texas hosting clemson tigers head coach dabo swinney said he wanted to meet matthew mcconaughey, who wouldn't write. he got his wish. clemson scored first, but then texas went on a 28 to 3 run before halftime.n a gunner helm catches the td to make it 2810 horns at the half. carney improves tigers still hanging around in the fourth quarter. on fourth down, cade klubnik finds t.j. moore, who makes it a seven point game, but the horns ice two plays later when jaydon blue makes clemson fans, blue says, get off me! 77 yards to the house. oh yeah, this should make mcconaughey happy, right? oh, he was hyped. texas wins 3824 and will take on arizona state in the peach bowl quarterfinal on new year's day. the first game of the day was number 11 smu at number six, penn state 25 degrees and happy valley. and this one was very over in a hurry. first quarter no score. penn state's dominic deluca with the 23 yard pick six. and then they'll take the lead. the nittany lions. they're just into the second quarter. smu quarterback kevin jennings in trouble again. this time it's penn state's tony rojas

but let's start with clemson. a three loss clemson clemson team against texas, which made the finals of the sec championship. right. >> so the thing that i find interesting about this game clemson has dabo swinney. dabo swinney has as much experience as a coach in this type of environment in national championships as anybody here, but he doesn't have the team for it. texas has a team that's built for winning national championships. this is the team that they put together with their n.i.l. money with the transfer portal. they've built a really good football team. i think sark has the longhorns geared up to win that first round game. >> okay, i'm with you on the longhorns. i actually prefer arch manning getting some more run in the game than quinn ewers who was their starting quarterback, but we'll see how that works out. and then if they advance to face arizona state let's go tennessee ohio state. so i'm obviously the warm weather guy from hawaii. so i know they're going to play this game at ohio state where it wil

now in clemson legend. clemson has a gathering at the midfield logo.ere. sec championship game went to overtime for the first time ever. georgia number 5 and texas number 2. trevor etienne with carson beck out. gives the dogs the lead. >> that man again. did the same thing back in october to the horns. a couple of touchdowns on the ground. moore. puts the horns right there neck and neck with georgia. tying this baby up. so many mistakes. missed opportunities for the longhorns. give georgia credit. beck comes in and can't throw. hand it off. etienne is there again. >> etienne was a game time decision. decides the game and georgia sec champions. the win they could not get last year that knocked them out of the playoffs. now they are going to get the number 2 seed is. the cfp top 20. texas lost but will likely host a first round game. georgia the sec automatic bid with the win. the 2 seed. boise state and arizona state should benefit from clemson's win. the 3 and the 4 seeds. the big question: who gets in. a 2 loss smu who goes down at the horn or 3 loss

i think there's an argument for both sides, but if they lose against clemson, obviously clemson woulds against a champion in the clemson tigers, so i think there are arguments on both sides. personally, guys, from what i've seen from smu, they have been one of the most consistent teams week in and week out. we've said it repeatedly on "college gameday." i think that there is a strong argument that even if they lose in the acc championship game, that the mustangs can get in. >> gio: well, i'm glad to hear that that was the million dollar question. i am the expert on this desk. >> whit: well done. >> gio: thank you, desmond, for confirming that. appreciate you, my friend. hey, tune in to "college gameday" at noon on abc, the place to be, the big 12 championship at noon and the s.e.c. championship at 4:00 and acc championship at 8:00. >> whit: and we got des on the record. >> janai: and thanks to the writers for giving gio that. >> whit: let's check the forecast and get back to somara theodore. winter has arrived, and she is angry. >> somara: yes, whit, look at this video. imagine this,

clemson holding the wildcats 30 points below their season average of 96 per game.consecutive win over a top five team. the team on the rise. meanwhile, a conference title and a playoff spot are on the line for clemson football this saturday. as their underdog squad will take on smu in the acc title game. but barring that upset, meaning clemson will have to beat smu, it appears that alabama might be headed back to the college football playoff after all. this would be the ninth time in the past 11 seasons. joe scarborough nods approvingly. the crimson tide are ranked number 11 one spot ahead of miami who led six rankings after the hurricanes suffered their second defeat of the year. with neither team playing this weekend, miami is unlikely to jump alabama before selection sunday and would be left off of the 12-team playoff to make room for the fifth highest rated conference champion. mean wile, undefeated oregon remains number one for a fifth consecutive week as ohio state drops four spots down in number 6 after its surprise loss to michigan. that bumps up texas, pen

