I'm curious to see how they develop, especially in the passing game. WebThe 2016 PlayStation Fiesta Bowl was a college football bowl game that was played on December 31, 2016 at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. But TCU is a true Cinderella, having opened the year unranked and gotten here with a series of frantic second-half comebacks. College Football Playoff semifinal at the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl: No. 3 Clemson 29, No. The Tigers have played 29 games with a final margin of eight points or less, and Clemson's .862 winning percentage in those one-possession contests is the best in the country in that span. There hadnt been all that much to cheer for when the Buckeyes were trailing, allowing the Ohio State fans and players to save up for the celebration and unleash it all at once. No. Schlabach: The Alamo Bowl might be fun to watch. 1 on the list if Ron Cherry can be the honorary game official to commemorate the 15th anniversary season of "Giving him the business," which he said during a Maryland-NC State game back when the Terps were in the ACC. Now we'll get to see them play. Tennessee football appears headed to the Orange Bowl after the top 6 of the College Football Playoff rankings were released. No. The Buckeyes would go on to defeat Pac-12 champion Washington 2823. Clemson's 15-year bowl streak is the second longest in the ACC and the eighth-longest in the country. 3 Clemson beat No. Capital One Bowl Mania. Nick Bromberg is a writer for Yahoo Sports. And not only did Wade get ejected for the hit, Clemson got 15 yards and a first down instead of being forced to punt. We present them here for purely educational purposes. Tennessee Volunteers (ranked sixth) and Clemson Tigers (ranked seventh). Not only is Clemson's current 28-game winning streak the longest in the history of Clemson Football, it's the longest in the history of Clemson Athletics in general. Given Tennessee's late stumbles and Hendon Hooker's injury, there's a good case to be made the Huskies are the far more dangerous team today. Andrea Adelson: I have no issues with what the committee did, though I think it is a shame a team that got housed at home by its rival got rewarded because there were no other justifiable options. And that helped lead to frustration with a roughing the punter call in the third quarter that gave Clemson a gift of a first down on the Tigers third touchdown of the evening. Copyright: ESPN Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved. Fiesta Bowl: CLEM (3) 29: F inal: OSU (2) 23 Cotton Bowl: MEM (15) If a lot of potential NFL first-rounders opt out of the non-CFP bowl games as expected, we could see a number of underclassmen step into bigger roles in bowl games. The fact that he's getting another chance to redeem the Buckeyes' season and possibly beat the Wolverines in a title game could reshape his legacy entirely. Redshirt sophomore guard Matt Bockhorst, a na- tive of Cincinnati, Ohio, has played 405 snaps over 13 games with one start this season. Clem- son won its last four mens tennis matches of 1968, all 16 matches in 1969 and the first six matches of 1970. Overall, Ohio State had just 88 yards rushing and 127 passing for 215 yards of total offense. The throw showed off the same aggressiveness that had put Ohio State back in front in the fourth quarter. Hale makes a fair point about USC, but unbalanced schedules also helped the Trojans, who didn't have to face two of the league's best teams (Oregon and Washington). But the bowl announcements will be made later. Van Smith led the Clemson defense with nine tackles, while Carlos Watkins had two sacks, giving him 10.5 for the season, a record for a Clemson defensive lineman. Current Clemson center Sean Pollard actually started at right tackle in the contest, playing 53 snaps from scrimmage while sharing playing time with current Clemson right tackle Tremayne Anchrum, who played 37 snaps in the game. And Joe Milton III could be fun replacing Hooker. Sugar Bowl: Kansas State vs. Alabama. When does Clemson play Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl? Ohio State vs. Clemson score, Sugar Bowl: Justin Fields' six TD Clemson vs. Ohio State in Fiesta Bowl: Facts, Stats & Predictions | 3 in FPI. Some school's results have been altered by retroactive NCAA penalties. 2 Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl on Saturday night. A touchdown there would have secured an easy win. All three previous matchups have come in postseason play, including the 1978 Gator Bowl, 2014 Orange Bowl and 2016 Fiesta Bowl. So, was TCU lucky or actually good? Bring it on. Yahoo Sports' Amanda Borges and Tank Williams discuss the 2019 Fiesta Bowl, suffered a left ankle injury that limited his availability in the second half. Two players on Clemson's current team appeared only on special teams in that game: linebackers Chad Smith and James Skalski. Georgia hasn't been as consistent as last season's championship team, but it has risen to the occasion when it mattered most. I've been down on the Big Ten this season and its schedule was underwhelming to say the least. