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The Arizona State Sun Devils are back to work this week, practicing well into December for the Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl on New Year’s Day 2025.
On Saturday the fourth-seeded Sun Devils will find out which team they will face in the College Football Playoff quarterfinal at the Peach Bowl — No. 5 seed Texas or No. 12 seed Clemson. The Longhorns and Tigers play a CFP first-round game at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin on Saturday at 2 p.m. MST, with the winner moving on to Atlanta to face ASU.
Clemson, like Texas, has been on the big stage before with two national championships in the past nine years, 2015 and 2017. Head coach Dabo Swinney has been in charge since 2009, with only three seasons of fewer than 10 wins in that span.
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But Clemson is the lowest seed of the 12 teams in the CFP tournament and the only team with three losses. If ASU faces Clemson, here’s a look at how the Sun Devils (11-2) match up against the Tigers (10-3):
Comparing schedules
After a 34-3 drubbing at the hands of Georgia in Week 1, Clemson won six in a row before a home loss to Louisville. Then the Tigers won three straight, only to lose their rivalry game against No. 15 South Carolina on the final week of the regular season.
Still the Tigers got into the ACC title game, and upset SMU to earn a spot in the College Football Playoff.
Clemson’s strength of schedule was ranked 54th, per College Football Network. That’s 19 spots lower than ASU’s, and yet the Tigers would go into the CFP quarterfinal as a slight favorite.
Clemson on offense
Any success the Tigers have on offense starts with quarterback Cade Klubnik, who has completed 63.7 percent of his passes for 3,303 yards. He has 33 touchdown passes and just five interceptions, and is a threat to run. He’s carried 106 times…
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Author : AZCentral | The Arizona Republic
Publish date : 2024-12-16 12:03:00
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