The only drama in Saturday’s 33-13 victory over Wake Forest at Death Valley was whether or not Kelly Bryant was going to throw a pass to Deshaun Watson. Other than that, the nation’s top-ranked team pretty much stayed to the script as Clemson rolled to its 11th straight victory to open the season.

The Tigers improved to 11-0 for the first time since 1981, which actually occurred on this same day 34 years ago.

Though it was a relatively easy victory for the Tigers, who have now won 16 straight home games and 14 straight overall, it was not the prettiest. Clemson turned the football over four times, including two first-half interceptions from Watson.

Wake Forest (3-8, 1-6 ACC) came into the game with only seven forced turnovers, the lowest in the nation prior to Saturday. The Tigers, who forced two turnovers, have now lost the turnover battle five times this year.

But still, Watson was still Deshaun Watson. He threw three touchdown passes, while completing 24 of 35 passes for 343 yards. He also ran for 44 yards on 10 carries.

Watson completed touchdown passes of 44, 11 and 47 yards to Charone Peake, Deon Cain and Germone Hopper, while also running for a score in the first half. But he also threw two interceptions, the last setting up Wake’s lone score of the half – an 8-yard touchdown run by Kendall Hinton.

The Tigers, who finished 8-0 in the ACC for the first time ever, took a 7-0 lead on their first possession when Watson took it into end zone from three yards out. The key play of that drive was a 34-yard Deon Cain to Hunter Renfrow pass on a trick play.

Clemson went up 14-0 with 5:26 to play in the first quarter when Watson hit Peake in the end zone for a 44-yard score. That touchdown followed a Wake Forest fumble.

The Tigers increased the lead to 20-0 with 44 seconds to play in the first, as Watson hit Cain with a bullet for an 11-touchdown pass.

Following Hinton’s touchdown with 5:26 to play in the second quarter, Watson found Hopper down the far sideline for a 47-yard touchdown pass with 2:12 to play in the half.

Hopper led all Clemson receivers with 110 yards on two catches. He had a 63-yard reception in the first quarter which set up Cain’s 11-yard touchdown from Watson.

Huegel added a 36-yard field goal with 46 seconds left in the third quarter to extend Clemson’s lead to 33-7.

Though Wake got a late touchdown pass to make the game more respectable, the Tigers’ defense held the Deacons to 152 total yards, including just 39 yards on the ground. Clemson had five sacks and forced two turnovers.

By the way, despite keeping Bryant on the field at quarterback for a good bit of the time late in the third quarter and part of the fourth, while Watson lined up at the top at wide receiver, Bryant never threw Watson the football.

Clemson will visit South Carolina next Saturday in Columbia with a chance to improve to 12-0. With North Carolina beating Virginia Tech in overtime earlier in the day, the Tigers now know they will play the Tar Heels in the ACC Championship Game on Dec. 5.