Week 4 of ACC Football has just one pre-Saturday game, and it’s a late-night affair, our best version of Pac 12 After Dark – Bill Walton, we miss you.
The Friday night game this week is Clemson-Cal, 10:30 p.m. ET, on ESPN.
The only people outside of the Clemson fan base on the East Coast who will stay up to watch this one to the end are inveterate, degenerate gamblers.
No shaming here.
Clemson at Cal | 10:30 p.m. ET
Series: Cal leads series, 1-0
Last meeting: California, 37-13 (1992 Florida Citrus Bowl)
TV: ESPN
SiriusXM Radio: SiriusXM 81 / SiriusXM 258
SiriusXM App: SiriusXM 81 / SiriusXM 258
Game Notes
- Friday will mark Clemson’s first conference game on the West Coast in program history and the Tigers’ first-ever visit to California Memorial Stadium. Clemson has played just three previous games in the state of California.
- Clemson enters Friday on a two-game winning streak, including a 28-20 victory over North Carolina in its ACC opener last week.
- Clemson QB Tait Reynolds became just the eighth true freshman to start at quarterback for the Tigers since the NCAA instituted permanent freshman eligibility in 1972.
- Reynolds joined Deshaun Watson, Trevor Lawrence and DJ Uiagalelei as the only Clemson true freshman quarterbacks to win their starting debuts during that span.
- Clemson linebacker Will Heldt has recorded multiple sacks in back-to-back games. His 4.0 sacks this season rank second in the ACC and tied for third nationally.
- Clemson wide receiver T.J. Moore has recorded a reception in 30 consecutive games, tied for the fifth-longest active streak nationally.
- Cal will play its first ACC home game of the season after opening conference play with a 21-18 road win at Syracuse in Week 2.
- Cal also enters Friday on a two-game winning streak, defeating Syracuse in Week 2 before rolling past Wagner, 49-7, last weekend.
- Cal quarterback Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele threw for a career-high 413 yards against Wagner, completing 27-of-33 passes and throwing three touchdowns.
- Cal safety Kingston Lopa leads the nation with five interceptions, including one returned for a touchdown.
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