Congrats to Clemson, they played a really amazing game to win 44 - 16

I think they had to do it without a couple of starters who failed drug tests, didn't they?

-- Tom

achaios said:

I think they had to do it without a couple of starters who failed drug tests, didn't they?

-- Tom

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They were short 3 but still did an amazing job!

achaios said:

I think they had to do it without a couple of starters who failed drug tests, didn't they?
-- Tom

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Outside of those players having a lie detector test (though even that isn't 100% foolproof), many people seem to trust that they didn't know how a very tiny amount of that banned substance got in their system.

If they did knowingly take a performance enhancer, they paid the price by not being part of 2 fantastic wins, if indeed that got in their system without their knowledge then it is sad it cost them being part of those final 2 games.

I did a search and a news article said:

"At Cotton Bowl Media Day on Thursday, Lawrence was adamant he had no idea he took anything that included a potentially banned substance. I believe him. He has a draft-status to protect."

https://www.star-telegram.com/sports/college/football/article223678635.html

Refmec said:

They were short 3 but still did an amazing job!

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…...and to think they won with freshman quarterback Trevor Lawrence who the year before was playing high school football !
…..and also some amazing catches by freshman Justyn Ross too !
(not to diminish the great job the rest of the team did, but simply highlighting those two here)