texas hosting clemson.half finding gunner helm in the back of the end zone and the long horns with the 18 point lead going into the half, but clemson pulls within 7 until this play. jaden going right through the gap and takes off. 2 tigers try to catch up, but goes 77 yards for the touch down and texas wins 38-24. they'll face 4-seed arizona state in quarter finals. penn state and ohio state also advance and the 49ers play right here on kpix at 1:25 tomorrow. >> are they going to win? >> is this a weekly thing? >> i asked darren if it's going to rain. >> sure. they're going to "the doctor will see you now." but do they really? do they see that crick in your neck? that ache in your heart? will they see that funny little thing that wasn't there last year? a new bounce in your step? the way your retinal scan connects to your blood sugar? at kaiser permanente all of us work together to care for all that is you. it is inevitable. chloe! hey dad. they will grow up. [cheering] silly face, ready? discover who they

how about clemson and smu? >> kirk: that's a good one. clemson now gets in with that miami loss.lked much about unlv, but if they end up knocking off boise state, and that's not that farfetched, unlv would end up being the group of four team that would end up going into a playoff. spot. so, we've been assuming it's boise state, but look out for th that match-up next week. >> chris: quinn ewers wasn't perfect tonight. gutsy, made the big scramble on that ankle early in the game to set the tone. and texas a&m pass. but leaned on wisner and that offensive line. and texas -- it's hard to see one team that stands out and says, well, they're complete, they're consistent. is it oregon? is it texas? >> kirk: i think it's texas. i mean, oregon is fast, they're dynamic. it's going to be a lot of fun. what's crazy is, when georgia plays their best, they're really good. right? so, who can put it together? who can string together the consistency to play at their very best? texas has been pretty much the same team for most of the year, with the exception of when georgia came to austin and beat

one of your nonconference games against now new acc champs in clemson, does strength in schedule mattere you just schedule sisters of the poor and amish and high school teams and run-up the score on them. >> i thought it mattered. it should matter. when you look at who we play in this conference week in and week out and at the end of the regular season, comp tig i is -- competition is a core value of the program we always want to compete against the best, we welcome that but, i won'tly i -- lie it is frustrating to see teams in the play-offs, they have better records than us, i get it but the teams that never beat a ranked team this season. we didn't just beat a ranked team we beat 4 in november, that is frustrating. to me just the inconsistent of what the committee looks for year in year out, last week we played clemson what everyone agreed was biggest game in the history of carolina/clemson rivalry because of the ramifications, last week after beating them, a time that was ranked 3 spots ahead we moved up one spot in really that game ended of meaning nothing other than bragging rights

if smu ends up losing to clemson, and alabama is going to be keeping a close eye on that acc title gamehey're pretty big smu fans right now because if clemson wins and claims the acc title, would, the committee also then keep smu in the playoffs and knock alabama out? who's ranked 11th right now? we'll have to wait and see. >> andy shows. thank you before we go, a record breaking era for taylor swift is coming to an end. and it was probably beyond her wildest dreams. the last three shows of the superstars eras tour began last night in vancouver, canada. high ranking politicians and celebrities joined fans as swift performed her three hour show. it included the greatest songs of her 18 year career swift will have given more than 150 shows during the two year long extravaganza. it's made an estimated $2 billion. the highest grossing tour in history, and taylor swift is expected to call it a wrap at her final show tomorrow. well, that wraps up this hour of cnn newsroom. i'm anna coren thank you for your company and for joining all of us cnn this morning is next cnn heroes, an all star trib

ranked smu mustangs in the acc title game, and even though clemson has lost three times this season,he top five highest rated conference champions are guaranteed a spot in the playoffs. so if clemson wins, they are in and dabo swinney said his team is in position to accomplish all of their goals this is our our 10th time in this game in 16 years. >> i know we're supposedly a bad program now and we're doom and gloom david. it's all downhill everything's terrible. certainly didn't accomplish all of our regular season goals, but it's all about the postseason now. >> the other win and get in situation today is in the big 12 title game between iowa state and arizona state. the winner of that game could actually end up one of those first round byes. if smu ends up losing to clemson, and alabama is going to be keeping a close eye on that acc title game and they're pretty big smu fans right now because if clemson wins and claims the acc title, would, the committee also then keep smu in the playoffs and knock alabama out? who's ranked 11th right now? we'll have to wait and see. >> andy schole

they lost at clemson, 70-66. earlier this year.for kentucky wildcats. i think the ohio state buckeyes will be pulling off the upset here! ♪ ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ it isn't the holidays without a little magic. inside, outside, and everywhere in between. get everything to make your season jolly, delivered at the speed you need. the holidays have arrived, at the home depot. ♪♪ 79-63. a minute to go here at the garden. this will be a nice boost going into "not quite big-10 play", but they play indiana state at home on the 29th, and then michigan state and on to the big 10, and um, this could catapult them, you know, into a really good season, we will see? >> it's a creative approach today. i thought ... just the prep. how they were gonna play different situations. and out of the gate, they struggled a bit, playing with a lot of. gotta hand it to the coaches. a lot of confidence. and by 9 at halftime, continued to stretch it out here in the second half. >> you have guards you can play. >> yeah. >> we saw what carolina did. they do look like they ha

