FINAL: No. 22 Clemson 38, Kentucky 35

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We will be chatting LIVE in this thread during today’s game. Come hang out with the Clemson Sports Talk staff.

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Game: Noon, Everbank Stadium, Jacksonville, Fla.
TV: ESPN
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Clemson will make its record 10th all-time Gator Bowl appearance when the Tigers face the Kentucky Wildcats in the 2023 TaxSlayer Gator Bowl on Friday, Dec. 29. Kickoff at EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville, Fla. is set for noon ET.

The Gator Bowl will be Clemson's 50th bowl appearance in school history. Clemson will become the 12th program in the nation to play at least 50 all-time bowl games.

Though Clemson's streak of consecutive 10-win seasons concluded this year at a dozen (the third-longest streak in FBS history), Clemson can still extend a historically profound streak of consecutive nine-win seasons with another victory.

Despite the challenges of a 4-4 start, Clemson responded by being one of only 11 teams in the Power Five to go undefeated in the month of November, a stretch that included multiple wins against ranked opponents.

“Football is exactly like life,” Head Coach Dabo Swinney said following Clemson's regular-season finale. "That’s why it is such a great teacher. When you have got 18-to-23-year-old young people that work really hard to get a result, and it does not go your way, especially in today’s world with all the noise and distractions, you can lose your focus. You can splinter. You can point fingers.

“It is really inspiring to see a group of young people stay together, but not only stay together but grow stronger and just keep going. Just keep getting up. Again, it’s not what happens, it is how you respond... The leadership on this team, it's inspiring, man. It's been fun to be a part of it.”

Spend this afternoon’s game with us in this thread! Brandon Stockdale will be holding down the fort along with the rest of the CST Staff.