Fiesta Bowl 2016 Live: Which Ohio State?

The 2016 College Football Playoff features a marquee Fiesta Bowl 2016 Live Stream matchup in the Fiesta Bowl between the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Clemson Tigers.The winner will earn the right to play for a National Championship against either Alabama or Washington, the winner of the Peach Bowl.Ohio State (11-1) heads into the Fiesta Bowl the No. 2 team in the country, even though they didn't play in the Big Ten Championship game this season. Clemson (12-1) won the ACC championship and only fell to Pittsburgh this season, earning the No. 3 spot in the playoff rankings.

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Ohio State averages 480 yards (21st-best in FBS) and 42.7 points (ninth-best in FBS) per game. Clemson averages 506 yards (13th-best in FBS) and 40.2 points (15th-best in FBS) per game. The Tigers' specialty is the passing game (332.6 yards per game) while the Buckeyes are better at running the ball (258.3 yards per game).Both teams have been strong on defense, too. Ohio State is fifth in the country, allowing opponents just 282 yards per game to go with just 14.2 points per game (third in FBS). Clemson finished ninth in the FBS in yards allowed (314 per game) and 12th in points allowed per game (18.4)Ohio State averages 480 yards (21st-best in FBS) and 42.7 points (ninth-best in FBS) per game. Clemson averages 506 yards (13th-best in FBS) and 40.2 points (15th-best in FBS) per game. The Tigers' specialty is the passing game (332.6 yards per game) while the Buckeyes are better at running the ball (258.3 yards per game).

Both teams have been strong on defense, too. Ohio State is fifth in the country, allowing opponents just 282 yards per game to go with just 14.2 points per game (third in FBS). Clemson finished ninth in the FBS in yards allowed (314 per game) and 12th in points allowed per game (18.4)Barrett threw for 2,428 yards, 24 touchdowns and just five interceptions in 2016, rushing for an additional 847 yards and nine scores. Curtis Samuel is a versatile weapon for the Fiesta Bowl 2016 Live Buckeyes' offense, leading all receivers with 65 catches for 822 yards and seven touchdowns, adding 91 carries for 704 yards and eight touchdowns.Tyquan Lewis was a wrecking ball for Ohio State's defense this season, leading the team with 7.5 sacks, 10.0 tackles for loss, five quarterback hits and three forced fumbles. He was the Big Ten Defensive Lineman of the Year this year, and is a huge part of Ohio State's success.

Deshaun Watson, Mike Williams and Wayne Gallman form an imposing trio for a Clemson offense that put up 500 yards and 40 points per game this year. Watson threw for 3,914 yards, 37 touchdowns and 15 interceptions, running for 529 yards and another six touchdowns. Mike Williams hauled in 84 passes this season for 1,171 yards and 10 touchdowns, and Wayne Gallman rushed for 1,002 yards and 15 touchdowns. It's a potent offensive attack that will strain Ohio State's defense.Two prolific offenses meet two strong defenses in the 2016 Fiesta Bowl. Clemson has the ability to stretch the field a bit more behind the arm of Deshaun Watson,but Ohio State's more-balanced attack has the ability to score quickly, too.The 2016 Fiesta Bowl is likely to be decided by the better defense, and Ohio State should be able to slow down Watson and Co. enough to earn a victory in a close game

Whether Ohio State can beat Clemson in the College Football Playoff next week could depend on which version of the wildly inconsistent Buckeyes offense shows up to play in the desert.

Will it be the score-at-will unit that averaged more than 53 points through the first five games and blew away Nebraska and Maryland 62-3 on back-to-back Saturdays in November?photoOr the bunch that bumbled to an upset loss at Penn State, and looked nearly as off-kilter in narrow wins over Northwestern and Michigan State, with spotty pass protection, receivers who can't get open and J.T. Barrett running for his life?Much of that will be determined by Barrett and whether he can help shore up the Buckeyes' uneven aerial attack and complete passes down the field against a Clemson defense with four All-ACC first-teamers. He and his receivers say that's been a large part of the focus in practices leading up to the Dec. 31 Fiesta Bowl.What I see from J.T. is he's got his head down and he's going to work," wide receiver Noah Brown said. "He knows what he needs to work on, and he knows what we need to work on."

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Make no mistake, Ohio State (11-1, No. 3 CFP) is in the national playoff because of Barrett, the unflappable Texan who's never the fastest guy on the field and doesn't have the best arm but time after time put the team on his back and found a way to win. The fourth-year junior has lost only three times as Ohio State's starting quarterback.Barrett's supporting cast included a 1,000-yard rusher in freshman Mike Weber, All-American hybrid back Fiesta Bowl Live Stream Curtis Samuel and one of the best defenses in college football.But the glaring weakness is the passing game: Receivers struggled to get open, Barrett could be tentative pulling the trigger and pass protection was leaky, often caving in on right tackle Isaiah Prince. Barrett was sacked a half dozen times in the Penn State loss. In the double-overtime win against Michigan, he was flattened eight times and didn't complete a pass over 16 yards. A reliable deep threat never did emerge this season from a promising pool of wide receivers.

Ohio State contends it can be fixed by bowl time."We're putting a lot more emphasis on the passing game to continue to develop that, both in protection and routes and quarterback play," said co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Tim Beck. "I like what I see."As is typical of Barrett, there hasn't been a lot of hand-wringing. Even when the passing game looked its worst, he insisted there was nothing terribly wrong that couldn't be fixed with a couple tweaks. He doesn't think he's too conservative about letting go of the football, noting his 24 touchdowns against just five interceptions.That's my thing, I think I'm really good at making good decisions, making sure that we're not hurting the team (with) field position and things like that, and that's me protecting the football and not turning it over," Barrett said."That's 2 seconds you've got to make your mind up (whether to throw), and also just protect the football, so I feel like I have done a good job with that," he said.

One of Barrett's greatest attributes is his ability to take personal responsibility for winning games. Never was it more on display than in the Michigan game, when he ran for 125 yards and a TD against a Wolverines defense that took nearly everything else away from Ohio State's offense.And no play was bigger than Fiesta Bowl 2016 Live Stream fourth-and-1 from the 15 in the second overtime, when Barrett faked a handoff to Samuel, stepped left and chugged forward, head down, crashing toward the first down by inches. Samuel ran it in a touchdown on the next play to win the game."I know one thing about J.T.," coach Urban Meyer said, "and that's if there's a chance, he'll get it.