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I'm Tim Preister with Tim Mellie, Pete Sampson and Anahickie from Clemson 24-7.

We are here to talk finally, totally, no questions today. I've never been so

happy to get a preview done in my life, having looked at Clemson for four weeks now, but we're

finally here to talk specifically Notre Dame and Clemson and how these two teams match up and what's

going to happen on the field. We brought Hannah in to give her Clemson perspective.

Anna, thank you for joining us.

Yeah, I'm glad to be here.

First, let's get your perspective on, you know, where you think this Clemson team is in terms of third straight playoff or four, I'm sorry, fourth straight playoff bid.

I think there's a suspicion that, you know, maybe they're

taking Notre Dame for granted, and that would be human nature, considering the success that they've

had, and Notre Dame's an interloper in this whole thing. But just your perspective on Clemson

and where you think they are emotionally. Two things that I would say, if you're thinking that

Clemson's already looking ahead in Alabama.

One is they lost Alabama last year pretty badly and that's a huge reason why a lot of these guys came back, notably on the defensive line.

So I don't, I think they understand that in order to play Alabama, play Oklahoma, you've got to win this game. There's just too much senior leadership for them to think that they're just going to cruise in this game. They're not going to have to give it their all. They're not going to have to give it their undivided attention. They can kind of just mail it in. The other thing that I would say is that this is the first game, playoff game, that they've been favored in, which is kind of

unreal, considering how many playoff games they play in the past few years.

And the success that they've had, yes.

Right, exactly. So I'm, and in knowing Davos-Sweeney, I can just see him talking to his team

saying, Notre Dame is playing this underdog card, which we have played this entire way through our run.

If you don't think, I mean, in other words, Clemson knows exactly what Notre Dame is feeling right now.

And Clemson was, I don't forget how many points underdog they were against Ohio State a couple years ago,

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