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes colliding with the No. Lowest moment: Watson tossed a pick in the end zone in the fourth quarter against Pitt. TCU is a great story this season. The actual CFP group normally works itself out, and did again this season. The Vols had better wins, but were also blown out by South Carolina and lost starting quarterback Hendon Hooker. 6d. The Tigers outperformed expectations Year 1 under Brian Kelly, but there's a lot of room for improvement. Both teams carry perfect 13-0 records into this game with Clemson pounding Virginia 62-17 in the ACC championship game, while Ohio State needed to overcome a 21-7 halftime deficit to beat Wisconsin 34-21 in the And the reason for that? Though Ohio State enters the Fiesta Bowl with 924 all-time victories, second-most in FBS history, the Buckeyes remain winless in three all-time meetings with Clemson. Game: College Football Playoff Playstation Fiesta Bowl. Some other compelling matchups will be Notre Dame-South Carolina in the TaxSlayer Bowl, Florida State-Oklahoma in the Cheez-It Bowl and, lest we forget the all-time best bowl celebration, I will be tuning in to NC State-Maryland in the Duke's Mayo Bowl. Pick the winners. It seems pretty straightforward. I think Steve Sarkisian does finally have Texas on the right track, but there's a way to go before it is ready to compete in the SEC. Hale: TCU. After Ohio State had settled for field goals of 21 and 22 yards in the first half, coach Ryan Day decided to go for it on fourth-and-2 at the Clemson 23 with less than 12 minutes to go. Clemson has won 29 consecutive games dating back to a Sugar Bowl loss against Alabama on Jan. 1, 2018. Ohio State then went three-and-out on its subsequent drive and Lawrence capped off a 45-second Clemson drive with a 67-yard touchdown run that cut Ohio States lead to 16-14 just before halftime. Clemson RB Travis Etienne scored a go-ahead TD with 1:49 left to give the Tigers a 29-23 win over No. The Orange Bowl will be played Dec. 30 (8 p.m. The Fiesta Bowl will be Clemson's eighth College Football Playoff game since the Playoff's inception in 2014, but it will represent Clemson's first against a head coach without a national championship on his head coaching rsum. Two SEC teams, Alabama (10-2) and Tennessee (10-2), are slotted just outside the four-team field in the fifth and sixth spots, respectively. The final four is set, and for the first time in the history of the College Football Playoff, it doesn't include Alabama or Clemson. That will put No. 2 CFP, No. Ryan Day vs. Kirby Smart. Rittenberg: I'll go Group of 5 here and go with the Cure Bowl, which matches Sun Belt champion Troy against Conference USA champion UTSA. Ohio State will come into the Peach Bowl as an underdog vs. Georgia No. Buckeye quarterback J.T Barrett had just 127 yards passing and -2 rushing. The offensive line deserves its share of responsibility -- teams have increased their pressure on Maye and he has gotten sacked and hit at increasing rates. WebClemson vs Ohio State 2016 Fiesta Bowl | 12-31-2016 | Full Game HD About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube Prediction . 1 Georgia will play No. 1 ranking with a slow start to the season, but the Tigers have it all together now as they try to defend their national With Georgia, Michigan, TCU and Ohio State slated for the College Football Playoff, the rest of the bowl schedule is set. The Buckeyes went on to lose at home by three touchdowns. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? And No. Instead, Swinney waited until the ACC championship game to unleash Klubnik on an unsuspecting North Carolina, and the freshman was exceptional, completing 20 of 24 passes for 279 yards. 4 Ohio State in the Peach Bowl in Atlanta. If Washington hadn't blown a game against woeful Arizona State back in early October, USC wouldn't have played Utah again either. 2 Ohio State 29-23 Saturday night at the Fiesta Bowl to advance to the College Football Playoff championship game. It's a function of college football's quirks that it comes down to something so illogical, but in the end, USC got exposed and Ohio State, for better or worse, will live to fight another day. