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Former Clemson QB Deshaun Watson not ‘worried about no LSU’ in CFP title game

Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson isn’t worried about his Clemson Tigers taking on the LSU Tigers in the College Football Playoff title game.

Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson said he is “riding with the real Tigers” in the College Football Playoff National Championship Game.

Everyone outside the Bayou State knows Watson means Clemson, his alma mater, where he won a CFP title in 2016. Houston Astros infielder Alex Bregman, an LSU almunus, says that if Watson is indeed pulling for the real Tigers, then he’s pulling for LSU by default.

“I’m glad he’s rooting for LSU,” Bregman told Fox 26’s Mark Berman.

Watson had a little reply for the World Series champion on Wednesday in his weekly meeting with reporters.

“No, I don’t mess with LSU,” Watson said. “Them boys, they know where it’s at. They know where the real Death Valley is and the real Tigers is. So, we aren’t worried about no LSU.”

LSU is favored by -5.5 according to BetMGM. LSU will have an advantage playing in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans.

The Tigers of the SEC West have not won a national championship since 2007 with Matt Flynn under center. The expectation is Heisman Trophy winner Joe Burrow should out-duel Clemson’s reigning national champion quarterback, Trevor Lawrence.

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Texans QB Deshaun Watson ‘riding with the real Tigers’ in LSU versus Clemson CFP title game

Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson is siding with his alma mater as Clemson takes on LSU in the CFP championship game.

The Clemson Tigers take on the LSU Tigers in the College Football Playoff national championship game Monday, Jan. 13, at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, and Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson knows who he is taking.

“I’m riding with the real tigers,” Watson told reporters Tuesday.

Why not? The former 2017 first-round pick led Clemson to its first CFP championship and first overall college football championship since 1981 with a thrilling 35-31 win over the Alabama Crimson Tide in the 2016 CFP title game at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla.

“I’m riding with my Tigers and that’s what we’re going to do,” Watson said. “We’re going to be ready for that moment. We’ve been there multiple times. Those guys know that the opportunities don’t come every year and they got another opportunity to be back to back and go 15-0 again. So, those guys will be ready and it’ll be fun to watch.”

Clemson is the defending national champion with a 44-16 drubbing of the Tide in last year’s title game played at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. While Clemson features a big game quarterback of their own in Trevor Lawrence, who has picked up the mantle Watson left behind, LSU has their own talented signal caller in Heisman Trophy winner Joe Burrow.