Former Tiger Scores First TD of Sugar Bowl

A Clemson transfer scored the first touchdown of the Sugar Bowl. Beaux Collins caught a 12 yard touchdown in the final minute of the first half to put Notre Dame on top of Georgia 13-3.  Collins transferred from Clemson during after his junior season. Riley Leonard finds Beaux Collins for the touchdown! Notre Dame leads […]

Sugar Bowl Postponed

After the terrorist attack in New Orleans that killed at least 15 people and left many more injured, the Sugar Bowl scheduled for tonight has been postponed a day. Georgia and Notre Dame are scheduled to face off in the bowl game, which serves as one of the quarterfinal matchups in this year’s College Football […]

The Insider Report

Each week The Clemson Insider brings you the latest Inside information on the Clemson Tigers in The Insider Report. Who was the other coach, key to the offense, that was missing in the Sugar Bowl?  Five-star Tristan Leigh’s announcement came at a great time for Clemson.  How important are the lessons learned from the Sugar […]

Tigers will use ‘heartbreaking loss’ as fuel

When Clemson begins winter workouts and gets ready for spring practice, Mike Jones Jr. will remember how he felt walking off the field at the Superdome last Friday following the Tigers’ 42-28 loss to Ohio State in the College Football Playoff semifinal – and use that feeling as fuel to drive his work ethic during […]

Photo Gallery: Clemson vs. Ohio State in the Sugar Bowl

Clemson’s 125th season of college football came to a end on New Year’s Day as the Tigers fell, 49-28, to Ohio State in the Allstate Sugar Bowl at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. Clemson ended the season with a 10-2 record, while reaching a sixth-consecutive College Football Playoff.  Check out the Photo Gallery. –Photos courtesy of Sugar […]

What They Are Saying: Skalski’s ejection causes grumbling

Senior linebacker James Skalski, the quarterback of Clemson’s defense, was ejected due to a controversial targeting call in Friday’s Sugar Bowl semifinal following a hit on Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields midway through the second quarter. It marked the second straight year that Skalski was ejected for targeting in a College Football Playoff game at […]

Two-Minute Drill: Swinney says Ohio State ‘kicked our butt, period’

Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney did not sugarcoat the Tigers’ 49-28 loss to Ohio State Friday night in the Sugar Bowl. “They just kicked our butt, period,” Swinney said after the game. Watch Swinney in our Two-Minute Drill from the Sugar Bowl.

Swinney stays true, doesn’t regret ranking Buckeyes No. 11

Though his team was handedly beat by Ohio State Friday night in the Sugar Bowl, Dabo Swinney said he does not regret putting the Buckeyes No. 11 in his ranking for the Coaches Poll. “No, I don’t regret any of that,” he said after the Buckeyes dismantled Clemson 49-28 to advance to the national championship […]

Sugar Bowl is Clemson’s House of Horrors

NEW ORLEANS — The Superdome and the Sugar Bowl has really become the House of Horrors for Clemson. The previous two times the Tigers played in the Superdome in New Orleans, Clemson was beat by 18 points by Alabama in the 2017 Sugar Bowl and 17 points by LSU in last year’s national championship game. […]

Offense can’t keep up with Buckeyes

As Clemson’s defense struggled mightily in the second quarter of the Sugar Bowl on Friday night, the Tigers’ offense was unable to get anything going to help their defense out, and the result was 21 answered points by the Buckeyes that propelled them to a 35-14 lead at halftime. The big deficit proved too much […]