw Overton drops that football but that is what you see the growth of Trevor Lawrence and just being called in the pocket knowing exactly where his receivers are making accurate throat so points I'm so impressed with what he's done this year look back to the first few games and the struggles that he had in the interception City through and then to bounce back after hearing all that noise not to be fazed by the first punt of the night for Clemson does not bring out a celebration for Virginia it's a 30 yard punt take a look at tonight's first half stats brought to you by Geico Virginia actually got off to a very nice score pretty good first drive and there was the interception of the endzone you can't make any mistakes against this Clemson team and that interception certainly didn't help them and they haven't been able to stop Trevor Lawrence it was there was so much expectations on this kid after playing almost perfect football against Notre Dame and Alabama on the playoffs last year the expectations were waiting to ride I'm worried about the expectations after the Louisville game cuz they had three games of throwing two interceptions after the Louisville game he said you know I don't care what nobody else thinks this is about playing well for my teammates that's what he started to play really good football and as you know Greece that attitude will help Lawrence at the next level there's no question left a little adversity little chaos a lot of criticism [Applause] they talk about 50/50 balls unbelievable play by deploy AJ Terrell is right there in good position and Dubois has shown up in this ACC championship has a touchdown and he's made play after play nine catches for Dubois the rest of the team has seven combined a cstube waa playing in his 50th game for Virginia Joe Reed is stuck on 49 Reed unable to go tonight had been dealing with knee and hip injuries first team all-acc player on Virginia two categories [Applause] they return specialist and he was unable to go that's a critical loss to Virginia and they're feeling the impact all over the field Lawson fool on that play pumps it decided bring a corner pressure here watch the corner here this will be Tanner mused one-on-one with the receiver that's where Bryce Perkins has to go with the football you know the blitz is coming you got to let it go you can't just eat it in the middle it's a missed opportunity Bryce Perkins has made those reads and made those plays consistently all year for UVA and they've made some of these plays against Muse one-on-one earlier in this game that was a missed opportunity to get back to second down at 14 to complete the Billy camp there is a flag down I don't want to steal Cassidy Hubbard's thunder but Ohio State is on the board they turn out 14-7 now with 18 seconds left in the half there defacing [Applause] that's Darion Kendrick same grabbing the jersey of call for the official Tehran Kendrick keys very very high he's going to be somebody as these playoffs come on as well is going to see better and better receivers he's going to be targeted opposite of AJ Terrell from the 32 of Clemson he's in love with Billy Kemp all of a sudden right back to Kemp working on Chad Smith it's a gain of six there Kendricks an interesting story came as a wide receiver they needed some bodies on defense and apparently only offensive coaches kissed and hugged him goodbye because they do who have been one practice he was not coming back to the offense important player on that Clemson defense second down and four 26 cat the motion he's not looking that way that's an incomplete pass so a big way looks like some miscommunication there third and four Venables has really gotten out of the man-to-man that he's been playing he's playing more zone and I think it's smart for two reasons one is you're all your defenders keep eyes on Bryce Perkins that's what he's really worried about is him running so you play zone to keep your eyes on the floor and then number two these are forcing him to throw into tight windows and you're not exposing guys like Tanner muse and Slava versus tapasya territory here we go on certain floor [Applause] and completes the job in heavy traffic dois hauls it in his tenth catch that's a first down gain of five on the play senior performance in New Jersey the already Virginia's done better the last couple of Clemson opponents and Tigers holding each of their last two opponents Wake Forest South Carolina to merely a bugle here Virginia already has to touch down looking for more let's picked up nicely Terrell Jana had it and then he didn't keep on Wallace made sure of that on the go this was a great play all the way around a great throw a great route by Jana but all that was negated by Kavon Wallace who never gives up on the play just continues to run and get his hands in to Jana's chest and that's tricky to do yeah you know when you're that close to be able to get physical great play by 12 second down and 10 from the 20 here's the pressure [Applause] out of a pocket he'll connect with Billy Kemp that's a gain of seven on the play what does Brent Venables decide to do here on third down at four been pretty consistent bringing pressure bringing to blitz a problem one there on the last play [Music] if you're gonna bring question you