MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The latest developments from the College Football Playoff national semifinal game between Clemson and Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl (all local time):
3:45 p.m.
If early arrivals into Sun Life Stadium are any indication, it’s a Clemson home game in the Orange Bowl.
The Tigers are on the home sideline and are using the same tunnel that the Miami Dolphins use to enter the field, but they also have a decided edge over Oklahoma in fans — at least using the highly scientific method of people wearing Clemson colors versus people wearing Sooners colors.
Then again, it makes geographic sense. Clemson is about 750 miles from Miami Gardens, while Norman, Oklahoma is roughly 1,500 miles from South Florida.
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3:10 p.m.
The Gatorade coolers on the sidelines at Sun Life Stadium are already getting quite a workout, and kickoff of the Orange Bowl is about an hour away.
Put simply, it’s hot in South Florida.
The temperature on the field was 83 degrees at 3 p.m., and factoring in the 71 percent humidity made it feel like 89 degrees outside when the Tigers and Sooners were going through their warmups. It is unseasonably warm, even for South Florida, with some weather stations around the area reporting record highs for this date.
So cramping very easily could be a factor in the first of today’s CFP semifinals.
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