CLEMSON — The No. 3 Clemson Tigers are becoming all too familiar with the ins and outs of the College Football Playoff. As the Tigers prepare for their Saturday, Dec. 28 (8 p.m., ESPN) matchup with the Ohio State Buckeyes in the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl, there are more media obligations, more distractions and more opportunities to enjoy the bowl game atmosphere. But the one thing that stands out to Tigers head coach Dabo Swinney is that the playoff games are still football — albeit championship football. “There’s a lot of distractions. There’s a lot of things that come with being a part of this, a lot of things that you have to manage that aren’t in kind of a normal game,” Swinney said. “But, at the end of the day in championship football, you’re playing teams where there’s just such small margin for error; it’s a few plays. It just…
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