The runner-up in the second College Football Playoff championship faces the winner of the first College Football Playoff championship game. In a 2016 season that featured the usual undulating plot lines but mostly predictable endings, a Clemson vs. Ohio State matchup in the Fiesta Bowl exemplifies business-as-usual in college football. That doesn't mean it won't be intriguing. Two play-making quarterbacks, two disruptive defenses, two coaches with playoff pedigrees—it's a show everyone might have expected to see, but one that everyone will watch breathlessly anyway.
What to know when Clemson has the ball
Deshaun Watson, the Tigers’ star junior quarterback, remains the great equalizer as a dual-threat playmaker.