The Clemson Tigers knocked themselves out of the driver’s seat for ACC Championship contention on Saturday night, falling to the Virginia Tech Hokies 20-16 at Memorial Stadium to lose their second conference game of the season.

Virginia Tech scored 10 unanswered points in the fourth quarter, capped off with a five-yard touchdown to tight end Luke Reynolds, to take a lead with 1:44 left in the game. Clemson was unable to respond, with quarterback Tait Reynolds sacked on the final offensive play of hte game to seal the loss.

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On the Hokies’ drive on their final drive of the game, several penalties on Clemson’s end extended the game. Elliot Washington II had an unnecessary roughness call on Virginia Tech quarterback Ethan Grunkemeyer to offset a holding penalty.…