Miami Stays Perfect, Hands Clemson a 41-13 Loss
Bryant Wesco Jr. caught nine passes for 152 yards and the best fantasy night of anyone on the field. Clemson still lost by 28. That is the whole story of this one, and it is a little unfair to Wesco.
Miami, now 5-0, beat Clemson 41-13, and the Hurricanes never gave up the lead. Darian Mensah hit Cooper Barkate for a 61-yard touchdown to open the scoring, Jake Weinberg added a 50-yard field goal, and Mensah ran in from 34 yards early in the second quarter for 17-3. Nolan Hauser kicked a 29-yarder as the half ended, so it was 17-6 at the break. Not a rout yet.
Mark Fletcher Jr. made it 24-6 with a 2-yard run in the third, Weinberg added a field goal, and Clemson finally got into the end zone when Gideon Davidson scored from 2 yards out at 12:09 of the fourth. That made it 27-13. Fletcher answered with a 1-yard score, and then JJ Dunnigan took an interception back 39 yards with 1:49 left to close it out. Take away the pick-six and it is still 34-13. Nobody was getting that back.
The team lines explain why. Clemson threw for 295 yards and ran for 55, with one interception and one lost fumble. Tait Reynolds went 29 of 44 for those yards and that is a lot of throwing for 13 points. Clemson falls to 3-2.
For fantasy, you can start Wesco and still lose, and Mensah and Fletcher both gave Miami owners a good week.