got to contain three in the five six cats in the night for Kip there's thirteen four some confusion all this is looking over zone Virginia the inside has Janet for the first down Gator ate on the play she's some of the chess game going on between Robert and I do right now that time they knew to check into his own drop eight and just very confidently throws a little stick route and convert a first down what do you mentioned chess Janice a big-time chess player please Chris sharp all the time feeling a lot of chess players on this continue squad first down a goal and the pressure his face Perkins gets rid of it it's Jana Jackie's not checkmate taxane blitz that Venables brought earlier this drive lead channel news out there Bryce Perkins missed it earlier their drive took the sack this time he didn't miss [Music] here's Delaney for the extra point [Applause] boots of three [Applause] Clemson hasn't given up something's gotta give tonight it looks like her the Cavaliers are give another right back in the game with a 3114 score now 18 21 left in the third quarter Delaney to kick it away for Virginia BT Anna's back deep for the Tigers to get out of the end zone the William V Campbell trophy presented by Mazda recognizes combined academic success football performance and leadership consider as the academic Heisman Virginia linebacker Jordan Mack is a finalist for the award 3.47 GPA gonna graduate this month Leeds Virginia sacks also volunteers of the kindness cafe the organization of employs people with cognitive disabilities one of those guys in bronco mendenhall talks about end football support to him but so are so many outstanding young man that's my favorite trophy honestly it's my favorite truck you can again advise it's big but but to me the Campbell Trophy is the highest honor for a college football player and it just doesn't get talked about and that's why threw in the the nickname the academic Heisman Trophy yeah so you get an idea but but what an honor that is that would be because you have to be a good football player it's not just about academics you got to be a good football player and you have to have great academics and you have to be great in the community I mean that's what it's that's what it's all about being a student athlete in college and it's kind of interesting the last two winners of the award we're both from Clemson and Christian Wilkins a year ago and then Micah Kiser from Virginia warp speed shot [Applause] Higgens it's the and either to Cavalier defenders in his face Aikens brings it down 54 yards Nick grant is he's having a tough night and he's trying his best you know this is this is just a superior athlete holed up in a situation just a jump ball hey go down there and I'll throw it up to you and these 50/50 balls throughout college football are 80/20 balls from t Higgins first down and goal Lawrence the handoff to e TN he gets out of this that's a big loss on the play [Applause] at the big stiff-arm on math gam but it's a go back to Higgins what are you supposed to do 215 first round pigs he's gonna run probably four or five in the 40-yard dash and then every time the ball is up in the air he's got he's got all those inches on you and he's a special player you would even call that a good throw you don't have to make a great that's the beauty there's large [Applause] to the handful of placing all the way down the field after Virginia's scores that is the third touchdown cat to the game [Applause] giving each hand the ball a couple of times to make sure he's happy but they control the polymers single snap they could score four or five plays every single job Etienne has six fourth-quarter calories all season [Music] [Applause] touchdown drives of five plays or less Clemson in the playoff [Applause] the new ACC championship game record for him that's more touchdown passes [Music] Samsung is bringing 4k to ESPN a off [Music] Funston trying to be the first team to ever win a conference championship game five straight years see Trevor Lawrence four touchdown passes and Trevor Lawrence got to be throwing to somebody this particular game ta gets most wide reciever touchdowns in club history they have had their fair share of grapes tickets doing things tonight free touchdown catches 182 receiving yards both those numbers our ACC championship game records Higgins a guy who had to be convinced really to play football he was mr. basketball in the state of Tennessee his mom had to bribe him to play football hit with Hot Wheels Brides love Hot Wheels [Music] sit for an update here's cats to the other Steve time now for one of 18 teas best performances in Wisconsin has been at their best so far in Indy Jack home to Quinta's Cephas who takes it inside the one and they would score on the very next play the Badgers up 21-7 on Ohio State at the half Gus that's the run game which is most have been dominated by price Perkins Wayne Tala Papa on the carry their five yards on the play you can't you can't help ruff to watch that highlight that's the first time Ohio State this season has really looked mortal what is it going to what's going to happen if they end up losing that game I mean they're working their way into a date with this Clemson team and they look stronger than ever out of the backfield Tala