Clemson closes out the regular season Saturday night with a trip to chilly Blacksburg (forecasted to feel like below freezing all game) to take on Virginia Tech.
Virginia Tech has been up and down this season, as highlighted by its 4-5 record, and head coach Justin Fuente is under fire in his fifth season at the helm of the Hokies. In Fuente’s first season, Clemson held off a determined Virginia Tech effort in the ACC Championship Game and pulled out a 42-35 win. Clemson would go on to win the National Championship that season.
The Tigers and Hokies played the next season in Blacksburg, and I consider the lead-up to that game the high-water mark of the Fuente tenure.