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. Fuller made the catch in the endzone to give Clemson a 17-0 lead. There's no guarantee the results for the Trojans would've been any better against the Ducks or Huskies, but one fact already in evidence was that USC had already lost once to Utah. Just like Roy Kramer, the godfather of the BCS, used to say, there's no perfect system to select the teams, not with everybody playing different schedules and in different conferences. With less than five minutes to go in the second quarter, Wade made helmet-to-helmet contact with Lawrence as the QB got swarmed and tackled awkwardly for a sack on third down. Part of me would love to see these teams take on Power 5 opponents in bowls, but they'll also get a nice spotlight by sharing the field in Orlando. Clemson dropped from its preseason No. In addition, Clemson's current roster features a pair of Ohio State legacies. Expert picks against the spread and betting odds for the College Football Playoff Semifinals But that is what makes the regular season a quasi-playoff unto itself. Previously, the longest streak had been a 26- game winning streak by the Tigers' baseball team to open the 1977 season and a 26-match winning streak by the Tigers' mens tennis team from 1968-70. The Tigers' eight bowl wins since 2012 have not come against run-of-the-mill opponents. It would be tied for Ohio State's worst offensive performance for yards per play in the last 2 seasons, tied with the 2015 MSU game when they lost 17-14 and only had 132 yards on 45 plays. December 23, 2019, 10:42 AM. You could make cases for Ohio State, Tennessee and Alabama -- probably in that order -- for the fourth spot. Georgia's defense gets all of the attention, but the Bulldogs are capable of putting up a bunch of points. Team B is Tennessee, the lone wild card in the New Year's Six. Scarborough: I'm with Chris. Potter Kick), Chris Olave 23 Yd pass from Justin Fields (Blake Haubeil Kick), Travis Etienne 34 Yd pass from Trevor Lawrence (Trevor Lawrence Pass to Tee Higgins for Two-Point Conversion). Eleven members of Clemson's current roster played in the Tigers' 31-0 defeat of Ohio State in the 2016 Fiesta Bowl. Ohio State held him to just 36 rushing yards on 10 carries. It was the worst margin of defeat in a bowl game in Ohio State history. The only national title game in the playoff era that hasnt involved Clemson or a team from the ACC came after the 2014 season when Ohio State beat Oregon for the first playoff title. Ohio State inexplicably chose not to go for two and a potential three-point lead after Olaves TD, so Clemson spent the rest of the game in a position to kick a go-ahead field goal. Ohio State has lost to one team. Who: Clemson (13-0) vs. Ohio State (13-0) Where: PlayStation Fiesta Bowl in Phoenix. Fuller out of the backfield on a wheel route. This is actually one of the more underrated rivalry games lost to conference realignment. Anger Index | Bowl and Playoff Roundtable. But we've seen enough college football over the years to know that, by the time we get to December, the single biggest factor in success is talent, and there's a good case to be made that the two most talented teams are meeting in the semifinal, which is hardly a fun draw for the Dawgs. 2 Ohio State (13-0, 9-0 Big Ten) followed by 10 things to watch. Couldn't you have just phoned it in like the LSU Tigers did? There's something special brewing in Fort Worth. Key player: For all the records J.T. All eight of Swinney's bowl victories in that span have come against head coaches with national championship victories to their credit at various levels of NCAA play, including two wins each against Nick Saban, Urban Meyer and Bob Stoops, as well as single victories against Les Miles and Brian Kelly. Georgia and Michigan were locks. ET, ESPN) at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami I don't think the CFP semifinal game will be any different. Buckeyes RB J.K. Dobbins ran all over the Tigers in the first half and finished with 18 carries for 174 yards and a touchdown. In the end, the argument that Ohio State is simply a better team than USC is a fair one. This will mark the second straight time that the teams will meet with both squads in the top three. Bowl roundup: Iowa blows by USC, Air Force gets 11th win, All-decade college football team: Mayfield, Teo, more, Lynch returns to Seahawks vs. 49ers on Yahoo Sports app, Sohi: Its time for LeBron to embrace load management. Hale: Clemson QB Cade Klubnik. Cornerback Jake Herbstreit and wide receiver Tye Herbstreit are both true freshmen on Clemson's roster and are the sons of former Ohio State quarterback Kirk Herbstreit, who lettered for the Buckeyes from 1989-92 and collected team MVP honors for Ohio State as a senior. 2 USA Today, Defensive coordinators: Jeff Hafley, Greg Mattison. 