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#337 Wake Forest +34 over CLEMSON

Clemson Memorial Stadium – Clemson, SC

3:30 PM EST. Weeks ago, a potential meeting between Wake Forest and Clemson was being built up as perhaps the ACC Game of the Year. The Demon Deacons had reached as high as #19 in the first release of the College Football Playoff rankings before Wake would crash out after suffering a 36-17 blowout loss on the road in Blacksburg against Virginia Tech last Saturday despite closing as a field-goal favorite. There is little doubt that the Deacs have been subjected to an iceberg of an overreaction in their follow-up, as it is the first time this season that the Deacons are priced greater than a field-goal underdog let alone taking back a gigantic figure that is the biggest in recent history in the series between these two ACC rivals. These revelations prompt us to take a hard look at Wake Forest.

We don’t have to get into Clemson’s rich pedigree or body of work. The Tigers are the champs until proven otherwise and they haven’t lost a game on their own soil in over three years. Last week as a 34-point choice, the Tigers walloped rival N.C. State 55-10. Clemson is now priced in the same range against the Demon Deacs and that cannot be. The Wolf Pack have won just one contest in their last five outings and bode just one conference win on the year. 

Since the open date following a one-point win at North Carolina, Clemson has won five straight by scores of 45-14, 45-10, 59-7, 59-14 and 55-10. Impressive, but none of those opponents had winning conference records. Wake Forest is another matter. The Deacs are a good team, a candidate for the second-best squad in the ACC this year. It's worth remembering Jamie Newman, Sage Surratt and Scotty Washington -- Wake's three best offensive players -- did not play in last season's 63-3 rout by Clemson. The market has that rout stuck in their brain and now we’re the beneficiaries of an extremely bloated price. This one must be played.

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