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CLEMSON, S.C. -- Dabo Swinney has been on the right side of the Clemson-South Carolina matchup enough times to know how good things are when you win.Theres no question that theres a little different smiles on peoples faces when you show up, Swinney joked.Especially, if the fourth-ranked Tigers (10-1, No. 4 CFP) can win their third straight game against the revived Gamecocks (6-5) on Saturday night. A win moves Clemson a step closer to a second consecutive berth in the College Football Playoffs. A loss most likely leaves the Tigers on the outside of the four-team tournament and pondering all that couldve been.Its a huge game for all of us, Clemson tight end Jordan Leggett said.And maybe not as easy as it looked in midseason.South Carolina has found its stride behind freshman quarterback Jake Bentley, whos play has helped the Gamecocks win four of their past five games to qualify for a bowl in coach Will Muschamps first season.A Gamecocks win, the players know too well, would rank among the most consequential victories in series history.Receiver Deebo Samuel said the second-half run this season has South Carolina fired up for success.Were going out there with a little more energy trying to ruin their season, Samuel said.Clemson has played into that narrative at home too often this season. There have been way-too-close wins over Troy and North Carolina State at Death Valley. Two weeks ago, the Tigers were stung by Pittsburgh on a last-second field goal in a 43-42 defeat, their first home loss since 2013.Swinney and the Tigers have said all the right things since then, that they paid a price for comfort and complacency. The Gamecocks hope time hasnt run out to take advantage of Clemsons mistakes.Are our guys going to be excited about playing this game? Absolutely, because of the rivalry, because its Clemson, because theyve got a good football team, Muschamp said. Thats all great, but we need to be able to walk out in between the white lines and be motivated by our preparation.---Some other things to watch when No. 4 Clemson plays South Carolina:WATSONS FAREWELL: Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson is expected to play in final game in Death Valley, the junior considered a pro prospect that will go high in next springs NFL draft. Watson, though, has not discussed his future, saying that will come at a more appropriate time. Who knows whats going to happen, he said.BENTLEY BALL: South Carolina has a freshman quarterback in Jake Bentley making a big splash, sort of like Watson did as a freshman in this rivalry two years ago. In that game, Deshaun Watson accounted for four touchdowns in a 35-17 Tigers win, playing on a torn ACL. A healthy Bentley will be seeking to snap Clemsons two game rivalry win streak. Hes thrown for nearly 1,000 yards and six TDs in his five starts.FACING THE TIGERS: Will Muschamp played for Georgia from 1991-93, a stretch that included a 27-12 upset of eventual ACC champion Clemson. It was a big upset in Athens, Muschamp said with a smile. We didnt play them again until (1994) at our place. Or their place. Georgias place. Not our place anymore.DOWDLES SUCCESS: Tailback Rico Dowdle has been a big reason why South Carolinas offense has improved the second half of the season. Dowdle has run for 100 yards or more in three of the past four games, including 226 in a win over Western Carolina last week. For the Gamecocks to succeed, Dowdle will need to make yards against Clemsons defense, which has limited opponents to 129 yards rushing a game this season.SAME AS THE IRON BOWL: Dabo Swinney, the former Alabama receiver and assistant coach, said theres little difference between the Iron Bowl and Clemsons rivalry with South Carolina, other than Alabama and Auburn sharing the same SEC division. Swinney said Clemson and South Carolina have the same fire and passion for the game as in the state of Alabama. Youve got to choose, he said of fans in the state. Who are you pulling for because I need to know because its going to determine if we talk this week or ever again.---More AP college football: www.collegefootball.ap.org Cheap Nike Zoom Australia . "No difference at all," chirped U.S. roommate and linemate James van Riemsdyk. "Its still the same cranky Phil. 