Aside from producing Tim Duncan and Chris Paul, there’s really nothing else to write about Wake Forest lately.

But since they’ll be featured in one of the two games featured this Thursday when Week 7 of the 2008 NCAA college football season resumes, we really don’t have much of a choice since Wake Forest is the only ranked team playing on that college gridiron then.

You read it, the No.21 Wake Forest Demon Deacons play hosts to the Clemson Tigers on Thursday in a game between two favorites in the ACC who stumbled early on in their respective campaigns.

For the Clemson Tigers, they are looking to bounce back from disheartening defeats as they resume their quest for the division championship. Clemson, ranked ninth in the preseason Top 25, got blown out 34-10 at home in its season opener against then No.24 Alabama.

After responding with three straight victories, the Tigers lost to conference rival Maryland 20-17 on Sept. 27, dropping them further down the 2008 BCS rankings.

‘’As a coach, you’re disappointed that you let 80,000 people down,'’ coach Tommy Bowden, who has borne the brunt of the criticism for the Tigers’ failure to live up to expectations, said.

‘’You don’t want to minimize the disappointment,'’ Bowden said. ‘’But again, we’ve played five games and we’re playing 12, so we’re going to try to correct the mistakes and play the next one. That’s kind of what you do in this profession.'’

Bowden is 7-2 in his career against Wake Forest, helping Clemson improve to 56-16-1 in the all-time series. The Tigers overpowered the Demon Deacons 44-10 last Nov.10, but have lost two of their last three visits to Winston-Salem, where they’re playing their first true road game of 2008.

They lost their season opener at a neutral site.

Can the Clemson Tigers beat the Wake Forest Demon Deacons? Bodog sportsbook has the odds.

Clemson Tigers +3 (1.83)

Wake Forest Demon Deacons -3 (2.00)

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