USATSI The top-heavy nature of college football should not make it as much of a surprise, so instead we should the modern rivalry that’s unfolding when No. 2 Clemson takes on No. 3 Ohio State in the Sugar Bowl semifinal of the College Football Playoff. The series between the programs started with a bang, or rather a punch, when Ohio State coach Woody Hayes socked a Clemson player at the end of the 1978 Gator Bowl. The teams did not meet again until the 2014 Orange Bowl when Dabo Swinney announced the Tigers’ arrival as a college football power following a 40-35 win against Urban Meyer’s Buckeyes. Clemson went on to become one of the two most successful programs of the College Football Playoff era, including two wins against Ohio State in CFP semifinals. Now set for a rematch of last year’s Fiesta Bowl, Clemson looks to return to the…
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