Final: No. 1 Clemson 52, Georgia Tech 14

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Breaking News

• Georgia Tech: Sims Granted Immediate Eligibility by NCAA
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Watch, Listen and Read

Game: 8:00 p.m. Death Valley - Clemson, SC
TV: ACC Network
Radio: Fox Sports Radio 1400
Live Coverage: Clemson vs. Georgia Tech game thread
Game Week Coverage: Clemson vs. Georgia Tech Stories

Game Week Must See

• Last Look
• Keys to Victory & Predictions
• Nobody is talking about Tee Higgins... and that's OK with him
• A Look Back at Howard’s Tractor
• Get ready to know Logan Rudolph because you're about to find out who he is

The Storylines

The No. 1 Tigers enter the season riding high after a second national title in three seasons. If Clemson can win its first six home games they would tie the program record for the longest home winning streak (21 from 2013-16). If they win their seventh home game they would set a new mark with 22 consecutive home wins. 

Interestingly, Clemson hosts home games against head coaches who enter 2019 a combined 1-6 at Memorial Stadium in their careers (Geoff Collins, 0-0; Jimbo Fisher, 1-3; Will Healy, 0-0; Willie Taggart, 0-0; Scott Satterfield, 0-1; Josh Conklin, 0-0; Dave Clawson, 0-2). 

There are no guarantees in football, but it feels like the home winning streak might be in jeopardy this year.

In addition, Clemson will honor its 2018 national championship victory by unveiling championship signage on the south side of Memorial Stadium prior to the game.

Clemson enters the 2019 season ranked No. 1 in both the Associated Press preseason poll and the USA Today preseason coaches poll. It marks the first time in history that Clemson will enter a season bearing that distinction in either poll.

"Somebody asked me at Media Day, 'Oh man, how are you all going to handle it now? Y'all are the hunted.' I'm like, 'That's business as usual,'" Head Coach Dabo Swinney said. "We've had eight 10+ win seasons in a row. Every time we show up to play, that other team wants to beat us. That's not anything new this year."

Though a new season and a new team is at hand, a number of Clemson players will attempt to pick up where they left off at the end of major college football's first 15-0 campaign since 1897.

Quarterback Trevor Lawrence is one 300-yard passing performance on Thursday away from tying the school record for consecutive 300-yard passing games with three, which was accomplished twice by Tajh Boyd in 2013. Lawrence (169) is also 19 attempts shy of breaking Boyd's record of consecutive pass attempts without an interception (187 from 2012-13).

One of Lawrence's top targets, Justyn Ross, is in search of a program-record-tying third consecutive 100- yard receiving game. That record is presently shared by five players: Charlie Waters (1969), Tony Horne (1997), Rod Gardner (2000), DeAndre Hopkins (2012) and Sammy Watkins (2013).

Spend tonight’s game with us in this thread! Brandon Stockdale will be holding down the fort along with the rest of the CST Team.

Pregame Tweets

In-game Tweets

Check out this tweet from Tajh Boyd after Clemson’s first series on defense