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Clemsons Dabo Swinney and Virginia Techs Justin Fuente will be on opposite sidelines in Saturdays ACC Championship game, but they were almost much closer than that.Then the offensive coordinator at TCU, Fuente was a finalist in 2011 when Swinney was looking for a young and innovative coach to direct the Tigers offense.I really had kind of done my homework and research kind of independently, and then confirmed it with some people that I trusted, and I kind of got it down to three guys, and Chad Morris and Justin were the top two that I wanted to actually bring in and meet with and then kind of go from there, Swinney recalled this week.I just had a lot of respect for the job he had done and watched him closely.Swinney eventually hired Morris, and Fuente earned his first head coaching job at Memphis, turning around a program that had gone 5-31 in the previous years. The Tigers were 7-17 in his first two seasons, but then 10-3 in 2014, including a double-overtime victory against BYU in the Miami Beach Bowl, and 9-3 in the 2015 season.That team also went to a bowl game, but Fuente was already on his way to replacing Frank Beamer, the winningest active coach in the game, with the Hokies.The interview process at No. 3 Clemson (11-1; No. 3 CFP) created the foundation for a friendship.We just got along well, Fuente said of his day-and-a-half in Clemson. I mean, we certainly didnt spend two days talking about how he runs his program. I mean, we talked a little bit about offensive football, but I just enjoyed being around him, enjoyed having conversations about different ways to do things.The coaches now exchange occasional text messages and spend time together at ACC coaches meetings.I would shoot him just an encouragement text from time to time or he might send me one and then we talked a little bit about some recruiting, Swinney said. I had a couple players that had an opportunity that we had recruited here and for whatever reason was looking for another place to go, so I reached out to him a couple different times on a couple different players that had opportunities to go and play for him.On Saturday night, Swinneys Tigers will be looking to not only claim their second consecutive ACC championship, but preserve their spot in the College Football Playoff against a four-time ACC champion back on the rise.The Hokies (9-3; No. 23 CFP) had to win their final game three times in Beamers last four seasons to achieve the six victories needed to ensure an bowl opportunity, but they had no such concerns with Fuente taking over this season, installing his up-tempo offense and retaining longtime defensive coordinator Bud Foster to guide the defense.For them to be back in the championship game, I think, is just an incredible accomplishment, Swinney said, and I knew when they hired him that it wouldnt take long for him to get them back to this point.---More AP college football: http://collegefootball.ap.org---Follow Hank on Twitter: www.twitter.com/hankkurzjr DeAndre Bembry Hawks Jersey . -- On the field, it was business as usual for Jameis Winston and No. Ray Spalding jersey .Y. -- Leading 3-0 with only 11:25 left, the Colorado Avalanche committed a seemingly meaningless penalty to give the New York Islanders a power play. https://www.thehawkslockerroom.com/Dikembe-Mutombo-City-Edition-Jersey/ .com) - Manchester City midfielder David Silva is expected to miss the next four weeks because of a calf problem. 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All the Tigers know is that theyll be in real trouble if it doesnt change soon.Buck Farmer allowed four runs in five innings, and Detroit couldnt rally against the Cleveland bullpen, losing 7-4 on Monday night to fall two games behind Baltimore for the second AL wild card. The Indians clinched the division crown, improving to 14-2 against the Tigers this season.I cant really explain it, but the truth is, theyve outplayed us, Detroit manager Brad Ausmus said. Theyve outhit us, theyve outpitched us, theyve out-defended us. Its simple.Corey Kluber left after four innings with right groin tightness, joining Carlos Carrasco and Danny Salazar in a group of talented Cleveland pitchers dealing with injuries. But even those concerns were secondary when the Indians poured onto the field to celebrate their first division title since 2007.Its hard, man. It is so hard to explain how hard winning is, manager Terry Francona said. Weve had some challenges thrown our way, but so has everyone else. We managed to get this far, and now we get to play more baseball.Cleveland last made the postseason in 2013 as a wild card.Coco Crisp and Roberto Perez homered for the Indians, and Jason Kipnis doubled in a run.Farmer (0-1) yielded four hits and four walks.Andrew Miller (10-1) won in relief, and Cody Allen pitched the ninth for his 30th save in 33 chances.Crisp and Detroits J.D. Martinez traded two-run homers in the second, and Cleveland took the lead for good in the fifth on the double by Kipnis. Mike Napolis sacrifice fly later that inning made it 4-2.With the division title 15 outs away, the Indians took the field for the bottom of the fifth without their ace. Kluber, the team leader with 18 wins, was replaced by Dan Otero, and the announcement about the 2014 AL Cy Young Award winners groin problem ccame a little while later.ddddddddddddMiguel Cabrera made it 4-3 with an RBI single, but Perez led off the seventh with a drive to right to put the Indians back up by two.Cabrera added another run-scoring single in the seventh, but Perez -- who entered the game hitting .168 -- answered with another big hit in the eighth, lining an RBI single up the middle.Cleveland made it 7-4 on an error by Martinez in right.Miller, the third reliever for the Indians, struck out four of the six hitters he faced before giving way to Allen. The final out came on a strikeout by Cameron Maybin.Now the Tigers have to face the prospect of three more games this week against a Cleveland team thats dominated them.Try to win the next game. Theres nothing you can do, second baseman Ian Kinsler said. You play hard, you prepare, you get ready to play, hopefully it turns around one particular day, and hopefully that days tomorrow.FRIENDLY CROWDThe Indians werent able to clinch the division at home, but Detroit is only about 170 miles from Cleveland, and there were plenty of fans chanting Lets Go Tribe! after this one was over. A large group of Indians supporters gathered behind their dugout on the first base side.It was awesome, especially that last inning when theyre all chanting, going crazy, Napoli said. Obviously, we wanted to do it at home, but to be able to come here, play Detroit, a team that we can get it done against, its nice.TRAINERS ROOMIndians: Salazar (strained forearm) threw a bullpen session before the game.Tigers: Ausmus said 3B Nick Castellanos (left hand) could be back before the weekend. Hes currently in the instructional league.UP NEXTIndians: Cleveland sends RHP Mike Clevinger (2-2) to the mound Tuesday night at Detroit.Tigers: Detroit counters with RHP Justin Verlander (15-8), who struck out 11 against Minnesota last Thursday.---Follow Noah Trister at www.Twitter.com/noahtrister ' ' '