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3 Clemson Players Suspended for Orange Bowl

So this is pretty awful news. Deon Cain, Ammon Lakip, and Jay Jay McCullough were all sent home after failing a drug test. If this was an NCAA drug test, which it most likely was, then I wouldn't be surprised to see some lengthy suspensions handed. Last year Matthew Thomas of Florida State failed a drug test around the Rose Bowl and was suspended for six games this season.

The suspension of Cain hurts the most. He had emerged as a dynamic deep threat and one of Deshaun Watson's favorite receivers. Clemson could struggle to challenge the Sooners deep down the field now that Cain is out, because the true freshman was arguably Clemson's best deep threat.