Widely perceived as the tightest matchup of this year’s College Football Playoff semifinals, the No. 3 Ohio State Buckeyes are slightly favored over the reigning national runner-up No. 2 Clemson Tigers ahead of their Fiesta Bowl showdown on New Year’s Eve, Dec. 31, at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. With each side making their second appearance in the three-year-old tournament, the Buckeyes are three-point favorites over the Tigers, who fell 45-40 to current titleholder Alabama in last year’s national championship game. It’s a far closer point spread than No. 1 Alabama’s 16-point advantage over No. 4 Washington. The Buckeyes, led by head coach Urban Meyer, enter the matchup after taking their last five games, including a controversial 30-27 double-overtime victory over archrival Michigan, but couldn’t manage to wrangle the Big Ten crown from Penn State. Ohio State’s the only team in this year’s tournament not to claim their…
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