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Nike Zoom Wholesale .B. - Sebastien Auger made 44 saves as the Saint John Sea Dogs edged the visiting Acadie-Bathurst Titan 2-1 on Saturday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action. Lightweight contender Robert Easter Jr. is dismissive of Richard Commey, his fellow undefeated opponent for a vacant lightweight world title on Friday (Spike, 9 p.m. ET) at the Santander Center in Reading, Pennsylvania.Every opponent you step in the ring with you have to respect, but its nothing unique I see coming from him, Easter said. Its nothing I havent seen or faced. So, like I said, this should be a walk in the park for me, and I say that with confidence.The fight will come on a Premier Boxing Champions card headlined by middleweight titlist Daniel Jacobs (31-1, 28 KOs) defending his secondary belt in a rematch against former junior middleweight titleholder Sergio Mora (28-4-2, 9 KOs).Easter has every right to be confident. The 25-year-old from Toledo, Ohio is one of the most impressive up-and-comers at 135 pounds. He was a standout amateur and, at 5-foot-11, is exceptionally tall for the division. He also can crack. In his last fight, on April 1 in Washington, D.C., Easter scored an explosive one-punch fifth-round knockout of former junior lightweight titlist Argenis Mendez.He hasnt faced anyone like me and my agility, my power, my length, my reach, Easter said of Commey. He hasnt faced a guy like me. So, thats where I come in and take over this fight.Easter said he watched a little video on Commey and came away believing he would presents him with no particular issues.Seeing the few rounds I did watch is the skills, and I wouldnt say they were that good, Easter said. But hes just very strong. They say hes strong. But youre only strong to somebody you can hit. The skills are not much there. But I dont like to get hit that much. I wont get hit that much. Once I get him in my game plan, the fight is going to go my way the whole few rounds its going to last.Asked if perhaps he was bit overconfident against an opponent who has also never tasted defeat, is well conditioned and has been a road warrior, Easter said he was not.No, not at all. Not at all, Easter said. I believe in my skill and I know what Ill come and do, just like my last fight and fight before that and a few fights before that. Once I got my game plan, when I come in the ring, I know how to make the fighter try to adjust to me. Once I get a fighter try and adjust to me, then the fight is already won.The skills, you can see the skills, mine and his. Hes a straight come-forward fighter, try to hard punch and all that. But when you got boxingg and you can punch as well and you can move, dont matter.dddddddddddd It speaks for itself.Commey (24-0, 22 KOs) and Easter (17-0, 14 KOs) are vying for the 135-pound world title vacated by Rances Barthelemy, who elected to move up in weight rather than face Commey, the mandatory challenger.Commey said it makes no difference to him that he is fighting Easter rather than Barthelemy. He is just looking forward to bring a title home to his native Ghana, known for its boxing greats such as Hall of Famer Azumah Nelson and former welterweight titleholder Ike Quartey.In fact, the 29-year-old Commey said he recently spoke to Nelson and got a bit of fight advice from him, which he did not detail. Commey said he was dismissing Easters talk of such a big skill advantage.What Ive seen of him, I know hes a great boxer, a skilled boxer, and he tries to move a lot but, likewise, I can box, Commey said. I can come forward. So, on the night of the fight, definitely, I know what Im going to do.Im very excited to have this opportunity to fight for the IBF lightweight world title. Ive worked so hard to get this opportunity and I know Robert Easter Jr. has also. So its going to be a great fight.Commey has fought in six different countries: Ghana, England, United States, Germany, Denmark and South Africa. The fight with Easter will be his second in the U.S.Ive been fighting all over the world. Im very comfortable fighting in the U.S., he said. I dont really think about where Im going to fight, just do my best, and whatever happens I take it because, as a boxer, I need to prepare. I need to be ready to go wherever to fight. Im ready to go anywhere to fight.The 5-9 Commey said Easters height advantage wont be an issue.Well, Im a tall guy and no matter what he does, I can win. Im strong, Commey said. And I can take punches and I can punch as well. I can do all that. If he cant he will lose. I respect the height and his reach and his skills as a boxer.I spar a lot of big guys like (former welterweight titlist) Joshua Clottey and I have the kind of power to excel in the gym and on fight night. I want to follow the tradition of Ghanaian boxing. So Im coming there to make sure, once I get my game plan underway, then Ill victorious. Im coming to put my life on the line and Im going to be the world champion. ' ' '