SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Jackson Carman had a few good options when deciding where to play college football, including Ohio State. Unlike many highly-rated recruits from Ohio, the offensive lineman decided to leave the Buckeye State. Now Carman’s the starting left tackle for Clemson and will have arguably the toughest assignment on the field on Saturday in the College Football Playoff semifinals. The 6-foot-5, 345-pound sophomore has to block Ohio State’s Chase Young, a Heisman finalist who has 16 1/2 sacks this season. Clemson coach Dabo Swinney called the matchup “must-see TV” on Thursday at Fiesta Bowl media day. “Our strength is our offensive line; their strength is their defensive line,” Swinney said. “And everybody gets kind of enamored with the quarterbacks and the wideouts and those defensive backs and all that stuff and these great backs, but that will be quite a battle right there to watch all night…
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