clemson travels to texas. ohio state hosts tennessee. smu plays at penn state.nd indiana takes on notre dame. >>> and no soy fiesta. >> rob gronkowski is the host of this year's l.a. bowl. you know cal will have a good time on their trip to california, and the bears are set to play unlv on december 18 at sofi stadium. and back to the 49ers, after two blowout losses, how about a blowout win? four days from now. they have to tee it up again. rams coming here on thursday in another must win. the niners, they're still in this. and what is the deal with guerendo's foot injury. >>> and thanks. well another weekend, another box office record. dominating deep breath. cancer is a journey you don't take alone. you did it! our cancer care team works together to care for all that is you. after careful review of medical guidance and research on pain relief, my recommendation is simple: every home should have salonpas. powerful yet non-addictive. targeted and long-lasting. i recommend salonpas. it's good medicine. ♪ hisamitsu ♪ >>> and $52 million for a total of $350 million

. >> texas, meanwhile, fell behind seven to nothing to clemson in austin. but then they scored a touchdown on their next three possessions. clemson made this game a little interesting late, but texas had a season high 292 yards rushing, including this 77 yard score from jaydon blue. that put the game away. texas beat the tigers 38 to 24 to move on to face arizona state in the peach bowl. penn state, meanwhile, got two pick sixes in the first half against smu. they would blow out the mustangs, winning 38 to 10. they now move on to face boise state in the fiesta bowl. now the first ever home playoff games certainly were fun atmospheres, but in the end, they were all blowouts. so here's hoping the quarterfinals on new year's eve and new year's day are more competitive yeah, exciting nonetheless. >> andy schultz, thank you so much. all right. the bracket is whittling down. so let's bring in college football writer for bleacher report, morgan mariotti. good to see you, morgan. so what's your big takeaway from the games? we saw this weekend oh, morgan, can you he

clemson scored first, but then texas went on a 28 to 3 run before halftime.make it 2810 horns at the half. mcconaughey approves. tigers still hanging around in the fourth quarter. on fourth down, cade klubnik finds t.j. moore, who makes it a seven point game, but the horns ice it two plays later when jaydon blue makes clemson fans, blue says, get off me! 77 yards to the house mcconaughey. of course he's hyped. you're going to see it. texas wins 3824 and will take on arizona state in the peach bowl quarterfinal on new year's day. all right, macklin celebrini and the sharks taking on connor mcdavid and the oilers in edmonton. first period. tied at one yan ruda loses the puck but gets it back and scores the first of the year to put the sharks up two one. sharks still up in the third with less than 20s left, but the oilers mattias ekholm ties it at two. into overtime we go. less than 20s in connor mcdavid to leon draisaitl. that's game. sharks lose three two in overtime. and because the sharks were out of town, sap center hosting a college basketball doubleheader

clemson has to win to get in.robably needs to win to avoid sweating on selection sunday. >> yeah, i think that's probably not. only are you playing for a right to get in and have a chance to press your, your, your ticket, but also it's a team that won debate we're going to have on sunday morning with reese. and the guys will be if smu loses this game, should they still be in. >> that's the thing that is the most interesting and most compelling about it. smu, its first year in the acc and clemson, has been the standard bearer there. >> i'm reggie aqui, i'm lyanne melendez. i'm luz pena i'm tara campbell i'm j.r. stone at abc seven news we deliver local stories with real answers to help make our but sometimes it can start to slow down. but did you know prevagen can help keep your memory sharp? the secret is the powerful ingredient, apoaequorin, originally discovered in jellyfish and found only in prevagen. in a clinical study, prevagen was shown to improve memory in subgroups of individuals who were cognitively norm

in the afternoon it's acc champion clemson versus s.e.c.s? >> this is going to be a great matchup. i'm really excited about it. you're looking at a clemson team that no one thought would be in this position then all of a sudden you got miami that went to syracuse. syracuse beat miami and clemson's in the acc championship game and, boom, here they are. they have great wide receivers like t.j. moore and antonio williams, who is a guy that they move all around. he returns plus two, so their offense, their wide receivers, i tell you, i think the best trio of wide receivers in this tournament, so make sure you keep an eye on their wideouts today in this game. >> janai: all right. and that game -- well, you go ahead and read your tag. >> gio: oh, okay, fine. tune in to "college gameday" at 9:00 a.m. on espn. i thought she wanted to say something. and you can catch the tennessee/ohio state game at 8:00 eastern on abc and espn. cue janai for des. >> janai: he's in columbus, ohio, and learned that's george stephanopoulos' hometown so he's probably c

susanna ashton is a professor english at clemson university, an expert on and freedom narrative since she was a dubose fellow at harvard's hutchinson center, a fellow with yale's glider lehrman center and fulbright scholar, the author of collaborators in literary america 1918 7219 20. and she lives as chair clemson, south carolina april logan is associate professor of english at salisbury university. she a former fellow of the library company of philadelphia and a poet. she lives in salisbury maryland. thank you for coming out tonight. please give them a warm welcome welcome and hi there, please. you have to speak this way because when you do, just that, nobody can just like this and another thing we the c-span here, and they're going to be recording the session so speak loudly i will come to the audience and give you the mics that i lost. then that's for you. thank you. hi there. well, i think what i'll do is i like to just tell you a little about the book and the project for a couple of minutes. and then i just want to dive in and make it real and you a couple of pages from one of t

there will also be two more games on tnt featuring smu traveling to penn state, clemson heading to texasof the lone star state. we have a lot of viewers in the lone star state, but for the games on abc, the battle for hoosier land is tonight at 8 p.m. the battle for all z bell and howell bionic spotlight for 50% off outdoor security. light systems are expensive and a huge pain to install. hiring a professional costs even more. and forget about the sky high electric bill. well, now there's a better way. this is the all new ultra bright bell and howell bionic solar spotlight. it's free to operate because it's powered by the sun with ultra bright, high intensity led bulbs. it installs in seconds. look, no wires needed. plus it's motion activated, automatically turning on when it detects motion as far as 25ft away. standing guard against prowlers and destructive animals. look, your lights are too weak. but watch. bam! that's bionic light power. check out the difference before and after which home looks safer to you. garbage cans can be a feast for animals until the bionic spotlight scares th

a great example is clemson which is at the top of the acc list and nobody has understood why they'veing about it it's logical because they're looking to get out of the sec which is one of the smaller conferences now and they'll have to figure out how to compete with south carolina and texas and everything else and they're preparing themselves to take on private capital. >> it seems to me, competing, though is a function of tv contracts, right there's the ncaa contracts and it gets back to what you see with professional sports and i don't know if ohio state has their own football network the sec certainly does, the big ten certainly does and talk about that and how that's funneled interest big nil money. >> they distribute approximately $60 million a year to etch oof each of their teams ght now. by the end of the decade it will be 40 million. if you're a north carolina or a clemson, you're going to have a 40 or $50 million a year delta that you'll have to make up which is pretty much impossible, right? there's just no way because that's a quarter or third of your budget. so either you

in order so that clemson can win a soccer championship.eam to make the final four? these institutions we created for the benefit of americans, to build a winning program the right way, to develop american players in your own backyard. the same analogy applies to engineers or anything else in america. do that and we will truly enter a new golden age. -- ceo joins me now. thank you for being with us. let's talk about what vivek had to say. i know vivek, i like vivek, i think vivek is brilliant. i take his point of what he's saying when it comes to a very specific, perhaps and -- as he and elon tweeted, 0.01% of engineers needing to be brought from across the world. but i think his indictment was too sweeping. >> good evening and merry christmas. vivek does not mince words. what you will notice about the tweet, which i encourage everybody to read, it's been heard around the world, is he does not mention american culture once. what he's talking about i think is the anti-american, subculture that has been exploded in recent years especially und

carolina beat clemson, thank you very much.ardt household and for everyone in south carolina. >> brian: feel bad for the people of clemson. >> ainsley: do not feel bad. >> brian: they always win. >> ainsley: they win a lot. coaches complemented one another. they are awesome people. >> steve: we hope your team won yesterday. >> lawrence: more "fox & friends." >> brian: that would be impossible. ainsley: thank you for your action. >> lawrence: we got reprimanded during the commercial. ♪ up on the house top click, click, click.le downt through the chimney with good saintsh nick. and rack up more points for you when you shop with my lowe's rewards. lowe's. for more than a decade farxiga has been trusted again and again, and again. ♪ far-xi-ga ♪ ♪ far-xi-ga ♪ ♪ far-xi-ga ♪ ♪ far-xi-ga ♪ ask your doctor about farxiga. weathertech presents. ♪ deck the halls with gifts so happy ♪ ♪ fa la la la la, la la la la ♪ ♪ made right here so nothing's crappy ♪ ♪ fa la la la la, la la la la ♪ ♪ laser-measured ♪ ♪ perfect fitting ♪ ♪ fa la la, la

