Only hours left until the first-ever College Football Playoff game between No. 3 Texas Football (11-2, 7-1 SEC) and No. 16 Clemson Tigers (10-3, 7) at DKR in Austin. It is. 1 ACC) December 21st.
Texas will host the first round of the first 12-team College Football Playoff between defending ACC champion Clemson and head coach Dabo Swinney. The Longhorns are the only team with back-to-back playoff appearances since the 2023 postseason.
This will be a fun matchup between former high school quarterback foes, Cade Klubnik from Westlake in Austin, Texas, and Quinn Ewers from Southlake Carroll in the DFW Metroplex.
But Klubnik isn’t the only Texas player on Clemson’s roster. Freshman wide receiver Bryant Wesco Jr., senior safety RJ Mickens and freshman defensive back Corian Gipson are just a few of Clemson’s key players from the Lone Star State.
Former Clemson transfer Andrew Mukuba also hails from Texas and is in the Longhorns’ secondary in the DFW Metroplex.
Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian said on ESPN College Game Day that he was fired up for today’s Longhorns playoff game while watching the first 12-team CFP game on Dec. 20. Ta.
“I know Longhorn Nation is very excited. I know our team is excited. We’ve had two weeks to prepare. We want Dabo to be ready for Clemson. I know it’s there. So it should be a great ball game.”
Steve Sarkisian
The winner of the Dec. 21 matchup between the Longhorns and Tigers will play the No. 4 seed and Big 12 champion Arizona State Sun Devils in the second round of the playoffs, the Peach Bowl, on Jan. 1 in Atlanta. .
In the first round of the 12-team playoffs, Texas will play No. 5 seed Clemson, the No. 12 seed. The game will kick off at 3:00 PM CT on TNT and MAX at Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas on December 21st.
College Football Playoff Texas Football vs. Clemson Game Prediction
Andrew Miller: Texas-31, Clemson-20
Tariq LaCour: Texas-33, Clemson-24
Brian Sweet: Texas-42, Clemson-27
Shane Black: Texas-27, Clemson-16
