Overview
- Kickoff is set for noon ET on Saturday, Dec. 27 at Yankee Stadium, with television coverage on ESPN.
- Oddsmakers list Clemson as a narrow favorite, roughly a field goal, entering the late-December bowl.
- Key absences include Penn State’s Nick Singleton, Zane Durant, Zakee Wheatley and guard Vega Ioane, while Clemson will be without Peter Woods, T.J. Parker, Avieon Terrell and DeMonte Capehart, and receiver Antonio Williams is out injured.
- Clemson starter Cade Klubnik says he will play, as Penn State leans on redshirt freshman Ethan Grunkemeyer with Drew Allar sidelined.
- Terry Smith coaches Penn State in his final game as interim with new head coach Matt Campbell already in place, and Clemson’s defense is coordinated by former Penn State assistant Tom Allen; both teams arrive on multi-game win streaks.