Friday night was not a good night for the Clemson Tigers and their quarterback Trevor Lawrence. In the Sugar Bowl, the Ohio State Buckeyes outright gashed the Tigers, 49-28, en route to a berth in the National Championship opposite the Alabama Crimson Tide. Really, the game wasn’t even that close.
Ohio State rushed for 254 yards, 193 of those belonged to the bruising back Trey Sermon, who averaged 6.2 yards per carry on the night. Quarterback Justin Fields put on the performance of a lifetime, too – going 22/28 for 385 yards and six touchdowns. Those 49 points were the most this Clemson defense allowed all season. What was considered by many to be among the best defenses in the country had absolutely no answer for Fields, Sermon, or really anyone on the Buckeyes offense.
Despite throwing for 400 yards and putting three total touchdowns on the board (two passing, one rushing), it was hardly Lawrence’s best performances. The dude threw a pick, fumbled three times (though only one was recovered by Ohio State), and rushed for a whopping -8 yards. His 77.2 QBR was the second worst of his season.
Yeah – all in all, just not a good day at the office for a guy who figures to be the first overall pick in the NFL Draft in the spring.
Perhaps more offensive than his shitty game on Friday, though, was the shitty mustache that rested on his upper lip during the postgame press conference. Thankfully, one reporter had the gumption to say what we were all thinking, even though it wasn’t intentional and we only heard it because it sounds like they forgot to mute their mic – Lawrence HAS to shave that atrocious ‘stache.
Always make sure you’re muted: pic.twitter.com/hK1X3UONyi
— Nicole Auerbach (@NicoleAuerbach) January 2, 2021
Okay, I understand tact and class, but where’s the lie? Also, do we know who this reporter is? This is Pulitzer-worthy journalism. It’s about accountability. You want your sports reporters asking the tough, probing questions. So often we get that garbled up coach-speak – “gotta play better, gotta coach better” (lookin’ at you, Mike Vrabel). But, what do you do with that? Sometimes, it’s not good enough. Sometimes, you need some brave soul (or some soul that forgot to mute their Zoom call) to step up and say “hey – that ain’t it. Shave that stupid mustache.” So, I commend this reporter for doing the dirty work.
And, yeah – in case you haven’t gotten the point yet, that’s a bad mustache. It looks like the floor of the bathroom after you’ve shaved your pubes (hopefully, with the Lawn Mower 3.0 – shout out to MANSCAPED – use promo code ‘SOBROSTITANS’ at checkout for 20% off your entire order AND free shipping).
It’s like the opposite of a power source. It’s a power drain. Maybe that’s why Clemson lost in such grand fashion. Real talk though, props to Lawrence for handling this with a smile and moving on. If someone insulted my mustache, I’d be trying to climb through the screen to swing hands with someone. A real pro – he’s going to do just fine in Jacksonville.
Stoney Keeley is the Editor in Chief of The SoBros Network. He is a strong supporter of Team GSD and #BeBetter. “Big Natural” covers the Tennessee Titans, Nashville, and a whole wealth of nonsense. Follow on Twitter @StoneyKeeley
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