Papa gave of ten on that play I think there's a there's a there's a big difference between teams that get better as the year goes on and teams that don't and Clemson certainly has gotten better see the ball state playoff predictor I feel about that what happens if it's like a 21-point game tonight they lose by 21 yeah well Wisconsin has 6% I don't know if you can see that parkings there but to me even one of the losses wasn't to Ohio State the other was of the really bad loss total or 23 to Illinois price Perkins still down on the field let's print an Armstrong batch of quarter but we seen him in the game mom's for a couple times but say no offense in the country depends on one player more than Virginia with the Bryce Perkins moves right back see Bryce Perkins appeared to be just fine as he jog off the field while we were away commercial break machine he's out for this one play it's Brennan Armstrong the redshirt freshman and Shelby Ohio in the game able to recover that's your one play and instantly Perkins comes running in it's his own read right yes and read it and make the decision whether to hold it like he just wasn't on the same page with Tala papa fortunate to get it back been a day for backup quarterbacks out of it yes Taylor sometimes you got to go three deep Perkins yard sure greasy doesn't know the feeling it's not fun coming in frozen cold after standing around all night I don't think that has anything to do with holding on the ball though can we say can we talk about Balaam for a second water job yeah don't go don't let it get lost is the real story is Matt rule and what he did with that program they were a one win team a couple of years ago it's nice gripper the punter [Applause] not gonna get there [Applause] it's a two yard completion great play by skal ski the linebacker he wasn't fooled number 47 on the outside he preacher Luigi takes in a ball carrier for flexible tomorrow it's another big game for Virginia coal Anthony in North Carolina take out a hose for eastern of ACC Network Ruben's Jimmy D classic is back Notre Dame at UConn you can stream both games on the ESPN app second down and two from the 41 : Finny is projected to be a top five pick big che where did you have call Anthony on your big board I was just curious top five it's really you know through college basketball into the NBA now Anthony is supposed to be a top five pick of the 2020 draft get a chance to see him Virginia was somewhat concerned that fans would not make this trip because the basketball team was home Carolina tomorrow tough to tell is a lot of orange in the building tonight can't tell which sides orange primary colors whoa flea-flicker and gold is [Applause] when she says you got a trip clay we've got one too you know this this game is clearly in control of Clemson right the double-reverse flea-flicker statement you want to put on this one Trevor Lawrence and a lot of harm's way right here very fortunate that he didn't take a bigger shot than that Ehrenfeld Mui got a piece DTN Overton in there Hama flea-flicker now safe underneath is Travis karyam 14 carries for a hundred and fourteen yards his 17th career 100-yard game that ties blamed almond for the most election history and he's 43 rushing yards away from the post in Clemson history what a career he has had in Death Valley 4000 yards that's forwards you know when you play for crunchy get all these extra games too right yeah they play more games than anybody cows football last year's gonna keep playing 15 yeah and they're gonna baby winning them all that's what Davos said we got to go 30 and oh and if he's right phillup won two national championships on their way to win 28 in a row this season miss Dixon while that look easy Lynne Jay Dixon right through the heart of that Virginia defense [Applause] we got Travis etn with that great career no no she's gonna come back Dixon just a true sophomore break blocking up front in Virginia front seven it's hard right you're getting blown up hard to stop this offensive wide open gaping hole fourteen consecutive game [Applause] I'm really into this karma how do I know if I'm getting a good deal trucco knows exactly how much people have been paying for the car I want I tell truth part my zip will come in two and it shows me the true heart curve this shows the range of prices people in my area actually paid for the same car looks like these folks paid a little more than everyone else and this guy got the deal of a lifetime this is how car buying was always meant to be this is true car before you buy a car see what others paid for it with true car that's all my Christmas wish list I want stocking stuffers I'd like all the hunters in my family go Thank You Santa I want a real at least as good as the one I loaned my cousin Johnny and never got back save on of great gifts at Bass Pro Shops and Cabela's like this camo stainless steel tumbler for under $10 this Abu Garcia Revo sxb [Applause] back bring it out to the 25-yard line you might have heard Red Devil was on red alert all week who are they not hoo-wee so-called play I just don't think our team has been portrayed properly and I think people have missed out on a beautiful football team they are better in every area as a football team than that team that went 15 and old