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The top-ranked LSU Tigers will face off against No. 3 Clemson for the 2020 College Football Playoff National Championship at 7 p.m. CT tonight in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans.
Thirteen years since its last national title in the Bowl Championship Series, LSU is now seeking its first CFP national championship.
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This Is Our Time. pic.twitter.com/NuPaWdVM16— LSU Football (@LSUfootball) January 9, 2020
Clemson, the defending national champions, are now vying for their third CFP title win in four years, further solidifying their current dynasty.
We've made 5 straight trips to the #CFBPlayoff because a decision was made a long, long time ago by the entire Clemson community that we were going to be good at football.
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— Clemson Football (@ClemsonFB) January 13, 2020
Both teams are going into the game undefeated (14-0), but it appears LSU has an advantage: Heisman winner Joe Burrow. In the CFP semifinals, Burrow accounted for seven touchdowns (with another score on the ground) when LSU crushed No. 4 Oklahoma, 63-28. But Clemson’s top-ranked defense may just be able to slow down LSU’s offense–something no other team has accomplished this season. Their pass-defense statistics are almost as impressive as Burrow’s numbers. Clemson rose up from a 16-0 deficit to defeat No. 2 Ohio State, 29-23 in the CFP semifinals.
With President Trump among the attendees, security will be heightened around the Superdome and in the Central Business District and French Quarter. This will be his first sporting event of the new year and third of the season. Trump also attended the LSU vs. Bama game in 2019.
What’s going to give when the two Tigers and their coaches, LSU’s Ed Orgeron and Clemson’s Dabo Swinney, meet on the field? Which will claw their way to the top?
