Beason and Hasselbeck provide thoughts on Tigers and Yellow Jackets; Trevor Lawrence

Jon Beason and Tim Hasselbeck will be on the call for the first-ever football game on the newly launched ACC Network. Tuesday both men were on a media call and were asked about what their keys to the game for both teams were.

Jon Beason and Tim Hasselbeck will be on the call for the first-ever football game on the newly launched ACC Network. Tuesday both men were on a media call and were asked about what their keys to the game for both teams were.

Below is a transcript of their answers

JON BEASON: "I think for Clemson you are talking about being nearly a 40-point favorite. If I'm Dabo Swinney, I'm going to put a lot of pressure on them to, what we would call in the NFL to be a pro, to be a professional. To realize that it does not matter who you're playing, it's a hundred yards of green grass and you're supposed to go out and play your best and execute the scheme and play with enough passion and energy that exudes, I'm a champion, I'm the best. I think that that's the key for Clemson is to make sure their guys are focused and they don't feel like this is a glorified warmup game. 

"You're playing an ACC opponent, you're coming off an historic season, everyone's telling you how great you are, and you're talking about kids feeling good about themselves. That sense of entitlement and being somewhat overconfident could be disastrous, even though you're playing against a Georgia Tech where no one thinks they have a chance in this. So that would probably be my number one key for Clemson is just to realize that it is a big platform, you're playing prime time, you have to go out and be who you are to make sure that you win this football game."

TIM HASSELBECK: "I would follow that up with there's so much change at George Tech in terms of scheme and personnel, in terms of where guys will be, the key for Clemson is to not worry about what Georgia Tech is doing. Clemson has far superior talent. If they just do the things that -- I mean this could just be, it doesn't matter the opponent, I guess, is kind of the way I would put it. They just need to do what they do. 

"They can stay in their base stuff offensively, just make sure that they are spreading the ball to their playmakers. And I think that they will end up being fine because there will be some surprises, I'm anticipating, from Georgia Tech in terms of where they have certain players. And there's going to be offensive linemen that are now defensive linemen. There are going to be guys that were quarterbacks that are now playing receiver or running back. And rather than getting bogged down in the scheme and all of that stuff, I think the plan for Clemson is just that, to trust in the skills that they have there and how they use them."

Hasselbeck was also asked how excited he was to get to see Trevor Lawrence in person and provide his thoughts on the Heisman Trophy frontrunner.

TIM HASSELBECK: "And as it relates to Trevor and seeing him in person, I'm excited to see him in person. There's so much you can tell by a quarterback when you watch him on film, whether it's just the decision making and even arm strength at times can really come across when on a you're watching a coach's tape of a player. But seeing somebody in person, seeing the way the ball kind of jumps out of a guy's hand, seeing how he handles the environment that he is in, I think is as important as any of the measurable tools that a quarterback has. So, yeah, I'm really looking forward to seeing him play. Obviously he's kind of met expectations a year ago and kind of not really expecting things to be much different."