Clemson comeback win vs Syracuse damages Pac-12’s College Football Playoff hopes

The #Pac12 needs some help in the #CFBPlayoff picture. @Clemson_Wire’s Tigers moving to 8-0 is huge for Dabo, but it’s not what the doctor ordered for the Pac.

It’s a Saturday without USC football here at Trojans Wire, so we’re going to offer some stories which have a connection to the Pac-12 football season. We invite you to follow our friends at Ducks Wire for coverage of the big UCLA-Oregon game.

Ducks Wire analyst Donald Smalley joined us to offer a quick preview of Bruins-Ducks. We’ll be following Ducks Wire’s analysis of the game.

Meanwhile, what other stories are developing in Week 8 which are relevant to the Pac-12’s larger football reality? Which stories are Pac-12 fans interested in? Start with Clemson’s 27-21 win over Syracuse, which carries obvious implications for the Pac-12 relative to the College Football Playoff: