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Which teams are going to show up for the ACC Championship Game?Will it be the Clemson team that romped past South Carolina 56-7, Syracuse 54-0 and Boston College 56-10 and won 37-34 at Florida State? Or will it be the one that lost to Pittsburgh 43-42 and would have lost to North Carolina State had the Wolfpack not missed a chip-shot field goal as time ran out in regulation?Will it be the Virginia Tech club that waxed division rivals North Carolina 34-3 and Miami 37-16, or the one that lost to Syracuse 31-17 and Georgia Tech 30-20, the latter with the Coastal title on the line?The answers will be forthcoming when the Tigers (11-1, 7-1 ACC) and Hokies (9-3, 6-2 ACC) kick off at 8 p.m. ET Saturday in the ACC championship game at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Fla. ABC will do the telecast.For third-ranked Clemson, the stakes are huge, because a victory is likely to mean a berth in the four-team College Football Playoff.That Clemson is playing for a second consecutive ACC title and 16th championship in program history is no surprise. Yes, the Tigers had to rebuild a defense that lost eight starters from the 2015 club and had a key date in Tallahassee with Florida State.But they also returned eight starters to an offense that ranked No. 16 in the country in scoring last year and No. 11 in total offense and had a Heisman candidate in quarterback Deshaun Watson to run the show.Virginia Tech, however, was coping with all the trials that go with a coaching change. Justin Fuente came from Memphis to take over for legendary Frank Beamer and installed a more up-tempo approach on an offense while looking for a new starter at quarterback.An early 45-24 loss to Tennessee seemed to confirm the medias pick of a fourth-place finish for the Hokies in the Coastal Division, behind defending champion North Carolina, Miami, and Pittsburgh.But the Hokies beat each one of those teams to earn their sixth appearance in the ACC title game, which is being played for the 12th time.The kids wanted to win and were willing to do whatever we asked them to, under no guise of a guarantee, Fuente said. Kind of the way I put it to them is, if we do all these things then we at least have a chance.If we dont do these things, then we have no chance, and the kids have bought into that and have done a good job.Junior college transfer Jerod Evans has been a big key. He beat out last years backup, Brenden Motley, at quarterback and ended up setting Techs single-season record for touchdown passes (26) and total offense (3,752).He passed for 3,039 yards, the second most in a single season at Tech behind Don Strocks 3,243 yards in 1972, and also owns the schools single-season record for touchdowns accounted for (34).Such numbers actually rival those Watson put up for the Tigers. The junior, who announced his intention to enter next springs NFL draft, has passed for 34 touchdowns and 3,626 yards and is on a roll of late. Over the last three games, he completed 74 percent of his passes for 1,129 yards and 10 touchdowns.Ive never been around a guy like this guy, Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said. The moments never too big for him.Both quarterbacks have a plethora of receivers to throw to.For Tech, Isaiah Ford has 69 receptions for 949 yards, Cam Phillips 58 for 776 and Bucky Hodges 42 for 598. Mike Williams has 79 catches for 1,114 yards for Clemson, Artavis Scott 64 for 544, and Ray-Ray McCloud 44 for 434, and tight end Jordan Leggett 34 for 588.There is also an interesting link between the two coaches.Fuente, who was at TCU at the time, was one of two assistants Swinney interviewed several years ago for the offensive coordinator job that ultimately went to Chad Morris.Swinney and Fuente have remained in contact since.I knew when they hired him it wouldnt take long for him to get them back to this point, Swinney said. Im certainly happy for Justin and the job hes done in his first year.Hes a great guy and a heck of a football coach. Hes going to do a fantastic job at Virginia Tech.Clearance Custom College Jerseys .ca look back at each of the Top 10 stories of 2013. Today, we look back at Boston Strong - a citys recovery from tragedy. Custom College Jerseys Free Shipping . 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Tomas Rosickys chip made it 3-0 before half time at Emirates Stadium, while defender Laurent Koscielny scored an unmarked header in the second half.North Queensland will heed a lesson from their rollercoaster 2015 playoffs campaign in attempting to rebound from their first-up finals loss to Melbourne.The Cowboys will again be forced to take the hard road to the NRL grand final after losing 16-10 to the Storm in Saturdays qualifying final.However it is a familiar journey for the premiers.After losing in week one of the playoffs last year to Brisbane, they won three straight games to claim their inaugural title.Skipper Johnathan Thurston said the Cowboys could take confidence having done it before ahead of Fridays semi-final against Brisbane in Townsville.The amount of ball we turned over against the Storm wasnt great, but the way we defended our line we will take a lot out of that, we just have to execute better, Thurston told AAP.We are disappointed about some of the tries that we let in and the way we played.But we were in this position last year, needing to win three games to get there and we got the job done.That starts on Friday night against the Broncos.The Cowboys lost in week one off the finals last year, before thumping Cronulla in Townsville and beating the Storm in Melbourne before claiming the grand final in extra time against Brisbane.ddddddddddddast years epic decider between the Cowboys and the Broncos has served to enhance the rivalry between the Queensland sides, Maroons and Kangaroos playmaker Thurston said.It is always fun when you come up against the boys you play rep footy beside, he said.There is a great amount of respect between the two clubs. I really enjoy those types of match-ups.They have a lot to play for with Cozza (Corey Parker) retiring. No doubt they will want to send him out the way he deserves.North Queensland boasted an equal NRL-best home record (alongside Cronulla) of 11-1 over the regular season. Brisbane were 6-6 away.Brisbane beat North Queensland 21-20 in golden point in round four at Suncorp Stadium.The Cowboys beat the Broncos 19-18 in Townsville in round 11. ' ' '