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down in austin, meanwhile, texas fell behind seven to nothing to clemson. but then they scored a touchdown on their next three possessions. clemson made this game a little interesting late, but texas had a season high 292 yards rushing, including this 77 yard score from jaydon blue that put the game away. texas beat the tigers 38 to 24 to move on to face arizona state in the peach bowl. penn state, meanwhile, they got two pick sixes in the first half against smu. they would just blow out the mustangs in this one. that game was 38 to 10. penn state now move on to face boise state in the fiesta bowl, kicking off the quarterfinals on new year's eve. and here's a look at that bracket for the quarterfinals notre dame. they beat indiana in south bend friday night. they're going to play georgia in the sugar bowl. that's going to be the nightcap in new orleans on january 1st. and you know victor here's hoping that the quarterfinal games are better than the first round. >> yeah you look at those scores as you said a blowout. exciting plays but not really close to th

smu clawing back from 17 to clemson tying the game with seconds left. >> jennings, into the end zone. daniels jr. >> reporter: after a 41-yard return from adam randall, three seconds left. >> it was caught. antonio williams dives down. >> reporter: setting up nolan hauser for a 56-yard game-winning field goal. >> snap and hold are good. that one is good. >> reporter: over in the big ten number one oregon leaping over penn state. >> got rid of it in a hurry. touchdown. >> reporter: the ducks' dylan gabriel throwing four touchdowns. >> heading to the end zone. touchdown, oregon. >> reporter: oregon stays undefeated and with their first big ten championship in the first season in the conference. >> here he goes again. >> reporter: cam with three touchdowns for the sun devils and for the s.e.c. championship, the georgia bulldogs taking on the texas longhorns. >> outnumbered, but they do show up and show out. >> reporter: they lose their starting quarterback carson beck at the end of the first half. >> he got hit hard. >> he's down. >> yeah. >> stockton on the move. >> reporter: and turns

it's a 56 yarder as time expires clemson wins the acc championship, 3431. texas, matthew mcconaughey, champ bailey and vince young in attendance to see the sec championship in the second quarter, we start you, carson beck on the move and he gets sacked by trey moore. it's recovered by texas and beck would leave the game with an elbow injury. in overtime though georgia down 1916. gunner stockton is going to keep it and go in for this eight yard run. hit hard by andrew macumba. macumba was initially called for targeting but this call was overturned after a review. stockton was still able to get the first down. beck comes back in so then the next play, trevor etienne takes it in for the four yard touchdown. georgia wins the sec championship 22 to 19. in the big ten championship, oregon defeated penn state 4537, and in the big 12 championship, arizona state defeated iowa state 45 to 19. thanks so much for joining us here on the 10:00 news. and as mark said, if it's hazy, just be cautious. >> just be just be extra cautious tomorrow. we are expecting some improve

nolan houser, now a legend at clemson, beating smu 34-31 in the acc championship. in the s.e.c. championship game the fifth ranked georgia bulldogs took on the texas longhorns. carson beck injured at the end of the first half, had to leave the game, but when his backup had his helmet knocked off on a brutal hit in overtime, wow, beck came back in, using his good arm to handoff to running back trevor et i don't know who took the ball into the end zone for a 22-19 dogs win. >>> in indianapolis oregon beat penn state 45-37 to win its first ever big ten championship, all but ensuring the ducks the number one seed in the y morning, boosting the numbers up a little bit into the mid to upper 40s through san jose, palo alto, walnut creek. as we get some more cloud cover in here in the overnight hours. 51 in san francisco. now with that cloud, some of it is touching the ground, aka fog, and we have some dense areas up into santa rosa, parts of san carlos, over on towards livermore, and the tule >>> straight ahead, the highs and lows of the week, including the dance number f

they will go to penn state, while clemson plays at texas.other matchups are notre dame hosting indiana and ohio state hosting tennessee. the first round games kick off december 20th and 21st. two of them on our sister channel tnt to the nfl where the chiefs keep their eyes on a three peat in dramatic fashion. down one to the chargers in the final moments when patrick mahomes just pulls off more wizardry, setting up a game winning field goal attempt for matthew wright with just one second left. and watch this casey wright just signed with the team, doinks it off the upright, but in chiefs win 1716, claiming their ninth straight division title they have now won 15 straight games by one score or less. how in the world do you keep doing this? mahomes we believe in each other. >> you know it's never one group. it's everybody. offense, defense special teams. and that's what the special teams do. and so i was glad that matt was able to knock that thing through. and we got the win. i'm just glad it went in. i wish it went right down the middle. but

also falling six places down to 18th with their defeat against south carolina, clemson could still gethe acc championship game on saturday against smu. miami was eliminated with that title game with the syracuse loss, but remember jessica this is just the associated press poll, not the official college football playoff rankings that come out on tuesday night but it is a pretty good indication of what we think is going to happen. >> yeah, a lot of eyes on that one. all right. don riddell, thank you so much for that. president elect trump's plans to appoint kash patel to the fbi's top job is drawing criticism from both sides of the aisle. also getting a lot of praise from some of trump's biggest allies. we're going to talk more about that here in the cnn newsroom cnn heroes, an all star tribute. >> meet and celebrate the honorees. then find out who will be hero of the year, plus a special tribute to michael j. fox cnn heroes, an all star tribute next sunday at eight on cnn. >> my moderate to severe crohn's symptoms kept me out of the picture. >> now i have skyrizi. i've got places to go

