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CFN's Orange Bowl Prediction
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CFN's Orange Bowl Prediction


Dec 13, 2013, 5:28 PM

The following is College Football News's prediction for our Orange Bowl matchup:


EARLY QUICK PREVIEW

Ohio State vs. Clemson
Oates, Garfunkel, 2013 Ohio State and Clemson. The two power programs are playing second banana in their respective conferences to Michigan State and Florida State, as those two get to have all the fun in Pasadena, albeit in different games. However, there’s a chance for Ohio State to finish in the top four in the final rankings, depending on what happens in the other big games, while for Clemson, after the tremendous win over LSU in last year’s Chick-fil-A Bowl, this could be another shot at legitimacy after failing miserably in two of the three big games this year – beating Georgia in the opener, but getting blown away by Florida State and losing to South Carolina.

Three Reasons Why You Have To Watch This Bowl

1. No matter what happens in this game, it can’t be more interesting or eventful than the only time the two hooked up. Clemson won the 1978 Gator Bowl 17-15, but no one remembers that. Charlie Bauman would go into college football lore as the guy who was sucker punched by legendary Ohio State head coach Woody Hayes following an interception. Urban Meyer is unlikely to continue the tradition.

2. Ohio State is back in a big-time bowl game. Had they been eligible, and had they gotten by Nebraska in the 2012 Big Ten championship, the Buckeyes – not Alabama – would’ve played Notre Dame for the national title. The 2011 transition team lost to Florida in the Gator Bowl, but before that, BCS bowls were part of the norm, going to six straight under Jim Tressel.

3. There’s a chance this could be the most impressive of the BCS matchups, at least outside of the BCS championship. Clemson came into the season as one of the HOT programs, and it has the firepower and the talent to test an Ohio State defense that couldn’t stop a mediocre Michigan State attack and was clowned by Devin Gardner and Michigan.

And Why You Shouldn’t Care A Lick: Helped by Clemson’s 70-33 loss to West Virginia in the 2012 game, the Orange Bowl has been awful since Kansas beat Virginia Tech 24-21 in 2008. The last five games have been blowouts with varying degrees of interesting, including the Florida State light scrimmage against NIU last year.

Three Names To Drop To Make Every Man Want You And Every Woman Fear You

1. QB Tajh Boyd, Sr. Clemson – It’s debatable, but at least in terms of stats, Boyd is the greatest quarterback in ACC history. However, he never quite gets his due nationally because his team doesn’t always come up with the big wins in the clutch moments – 156 yards and two picks against Florida State this year was part of the problem. If he and Clemson win this, he goes out as a true Tiger legend.

2. RB Carlos Hyde, Sr. Ohio State – When asked if he thought he should’ve given Hyde more than 18 carries against Michigan State, Urban Meyer glumly mumbled, “yup.” The big, bruising back was cranking out 6.6 yards per carry against the Spartans, yet the offense started to go away from him in key moments in the second half. The Urbster isn’t going to make the same mistake twice.

3. WR Sammy Watkins, Jr. Clemson – After a down sophomore season, Watkins came back roaring with 85 catches for 1,237 yards and ten scores on the way to earning a spot as a Biletnikoff finalist. He was held in check – relatively speaking – by Florida State and South Carolina, scoring against the Seminoles but failing to hit 100 yards against either team. Almost certainly off to the NFL after this game, this is his chance to showcase what he can do against a good, not great, Tide secondary.

Gut-Reaction Pick That Might Change In The Next Few Days On A Whim: Ohio State 38, Clemson 13

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"...Tide secondary"? lol***


Dec 13, 2013, 5:35 PM



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Saw thar too - apparently wrote the article and then


Dec 13, 2013, 7:48 PM

just did a replace on all the Bama stuff but that.

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If they (OSU) hold us to 13 points with their secondary


Dec 13, 2013, 5:36 PM

we have a major problem.

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I'll kiss somebody's naked butt on 123 in Easley...


Dec 13, 2013, 5:50 PM

during work traffic.

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Re: I'll kiss somebody's naked butt on 123 in Easley...


Dec 13, 2013, 7:44 PM

I got you down if it happens. how long do you give to allow a crowd to assemble?

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Re: I'll kiss somebody's naked butt on 123 in Easley...


Dec 13, 2013, 7:47 PM

remember we have only averaged 17 over 3 year period against the coots under chad.

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^^^ Wants a guy to kiss his butt ^^^... Counter offer?***


Dec 13, 2013, 7:55 PM [ in reply to Re: I'll kiss somebody's naked butt on 123 in Easley... ]



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Re: ^^^ Wants a guy to kiss his butt ^^^... Counter offer?***


Dec 13, 2013, 7:58 PM

how about some one kick your but? that enough of a counter offer?

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Awww... Did I hort it's pheeelings? But as a counter offer...


Dec 13, 2013, 8:02 PM

When and where?


Message was edited by: SOLOS®


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Re: Awww... Did I hort it's pheeelings? But as a counter offer...


Dec 13, 2013, 8:21 PM

drop me a pm

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How about I just drop you... That's not a question for me.***


Dec 13, 2013, 8:32 PM



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And give'em two weeks to draw a crowd!!!!!!!!!!***


Dec 13, 2013, 9:22 PM [ in reply to I'll kiss somebody's naked butt on 123 in Easley... ]



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Tide Secondary?


Dec 13, 2013, 5:36 PM

What? Bama loaning OSU their defensive secondary?

Hack

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13 points... Lol


Dec 13, 2013, 5:57 PM

I read that preview on Monday. 38 to 13! So they think we only get one TD the whole game. What a joke prediction. Even when we have played terrible and given up 6 TOs we get 21.

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Clearly whoever wrote that isn't a serious analyst but an


Dec 13, 2013, 7:12 PM

OSU fanboy. Who in their right mind would think could hold us to 1 fewer point than FSU? Good grief.

CFN??

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Only 13 pts for TiGS....BS!!!! ***


Dec 13, 2013, 7:17 PM

GoTiGERS!

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Ohio State hasn't held any decent team to 13 points this


Dec 13, 2013, 7:25 PM

year. The following teams scored

Buffalo 20
Cal 34
Wisconsin 24
Northwestern 30
Iowa 24
Illinois 35
Michigan 41
Michigan State 34


They did hold
Florida AM to 0
San Diego St to 7
Penn State to 14
Indiana to 14
Purdue to 0


I think our team is more in line with the grouping at the top than the grouping at the bottom.

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We should at least be in the 35+/- range. They just don't


Dec 13, 2013, 7:59 PM

realize yet about our run D... I expect it to be a rude awakening much like LSU last year.

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Re: CFN's Orange Bowl Prediction


Dec 13, 2013, 8:07 PM

DABO - Post that SOB on the locker room wall!!!!

Dude must be a Nut grad!!!

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geee----thanks for sharing....NOT*******


Dec 13, 2013, 9:07 PM



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Orange Googlers Unite

Save Tigernet--Boot the coots(you know who I mean).


Will you give Clemson & 25


Dec 14, 2013, 5:31 AM

sounds a lot like cockerel logic

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Re: CFN's Orange Bowl Prediction


Dec 14, 2013, 8:28 AM

That was their prediction against Bama, they just didn't change it.

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