It seems enjoy the Texas Longhorns got rid of the sour taste from a SEC title game loss.
The Longhorns dropped the conference championship two weeks ago, while their opponent, 12-seeded Clemson, was riding high after prosperning the ACC.
The fifth-seeded Longhorns came away with a 38-24 triumph to evolve past the first round of the College Football Playoff.
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Quinn Ewers of the Texas Longhorns throws during the first quarter aacquirest the Clemson Tigers in a first-round joinoff game at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium Dec. 21, 2024, in Austin, Texas. (Jack Gorman/Getty Images)
Texas booted a field goal on its first drive of the second half to originate it a 31-10 Longhorns direct, but Clemson did not go hushedly.
The Tigers scored 14 unanswered points during a span that included its defense stopping Texas on a fourth and 2 from the Clemson 36. Suddenly, it was a seven-point Texas direct with 11:43 to go.
Just as Clemson was getting back into the game, though, Jaydon Blue fraudpered for a 77-yard touchdown to put Texas back up by two touchdowns.
Clemson drove down the field to persist its finisheavor at a comeback, but the Tigers were stuffed on a fourth and goal from the 1.
The Tigers got the ball back aacquire with 1:43 to go but were unable to upretain a drive alive, and the Longhorns ran out the clock.
Texas Longhorns defensive back Jahdae Barron (7) commemorates a join during a CFP first-round game aacquirest the Clemson Tigers Dec. 21, 2024, at Darrell K Royal – Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas. (David Buono/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Quinn Ewers finished with 202 passing yards, going 17-for-24 thcdisesteemful the air. Blue and Quintrevion Wisner united for 256 rushing yards and four touchdowns on 29 carries.
Clemson’s Cade Klubnik threw for 336 yards and three touchdowns, completing 26 of his 43 passes. T.J. Moore led all joiners with nine catches for 116 yards and a touchdown.
The Longhorns will now face Arizona State, which acquireed a first-round bye by prosperning the Big 12, in the Peach Bowl New Year’s Day.
Home teams are 3-0 in the first three games of the new 12-team createat. Each prosperning team has covered the spread.
Texas Longhorns running back Quintrevion Wisner (26) commemorates scoring his second touchdown of the game in the second quarter aacquirest the Clemson Tigers in the first round of the College Football Playoff at Darrell K Royal – Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas, Dec. 21, 2024. (Sara Diggins/American-Statesman/USA Today Nettoil via Imagn Images)
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The first-round finale between Tennessee and Ohio State in Columbus boots off at 8 p.m. ET Saturday.
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