you got clemson at texas there in austin. i tell you what i can guarantee you it is much, much warmer there than it is here in columbus, ohio where tennessee will be taking on ohio state. now, the last time the buckeyes were playing on this field is when they lost to michigan. and we had the whole flag planting fiasco behind me. but that was the fourth straight loss for ohio state against michigan. and ryan day is now one and four against ohio state's biggest rivals. and the fan base here in columbus really anxious about this game. and i was walking around talking to a lot of the fans and i asked them, is there a coach on the hot seat i'm feeling that ryan's got to win today, and from there it's day by day, but he wins the day. >> i think he'll be all right, but he definitetter not. he better win today. there's just a lot of pent up frustration. quite frankly we better get off to a good start. or else the the the crowd might get a little surly. >> i mean, the man has won 92% of his games over his career as a head coach. so i

are all in win and get in situations and if clemson beats smu in the acc title game to claim that spot we could see a situation where smu still gets in and that would knock out alabama final rankings and bracket going to come out on sunday. the nfl, meanwhile announcing that texans linebacker azeez al-shaair has been suspended for three games for his hit on jaguars quarterback trevor lawrence. the league calling his hit unacceptable and said azeez al-shaair has shown a continued disregard for player safety. now al-qahera news apologized earlier this week saying he didn't see lawrence slide until it was too late. now, texans general manager nick caserio. meanwhile, he came out and defended al-qaim, saying the league is being inconsistent in how they handle these hits. and he also slammed anyone questioning al-qaim character for the league to make some of the commentary that he made about lack of sportsmanship, lack of coachability, lack of paying attention to the rules quite frankly, it's embarrassing. >> so i think the big thing from our end. talk about a player who's never been suspen

one of them to clemson in the acc title game. on a last second field goal, the committee sided with smu. they will go to penn state while clemson plays at texas. the other matchups are notre dame hosting indiana and ohio state hosting tennessee. john, the first round games kick off december 20th and 21st, with two of them on our sister channel tnt. >> i'm super excited about this, but i still don't quite know how to process the whole college football playoff thing coy well, i'm with you. >> i think all of us are just getting the hang of it but a lot more excitement for many more fan bases this time of year. >> and it starts soon. it starts like in a week, which is awesome. all right, coy, thank you very much. brand new hour of cnn news central starts right now developing this morning, the stunning fall of the assad regime in syria after five decades of brutal dictatorship. >> but the world is wondering just who is in charge now. as fears grow of a resurgence of isis and the u.s. works to bring home a journalist captured there 12

the mustangs will play penn state, while clemson plays at texas. there are other matchups are going to be notre dame hosting in-state rivals indiana and ohio state hosting tennessee. the first round games kick off december 20th and 21st. two of them will be on our sister channel tnt. and jim, that all leads up to the college football playoff national championship game. i know you will come down here to atlanta january 20th to see not alabama in the championship, but unbelievable. i want to know who you think is going to win it all. >> well let's put that bracket back up on screen because i do want to get your take too. and to me what is so crazy about this and it's the first year of it, is that arizona state and boise state get byes here. they're not exactly football powerhouses, but they've had incredible seasons. it's really sort of unreal like i mean, i would think like notre dame would be in there or texas would get the bye but no, they got to play a game to get to the next round. yeah. >> that's correct and that's because they were the highest

after texas beats clemson in two weeks, do you know sowhat clemson's record will be in the sec this yearing weekend, they lost to south carolina, which is in the second tier of the sec trying to get to the first tier on their home field, joe. and you know they're going to lose to owtexas. so that's the comparison.so it's going to be right there for america to see that the representative of the acc will likely almost positively be o-3 against the best conference. that's how ridiculous this really is. >> here's where i agree with you, joe, as i detect a whiff of the alabama-tuscaloosa for its citizens, this is a 12-team field for the first time. i want to reiterate that. it is a success on the level of look at all of the [ inaudible ] about the 12th spot, right. so the whole idea at the outset was this is going to be boring. everyone is going to get in. whatever. meanwhile, you have a dream scenario for everybody not in the s.e.c. you have alabama, and its constituency saying how dare you leave out the biggest, baddest team in the history of college football because they were thfighting fo

so what they do at say, pepperdine water polo or clemson soccer is they recruit foreign players to come in and fill roster spots that would have gone to american athletes or american students in order so that clemson can win a soccer championship. but is that worth it for the soccer team to make the final four? these institutions we created for the benefit of americans to build a winning program, the right way to develop american players in your own backyard. the same analogy applies to engineers or anything else in america. do that and we will truly enter a new golden age. ozora ceo james fischbach joins me now. james, thanks for being with us tonight. let's talk about what vivek had to say. i know vivek, i like vivek. i think vivek is brilliant and i take his point of what he is saying here when it comes to a very specific perhaps as he and elon tweeted, .01 percent of engineers that are needed to be brought from across the world. but i fear that his indictment was too broad, too sweeping about the culture of america. well, will. >> good evening and merry christmas. look, vivek does n

