DeAndre McDaniel News

Earlier in the week, Clemson junior safety DeAndre McDaniel tied for second in the ACC Defensive Player of the Year voting along with Robert Quinn of North Carolina, as they both fell short of Georgia Techa TMs Derrick Morgan.

C.J. Spiller ran away with the Atlantic Coast Conference player of the year award.

RALEIGH, N.C. a ' A telling sign of how prolific Georgia Tech's offense was this season: Nearly half of its starters made the all-Atlantic Coast Conference first team.

Soon after watching the way Clemson's defensive line contained one of his best players on a warm September night, Paul Johnson was sold.

C.J. Spiller, tight end Michael Palmer and safety DeAndre McDaniel of Clemson University were selected first-team all-Atlantic Coast Conference today, the ACC announced.

As is the case with everyone who has seen C.J. Spiller play football, South Carolina head football coach Steve Spurrier is very impressed with what he's seen of Clemson's senior running back.

The Gamecocks and Tigers will tee it up for the 107th time on Saturday in the Battle For The Palmetto State.

In his last three games, Clemson quarterback Kyle Parker has thrown eight touchdowns against a lone interception, and showed his gunslinger side last week against Virginia with a bullet of a touchdown pass to Jacoby Ford with little more than a flick of his wrist.

Numbers might not ever lie, but that doesn't mean they always make sense. How about this? South Carolina's pass defense is ranked seventh in the country through 11 games, giving up 163.6 yards a game.

In what Head USC Football Coach Steve Spurrier is calling the "Biggest Game of the Year" for his Gamecocks, the Head Ball Coach is hoping his team can snap a three-game losing streak, while the No.

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Virginia actually moved up a spot in the total-offense, from 119th to 118th among 120 Division I-A teams on the basis of its 298-yard afternoon in a 14-10 loss to Boston College.

Alabama safety Mark Barron admits to probably enjoying "a little luck." But having snagged six interceptions through 10 games, Barron also admits to having learned something about playing the position.

The Clemson Tigers are set for a critical ACC game against the Virginia Cavaliers in Death Valley on Saturday afternoon.

CLEMSON - There's a chance the Clemson University football team can clinch a berth in the ACC championship game before kickoff Saturday in Death Valley.

Virginia coach Al Groh spent Sunday night reading No. 18 Clemson's press clippings in order to get a feel for how its offense made such a drastic turnaround.

Perhaps lost in the intrigue over safety DeAndre McDaniel's potential record-setting season at Clemson is the production of redshirt freshman safety Rashard Hall.

C.J. Spiller had a career-high 165 yards rushing and his 20th touchdown of at least 50 yards and Clemson took its biggest step yet toward an Atlantic Coast Conference title with a 40-24 victory over Florida State on Saturday night.

Running back C.J. Spiller and receiver Jacoby Ford, elite sprinters on the track, need 293 all-purpose yards to become the top all-purpose tandem in NCAA history.

DeAndre McDaniel is the first player to lead Clemson in both tackles and picks in over 25 years.