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Orange Bowl: West Virginia crushes Clemson 70-33 behind Geno Smith's 6 TDs

14 Clemson 70-33. Cook collided comically with mascot Obie after scoring one of the Mountaineers' five TDs in the second quarter, including three in the final 2:29 for a 49-20 lead. It was the highest-scoring half by a team in a bowl game. Rather than the end, many in the Clemson football program envision this [...]

Geno Smith dazzles home folks and Clemson in Orange Bowl

MIAMI — As the West Virginia Mountaineers celebrated their first Orange Bowl victory, safety Darwin Cook shared a hug with the game's mascot, Obie. They had run into each other earlier in the end zone when Cook scored MIAMI, Fl. — Clemson's season ended with a thump: a blowout, 70-33, loss to West Virginia. Thursday, [...]

No. 21 Clemson stuns No. 5 Virginia Tech 38-10

By Edward Aschoff Thursday, Clemson coach Dabo Swinney added some fuel to the Clemson-South Carolina rivalry fire when he barked at Gamecocks coach Steve Spurrier after hearing about a rousing quote that a reporter attributed to Spurrier. SB Nation is a collection of over 300 individual communities, each offering high quality year-round coverage and conversation [...]

Clemson takes advantage of Seminoles' mistakes in 35-30 victory

The Clemson Tigers defeated the Florida State Seminoles 35-30. Clemson failed to convert on fourth-and-one in Seminole territory with 2:49 remaining in the game, giving Florida St. one last shot, but Moore's sack of Trickett sealed the win for the Tigers (4-0 overall, 1-0 ACC), who are 4-0 for Instant Halftime Analysis: Clemson 21, Florida [...]

Jubilation in Death Valley as Clemson Beats Florida State

By Coley Harvey CLEMSON, SC — Based solely on the sight of his injury in last week's loss to No. 1 Oklahoma, receiver Kenny Shaw was supposed to be in wearing warmup pants and sunglasses as he stood on Florida State's sideline Saturday afternoon. Tech moves to 4-0 on the season with the win, and [...]

Auburn's streak ends at Clemson

Mark Crammer / AP Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney (left) greets wide receiver Sammy Watkins (2) after Watkins' third-quarter touchdown in the Tigers' 38-24 win over Auburn. Auburn certainly misses Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Cam Newton. By Press-Register staff Clemson tight end Dwayne Allen (83) comes down with a TD pass over Auburn safety Erique Florence [...]

Clemson offense cruises to snap Auburn's streak

Ted Roof's Auburn defense crumbled like a cheap card table as Clemson's Tajh Boyd came perilously close to a 400-yard passing day, and the home Tigers rallied back from a 14-0 first-quarter deficit to the away Tigers. CLEMSON, S.C. — No. 21 Auburn's luck ended Saturday along with its 17-game winning streak as Tajh Boyd [...]

Clemson Ends Auburn's 17-game Win Streak (VIDEO)

Auburn hasn't been affected by the crowd at Clemson yet, and is ahead 7-0 and moving the ball again. Clemson's defense gave up another big play, just like in the first two weeks. Maryland forced a turnover against West Virginia and took a 3-0 lead, Same thing, though with a lesser degree of national intrigue, [...]