CLEMSON, S.C. --?Ben Boulware wept when it ended. His bushy beard technically contains no gray, but hes one of Clemsons true graybeards, a player who has seen a lot and felt a lot.The senior linebacker is no stranger to big stages and worthy opponents.But the stress of 99 plays landed on him. The stress of Lamar Jackson, a human pinball, hit him like an emotional haymaker. Imagine going from logging 52 plays against Georgia Tech to nearly twice as many against Louisville.Im stressed, but Im stressed in a good way because Im so prepared mentally, Boulware said. Im stressed because I know how big of a game it is, but Im comfortable in my game. So Im stressed but comfortable, if that even makes sense.It does. The ability to endure one but maintain the other separates champions from also-rans. Who flinches under the brightest of lights? It used to be the guys in orange. They did it so often that they popularized a putdown in college footballs lexicon, a word never to be mentioned in Death Valley again.Fifth-ranked Clemson wins games like Saturdays because it has won them before. Third-ranked Louisville fell short in part because it flinched one too many times, committing 11 penalties, opening the game with two false starts and drawing another at the worst possible time, on a fourth-and-7 from the Clemson 9-yard line with 40 seconds left.Amid a sea of orange revelers on the field following the 42-36 triumph over Louisville, Clemson co-offensive coordinator Jeff Scott immediately brought up last years win against Notre Dame.The two contests seemingly couldnt be more different. One took place in a deluge; the other in perfect conditions. Clemson and Notre Dame combined for 46 points; Clemson and Louisville surpassed that total midway through the third quarter Saturday. Clemson never trailed Notre Dame; it twice erased deficits to Louisville, including one in the closing minutes.But the dramatic arc, and the outcome, felt familiar to the Tigers.Eerily similar, co-offensive coordinator Tony Elliott said.The Notre Dame win propelled Clemson to an undefeated regular season, an ACC championship and a playoff spot. The Louisville win could chart a similar path, especially if Clemson outlasts suddenly reeling Florida State in Tallahassee on Oct. 29.Clemson brought its guts to Death Valley again, but it also brought plenty of reference points -- mostly good but a few bad, including the loss to Alabama in the national title game -- that made the difference in a wild, wonderful, sloppy, scintillating game.Theres not a team meeting coach [Dabo] Swinneys had that he doesnt bring two signs, Scott said. The first sign he brings in to the team meeting for the last eight years is Believe, a big orange Believe sign. And the other sign is I cant do it with a line through the T. Its every day, instilling that belief with the group.And winning games like this.Swinney, now 10-5 against top-10 opponents, still gets slightly irked by suggestions that being clutch is a new trait for his program. He cites Clemsons streak of consecutive 10-win seasons since 2011, and its home win streak, now the nations longest at 19 after Florida States defeat Saturday. Most Tigers players dont know what its like to lose at home.So why not rally after withstanding a 17-point Louisville barrage in the third and early fourth quarter? Why not get contributions from familiar sources (Deshaun Watson, Wayne Gallman, defensive tackle Christian Wilkins, Boulware) but also new ones, like cornerback Marcus Edmond, a scout team player as recently as last year who stopped Louisvilles James Quick just shy of the marker on fourth-and-12 from the Clemson 14-yard line?Why not win 119 in a row? Swinney said. Why not? Lets just keep doing what we do around here. I dont think theres any question that the culture of our program thats been established the last eight years was big tonight.Because theyve been there.Clemson can get back there, the national title game, if it can build on Saturdays flawed but gritty performance. Last week, Elliott challenged the offense to define its identity rather than be defined by the outside world, which raised an eyebrow at Clemsons choppy run game and Watsons mortal statistics.The Tigers proceeded to spark their run game behind Gallman and Watson, who combined for 201 yards on 30 carries, both averaging at least 6.5 yards per rush. They showcased their depth in the passing game as Deon Cain (four catches, 98 yards) and tight end Jordan Leggett (three catches, 70 yards) both had big contributions on a night when Ray-Ray McCloud was quiet.Last year was the standard, and I dont know if that can be duplicated, 100 straight games over 500 yards, Elliott said. But we have an opportunity to be a very explosive offensive. Whats our identity going to be? We found out a little bit about that tonight.We can be an offense thats very similar to last year, but it may not happen the same way.Clemson isnt shy about its goals.Were trying to go undefeated, Edmond said.If the Tigers can take down Florida State, which continues to battle its defensive demons, another perfect regular season seems more than reasonable. Pittsburghs offense will provide a nice test Nov. 12, and North Carolina or Miami could challenge the Tigers in the ACC title game, but Clemson probably has cleared its biggest hurdle in Louisville and Jackson, who overcame early errors to show why he became the face of college football in September.The Cardinals star finished with 295 pass yards, 162 rush yards and three touchdowns.Best player Ive ever played against in my entire life, Boulware said. But we found a way to win.Barefoot in the tunnel outside Clemsons locker room, Boulware was spent. Practice looms later Sunday, and a short week of preparation before a trip to Boston College.As a competitor, you want to be in as stressful an environment as possible, Boulware said.Stressed but comfortable. It might not be as catchy or hashtaggable as Bring Your Own Guts, but for this Clemson team, itll do. Swell Bottle Norge . Oyama had six birdies and two bogeys at Kintetsu Kashikojima in the event also sanctioned by the Japan LPGA Tour. "I have been having this neck ache thats been affecting my golf recently," Oyama said. Swell Flaske Blå Marmor . 