4 2 Ohio State 23 2019 Fiesta Bowl Ohio State got its chance at revenge against Clemson in 2019 in the Fiesta Bowl , taking a 16-0 lead in Adelson: Hale is right. If he throws for 206 yards against UCF in the Military Bowl presented by Peraton, he will be Duke's first 3,000-yard passer since Sean Renfree in 2012 and just the fifth different quarterback in school history to ever reach that mark. But he has a chance to take out the defending champs and set up a potential rematch against Michigan in the championship game. The Orange Bowl will likely give us a far better answer in a matchup with a very good Tennessee team. The four best? The bowl game is a good way to turn the page toward 2023 and what should be a season that begins with Heisman hype for the returning quarterback. But Justin Fields threw an interception to Nolan Turner in the end zone as he looked for a go-ahead TD pass to Chris Olave. North Carolina also has had an ineffective run game, which adds to the problems. At 15 years, the streak now more than doubles Clemson's previous longest streak, which covered seven seasons from 1985-91. The Tigers got the ball back from Ohio State with 2:55 to go and the Buckeyes leading 23-21. 2 AP, No. Watson, Offensive Playerof the Game, hit on 26 of 36 passes for 259 yards and a score. 1 Georgia will face No. And the Buckeyes got all the way to the Clemson 23. The Heisman Trophy is given annually to the most outstanding college football player. TCU's ranked 38th. Reach Adam Sparks at adam.sparks@knoxnews.com and on Twitter @AdamSparks. Clemson and Tennessee, with their two distinctly different shades of orange, are only about 3 hours away from each other but have met only three times over the past 75 years. Sophomore offensive tackle Jackson Carman followed Bockhorst's lead a year later, joining the Tigers out of Ohio in the 2018 recruiting class. 2022 www.knoxnews.com. Do you have a sports website? 2 Ohio State(13-0, 9-0 Big Ten) followed by 10 things to watch. It's a bummer for USC it didn't get in when it probably would have been a lock had it not played in the Pac-12 championship game. This year's contest will be a rematch of the teams' most recent meeting in 2016 in Clemson's only previous Fiesta Bowl appearance. Hey, this is the College Football Playoff, and Clemson has already climbed the mountain once to play in the title game. Clemson took over at the Ohio State seven after Van Smith intercepted the ball at the Clemson seven, then ran 86 yards to the Ohio State seven to set up Watsons last score. For all the hand-wringing about how Ohio State got here, the bottom line is this: For the bulk of this season, we all assumed the two most talented teams in the country were Ohio State and Georgia. Been there, done that. Key player: Watson is the superstar on a roster filled with stars. How can you not love a game featuring the Keg of Nails trophy? Sumrall and UTSA's Jeff Traylor both will be on the radar for Power 5 jobs in the near future. Scarborough: LSU-Purdue in the Vrbo Citrus Bowl could be interesting. 2016-17 bowl schedule & results 2 Clemson and No. Especially since they're going to be reminded again and again in the run-up to the Orange Bowl. Rittenberg: Ohio State quarterback C.J. Clemson has won 13 of its last 15 games in NFL stadiums, including three last season (an ACC Championship victory at the home of the Panthers, a Cotton Bowl victory at the home of the Cowboys, and a National Championship Game at the home of the 49ers) as well as one this season in the ACC Championship Game in Charlotte. But Etiennes third TD of the game ended up making that a moot point. But Ohio State DB Shaun Wades targeting penalty flipped a switch. 3 Clemson 29, No. 3 Clemson meet on Dec. 28 at 8 p.m. Eastern in Glendale, Arizona's Fiesta Bowl. The Trojans beat a red-hot Notre Dame team by 11 in a game they controlled throughout. Clemson defeated North Carolina in the ACC title game Saturday. The Orange Bowl gets the next highest ranked team from the SEC, Big Ten or Notre Dame to face the ACC champion. 3 seed, after TCU's overtime loss to Kansas State in the Big 12 championship game. Caleb Williams discusses next season's goal of making the College Football Playoff. He goes from a walk-on to Georgia's starting quarterback and the unquestioned leader of that team. Just felt like it was the right time to call it right there.. (Photo: Cory Fravel, 247Sports), Clelin Ferrell was named Defensive Player of the Game thanks to his three tackles for loss, including, Overall record at Clemson: 129-30 (12th season), Overall record at Ohio State: 16-0 (2nd season). 