Duke provided a massive twofer in a frantic final 2 minutes against Clemson Saturday,
The Blue Devils have just one league loss, but a second would likely eliminate them from having a shot to get to Charlotte and play for the ACC Title.
They were underdogs heading to Clemson today. As most P4 opponents that play at Death Valley these days, it didn’t matter.
Duke left with a heart-stopping 46-45 victory to move to 5-3 (4-1).
The Blue Devils have arguably the most explosive team in the ACC. Saturday, there were kickoff returns for TDs, scores in the final 2 minutes of both halves. QB Darian Mensah gets anytime in the pocket, and he’s picking you totally apart like he did today, throwing for 4 TDs and over 350 yards.
Duke’s final drive started inside their 10-yard line. It was 3rd and 7, and 56 yards later, after a Mensah completion, it’s a first down. A controversial pass interference call on 4th down gave Duke new life when they got inside the Clemson 20. Duke did what good teams do. They took advantage and scored a TD, then made the 2-point conversion. Their defense held Clemson with 40 seconds left, and it was the ball game.
The Blue Devils had persevered by making the plays their opponent, Clemson, used to make.
Manny Diaz has his team believing they can still win the ACC.
Clemson, on the other hand, just keeps finding ways to lose. Once a program that almost wouldn’t ever lose, now loses games with their defense, or their offense, special teams, close, blowout, home or away.
This program is so far down, you might think a great transfer portal year turns these things around, but ask FSU how is that working out? It could be years before we see Clemson relevant on the national stage again.
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