No. 5 Tigers rebound, defeat Jackets

The halftime stats were almost comical. Clemson looked as if it were going against the scout team, not a fellow Atlantic Coast Conference school. Finally, itwas the sort of performance everyone has been expecting fromthe No. 5 Tigers.

Deshaun Watson threw for 304 yards, including a pair of touchdowns during a dominant first half that carried Clems onto a 26-7 victory over Georgia Tech late Thursday night.

After sluggish wins over Auburn and Troy and a practicer out of FCS school South Carolina State that meant nothing, the Tigers (4-0, 1-0 ACC) won at Georgia Tech for the first time since 2003 to set up a huge showdown with No. 3 Louisville.

“It’s been a long time since we’ve won here,” Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said. “We’ll take it.”