When you’re a team of Clemson’s caliber, it’s not just THAT it ends. It’s often more about HOW it ends. In the case of the Tigers’ 2020 season, the latter is the storyline. This is a top-notch program, and Dabo Swinney’s squad can’t win it all every season, but they’ll be back in the mix next year and likely the year after and the year after that. What transpired in the Superdome on Friday was just different. It wasn’t that a loss occurred to a fantastic program like Ohio State, which has high-level recruits and NFL talent all over the field. Clemson getting demolished 49-28 and looking like a team that never saw it coming was the surprise. Ohio State had continuity and COVID-19 issues and played just six games, which was supposed to be a disadvantage. Instead, the Buckeyes were the more well-prepared team in every way. The loss…
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