SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – In 30 years of covering college football for ESPN, Chris Fowler can only recall one other game he has seen that compares to Saturday night’s College Football Playoff semifinal matchup at the Fiesta Bowl between third-ranked Clemson and No. 2 Ohio State.
“I look back at games in the past that have had this much star power, with teams that roll in with winning streaks like this, and the only parallel that I can find, what I’ve covered, would be the Texas-USC Rose Bowl – the star power of those two teams, Vince Young, Reggie Bush, Matt Leinart, both on huge win streaks,” Fowler said to media Friday morning at the JW Marriott Camelback Inn as he prepares to call the Fiesta Bowl with color commentator Kirk Herbstreit.