Clemson Drops Oklahoma, Advances to College Football Championship Game

The Tigers beat the Sooners 37-17 in the Orange Bowl.

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Tonight Clemson celebrated the end of 2015 by popping Oklahoma in the mouth, beating the No. 4 Sooners by a score of 37-17 to advance to next Monday's College Football Championship. It was a solid game in the first half, OU led 17-16 at that point, but Clemson utterly dominated post-halftime, asserted their dominance and validated their No. 1 ranking. Quarterback Deshaun Watson, this season's third place Heisman finisher, chucked for 187 yards, tossed a touchdown plus a dumb pick, and ran for 145 yards with another score. Running back Wayne Gallman added 150 more yards on the ground, as well as two touchdowns of his own.

Up next for Clemson, the nation's only undefeated team, is the winner of the Alabama/Michigan State semifinal. That's on right now. You can watch that or you can watch Ryan Seacrest kill time for three hours before counting down backwards while a stupid ball drops. Choice is yours.

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