FINAL: No. 3 Clemson 29, No. 2 Ohio State 23 - Tigers headed back to National Championship

Feel the difference - The best user experience on mobile devices or personal computers. Avoid clickbait and sites bloated with advertising!  Join us today for just $1 or get a full year for $63.17.

Register for a FREE ACCOUNT today and you are entered to win a LIMITED EDITION Clemson football. ← Learn More

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

Watch, Listen and Read

Game: 8:00 p.m. State Farm Stadium, Glendale, Ariz.
TV: ESPN
Radio: Fox Sports Radio 1400
Game Week Coverage: Clemson vs. Ohio State Stories

Game Week Must See

• Keys to Victory and Predictions
• Clemson's defensive versatility starts at the top
• Trevor Lawrence: Clemson is ready to "show what we can do"

The Storylines

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. All three previous matchups have come in postseason play, including the 1978 Gator Bowl, 2014 Orange Bowl and 2016 Fiesta Bowl.

This year's contest will be a rematch of the teams' most recent meeting in 2016 in Clemson's only previous Fiesta Bowl appearance. Every meeting between the two programs has come with both squads ranked the top 20 in the AP Poll. This will mark the second straight time that the teams will meet with both squads in the top three.

Eleven members of Clemson's current roster played in the Tigers' 31-0 defeat of Ohio State in the 2016 Fiesta Bowl. 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.

Nine players on Clemson's current roster, including Pollard and Anchrum, recorded at least one offensive or defensive snap in the contest: wide receiver Cornell Powell (23), wide receiver Diondre Overton (10), guard John Simpson (10), guard Gage Cervenka (eight), safety Denzel Johnson (one), safety Tanner Muse (one) and safety K'Von Wallace (one). Two players on Clemson's current team appeared only on special teams in that game: linebackers Chad Smith and James Skalski.

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