last year [Applause] in April 27 and her own I was thinking about this you know how many teams went 27 or Olin College Football remember UCF went through that would explain dab alone will seem like he has to defend his winning streak the way UCF was defending their winning streak the group of five situations goes to the power fire final minute of play here the third quarter I think the big thing is cases he was down this year right my dad Laster in the well last year they played two ranked teams in the ACC NC State was ranked 16th in Boston College was ranked 17th when they beat him they played no ranked teams this year you go back to 2017 and 2016 they played three ranked ACC opponents in each of those seasons so the fact they didn't have any ranked opponents in the ACC this year that NC State was down for us they control that yeah that is not Clemson's doing it everybody has a Wofford on the schedule I can say this bio states right up there another struggling tonight Clemson is right there and that conversation will continue since 1936 how many times has that happened again if Clemson wins that's saying something they will have won three national championships for four years since 1936 how many times has that happened 1936 was the start of the AP poll Minnesota right Minnesota one as we start quarter number four [Music] Perkins completing to Jannah as we open up breezy has this one I know it's the answer I don't I said Minnesota CC Minnesota there Notre Dame Nebraska and Alabama the only three times three national team in the middle at Nebraska one that was [Music] the shared split national championship Brian Griese emissions that's how we created the BCS after that season it's got a frost didn't want any of our stuff frost online ones might have been grabbing his side there a little bit Italian motion [Applause] you know you might think that after the emotional win Virginia team now they're getting blown out on this game 45 to 14 that there would be some letdown but if you thought that you don't really know bronco mendenhall and you don't know the culture that he's building at virginia this team will play hard and they will play for 60 minutes no matter what the sport it was Preston it was story there that Mizzou win first season for Mendenhall against Oregon they were down and out of the game rallied to score too late touchdown all the organ players hey what's with you guys because you didn't kill what's going on here and that was really the scarf turn around and we asked Met Ball about that he said that's what it was most proud of that Mercy's most memorable part of that two intense season was was that moment and that just tells you what you need to know about what he's trying to build here and you can't stand up about the toughness surprise Perkins he took a bunch of shots against Virginia Tech a week ago and he's taking a couple more here in this game he's stricken with tonsillitis prior to that game against the team second barely call the play spell huddle go in complete the game we had to go straight to the hospital and I kept him overnight they drained his tonsils I said they could not believe it just shows you like the leadership and the toughness of number three the tonsillitis is nothing when you consider where Perkins has come from broken vertebra in his neck back when he was at Arizona State [Applause] it fuse it you'll never play football again to rehab six seven months in a couple of different neck races that's the option choice they complete their [Music] he took a bit here play I think it was Xavier Thomas that came and got him they're gonna kick down 4514 there's Brian Delaney setting up for would be a 35-yard field goal attempt you said they're hard time breathing because of his ribs vicious shot yeah time remember he got hit on the last Drive and had to come out and in the most recent one Vic was the second down play he gets hit and goes to the ground it's metaphysical game this was the player earlier the football game he said he begged his coach to let him go hit on defense try to protect that three-point lead with the his winning streak and Clemson's winning streak appears to be in good fashion looking to up that too eight here's Cassady Humber well Steve right out of the Hat Ohio State march down the field finishing off a minute 40 Drive with this justin fields to jeremy Rucker who stretches out for the incredible grass Ohio State within seven and they have the ball inside the 20 right now guys five seventeen pumps and out in front of Virginia and new quarterback not necessarily a new quarterback he's new in this game it's chase Brice redshirt sophomore who really saved last season's national championship which party to stop Jai Dixit no gain on the play there and yet another game where Trevor Lawrence doesn't play in the fourth quarter right really the only game of the 20 that he started as he had to play in the fourth Petraeus against North Carolina this year and found out that made just enough plays to win that game but certainly that is the only thing as they go into the playoff said they have an accomplishment talk to Trevor this weekend he said that experience of being in that close game lake should help serve them as they go down the stretch Jeff Scott said hey we know some