From this article - https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5642230/2024/07/18/college-football-25-season-simulations-playoff/
The author runs twenty-five 2024 season simulations - Clemson wins one national championship, can you imagine the in-game threads for this season, haha:
Clemson gets off to a brutal 0-3 start and QB Cade Klubnik is injured for the rest of the regular season. Redshirt freshman backup Christopher Vizzina steps in, turns things around and the Tigers go 8-4 and reach the ACC title game thanks to a four-way tie in the conference standings. Klubnik is cleared to play in the game and leads an upset win over Boston College. Clemson finishes No. 21 in the final CFP rankings but is the No. 4 seed in the bracket thanks to its automatic bid.
For the Tigers, it turns out to be one heck of a draw. They get to face two ACC foes, defeating No. 5 Stanford in the Rose Bowl and No. 9 Miami in the Orange Bowl semifinal. On the other side of the bracket, Iowa State and Nebraska take down Georgia and Ohio State, respectively. After Nebraska’s head coach accepts the Auburn job mid-Playoff — yep, seriously — the Cyclones knock the Huskers off in the Cotton Bowl semi.
In the season finale, Klubnik throws for 330 yards and five TDs in a 38-21 rout, and the four-loss Tigers are the national champs.
The author runs twenty-five 2024 season simulations - Clemson wins one national championship, can you imagine the in-game threads for this season, haha:
The greatest comeback
Season W was another all-timer for CFP madness. Clemson fans aren’t going to like how it starts, but they’ll love how it ends.Clemson gets off to a brutal 0-3 start and QB Cade Klubnik is injured for the rest of the regular season. Redshirt freshman backup Christopher Vizzina steps in, turns things around and the Tigers go 8-4 and reach the ACC title game thanks to a four-way tie in the conference standings. Klubnik is cleared to play in the game and leads an upset win over Boston College. Clemson finishes No. 21 in the final CFP rankings but is the No. 4 seed in the bracket thanks to its automatic bid.
For the Tigers, it turns out to be one heck of a draw. They get to face two ACC foes, defeating No. 5 Stanford in the Rose Bowl and No. 9 Miami in the Orange Bowl semifinal. On the other side of the bracket, Iowa State and Nebraska take down Georgia and Ohio State, respectively. After Nebraska’s head coach accepts the Auburn job mid-Playoff — yep, seriously — the Cyclones knock the Huskers off in the Cotton Bowl semi.
In the season finale, Klubnik throws for 330 yards and five TDs in a 38-21 rout, and the four-loss Tigers are the national champs.
