The Clemson Tigers will take on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic, and I expect to see an easy win for the Tigers.

Notre Dame has a talented team but was hardly put to the test during the regular season, had some close calls against weak opponents and lack Playoff experience.

Clemson on the other hand returns to the Playoff for the fourth consecutive year and is with Alabama the only teams to rank in the top five in both scoring offense and scoring defense.

The Irish defense has given up 133.5 rushing yards per game, and here it'll face Clemson star running back Travis Etienne who rushed for 1,464 yards and 21 touchdowns this season. Etienne is the only player in the nation to rush for more 1,200 yards on fewer than 200 carries this year.

Clemson has won eight straight games by 20-plus points and I think they'll rout the poor Irish in this contest.

8* play on Clemson Tigers.