fourth-quarter football games are coming yeah they want to get going but etn see if we see him in the fourth quarter Lincoln said he pulled four carries twelve minutes left I thought it was interesting Vegas thinks is gonna be a fourth-quarter game between a mythical Ohio State or LSU matchup that's right here's place to throw downfield [Applause] makes his ninth cat to the season beats Nick grant for 57 Sammy Watkins told you Hopkins Sammy Watkins and now Higgins we got Ross and now here's the next one Frank Lansing Joseph nada both true freshmen that's the next generation of Clemson receiver on the crowd of Dixon back to the line of scrimmage we're talking about Clemson and odds going forward for those who think he that Clemson belongs in that three spot third men's team Vegas would disagree with you a friends at Caesars would have Clemson as a favorite over Ohio State slight favor and will be more of a favor against LSU what do you think about that I think that's going to change after what's happening in Indianapolis tonight but yeah you're gonna bet against Trevor Lawrence go I know what he can do in the playoffs I'm not sure what Justin Fields can do in the playoffs that's a great boy and Joe pearls had an unbelievable Heisman front running year no question but he hasn't been in that playoff situation either an LSU a first-timer in the playoff the only one who has is Trevor Lawrence who stared down the Beast that is Alabama as a true freshman one of the best quarterback performances I can remember in college for they blew the doors off the Crimson Tide 44 16 and remember the first two throws of that game yes air mail both of them since back in that that setting it was amazing batted down at the line of scrimmage nearly intercepted it falls incomplete it'll be fourth down and goal my Eskimo yesterday I said uh you're the committee where do you rank Clemson a nice today I just want to be in the top four it's like lottery you got to be in it to win it certainly will be will be in the college football playoff that's some selective amnesia that he's talking about it in the media the national media forgetting about what this team really is and they're everybody's focused on who they've played but it doesn't change who they are I agree and all he's doing is defending his his team and that's his job [Music] [Applause] he talks about being drop-down number one the number five without losing all I know that piling up trophy after trophy record after record and another ACC Championship game making some history tonight then those schools won five consecutive conference championship games Clemson appears to be on their way 370 passing yards that's an ACC championship game record check out tonight's Pacific Life game summary our quarterbacks Trevor Lawrence came out sharp hit the ball Tootie Higgins and Bryce Parkinson we knew the challenge he knew the challenge when we talked with him last night about it that over 74 percent of this offense has run through him with us through the air his legs and he played valiantly tonight I mean he played tough he ran the ball hard he took some shots but it's it tonight is the night he could be proud of and it's a season that he could be proud of true guy is the lost again talk about price Perkins well the other guy I know what you're preparing to they should broke free bro oh I do hope Perkins is okay again we were under the impression that we know or lose Jenny would find their their way to South Fla to the Orange Bowl to be a feather event cap well this was a great stage for their program obviously it hasn't played out the way they wanted it to but they're still playing hard he's still in there still taking shots here slips down there the Clemson sideline they're quick to pick them up clear difference in talent between these two teams [Music] you'll learn from it and they're just trying to continue to build what they what they really planned on and as coach said Broncos said it was a lot worse than I even expected when we took over he said about this game today he said every player that touches the ball for Clemson will be better than any woman tries to tackle them Virginia so that that speaks that speaks to the talent disparity in these two games but you know the what Virginia was trying to do is close the gap with everybody else right gap between everybody else complexion is really measurable you look at the ACC football team as would expect dominated by Clemson the one player Virginia got on the first team was Joe Reed he's injured tonight [Applause] Clee big damage [Music] the difficult thing about Isaiah Simmons is what we talked about earlier you don't know if he's gonna be rushing or he could be dropping and that time he drops right into the zone where Brice Bergin's never saw Greece Simmons is one of the most special talents that I've evaluated at the linebacker position he's our safety at 64 230 pounds he's exactly what the NFL is looking for and he gives so much flexibility to Brent Venables in this entire defense for Clemson Dairyland personal foul illegal blindside block by Virginia number 70 that penalty will be tacked on half the business to the goal line [Applause] Ascari's Haskins the left tackle let's take a look at theirs Haskins right here the left tackle