3 Clemson Tigers. Adelson: Hard to argue with what was already mentioned. Here are the logistics surrounding No. But it lost to Utah twice in the same season. He should be incredibly motivated, and still leads one of the nation's most talented offenses into the CFP semis. It was the 49th edition of the Fiesta Bowl, and was one of the 201920 Fiesta Bowl: No. 3 USA Today, Offensive coordinators: Tony Elliott, Jeff Scott, Rankings: No. ET Sunday on ESPN. Ohio State coach Ryan Day speaking during a news conference after Clemson's 29-23 win in the Fiesta Bowl NCAA college football playoff semifinal Saturday. The title-game appearance is Clemsons fourth in the past five seasons. Hey Georgia, here's your reward for being the best team in the country all season: You get a date with, arguably, the second-most talented team in the country in the semifinal. If the Trojans could've simply opted out of the Pac-12 title game a week ago, they'd be in the playoff. Clemson still could have iced the game by simply converting from 1 yard away on third and fourth downs, but failed again. Instead, the Buckeyes got the week off while Michigan played unranked Purdue for the conference title. Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. Clemson used a dominating defense and the efficient all-around play of quarterback Deshaun Watson to defeat No. -- David M. Hale, Key moments for semifinalists Clemson, OSU (1:24), Fiesta Bowl: No. In 70 games played, the teams are deadlocked at 33-33-4 and last played in 2013 -- the Terps' final year in the ACC. The Tennessee Volunteers face the Clemson Tigers in the Rose Bowl on Friday, Dec. 30, 2022 (12/30/22) at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. The Buckeyes were pitching a 16-0 shutout and Lawrence struggled to get going throwing the football. 4 Washington 7 CFP National Championship Game: No. The Buckeyes' firepower on offense will test Georgia's defense in a big way, especially if OSU's tailbacks are healthy. The Ohio State Buckeyes were upset that they werent the No. But it's still hard to swallow the logic that getting a chance to play in a conference title game was a massive detriment for one team, and getting blown out a week earlier was actually a huge win for the other. 2 Clemson Tigers, Location: University of Phoenix Stadium | Glendale, Arizona. I know I definitely considered flipping TCU and Ohio State in our final staff CFP picks. And instead of running the ball up the middle, Fields threw a deep pass over the middle to Olave, who found himself in single coverage in the end zone for the go-ahead score. It's true, of course, that Georgia wouldn't have been a shoo-in to beat TCU, and the Bulldogs are the obvious favorite over Ohio State, too. He handled the Michigan loss with grace and maturity, saying he knows how his Buckeyes legacy will be viewed with no Big Ten titles and an 0-2 record in The Game. Every meeting between the two programs has come with both squads ranked the top 20 in the AP Poll. The Buckeyes bounced back, obviously, but that loss certainly created some headaches. Betting line: Clemson by 2.5. Bryan Fischer (@BryanDFischer) December 4, 2022. Other Conference Games. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes (13-0), for a marquee matchup at State Farm Stadium. 3 Ohio State Buckeyes vs. No. Here are the logistics surrounding No. at the maitre'd when you can't get a table" vibes here, but don't you know who Nick Saban is? Picking apart the 2016 campaigns for both teams reveals two similarities that will create a fascinating war in the trenches: Both Clemson and Ohio State have worries about the offensive line's ability to establish dominance at the point of attack and both teams also have ferocious, dominant defensive fronts on the other side of the ball. 3 Ohio State 0 Peach Bowl: No. 2 Michigan will play No. If the Big Ten didn't have divisions, Ohio State would've had a rematch with Michigan already and would've either earned its way in or been in the same position as USC. Ohio State will come into the Peach Bowl as an underdog vs. Georgia No. There's a lot of "yelling 'Don't you know who I am?' Let's do a little blind rsum to end the year. Team A, of course, is Washington. Clemson dropped from its preseason No. The Ti- gers later scored again in the opening period on a one- yard run by Watson, a play that culminated a 70-yard scoring drive. The Tide are undoubtedly one of the two or three most talented teams in the FBS, but they didn't always play like it this season. Clemson's active winning streak is one of only three double-digit winning streaks in the country and is nine wins ahead of the nation's next-longest streak. pic.twitter.com/xWkUr7H6Vc. 3 TCU in the Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Arizona. Michigan already proved it can take down one high-powered offense in Ohio State, but TCU is riding its own capable offense as well as what feels like a dream season into this game. 1 overall pick in 2024. The College Football Playoff semifinals are set for Dec. 31. Or write about sports? Ohio State fans were upset with the call on Wade. 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