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CLEMSON, S.C. -- Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson isnt dwelling on how the third-ranked Tigers pick up their wins, just as long as they continue to be successful in the end.It has been a frenetic month of mid-game mistakes and lasts-minute rallies for the Tigers (8-0, 5-0 Atlantic Coast Conference), who pulled off their latest escape Saturday night in a 37-34 win at Florida State.Clemson has needed dramatic comebacks in three of its four October games, including in signature wins over No. 5 Louisville and the 19th-ranked Seminoles . In Watsons view, the end justifies the sometimes sloppy means in the Tigers second straight 8-0 start.Players make plays, this is what we are built for, Watson said Monday. We practice this every Wednesday, being down and having the opportunity to win the game.Clemson hopes to start a more dominating run to the finish the regular season, starting with Saturdays home game against Syracuse (4-4, 2-2). The Tigers have beaten 3-0 against the Orange since Syracuse joined the ACC.The Tigers have had their share of heart-stopping finishes so a comfortable victory would be welcomed.Clemson trailed Louisville 36-28 in the fourth quarter before Watson rallied his team for a pair of touchdown drives in the final seven minutes of the 42-36 victory Oct. 1. Two weeks later, the Tigers sweated out a missed, 33-yard field goal by North Carolina State that wouldve won the game to prevail in overtime, 24-17.This time, Clemson was down 28-20 in the third quarter and 34-29 with 3:23 remaining. But Watson and the Tigers responded with an efficient, smooth 75-yard TD drive ended by tight end Jordan Leggetts 34-yard catch and run where he leaped at the end and extended the ball across the goal line before falling out of bounds.Clemsons defense then forced two incompletions and notched two sacks after the Seminoles had advanced inside the Tigers 40 looking for a tying field goal.Im ecstatic about the way weve been able to finish this season, Clemson defensive back Ryan Carter said. Of course, I wish it werent always this close.Leggett ended with five catches for 122 yards, setting a single-game school record for receiving yards. He was named the ACC receiver of the week. Leggetts teammate, guard Tyrone Crowder, was the leagues offense player of the year as he helped Clemsons offense gain 511 yards on Florida State.Clemsons closing stretch features four opponents wholl all be heavy underdogs at pulling off the upset. Syracuse hung with the Tigers a year ago at the Carrier Dome before falling 37-27.Orange coach Dino Babers said the Tigers are a different-level opponent for his team. There are a lot of guys that are going to be millionaires on both sides of the football, offensively and defensively, playing for them, he said.After Syracuse comes Pitt, who Clemson faces Nov. 11 at home. The schools have not met since the Gator Bowl after the 1977 season. Clemson finishes ACC play at Wake Forest, which has not beaten the Tigers since 2008.If Clemson is still undefeated then, it concludes the year with South Carolina, which has lost the past two rivalry games and wont be anyones pick to spoil a second-straight perfect season.We know weve got a target on our backs and were going to get a teams best game, Carter said. We see it on the field and we know it is coming.Co-offensive coordinator Jeff Scott said last week that former Baylor coaching great and past American Football Coaches Association president Grant Teaff stopped by to visit the Tigers staff. Teaff told them hed watched several games and that the teams apparent belief in ultimate success during dire circumstances is a characteristic championship teams typically develop.We havent won a championship yet and weve got things to clean up, Scott said. Ultimately, our goal is to win games and I think our guys have bought into that.---More AP college football: www.collegefootball.ap.org Air Max 270 Just Do It White . Peter Gammons, an analyst for Major League Baseballs network and website, drew the ire of hockey fans on Sunday when he criticized the two NHL teams on Twitter for their physical game the night before. 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NEW YORK -- Lucas Pouille won a scintillating fifth-set tiebreaker to defeat?Rafael Nadal on Sunday 6-1, 2-6, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (6) in Arthur Ashe Stadium.The excitable 22-year-old Frenchman converted his fourth match point against the 14-time Grand Slam champion.Wearing a shocking-pink baseball cap backward, Pouille stroked a decisive forehand winner down the line and then celebrated by collapsing on the court.After jumping up, he stuck out his tongue in the direction of his box.My first match on the center court against Rafa, Pouille said in his on-court interview. Yeah, I could not dream better than this.Pouille, who has played three consecutive five-set matches, advances to his second consecutive major quarterfinal.There were things I could do better. Had the right attitude. I [fought] right up to the last ball, said the No. 4-seeded Nadal. I can play better. I can play worse. The only thing that cannot be bad is the attitude. Today the attitude was great. Thats it.Pouille joined fellow Frenchmen Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Gael Monfils in the quarterfinals. Its the first time since 1947 that three Frenchmen have advanced to the final eight in a major. The last time it happened at the US Open was 1927.Pouille and No. 10 seed Monfils will square off in the quarterfinals.ddddddddddddThe match ran 4 hours, 7 minutes, the longest of the tournament on Ashe. The final point total underlined the matchs extraordinary competitiveness; both men finished with 156 points.Nadal, who won the US Open in 2010 and 2013 and has 14 major titles in his career, couldnt reach the quarterfinals in a Grand Slam in 2016. He lost in the first round of the Australian Open. He withdrew after the second round of the French Open at Roland Garros due to a wrist injury that didnt allow him to play at Wimbledon.Doesnt matter if you go through injuries; doesnt matter if you arrived with less preparation. At the end of the day, nobody remember that. You know, you lost in the fourth round and thats it, Nadal said.This is the first time since 2003 that neither Roger Federer?nor Nadal will be present in a US Open quarterfinal. Federer wasnt able to play at the Open this year because he is recovering from knee surgery. ??It was a difficult Grand Slam season for the 30-year-old Nadal. This was, by far, his best effort at a major in 2016.Information from The Associated Press was used in this report. ' ' '