and here's Isaiah Simmons you can see Simmons just drop in and looked like he perkins tried to fit that ball in past Isaiah Simmons not a good idea there to see the personal foul [Music] [Applause] that's that's a perfect call that is the reason that rule has been put in behind the play taking a shot at somebody that somebody was Tyler Davis now clumps him back to the ground game Darien wrencher his first carry pick up three all the play the Tigers are inside the 5-yard line with nine minutes to go here to the floor and that's not something that bronco mendenhall is gonna stand for capacity [Applause] it's real sweetie the last name sounds familiar there's a relation there indeed from from chase price sweetie the junior that'll go as his tenth reception although no gain on the play flags [Music] [Applause] coach gonna yell his kids he's got a bigger fish to fry right now maybe later will Sweeney Drew Sweeney both on the squad look at those pants aplomb the safety is there's not a whole lot of white left third down and goal now from before WAIS going to keep it taste grace [Applause] rushing touchdown of the season for chase price he had for passing touchdowns and Clemson is piling on now to the tune of 17 that's great to see Trevor Lawrence come out celebrating with Chase Brice as he comes off the field pushes it through Clemson is seeking their eighth consecutive read by three thirty-six if I told you the 55/45 Clemson in ships Saturday night here in North Carolina where Clemson is having their way with Virginia 5570 all I want to know is who's coming out of the coastal next year vii different team Virginia is the comic yes won't even get back to the 15 what's it all about who's in tomorrow we'll have the exclusive reveal of the college football playoff matchups race from the fellas will also unveil be here six matchups and the final top 25 rankings and tonight after UFC fight night it's more Chino Scott Van Pelt so in the show their playoff predictions in SportsCenter UFC with SVP and the ESPN app I'm hoping to make it back this year in one piece it should always get two years ago I was out of course you guys threw me on a horse I found out I was allergic to horses right you talkin snow it in the snow they never made it back fumble ball out of the ten and it is recovered by Perkins but travelers so time if it were me I would have LSU number one yep I agree and and then based on whether Ohio State wins or loses right out at Clemson to Ohio State and then Oklahoma how about you paint green and I don't like that you don't like it you don't like the agreeing part are you allergic to that too or just like the horses just like the horse I think you have to go down less here I really do I think Ohio State what's the score now 21 17 LSU today that was a dominant performance I guess you know that was a unto state so we're okay with LSU's defense because it that you know today that we've got you everybody could have a prior to today that had been the knock right the big offense for LSU and the question mark was their defense a scenic complete today he may have gotten better on defense de Miranda is a heck of a football coach they've gotten better on the defensive side there's no question they restore the true freshman derrick Stingley accord you know Delpit is an unbelievable player I listen I know that Georgia had a banged up DeAndre swift I didn't have cage or they only had Perkins for a half but but the way that they played today and the complimentary football the way the Joe Pearl is playing topos having a season like Trevor Lawrence out of Europe get the still in there fighting will make a little shake and bake and we'll get there for the first time is this a good time to remind you guys that no number one seed has actually won the national championship is this a good so we're all fighting over who wants to be number one so this is my opinion right I think that I think Clemson certainly when they have the football we've seen it tonight they're gonna score points on LSU when LSU has the ball I think the converse is going to happen and it might come down to special teams in this matchup and if it were me BT Potter is is not as proven right I don't think he's as proven that is one question mark that I continue to have with the Clemson Tigers well sweetie is back fair catch yuichi Potter looked on and he'll hear about game to bits go in the third this is the latest the Buckeyes have trailed off season just the fields to KJ Hill to give Ohio State their first lead of the game up 24 21 guys [Applause] all right Cassidy thank you pumps him back at it on the grounds the clock whines to five and a half to play and again we started the night talking about the importance of double wall you get to play number four that's that's done it let's play the smaller part of it the bigger part is avoiding Clemson and now you would think Ohio State would certainly have that matchup Ohio State Clemson that beer a big good football game to attend to cope I go yeah a lot of fun either one yeah I'm just selfishly hoping that there's real sweetie the Junior has 30 yards that's great for will to get to get some catches came into the game with nine on the season prior to primary hole there on field goals and an opportunity for dad wanna