Texas vs. Clemson CFP Preview: Could This Be a Close Contest?

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00:00Our second game of three on Saturday is in Austin. The 5C,

00:08the top at-large team in this CFP bracket. That would be Texas

00:12plays host to the Big Steeler and the ACC champs of Clemson.

00:17The 12C, ranked 16th, by the way, in the final CFP poll, if

00:22that's any indication of where Clemson stacks up. Joe, this is

00:26the largest spread of our opening round CFP games. It is

00:3011.5 in favor of the Longhorns. How does, if at all possible,

00:36Clemson keep this game within margin? I think very easily. I

00:41mean, they're betting this game. The market is betting this

00:46game, Ben, like they know what the final score is already.

00:49Like the game's already over. There is no way at this point

00:53in the season anybody should be an 11.5 point favorite over

00:57anybody else. They won the ACC. Were they supposed to be there?

01:00No. But you know why they were there? Because they were given

01:03a chance by Miami to be there. And what'd they do with that

01:06chance, Ben? They ended up being in the playoff against all odds.

01:10You've got Davo Sweeney and a Clemson team. This is always a

01:14top five recruiting team, Ben. So Clemson has got players. They

01:19have an experienced quarterback, and they're playing with house

01:22money, Ben, which makes them the most dangerous team in this

01:27tournament. There is zero expectations of Clemson. All of

01:32the pressure is on Texas. Does Texas win? Sure, they could win.

01:37But are we really thinking they're blowing out Clemson?

01:39Because I don't.