Wake's FG holder bobbled the snap, stood up, Gaines Adams blasted him, grabbed the ball and ran for a TD.
Instead of 20-3, it's 17-10.
Instead of 20-3, it's 17-10.
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Let the cards fall...
What a crazy change of momentum there........
Wake had the game in control, funny how things can change so fast in college football.
Wake had the game in control, funny how things can change so fast in college football.
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osugrad21;627770; said:
I thought John L. Smith was in Ann Arbor today. :tongue2:
Nightmare 4th quarter for Grobe.
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Clemson driving to make it a 28 point 4th quarter explosion. Crazy. Wake played like a Top-15 team for 45 minutes.
Regardless, incredible job by Clemson to respond like a 15th ranked team should.
Regardless, incredible job by Clemson to respond like a 15th ranked team should.
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Gaines Adams is your Pontiac Game Changing Performer. There's no need for ESPN to hold a vote this week. What a HUGE play that was.
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The injury bug is killing Clemson...Rendrick Taylor out for the year Chansi Stuckey out for a few weeks. No word on Davis yet and the defense is already depleted.
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Sporting News
Adams might have saved Clemson's season
Posted: October 8, 2006
Associated Press
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- It was shaping up as just another ego-crushing trip to Wake Forest for Clemson. The Demon Deacons were preparing to kick a field goal, and the Tigers' 14-point deficit was about to get deeper.
Then, Gaines Adams saved the game -- and maybe Clemson's season.
The Tigers' star defensive lineman forced a fumble on that play and returned it 66 yards for the momentum-shifting touchdown that sparked No. 12 Clemson to a 27-17 win over Wake Forest on Saturday.
More importantly, it kept the better-late-than-never Tigers in the chase for the ACC's Atlantic Division title.
"Momentum's an awful important thing," Clemson coach Tommy Bowden said. "You have to work extra hard to get it on the road. ... We've talked about somebody making a play to spark us. Once you get a spark, you change momentum and you get another one. Then, momentum can really change.
"I think it's pretty obvious (Saturday) that that play changed momentum," he added.
Wake Forest was up 17-3 and was poised to add to it on the first play of the fourth quarter when Sam Swank was lining up for a 42-yard field-goal attempt.
But holder Jon Temple had trouble handling the snap, so he pulled the ball up and tried to run. Almost immediately, Adams burst through and pancaked him at the 34. The ball popped into the air, Adams snatched it and ran for a touchdown to pull Clemson to 17-10.
"Perfect ball. You can't ask for anything better than that," Adams said.
At that point the Demon Deacons (5-1, 1-1) still led by a touchdown, but there was little doubt the Tigers (5-1, 3-1) would complete the comeback.
"When we botched the field goal, we lost momentum and didn't play good football," Wake Forest coach Jim Grobe said.
The Tigers forced a fumble on the Deacons' next possession and tied it at 17-all shortly after on a 20-yard touchdown pass from Will Proctor to Aaron Kelly. Freshman C.J. Spiller then all but sealed it midway through the fourth when he ran 72 yards down the right sideline to put Clemson ahead for good.
Jad Dean's 23-yard field goal in the final minutes capped the Tigers' 24-point quarter.
"It says a tremendous amount about our team to pull one out on a day like today," Proctor said.
Especially at Groves Stadium, which was their house of horrors during the past few seasons. Wake Forest had won the last two meetings in Winston-Salem, including last year when the Demon Deacons scored the game-winning touchdown in the final minute.
The comeback win allowed the Tigers to remain the team to beat in the ACC. The conference's highest-ranked team has a navigable late-season schedule.
Four of their final six games are at Death Valley, and Thursday's matchup against Temple is a neutral-site game in name only -- the game is just up the road from Clemson, S.C., in Charlotte. The only true road game is Oct. 26 at Virginia Tech.
Thanks to Adams' opportunism, the Tigers continue to have plenty to play for.
"At one point in time, (losing) kind of sunk in," defensive back C.J. Gaddis said. "But then you have people like Gaines, the whole defense. Even though they got deep in our hearts, this team never quits."
Adams might have saved Clemson's season
Posted: October 8, 2006
Associated Press
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- It was shaping up as just another ego-crushing trip to Wake Forest for Clemson. The Demon Deacons were preparing to kick a field goal, and the Tigers' 14-point deficit was about to get deeper.
Then, Gaines Adams saved the game -- and maybe Clemson's season.
The Tigers' star defensive lineman forced a fumble on that play and returned it 66 yards for the momentum-shifting touchdown that sparked No. 12 Clemson to a 27-17 win over Wake Forest on Saturday.
More importantly, it kept the better-late-than-never Tigers in the chase for the ACC's Atlantic Division title.
"Momentum's an awful important thing," Clemson coach Tommy Bowden said. "You have to work extra hard to get it on the road. ... We've talked about somebody making a play to spark us. Once you get a spark, you change momentum and you get another one. Then, momentum can really change.
"I think it's pretty obvious (Saturday) that that play changed momentum," he added.
Wake Forest was up 17-3 and was poised to add to it on the first play of the fourth quarter when Sam Swank was lining up for a 42-yard field-goal attempt.
But holder Jon Temple had trouble handling the snap, so he pulled the ball up and tried to run. Almost immediately, Adams burst through and pancaked him at the 34. The ball popped into the air, Adams snatched it and ran for a touchdown to pull Clemson to 17-10.
"Perfect ball. You can't ask for anything better than that," Adams said.
At that point the Demon Deacons (5-1, 1-1) still led by a touchdown, but there was little doubt the Tigers (5-1, 3-1) would complete the comeback.
"When we botched the field goal, we lost momentum and didn't play good football," Wake Forest coach Jim Grobe said.
The Tigers forced a fumble on the Deacons' next possession and tied it at 17-all shortly after on a 20-yard touchdown pass from Will Proctor to Aaron Kelly. Freshman C.J. Spiller then all but sealed it midway through the fourth when he ran 72 yards down the right sideline to put Clemson ahead for good.
Jad Dean's 23-yard field goal in the final minutes capped the Tigers' 24-point quarter.
"It says a tremendous amount about our team to pull one out on a day like today," Proctor said.
Especially at Groves Stadium, which was their house of horrors during the past few seasons. Wake Forest had won the last two meetings in Winston-Salem, including last year when the Demon Deacons scored the game-winning touchdown in the final minute.
The comeback win allowed the Tigers to remain the team to beat in the ACC. The conference's highest-ranked team has a navigable late-season schedule.
Four of their final six games are at Death Valley, and Thursday's matchup against Temple is a neutral-site game in name only -- the game is just up the road from Clemson, S.C., in Charlotte. The only true road game is Oct. 26 at Virginia Tech.
Thanks to Adams' opportunism, the Tigers continue to have plenty to play for.
"At one point in time, (losing) kind of sunk in," defensive back C.J. Gaddis said. "But then you have people like Gaines, the whole defense. Even though they got deep in our hearts, this team never quits."
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