There are few pregame rituals in college football as recognizable as the Tigers’…
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Orange Bowl Betting: Public slightly backing Oklahoma -4 vs. Clemson
Three plays later Watson takes the ball himself on a 10 yard run to give the Tigers a 10-7 lead after the successful PAT attempt. Before kickoff , he had to be restrained and led off the field by a team official to prevent him from taunting the opposition.
Deshaun Watson totaled 332 yards and two touchdowns rushing and passing, lifting Clemson to within a game of its first national championship since 1981.
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And the Big-12 champion Oklahoma was beneficial of a season where there weren’t any notable Pac-12 teams to challenge them. Clemson piled up 550 yards in the game , sealing the victory on Gallman’s 4-yard touchdown run with 10:48 remaining.
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Clemson can draw on lots of bowl experience, with a postseason victory each of the past three seasons.
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Michigan State beat Ohio State (who won the inaugural playoff championship) nixing a chance for the Buckeyes to defend their title.
“Everybody wants to talk about who’s left and what you don’t have”, Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney said.
“You can’t take away the Big 12 championship and the fact that this group of seniors have led us back to one game from being in the national championship (game)”, OU coach Bob Stoops said. There were doubts about the Clemson defense heading into the game with Oklahoma.
The undefeated, top-seeded Tigers used a dominating second half to defeat No. 4 Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl Thursday night, punching their ticket to the College Football Playoff title game on January 11.
But the Tigers will have to play without Deon Cain, Ammon Lakip and Jay Jay McCollough, as the three Clemson players were suspended from the Playoff matchup for violating the team’s rules, according to Deadspin. A member of Clemson’s punt team all year, he ran down the left sideline and caught a 31-yard pass from punter Andy Teasdall.
Most Sooner fans knew what Watson was capable of, but Gallman’s brute strength was one of the key differences in this game.
Some would say that like Alabama, Oklahoma hasn’t played a quarterback as good as the one they will on Thursday in Watson.
Meanwhile, Watson will be up against fellow quarterback Mayfield of Oklahoma and he also has great numbers – throwing for 3,389 yards and 35 touchdowns with only five interceptions this season. The Tigers were relentless with their run-game, and rushed for a whopping 313 yards while controlling the game and time of possession. Known for his unsafe scrambling ability, Mayfield finished with just 27 yards on 10 carries. “Let’s go get that”.
His defensive mates did just fine without him. “To have that adversity in the beginning and handle it so well, I’m just so proud of my guys”.
Injuries to Samaje Perine and Joe Mixon during the game didn’t help Oklahoma much, but the Sooners weren’t able to move the ball on the ground consistently before either of their backs got hurt.
“All the hard work, especially over the summer and spring, just putting in the grind and waking up at 5:30 in the morning to go to the weight room and just go out there and sweat and put in the time is for moments like this”, Watson said.
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The Tigers’ rout of Oklahoma last season is a big argument in their favor. Still, despite the disappointing finish to the season, the Sooners aren’t going anywhere.
