Chase Brice’s 4th-and-6 completion and Clemson’s game-winning touchdown drive in the final minute of last season’s meeting propelled the Tigers past Syracuse, 27-23. The Orange upset Clemson in the Carrier Dome in 2017, and nearly pulled off a second consecutive upset last year at Clemson.
This season, Clemson is No. 1, and the Orange were just pummeled, 63-20, against Maryland.
Here’s what our beat writers predict will happen when No. 1 Clemson visits Syracuse on Saturday night:
Eric Black (1-1) After last week’s embarrassing loss to Maryland, SU head coach Dino Babers said he knew his defense wasn’t as bad as it appeared versus the Terps, but also wasn’t as good as it looked in the season opener.
Orange Paper Tigers
Clemson 38, Syracuse 24