Clemson and Oklahoma are playing this afternoon in the Orange Bowl for a trip to the National Championship.
Clemson and Oklahoma players are jawing like hell even before the Playoff kicks off
These two have high stakes and personal history.
They played last year in the Russell Athletic Bowl, with the Tigers winning by 34 points. OU remembers that game, with players saying they’re drawing motivation from the whole country watching that beatdown. Some Sooners also took issue with Clemson putting up a tombstone to commemorate the win, a CU tradition.
Tensions are high!
Per TigerNet.com’s David Hood, this is former Tigers WR Jacoby Ford stepping in between Clemson defensive end Shaq Lawson and OU counterpart Charles Tapper:
Jacoby Ford pulls Shaq Lawson away from Tapper in pregame pic.twitter.com/yHWG7rWW8j
— David Hood (@MDavidHood) December 31, 2015 Not the first confrontation of the day!
An Oklahoma coach separated a Clemson player from Baker Mayfield. The Clemson guy got in his face. Mayfield laughed and patted his shoulder.
— Adam Kilgore (@AdamKilgoreWP) December 31, 2015 And Lawson was a busy man earlier in the week too, according to Oklahoma radio:
Dusty Dvoracek just tells us on @MorningAnimals that Shaq Lawson jumped on #Sooners bus and talked trash to entire team yesterday.
— Carey Murdock (@CareyWWLS) December 31, 2015 Told Striker and Darlington kept players from going after Lawson but Devante Bond was throwing people out of the way trying to get to him.
— Carey Murdock (@CareyWWLS) December 31, 2015 This game is gonna be awesome, and if both teams care this much, it could be a classic.
See More:
