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lupica and bob ryan i am bob ryan of the boston globe and espian i am mike Lupica, MLB.com, and the New York Daily News.

And happy New Year, everybody.

We come to you on the morning of New Year's Eve.

But much to talk about in the world of sports as we turn the page on the crappiest year of

Ryan's lifetime,

and Mike's lifetime, and your lifetime,

and Tyler Brewer's lifetime.

And so we'll start with college football today. And the two big games come up on Friday.

And Bob, I'll tell you something.

I just asked Zach Lupica, but my other brain,

this is before I came upstairs to do this.

And it is this, Bob, is there any way that you see that Clemson and Dabo have pissed off

Ohio State enough that Ohio State can beat them in that semifinal on Friday?

Only if Ohio State is allowed a 12th man on the field. Right. Or

Clemson is penalized by only playing with 10. I still don't see them. To borrow a

phrase from Washington, I don't see a clear path to victory here. Right. I don't see a

clear path to victory for anybody but but the Tigers of Clemson and and I just just don't see a clear path to victory for anybody, but the Tigers of Clemson.

And I just don't.

And I'm hoping.

I want to see a game.

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