really get some of these kids in and get some snap he's the son of a head coach to play plants back in 1963 I got my time on residues notes this week huh what do you think I do all the way to EJ and at this point at 5517 there might be a Herbstreit sighting or to keep an eye on that as well and Brent Venables kid is a linebacker Jake Venables is a backup of redshirt freshman and going to be an outstanding player they say a football is family that Clemson they mean [Music] the go-to guy now pretty good shot the back that's his third catch of the night gives it 12 while the season same feature me it's route on the outside now you know what's going through every one of these guys Minds right who's gonna be the guy that's gonna score the touchdown I mean players think like that crews in this situation yes they do pants stats from the haven't seen em department michael dukes true freshman from charleston that's his 30th rush of the season mix of eight yards on the play i don't know how close we're getting to total players but if you recall earlier in the season Dabo trotted out a hundred and eleven different players a hundred eleven players saw the field in their victory against Charlotte [Music] as dukes again for the first down my money's on dukes here to get his touchdown all right figure thereof but you know now if they run the Sprint out like they did in Renfro the national championship game if they run the sprint out to Sweeney there's going to be some issues stop [Applause] out of the shotgun on the ground it is too I don't want you to be right so badly greasy is impossible to be around it's always right [Music] team total yards a new ACC championship game record they are rolling downhill don't take this defense doesn't want to keep these they know this is the backups in pride on the line pushkaryova night Malusi we've now seen Malusi Dixon wrench or Dukes and of course etn fifth different running back for Clemson to get a carry here tonight [Music] we whine under a minute 40 now and every single starter for UVA still out there on defense 30 Bellucci and it is a touchdown for the Tigers and Clemson is hung a 60 spot on Virginia 61 points is the most the Tigers have scored against any opponent all season we got down yeah take a look from this angle it's hard to tell the Potter family will cheer sixty-two seventeen all Tigers that's all my Christmas wish list I want stocking stuffers I'd like all the hunters in my family go sanika village we'll be dropped at about the 18 yard line last offensive series you might think for Virginia after the game stay tuned for the four wrap-up implicit Oriya ACC championship Gatorade that never gets old we come up with a new tradition on the Gatorade I'm still doing the Gatorade shower I'll come over to tradition I'll get you up here in the booth rule or shower tune into the ACC Network for the presentation of the ACC championship trophy Brennan Armstrong is in at quarterback or virgin [Applause] four yards off the plate Josh Hoffman our producer all season director Mike Schwab we believe is the best television crew in the business want to thank my personal MVP in the booth here every single week that's been boma and we have a split for the co rookies of the year Tom Barberie our statistician and Nicole Drago leap our booth coordinator yes everybody upstairs Downstairs we crisscross the country all laughing our way through college football we certainly hope you have enjoyed it with us as they are enjoying it off the sideline that's a great shot and a great year for a Bronco Mentos I can't lose sight of that right like the narrative of this game cannot override the season that he nine wins coastal championship and finally 15 years waiting to get over Virginia Tech all of that and to see him in the owners board New Year's sixth game that that is what this season needs to be remember that for Bronco Mendenhall Justin skal is down for Clemson and on his way up we wives of the final half bit of the plate Kemp's had himself a nice night I'll be receiving it nine catches tonight for Billy Kemp sophomore you're right Greece's been a you think where Virginia is coming from this been a five season intercepted picked off by Clemson and it's Keith McGuire by the interception ten seconds left to play [Applause] reports championship trophy time for the Tigers are closed [Music] by Chris who's the best team in the country right now in college [Applause] that's hard Todd standby coming to you next year Johnson I still I'm gonna say LSU but Clemson is right there with it right Todd of agreement LSU Dabo charges out of the field victorious the game and we have differed the MVP selection of this game down at Maria Taylor and the team that performance oh man it's unbelievable I mean just just you know got a group of young people that have just fought and you don't get to the chance to win five in a row without those previous teams that gave us the opportunity so I'm thankful for all of our teams to give us this chance but these guys have been amazing all year so resilient and to to do something that's never been done you know coach Spurrier oh he's watching coach Spurrier called me last year say yeah time to Gators you tied the Gators

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