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CLEMSON, S.C. -- Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson said the Tigers much-needed breakout performance over South Carolina State was good the fifth-ranked Tigers -- and came at exactly the right time.The offense, sluggish through a pair of six-point wins over Auburn and Troy the first two weeks, exploded in a 59-0 victory over South Carolina State on Saturday. Sure, the FCS Bulldogs were clearly overmatched, but Watson said Clemson (3-0) got the chance to correct errors and gain some rhythm with its Atlantic Coast Conference opener at Georgia Tech (3-0) coming up Thursday night.Were very confident, Watson said Monday. Weve got a lot of swagger on both sides of the ball.It was especially critical for the offense, a supposedly once-in-a-generation amalgam of skill players that had looked rather ordinary in its two opening games. Watson was adamant that no one had panicked, but yet he apologized to fans before last weeks game for the negative energy he felt he brought to the Troy outing.There was no need for any Im sorrys this time around, just further refinement and focus to get the ACC season started off right, Watson said.Nothing that we were too frustrated about, Watson said. Great teams improve throughout the season every week. We got better, a lot of people got more experience. It was something we really needed going into this week.The Tigers finished with a season-high 555 yards. Watson was nearly flawless in less than a half of play, completing 12 of 15 throws for 152 yards and three touchdowns. His receivers, who committed eight drops in a 30-24 win over Troy a week earlier, also performed well. Their performance made up for the loss of reliable Hunter Renfrow, who had TD grabs in Clemsons first two games but is out for about a month with a broken hand.Clemson co-offensive coordinator Tony Elliott said his offenses rebound began at the end of the Troy game where the Tigers scored 17 points in the fourth quarter, all of them necessary to lock things up against the pesky Trojans.Clemson carried that into a 31-point opening quarter against South Carolina State.It was good to see the guys come out and have fun, Elliott said. The biggest thing is taking the pressure off and getting back to doing what we do: Play fast, distribute the ball, guys having fun in everybody elses success.Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson said Clemson, who beat the Yellow Jackets 43-24 at Death Valley last year, will be his teams most talented opponent so far.Theyre going to come in here with a bunch of cats, he said. Weve got to see if we can line up and play with them. We didnt a year ago, two years ago we did. I dont think well be afraid, but weve got to play.The challenge for Clemson is to carry that success into Georgia Tech, where the Tigers havent won since Elliott was a junior receiver who caught a 9-yard TD pass to beat the Yellow Jackets in 2003.You get those stories from your parents, `This hasnt happened since I did it, Elliott said, laughing. I was telling some of guys, `We hadnt won down in Atlanta since the last time I played.Watson, a native of Gainesville, Georgia, about an hour north of Atlanta, has some bad memories of facing Tech. As a freshman in 2014, Watson injured his knee and would eventually need offseason surgery, in the first half of Clemsons 28-6 -- its last regular-season defeat.I have flashbacks about that, said Watson, who had missed the previous three games with a hand injury. I was excited to play and then that first quarter going down. 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The Committee said that such a step was necessary because the BCCI had failed to put in place recommendations passed by the Supreme Court by the September 30 deadline.A bench headed by Chief Justice of India TS Thakur, who had approved the majority of the Lodha reports recommendations in a court order on July 18, will hear the BCCIs response and decide on the status report. The following are the key points of the issue:Why was a status report presented in the Supreme Court? While passing the order on July 18, the Supreme Court had asked the BCCI to follow the directives of the Lodha Committee, which was put in charge of overseeing the process of overhauling the governance structure of the board. Should any impediments arise, the Committee shall be free to seek appropriate directions from this Court by filing a status report in that regard, the order stated. RM Lodha, the chairman of the Lodha Committee, and a former Chief Justice of India, said his team had faced serious impediments in dealing with the BCCI and elaborated on the same in the status report.What were the impediments? The Lodha Committee said the BCCI had not complied with as many as seven timelines by the deadline of September 30. The board had not accepted the fresh Memorandum of Association and rules and regulations, which would have been an indicator of the BCCI deciding to implement the recommendations.Lodha also said the BCCI had breached the committees directive by taking decisions concerning the future at its annual general meeting on September 21. The Committee had instructed the BCCI chief executive Rahul Johri to restrict the agenda of the AGM to routine decisions.What else did the BCCI do to draw such flak? According to Lodha, several decisions taken at the BCCIs AGM were contrary to the committees recommendations. Some of them were: Ajay Shirke being elected board secretary though he had not mentioned his eligibility criteria in the nomination form, and the board picking five-member selection panels when the recommendations said three. The Committee was also unhappy that the BCCI had called a special general meeting on September 30 to consider the recommendations, when it had said earlier that it would meet by September 28 to implement the recommendations.What happened at the SGM? After the meeting in Mumbai, the BCCI said it had unanimously accepted important recommendations of the Lodha Committee. In fact, it had selectively accepted recommendations, and the key ones not adopted included: an age cap of 70 for BCCI administrators, a maximum term of nine years and a cooling-off period between each three-year term, and the one-state-one-vote policy.Why is the BCCI against adopting these three recommendations? The nine-year tenure limit - broken into three, three-year terms with a three-year cooling off period between each term - will hinder continuity, the BCCI said.ddddddddddddAccording to the board, these restrictions will deter able administrators from joining the BCCI.The boards rationale for being against the age cap is that many administrators over the age of 70 have remained fit and able, and such a limit does not apply to the countrys politicians. The BCCI argued that an age cap of 70 would deprive the board and the state associations of considerable knowledge and experience.As for the opposition to the one-state-one-vote policy, the BCCI indicated that such a recommendation was against its legacy because several associations have been full members of the board from the very beginning. There are three associations in Maharashtra. Mumbai is the cricketing hub that has won Ranji Trophy 41 times. Maharashtra has the maximum districts. Vidarbha has the maximum infrastructure because we have two stadiums and an indoor academy. So on what basis do we decide who should be given full member status? former BCCI president Shashank Manohar had said before resigning the post.Were there any other transgressions by BCCI? On September 30, the BCCI conducted an unscheduled working committee meeting, at which it took a few financial decisions, including doubling the Test match fee for the mens team. There were two other decisions taken, which the Lodha Committee objected to: an additional INR 10 crore being granted to full member state associations to increase the infrastructure subsidy to INR 70 crore, and the distribution of compensation money received from the broadcaster as a result of the cancellation of the Champions League T20, which was about INR 550 crore according to the committee. On October 4, the Committee warned state associations not to touch the funds that had been received from the BCCI between September 29 and October 1 and were related to those two transactions.What is the next step for the BCCI? The court had given the board a week to respond to the Lodha Committees status report that called for a panel of administrators to replace the top BCCI officials, while telling the board to fall in line or we will make you fall in line.The BCCI had also filed an application in the Supreme Court, pleading for the courts July 18 order to be suspended until it heard the boards review and curative petitions against the mandatory implementation of most of the Lodha Committees recommendations. In its review petition, the BCCI called the court order unreasoned and asked for the recusal of Chief Justice Thakur from its hearing. However, the petition has been lying in defect because the court raised technical objections to the petition and asked the BCCI to repair them. 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