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Kerry Coombs, Shaun Wade and Ohio State’s Defense Dissect Matchup With Trevor Lawrence and Clemson’s High-Powered Offense

Clemson has the most complete team in college football.

Statistically speaking, anyway.

The Tigers are the only team in the sport ranked in the top 11 nationally in total offense, scoring offense, total defense and scoring defense. While Clemson's offense took to the virtual podiums earlier on Tuesday, Ohio State countered by sending its defensive coordinator Kerry Coombs and a half-dozen of its defensive standouts into the media blitz.

Here is a rundown of what Coombs, Jonathon Cooper, Haskell Garrett, Justin Hilliard, Tommy Togiai, Shaun Wade and Pete Werner had to say:

Kerry Coombs

  • Coombs sees a lot of similarities between Ohio State's receivers and Clemson's receivers, and he hopes the Buckeyes' defense getting the opportunity to practice against the talent in their own receivers room will help his own defense.