MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — In the week leading up to the Capital One Orange Bowl in pregame and in the first and second quarter, all No. 1 Clemson heard was Oklahoma players running off at the mouth.
But when the Tigers took the ball to start the second half and drove it 75 yards on 12 plays, which running back Wayne Gallman capped with a 1-yard touchdown, things got a little quiet. When the Clemson defense followed Gallman’s touchdown by forcing a three-and-out on the ensuing possession, which included one of its five sacks on quarterback Baker Mayfield, the Sooners stopped talking.