Clemsons big-play capabilities are finally showing up in games.After just one 40-yard play in the first five games of the season, the Tigers had three plays longer than 40 yards in the first quarter of last weeks 56-10 victory over Boston College and the Eagles top-ranked defense.Running back Wayne Gallman scored on a 59-yard run, receiver Mike Williams had a 50-yard reception and tight end Jordan Leggett had a 56-yard touchdown catch in an eight-minute span of the first quarter.We dominated in big plays and those are something we take a lot of pride in, Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said.There could be plenty of fireworks this week, too, when the No. 3 Tigers (6-0, 3-0 ACC) take on North Carolina State (4-1, 1-0 ACC) at noon ET Saturday (ABC) at Memorial Stadium in Clemson.In last years 56-41 victory at N.C. State, Clemson had scoring plays of 24, 57, 42, 40, 35, and 36 yards.Explosive plays -- thats what we want to do, Clemson co-offensive coordinator Jeff Scott said. You dont want to always have to drive 85 yards in 10 plays to score. Its hurting our plays per game, but well take the one-play scores. Its nice to get those.Theres no doubt it was an element we wanted to improve on. We have all the pieces. We just didnt connect in the first five games. Friday night we did connect.Clemson appears to be hitting on all cylinders at the seasons midpoint and a key point in the schedule. After playing N.C. State the Tigers will have a bye week before hitting the road to face Florida State on Oct. 29.Quarterback Deshaun Watson is rounding into midseason form. He has nine touchdown passes in the past two games and has a history of big games against N.C. State.We control our own destiny, Watson said. Everything is out in front of us that we want. Weve got some big games ahead.Sophomore wide receiver Deon Cain has emerged as a threat to score every time he touches the ball. Cain has only 13 receptions, which is fourth-best on the team, but six have resulted in touchdowns, including two scores in each of the past two games. He also had a 40-yard touchdown reception at N.C. State last season.Barring an upset, the Tigers should be favored in each of their final six games and are firmly entrenched in the drivers seat in the ACCs Atlantic Division. Florida State already has two league losses and the Tigers hold the tiebreaker with Louisville by virtue of their victory on Oct. 1.But the Tigers cant be caught looking past N.C. State, which is coming off a waterlogged 10-3 victory against Notre Dame and won its only ACC outing 33-16 over then-unbeaten Wake Forest.Both of us are undefeated in our conference and right now were tied for first place, Swinney said. And we want to try to break that tie and have it in our favor when its over on Sunday. Its a big game, and I look forward to getting back at it.Defense has been a key for the Wolfpack. Notre Dame converted just one of 15 third-down situations and just two of four fourth downs last week, which coach Dave Doeren said was what pleased him most about the win.The Wolfpack got their only touchdown against the Irish on safety Dexter Wrights return of a blocked punt.For the season the Demon Deacons have allowed their opponents to convert only 20 of 71 third-down situations. That works out to just 28.1 percent success, 12th best in the country.Offensively, the Wolfpack managed only 198 yards in total offense against the Irish in the wind and rain. Running back Matt Dayes, however, did manage to rush for 126 yards against the Irish, giving him 563 for the season. He might have a little extra incentive because he suffered what became a season-ending injury during last Octobers game against Clemson.Quarterback Ryan Finley has shown an ability to take care of the football. He has gone 128 passes without throwing an interception in the five games this season. 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With racial issues in the United States coming to the forefront in the sports world, Major League Baseball players generally have been absent from the growing chorus of athletes who have publicly spoken out about problems they may see in the United States, and Baltimore Orioles outfielder Adam Jones thinks he knows why.Baseball is a white mans sport, the Orioles star told USA Today Sports.We already have two strikes against us already, Jones told the newspaper, so you might as well not kick yourself out of the game. In football, you cant kick them out. You need those players. In baseball, they dont need us.Though Jackie Robinson broke baseballs color barrier in 1947 by playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers, MLB has had an issue with the dwindling number of African-Americans playing the game. Only 8 percent of the league classifies as African-American, according to the newspaper, with a total of just 69 black players being on the Opening Day rosters of the leagues 30 teams.Baseball is numbers. Its 8 percent black. I didnt make that up, Jones later told the Baltimore Sun. In football, basketball, the numbers are in the 60s and 70s. These arent made up numbers. It just is what it is. Im part of the 8 percent.Players from the NFL, NBA, WNBA and NWSL have all taken a public stance in one form or another to voice their displeasure with what they see as racial issues within the country. Some have worn shirts that read Black Lives Matter while recently many NFL players, led by San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, have resorted to taking a knee during the playing of the national anthem.He believes in what he believes in, Jones said of Kaepernick, according to USA Today Sports, and as a man of faith, as an American who has rights, who am I to say hes wrong?Kaepernick is not disrespecting the military. Hes not disrespecting people who theyre fighting. What hes doing is showing that he doesnt like the social injustice that the flag represents.Since his decision to not stand for the national anthem became known during the preseason, Kaepernick has been widely criticized, something that Jones believes doesnt add up.Theres somebody on the 49ers team that commits an act like that, accosts a 70-year-old man and his kid, and nobodys talking about that, Jones said, referring to Kaepernicks now former teammate Bruce Miller.dddddddddddd But they talk about Kaepernick doing something that he believes in, as his right as an American citizen. People need to talk more about that guy than Kaepernick.Hes not receiving the ridicule and public torture that Kaepernick is facing. Is Kaepernick hurting me? No. Is he hurting random people out there? No. I support his decision.At the end of the day, if you dont respect his freedoms, then why the hell are we Americans? Its supposed to be the Land of the Free, right?Ive seen Kaepernick called the N-word just because hes being sensitive to what has happened to African-Americans in this country, Jones added. Its crazy how when people of color speak up, were always ridiculed. But when people that are not of color speak up, its their right.A five-time All-Star and four-time Gold Glove winner, Jones is the Orioles 2016 Roberto Clemente Award nominee. The award recognizes a player who best represents the game of baseball through extraordinary character, community involvement, philanthropy and positive contributions, both on and off the field, according to MLB.Jones is also involved in the leagues RBI program that seeks to get more inner-city children playing the sport.At the end of the day, black men have fought for this right. Indians have fought for this right. White people fought for this right. Mexicans have fought for this right. Japanese have fought this for this right. The United States was not just made up of one race, Jones told USA Today.So lets just not say that in America, only one person can say something. We all have input because America has always been a country that has united everybody.Though Jones, whose father and brother have both served in the military, says he will always stand for the anthem, he notes that a professional baseball player could always sit out The Star-Spangled Banner.No one has done it, yet, Jones said. But thats the key word here: yet. ' ' '