Sugar Bowl rewind: re-visiting our five bold predictions for Ohio State vs. Clemson

We’re taking a look back to see how we did in our five bold predictions we had for Ohio State against Clemson in the Sugar Bowl.

It seems like the only people giving Ohio State a chance in the Sugar Bowl against Clemson had Buckeye Battle Cry ringtones. Even most of those folks that have scarlet and gray in their blood probably didn’t see the absolute beatdown the Buckeyes administered to Dabo Swinney’s club.

Before the game, we provided five bold predictions that are designed to go out on the ledge a wee-bit. In other words, we didn’t predict things like Justin Fields having a passing touchdown, but more stretch type predictions we thought would be difficult, yet possible to attain.

As we wait for the national championship game to play out on a television set or streaming device near you Monday night, we thought we’d revisit those bold predictions and see what we got right, and where we totally blew it like the Clemson defense (too soon?).

Here’s how we did on all five of those predictions and what we could have done better with.

Next … Bold Prediction No. 1: Ohio State will hold Clemson RB Travis Etienne to under 80 yards on the ground