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College Football National Cup - Day 2/Game 2 - (NCAA 14) 
Posted on July 14, 2013 at 11:54 PM.
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GROUP B - Day Two
Clemson - 17 vs. Washington - 28
Alumni Stadium - Boston, MA


Chestnut Hill, MA - Bishop Sankey saw Nebraska's Taylor Martinez and Ameer Abdullah set the rushing yards mark early in the National Cup, and he knew he had his work cut out for him.

"150 plus yards in one game is no small task," said Washington's running back Sankey. "But hey, I knew I had to go in and top that. My team and winning is first, but second to that is holding the honor of being the first ever rushing title winner of the National Cup."

Sankey is already well on his way to contesting for the rushing title, after ripping off 205 yards in Washington's (1-0-0/3PTs) 28-17 win over Group B favorite Clemson (0-1-0/0PTs). The sophomore running also tacked on two touchdowns in the win, one of them an 81-yard scamper to set the tone in the first quarter.

Coming in with high expectations, Clemson's defense was clueless in stopping Sankey, and the entire Husky offense, as they allowed a staggering 381 yards of total offense.

"Our offense made some mistakes of their own and that didn't help," said Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney. "But at the end of the day, their play should've been good enough to keep us in the game."

While the running game left a lot to be desired, Clemson quarterback Tahj Boyd completed 11-of 21 passes for 1 touchdown and 269 yards. The numbers weren't stellar, but Boyd kept the Tigers in the game for for much of the 3rd quarter.

However, it was the play of Washington quarterback Keith Price that allowed the Huskies to pull away from Clemson late in the game. Price took much of the pressure off of Sankey and kept drives going with what will go down as one of the most accurate passing games in NCAA history.

After an early interception, Price went 13-of-13 the rest of the game, good for 160 yards and what proved to be the game winning touchdown pass in the 3rd quarter. It was then his sidekick, Sankey, that put the nail in the coffin with an early 4th quarter touchdown run.

The early Clemson loss and a dead last placement, due to a Group B worst -11 point differential, has made them one of the biggest stories so far in the National Cup. With that said, the national headliner so far is, without question, Bishop Sankey.

"He stole the show," said Price. "I have my nice 93% completion percentage, but 205 yards and 13-yards per carry blows that out of the water. If he isn't on the front page of every sports section tomorrow, then something is seriously wrong with the media.

Clemson now must pick themselves up as they travel to Knoxville, Tennessee to take on a Georgia State (0-1-0/0PTs) team that is hungry for an upset. Washington will remain cross country in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, as they wait for a pivotal game against Nebraska (1-0-0/3PTs). The winner of that matchup will only need a tie in their final game to move onto the knockout stage.

Copyright by STATS CFNCA and The National Cup Media Bureau

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Keith Price's eventual 56-yard game winning 3rd quarter touchdown pass



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