I guess all of the bowl match ups will be announced tonight. From what I can gather the committee appears to be leaning towards LSU being number one. I would have preferred Ohio State only because I want to see a Ohio State-Clemson final but if LSU is number one then the Buckeyes will play the Tigers in the semifinal and of course LSU would play Oklahoma in a deep dish caste fest sans one player of course, Heisman Trophy winner QB Joe Burrow.
Miami of Ohio WR Jake Sorenson had a disappointing season, although I was unaware he missed a few games due to injury see above, so it was nice to see him put up a 100 yard game in a win. He has one more year to go. In a loss to Memphis sophomore WR Alec Pierce of Cincinnati had a 5-87 stat line. Hopefully next season they notice him more. By the way I did not know that Alec's brother Justin, the NC transfer basketball player.
Ohio State looked shambling last night and if they play like that against Clemson they would lose. If they didn't have such a clever coach ( that was a ballsy play going on 4th down with the punt team) in Ryan Day they probably would have lost a game this season. I kept wondering what would happen if Wisconsin won this game? Who would be the 4th team to get in?
As for Clemson Tanner Muse didn't have one of his better games but was solid enough. The other member of
The Stud Brothers as mentioned above Nolan Turner came up with a drive killing interception that helped turn the tide. From then on Clemson steamrolled Virginia.
Even Ohio State's mini snow patrol linebacker core ( Borland and Werner) weren't at their best but they were at least fairly solid.
The LSU coach Ed Orgeron is an incoherent sounding cartoon and I am surprised his team has climbed these heights. That said I tend to think either Clemson coach Dabo Swinney or Ohio State coach Ryan Day will out smart him if LSU gets to the final game. By the way Swinney's son junior or sophomore ( not sure) WR Drew #22 caught three passes in mop up time including a nifty long scamper. DC Brent Venable's son freshman LB Jake #10 is a second teamer and regularly sees time. That is what I call keeping it in the family. Ha. Clemson is a great well run "racially diverse" football team. Too bad so few other teams don't follow that winning formula.
I had mentioned Ohio State TE Jeremy Ruckert in my preview and he came up with the catch of the day with a leaping one handed snare for a TD. And it came at a crucial moment because Ohio State was teetering on the brink of disaster. Guy is a stud. See below.
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