3 Key Plays - Clemson

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1) Facing 4th and inches from his own 36 yard line and down 7-0, Coach Beamer decides to go for it and calls a QB sneak. Sean Glennon gets the first down and the Hokies go on to complete the drive with a TD to tie the score at 7-7. Two weeks ago, TSF badly criticized Beamer for going for it deep in BC's end with the score 0-0. A field goal was needed on the road in that situation. Under the circumstances of this past Thursday night, however, this was the right call, as the Hokies NEEDED to swing the momentum back after Clemson's TD drive. Credit to Beamer, the offensive line and Glennon for having the guts to make the right call and then executing the play.

2) Late in the second quarter up only 10-7, the Hokies defense recovers a fumbled snap by Clemson QB Will Proctor on 3rd down. This series was following an incredibly bad play by Sean Glennon who fumbled and gave Clemson the ball deep in Hokie territory. The defense rose up and stuffed Clemson on two straight plays and then recovered the fumble to end the scoring threat. This was just an enormous play as it kept Clemson from regaining the momentum going into the half.

3) Midway through the 3rd quarter up 17-7, the Hokies tried a reverse to Eddie Royal. A fumble was called on the play and Clemson would have taken over on the 30 yard line of VT, but the replay booth overturned the call. This was nothing short of karma finally coming back around for the Hokies. After being on the bad end of so many reviews, some of which were blatantly the wrong call, VT finally had a key call overturned in their favor despite the fact that this time there appeared to be minimal video evidence to overturn the call on the field. This truly iced the game because if Clemson got the ball here and scored, the game would likely have turned out VERY differently.