. >> texas, meanwhile, fell behind seven to nothing to clemson in austin.ut then they scored a touchdown on their next three possessions. clemson made this game a little interesting late, but texas had a season high 292 yards rushing, including this 77 yard score from jaydon blue. that put the game away. texas beat the tigers 38 to 24 to move on to face arizona state in the peach bowl. penn state, meanwhile, got two pick sixes in the first half against smu. they would blow out the mustangs, winning 38 to 10. they now move on to face boise state in the fiesta bowl. now the first ever home playoff games certainly were fun atmospheres, but in the end they were all blowouts. so here's hoping the quarterfinals on new year's eve and new year's day are more competitive. >> all right, andy schulz, thanks so much. still ahead tonight we're going to have more on our top story. that horrific incident where a female passenger was set on fire on a new york city subway. a person of interest, now in custody. you're in the cnn newsroom. >> scott luther, never too much new

. >> texas, meanwhile, fell behind seven to nothing at clemson in austin.but then they scored a touchdown on their next three possessions. >> clemson made this game a little interesting late, but texas had a season high 292 yards rushing, including this 77 yard score from jaydon blue. >> that put the game away. texas beat the tigers 38 to 24 to move on to face arizona state in the peach bowl. penn state, meanwhile, got two pick sixes in the first half against smu. they would blow out the mustangs, winning 38 to 10. they now move on to face boise state in the fiesta bowl. now the first ever home playoff games certainly were fun atmospheres, but in the end, they were all blowouts. so here's hoping the quarterfinals on new year's eve and new year's day are more competitive. >> it could be quite a festive holiday for some lucky lottery ticket owner or owners in the u.s. the mega millions jackpot for christmas eve has soared to $944 million. what? or 429 million? if it's taken as a lump sum. your choice, of course. that is the largest prize the lottery has ever

. >> reporter: professor lori trudell studies small businesses at clemson university. >> yes, i would say so. i mean, when you think about the thousands of pharmacies in rural communities, you are losing access to all health care. >> reporter: in the back end of the store, the pharmacy itself, the profit margins thin, 3% to 5%. >> especially expensive brand-name medications. we fill those, and we may not be reimbursed even at our cost for those drugs. >> reporter: the national community pharmacists association predicted one independent drugstore would close a day during 2024. what is sad about it? >> it's sad to me that that part of america, that part of business, would go away. we're not going to throw in the towel. we're in it for the long haul. >> reporter: but ask any pharmacist: there's no magic pill for that. for "eye on america," mark strassmann, in inman, south carolina. >> norah: and we will be right back with some good news. we choose safelite? we were loading our suv when... crack! safelite came right to us, and we could see exactly when they'd arrive with a

they were nudged by smu who took the final spot in the playoffs after losing to clemson in 9al secondspionship game last night. the playoffs start friday, december 20th, on abc and espn. whit. >> whit: looking forward to it. thanks so much. >>> still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this sunday. a dramatic rescue after a small plane crash. the coast guard swooping in to pull two people to safety. >> and taylor swift's eras tour is coming to an end. what it's meant to swifties all over the world. for more than a decade farxiga has been trusted again and again, and again. ♪ far-xi-ga ♪ ♪ far-xi-ga ♪ ♪ far-xi-ga ♪ ♪ far-xi-ga ♪ ask your doctor about farxiga. it ain't my dad's razor, dad. hey! watch it! it's from gillettelabs! this green bar releases trapped hairs from my face. game changa! while the flexdisc contours to it, so the five blades can virtually get every hair in one stroke, for the ultimate gillette shaving experience. the best a man can get is gillettelabs. on chewy, save up to 40% on holiday gifts for your pet. like their favorite treats, toys and food. the best prese

if clemson currently number 17 upsets smu, alabama will get squeezed out. looks like they will get squeezed out. >> no, they won't. willie, let me tell you why. i bring pablo on here just so he can set me up. he is a bowling pin i can knock down. >> voice of reason. truth teller, bowling pin, your mileage varies. >> willie, i know that pablo is an artist, he doesn't focus on data like i do because as you know i'm data driven. >> always. >> but if smu loses to clemson this weekend they, like miami, will have played two ranked teams all year and they will be 0-2 against those two ranked teams, just like miami. they will have lost to byu, they will have lost to clemson. 0-2, whereas alabama beat number 19 mizzou, south carolina and georgia. there's no way you're going to put in somebody who can't beat a top 25 team over a team that's 3-1 against the best teams in america, willie. i know you agree with me. >> i can make a case that ole miss and south carolina should also be in. they have the same record as alabama. s.e.c., baby. i'm totally hung up on your two

