DALLAS – Second ranked Clemson is gearing up for the Cotton Bowl Classic with No. 3 Notre Dame on Saturday in AT&T Stadium. The game is part of the College Football Playoff Semifinals with the winner advancing to the CFP National Championship Game in Santa Clara, Calif., to face the winner of No. 1 Alabama and fourth-ranked Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl.
Last season the Tigers played in the Sugar Bowl for the first time since 1959 in the CFP and now they are gearing up for their first Cotton Bowl Classic since January 1, 1940.
One of the beauties of the College Football Playoff is it allows for teams to compete in bowl games that break the traditional mold against programs it doesn’t normally face because the games are not affiliated with the traditional conference ties.