When a player gets invited to the Heisman Trophy ceremony, generally that means he has demonstrated the ability to carry his team in critical moments. Deshaun Watson has demonstrated such an ability time and time again, but Thursday’s win over Oklahoma in the College Football Playoff Semifinal was not one of those times.

Watson was not at his best throughout the game, missing a few open receivers and making some inefficient reads on zone read plays that set the Tigers back in the first half. Ultimately, the result was a 37-17 victory, but it happened a little differently than one might expect.

It was not as if Watson was a negligible part of the plan. In fact, he dominated the ball in the first half. Watson ran the ball 15 times for 119 yards and threw 22 passes for 115 yards. The Tigers’ quarterback was responsible for 79 percent of the team’s plays and 77 percent of its yards before halftime.

When it needed to establish itself early in the second half, however, the Tigers relied on Wayne Gallman carrying the load as a powerful between-the-tackles runner. The plan worked, as Clemson scored three touchdowns after halftime—including a touchdown toss from Watson—en route to the comfortable win.

Gallman rushed for 117 yards on 19 carries after the half and finished with 26 rushes for 150 yards for the contest. The performance put him at 1,482 rushing yards this season, allowing him to pass Raymond Priester to take possession of first place on the school’s all-time list.

The luxury of supplementing Watson with Gallman has been beneficial for Clemson all year, and both guys have now rushed for 100 yards or more in four of the past six games. Co-offensive coordinator Tony Elliott says the choice to go with Gallman was just something that happened organically as the contest unfolded.

“It was just the flow of the game,” he said. “Schematically, we had some other things that were working for us, but we knew if we could get him to the second half with an opportunity to get his second wind, then we had a chance.”

Milestones for Watson. By no means was Watson’s performance a bad one. He had plenty to be excited about at the conclusion of the game, in addition to the team win.

The sophomore became the third quarterback in NCAA history to throw for 3,500 yards and rush for 1,000 yards in a single season. He also passed Tajh Boyd as the school’s all-time single-season leader in total offense with 4,731 combined rushing and passing yards.

Same song, different verse. Beating elite programs and coaches has become second nature for Dabo Swinney. With Thursday’s win, Clemson’s head coach has a 9-4 career record against top ten teams. He has also won nine games over the past five seasons against the ten winningest active coaches in college football. Clemson is also 13-4 against the twenty all-time winningest programs over the past five seasons.

Check the thermometer. Miami typically boasts warm summers, making it a popular winter vacation spot for the rest of the country. The average December temperature is 78 degrees, but the temperature at kickoff on Thursday was 84 degrees. That makes the 2015 Orange Bowl the hottest in history, shattering the previous high of 79 degrees.