. >> reporter: professor laurie true dell studies small businesses at clemson university.ng a crisis in this country? >> yes, i would say so. the when you think about the thousands of pharmacies in rural communities that are closing, you're losing access to all health care. >> reporter: in the back end of the store, the pharmacy itself, the profit margin is thin, 3 to 5%. >> especially brand-name medications, we fill those and we may not be rein bursed even at our cost for those drugs. >> reporter: the national community pharmacist's association predicted one independent drugstore would close a day during 2024. what is sad about it? >> it's sad to me that that part of america, that part of business would go away. we're not going to throw in the towel. we're in it for the long haul. >> reporter: but ask any pharmacist, there's no magic pill for that. pill for that. for eye i'll be home for christmas. you can count on me. please have snow and mistletoe and presents under the tree. right now all over the country, kids at shriners hospitals for children™ are able to go home an

we got clemson hosting texas. this one all longhorns. 3824. they're moving on. and how about ohio state visiting tennessee. and the buckeyes rolled in this one. fourth quarter treveyon henderson gets loose. that's 24 yards. and see you later. ball game ohio state will move on with a 4210 win over the volunteers. here's the matchups for the quarterfinals. in a couple of weeks, three seed boise state will take on six seed penn state in the fiesta bowl. that's new year's eve. and then on new year's day number four arizona state will play five seed texas in the peach bowl. top seed oregon will face number eight ohio state in the rose bowl. that'll be a good one. ducks beat the buckeyes earlier this year. and number two georgia will take on number seven notre dame. semifinals will be played january the 9th and 10th. >> well professional pickleball is becoming more popular. and the united pickleball association says it's seeing growth in everything from attendance to salaries. a recent report said women's pro pickleball players make more in av

. >> no surprise to anyone you are my favorite coach, i am happy for our friends at clemson, they played their way in last night, i are my favorite coach in college football. no surprise you have been as successful as you have been. >> thank you very much, i am surrounded by awesome people at columbia and this university, thank you. >> yes, sir, take care coach. >> thank you for spending part of your sean day with us -- sunday with us, hope you have a great week ahead, until next week you can find us on-line. good night from south carolina i am shannon bream at the ronald ragan presidential library in simi valley, california. welcome to a special edition this fox news sunday. meeting with senators on capitol hill. >> i will be standing right here in this fight. >> they are insured they will get a fair process. >> meeting. it doesn't release the remaining hostages. we will talk with h.r. mcmaster. until hamas is destroyed certainly you have to get the hostages back. >> trumps plan for ukraine come into focus. we will discuss the rules of the rankin national survey. all right now as "fox n

he received his bachelor of science in computer engineering from clemson university in 1986. he practiced structural engineering with ralph whitehead and associates until 1992 when he returned to work at the united contractors. in 1995, jim acquired the majority interest of the company and later acquired several other former triplett companies to unify the companies into a single entity. the united infrastructure group prides itself on fostering growth and diversity and resources and disciplines by developing and motivating exceptional leaders in a christian environment to achieve excellence by every standard of the measure. their commitment to not only producing excellent work but excellent people that has left a lasting impact on south carolina. the growth of their family businesses represent the heartbeat of the american dream. on behalf of the fifth district of south carolina, it is my most sincere pleasure to recognize the united infrastructure group for 100 years of outstanding service. the united infrastructure group and the triplett family have set the gold standard,

this comes after the mass day of clemson that happened earlier this month and that 1500 individuals either were pardoned or had their sentences commuted. bret? >> alex alex hough, thanks. president-elect trump promising to begin his mass deportation program on the first day of his second. the biden administration is considering measures to complicate those plans, here is chief washington correspondent mike emanuel. good evening, mike. >> bret, good evening, the "new york times" is reporting the biden administration is considering extending protection for immigrants with temporary protected status. that allowed people from dangerous countries to live and work in the u.s. legally. if president biden were to extend it, president-elect trump would have to waited for those protections to expire or cut them off early which could lead to lawsuits if biden takes this action it's believed it would make it harder, though not impossible, for president trump to deport this group of people. biden ally says the outgoing president is anxious about what is ahead. >> of course the president is gravely sern