Clemson football: Justin Fields, Ryan Day take jabs at Tigers
Ohio State taking jabs at Clemson football ahead of Sugar Bowl matchup
The Clemson football team will take on the No. 3-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes this Friday night in the Sugar Bowl.
The winner of the game will advance to the National Championship and the loser of the game will go home. This is the second-straight year that the Tigers and Buckeyes have matched up in the CFB Playoff semifinals.
Last year, we saw Clemson reel off a come-from-behind victory over Ohio State and punch in a game-winning touchdown with 1:49 remaining to knock off the Buckeyes 29-23.
Ohio State’s fans, administration, coaching staff and players have made it clear for the last year that they don’t believe they truly lost the game. Instead, it was the officiating and the cheating ways of Clemson football that cost them a chance at the National Championship.
That is still prevalent today- a year ago- as we heard comments from several key members of the Ohio State football program, including coach Ryan Day and Quarterback Justin Fields.
Day, just like Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly, took a job at Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables and the alleged notion that the Tiger defense steals signals.
Ryan Day hints at Clemson defense stealing signs after calling Brent Venables one of the best DCs in the country...."he seems to always know exactly what the other team is doing....why that is, I don't really know."
— TigerNet.com (@ClemsonTigerNet) December 28, 2020
Day has been quite vocal about his thoughts on Clemson since the loss to the Tigers last December and it’s clear that he wanted to throw that little kernel out there just to remind everybody of something that no one has really proven (but we wouldn’t expect anything less).
By the way, if your signals are so simple that a team can figure them out by just looking at your cards, you probably need better signals.
Justin Fields still blames the officials for the loss to Clemson football
Day’s whiny attitude has trickled down to his players, as well. We can see that through these comments made by QB Justin Fields:
Justin Fields says he learned in last year's game against Clemson that one play can change a game: "Last year it was the targeting call on Shaun Wade."
— Matt Connolly (@MattConnollyOn3) December 28, 2020
One play can change a game, says Justin Fields. For the Clemson game, it just so happened to be a targeting call made by the officials on Shaun Wade, according to Fields.
For some reason, Fields didn’t say it was his putrid interception that officially ended the game.
The last time we checked, Ohio State had the ball with over a minute to go and got inside Clemson territory. They were driving and had a great chance to score until Fields threw a pick that landed directly in Nolan Turner‘s arms. I suppose that one play didn’t ‘change the game?’
The problem with all this chatter from Ohio State is the fact that the only reason they lost the game is because they didn’t make winning plays when they mattered. At the first sign of adversity, they folded.
You have the lead with less than three minutes remaining and Clemson goes on a 4-play, 94 yard drive that ends in a touchdown. You have the ball back with a chance to score a touchdown and you throw a pick.
The only common denominator? You.
Next. Trevor Lawrence snubbed as third-team All-American. dark
Ohio State lost the game because Ohio State didn’t make enough plays to win the game. It’s not because of some officiating call or game review despite what Fields, and the rest of the Buckeyes, for that matter, have led themselves to believe.