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ATHENS, Greece -- UEFA and its top clubs have enraged the rest of the continent with an unacceptable, secret deal to guarantee more Champions League spots for the elite, according to the favorite to lead European football from Wednesday.In an interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday, UEFA presidential candidate Aleksander Ceferin expressed his frustration that the governing body caved into the demands of Spain, Germany, England, and Italy to allow them to seize 16 of the 32 Champions League group-stage places.Ceferin viewed threats that leading clubs could break away to form a closed completion as a bluff, warning that a Super League for the elite and rich is out of the question, and would create a war with UEFA.Ceferin is challenging Michael van Praag of the Netherlands for the UEFA presidency in Wednesdays election. Although lacking experience in international football politics, the 48-year-old Slovenian federation head has swept up endorsements to complete the remaining three years of banned president Michel Platinis term. Ceferin said he has the public backing of 32 of UEFAs 55 members, while his Dutch rival has four so far.The winner of the vote in Athens will have to seek re-election before UEFAs next major event, the 2020 European Championship, which Ceferin said should never have been spread across the continent for the first time.Declaring himself as being not part of the football establishment, Ceferin is hoping his forthright approach can help him win over fans, whose trust in the sports leaders has plummeted after years of scandals at FIFA.Coming from an eastern European country of 2 million, the lawyer said he will have the interests of the whole continent at heart rather than just the powerful and wealthy.Ceferin is concerned lower-ranked leagues like Slovenia will suffer as a result of Spain, Germany, England, and Italy being guaranteed four Champions League places each from 2018-21, rather than 11 currently between them, following the deal in August.A document by the influential European Club Association, obtained by the AP, said UEFA accelerated the process in part to avoid interference with UEFA presidential election process (do not allow the topic to be subject of political capture).The problem is we didnt know anything that was going on -- that shouldnt happen again, Ceferin said. Its not frustrating just for me; its frustrating for all 55 national associations ... there was a group who decided, and the lack of communication is the main problem why clubs and national associations are mad now.The current qualification system, which makes one of the teams from the English Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, and Serie A contest a playoff to reach the Champions League group stage, is the ideal model, Ceferin said.(The Super Leeague threat) is a bargaining chip, Ceferin said.dddddddddddd I am sure they do not want to leave UEFA and UEFAs competitions. It would be boring to play in some closed league and it will mean war with UEFA. They pushed it more because we didnt have any leadership and that was a problem with UEFA.As delegates arrived in Athens for the vote, Van Praag -- a UEFA vice president -- also spoke out against the Champions League deal after missing the executive committee meeting that backed it last month.If I would be elected I would reopen the negotiations, Van Praag said.The former Ajax president said he went to ECA chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge to talk some sense in him and insisted: There will be a Super League over my dead body.Here are other issues discussed by Ceferin in his AP interview:---EURO 2020The European Championship has been staged only in one country or co-hosted by neighbors, but Platini decided to take the tournament across the continent to 13 cities for the first time in 2020.Its quite a risk for us. It will be a problem for fans to travel from one part of Europe to another. So I would prefer that it changes after 2020 because its a bit risky.POWERUEFA is not very broken -- public opinion is worse than actually UEFA is. We have to work on transparency. We have to adopt term limits for presidents and ExCo (executive committee) members because you cannot stay in a certain position for 20 years. We have seen in the recent past what is happening if you are there for too long. You think you own the organization.LEADERSHIPI am a new person, not part of the old establishment. I have new ideas. I am transparent. I have a good life at home. I have a very big law firm so I dont need it (the presidency) for my CV or to get something for me personally. We need a new wind also in European football.Asked if he will leave his law firm, Ceferin said: Its a bit hard to say but Im afraid the majority of the time I will need to be in Nyon (at UEFAs Swiss HQ).FIFAS HELPCeferin dismissed claims that advisers for FIFA President Gianni Infantino, UEFAs former general secretary, are lobbying to assist the campaign.One day Im Infantinos puppet, next day Im Platinis puppet, third day Im (a) Russian puppet, then Im (an) Italian puppet. Its obviously a problem for people to understand you can be independent ... some people are nervous because I get so much support.WOMENS FOOTBALLWe didnt do much about it. We are years in front of the USA concerning mens football but concerning womens football we are at least equal if not worse, so we have to work on that.---Rob Harris is at www.twitter.com/RobHarris and www.facebook.com/RobHarrisReports ' ' '