Fourth-and-four against the Sooners and Swinney opts for a fake-punt pass to a defensive lineman who has never caught a pass – and it works.
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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) With shiny orange confetti stuck to his sweat-soaked face as the celebration after the Orange Bowl rolled along, Clemson linebacker Ben Boulware knew the time was right to make a bold statement. “And I said ’15 for 15, ‘ with the message being let’s make them print 15 tickets this year, somehow, some way”. “It’s the will. They had that edge and a will about them in the second half”.
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Mayfield wasn’t the only Sooner undone by the Tigers’ muscle.
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What happened: Clemson began the early second-quarter drive at its own 4-yard line, but picked up a quick 46 yards on a Deshaun Watson rush.
In the third quarter, the Tigers really began to enforce their will. Zac Brooks had Tigers fans roaring when he ran over Sooners safety Ahmad Thomas on a sweep. “I guess it’s like asking a coach to talk about a whole game at halftime”, he said.
“Watson made us miss him”, Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops said. The second game was worse: 5.8 million people saw one or more of 464,000 tweets.
The defeat was the Sooners’ first since they were beaten by rival Texas in October. Then on Saturday, there will be more games.
“For some reason, we were the underdog in the playoffs”, receiver Charone Peake said. “But we weren’t tonight”. Perine ran for 40 yards on that drive but amazingly, the Sooners would finish the night with just 67 yards. Swinney seems to have found the key to success, so now everyone just has to stick to the plan. Maybe that hurt us this most.
Jake Coker played the game of his career, hooking up with Calvin Ridley for two touchdowns, as second-ranked Alabama aired it out to beat No. 3 Michigan State 38-0 Thursday night and advance to the national championship game. He finished behind Alabama’s Derrick Henry, Stanford’s Christian McCaffrey and Watson.
Like most every other Clemson win this season, he celebrated this one in the most Dabo way possible. “And he’ll be all in when we’re playing them”. Time and time again during the Tigers’ undefeated run, Watson delivered a precision downfield pass or the ideal improvised scramble to wear down a defense.
Watson can throw the ball, but he wasn’t especially accurate against the Sooners (51.6 percent) and frankly didn’t need to be with the running game working so well.
That’s going to present quite a challenge for a Clemson team that used its running game to fuel its win against Oklahoma on Thursday.
And this win was no fluke; Clemson outplayed the Sooners for just about the entire 60- minute contest. “We were late getting to the guy down the boundary – it was our lack of execution”. Clemson hasn’t won a national title since 1981.
That was Oklahoma’s last gasp – Clemson scored another TD four plays later. Renfrow came down with the ball, then cruised into the end zone for a touchdown to put the Tigers up 30-17.
Hogan completed 12 of 21 passes for 223 yards and one interception.
The Tigers took the kickoff to start the second half and marched 75 yards for a touchdown to take the lead for good.
“Any time you have a team from your league in the national championship game, it’s a great thing”, ACC Commissioner John Swofford said.
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He believes this year’s team has what it takes to go all the way.
