There were plenty of reactions on social media to the College Football Playoff first-round game between Clemson and Texas this past Saturday.
A number of national analysts took to X (formerly Twitter), commenting during and after the 12th-seeded Tigers’ 38-24 loss to the No. 5 seed Longhorns at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas.
Among those analysts who weighed in were former ESPN analyst David Pollack, ESPN’s Aaron Murray, Fox Sports’ Joel Klatt, CBS Sports’ Danny Kanell and NFL Network’s Daniel Jeremiah.
You can check out what they had to say below:
Texas might not need to pass the ball again. Attacking the perimeter of the Clemson D at will!!!!!!!
21-7. Not looking good for Tigers since first drive.— David Pollack (@davidpollack47) December 21, 2024
Clemson has fought its tail off and Klubnik has absolutely balled out! But in the end their inability to run the ball is the difference in this game.
— David Pollack (@davidpollack47) December 22, 2024
Perfection!
Awesome start for the Tigers
Klubnik continues to impress me this season
— Aaron Murray (@aaronmurray11) December 21, 2024
Cov 0 blitz against Qb draw
Klubnik needs to check out of that
— Aaron Murray (@aaronmurray11) December 21, 2024
Well he made up for it!
We have a game https://t.co/nFa2ysT3MA
— Aaron Murray (@aaronmurray11) December 21, 2024
Still hard to believe Clemson is this bad against the run
— Aaron Murray (@aaronmurray11) December 22, 2024
When @TexasFootball plays their best they’re so fun to watch
– Dominate on defense
– Creative and explosive on offense(see, it is not hard to compliment the performance without trashing the opponent)
— Joel Klatt (@joelklatt) December 21, 2024
as well as Klubnik has played today the difference is at the LOS…@TexasFootball has dominated running the football and stopping the run…fun game to watch
— Joel Klatt (@joelklatt) December 22, 2024
Texas looked solid. Completely dominated both fronts. Still think they have to bump it up a notch to win it all but at their best could beat anyone
— Danny Kanell (@dannykanell) December 22, 2024
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Clemson brought their own guts today
— Daniel Jeremiah (@MoveTheSticks) December 22, 2024