: you just don't see that very often from the corners from clemson. from alexander or tankersley. it's tankersley into the boundary on the short side. he was bailing and backing off adams, and a very simple read and throw for a veteran like marquise williams and davis, both seniors. great chemistry. >> chris: williams pressured. ball's out. tigers have it! as ton bryant, the freshman you mentioned came in and recovered the fumble. bid for clemson, perhaps. >> kirk: shaq lawson back in the lineup and he just has been doing this all year. this is spap, in, trying to slow him down, and there is that relentless effort. ben boulware blitzes. he gets in, as well. hood cannot slow boulware down. but the combination of two defenders, boulware and lawson. they've been doing it all year for the tigers. and they come up with maybe the play of the year. >> chris: when you're tired and just trying to hang on, go knock the ball out of the quarterback's hands. and now with 6:38 to play, figure to see a heavy dose of wayne gallman. as clemson just tries to get to the finish line here. head home for th

from the corners from clemson. from alexander or tankersley. it's tankersley into the boundary on the short side. he was bailing and backing off adams, and a very simple read and throw for a veteran like marquise williams and davis, great chemistry. >> chris: williams pressured. ball's out. tigers have it! as ton bryant, the freshman you mentioned came in and recovered the fumble. and that could secure a playoff bid for clemson, perhaps. >> kirk: shaq lawson back in the lineup and he just has been doing this all year. this is spap,in, trying to slow him down, and there is that relentless effort. ben boulware blitzes. he gets in, as well. hood cannot slow boulware down. but the combination of two defenders, boulware and lawson. they've been doing it all year for the tigers. and they come up with maybe the play of the year. >> chris: when you're tired and just trying to hang on, go knock and now with 6:38 to play, figure to see a heavy dose of wayne gallman. as clemson just tries to get to the finish line here. head home for the pizza party tomorrow. and then the playoff. gallman cuts i

often from the corners from clemson. from alexander or tankersley. it's tankersleynto the boundary on the short side. he was bailing and backing off and throw for a veteran like marquise williams and davis, both seniors. great chemistry. >> chris: williams pressured. ball's out. tigers have it! as ton bryant, the freshman you mentioned came in and recovered the fumble. and that could secure a playoff bid for clemson, perhaps. >> kirk: shaq lawson back in the lineup and he just has been doing this all year. this is spap,in, trying to slow him down, and there is that relentntss effort. ben boulware blitzes. he gets in, as well. hood cannot slow boulware down. but the combination of two defenders, boulware and lawson. they've been doing it all yeaea for t t tigers. and they come up with maybe the just trying to hang on, go knock the ball out off the quarterback's hands. and now with 6:38 to play, figure to see a heavy dose of wayne gallman. as clemson just tries to get to the finish line here. head home for the pizza party tomorrow. and then the playoff. gallman cuts it back. gal mapp ha

just don't see that very often from the corners from clemson. from alexander or tankersley. it's tankersley into the boundary on the short side. he was bailing and backing off adams, and a very simple read and throw for a veteran like marquise williams and davis, both seniors. great chemistry. >> chris: williams pressured. ball's out. tigers have it! as ton bryant, the freshman you mentioned came in and recovered the fumble. bid for clemson, perhaps. >> kirk: shaq lawson back in the lineup and he just has been doing this all year. this is spap, in, trying to slow him down, and there is that relentless effort. ben boulware blitzes. he gets in, as well. hood cannot slow boulware down. but the combination of two defenders, boulware and lawson. they've been doing it all year for the tigers. and they come up with maybe the play of the year. >> chris: when you're tired and just trying to hang on, go knock the ball out of the quarterback's hands. and now with 6:38 to play, figure to see a heavy dose of wayne gallman. as clemson just tries to get to the finish line here. head home for th

to get first down yardage. >> kirk: you just don't see that very often from the corners from clemson. from alexander or tankersley. it's tankersley into the boundary on the short side. he was bailing and backing off adams, and a very simple read and throw for a veteran like marquise williams and davis, both seniors. great chemistry. >> chris: williams pressured. ball's out. tigers have it! as ton bryant, the freshman you mentioned came in and recovered the fumble. and that could secure a playoff >> kirk: shaq lawson back in the lineup and he just has been doing this all year. this is spap,in, trying to slow him down, and there is that relentless effort. ben boulware blitzes. he gets in, as well. hood cannot slow boulware down. but the combination of two defenders, boulware and lawson. they've been doing it all year for the tigers. and they come up with maybe the play of the year. >> chris: when you're tired and just trying to hang on, go knock quarterback's hands. and now with 6:38 to play, figure to see a heavy dose of wayne gallman. the finish line here. head home for the pizza par

clemson. from alexander or tankersley. it's tankersley into the boundary on the short side. he was bailing and backing off adams, and a very simple read and throw for a veteran like marquise williams and davis, both seniors. great chemistry. >> chris: williams pressured. ball's out. tigers have it! as ton bryant, the freshman you mentioned came in and recovered the fumble. and that could secure a playoff bid for clemson, perhaps. >> kirk: shaq lawson back in the lineup and he just has been doing this all year. this is spain, trying to slow him down, and there is that relentless effort. ben boulware blitzes. he gets in, as well. hood cannot slow boulware down. but the combination of two defenders, boulware and lawson. they've been doing it all year for the tigers. and they come up with maybe the play of the year. >> chris: when you're tired and just trying to hang on, go knock the ball out of the quarterback's hands. and now with 6:38 to play, figure to see a heavy dose of wayne gallman. as clemson just tries to get to the finish line here. head home for the pizza party tomorrow. an

clemson. from alexander or tankersley. it's tankersley into the boundary on the short side. he was bailing and backing off adams, and a very simple read and throw for a veteran like marquise williams and davis, both seniors. great chemistry. >> chris: williams pressured. ball's out. tigers have it! as ton bryant, the freshman you mentioned came in and recovered the fumble. and that could secure a playoff bid for clemson, perhaps. >> kirk: shaq lawson back in the lineup and he just has been doing this all year. this is spain, trying to slow him down, and there is that relentless effort. ben boulware blitzes. he gets in, as well. hood cannot slow boulware down. but the combination of two defenders, boulware and lawson. they've been doing it all year for the tigers. and they come up with maybe the play of the year. >> chris: when you're tired and just trying to hang on, go knock the ball out of the quarterback's hands. and now with 6:38 to play, figure to see a heavy dose of wayne gallman. as clemson just tries to get to the finish line here. head home for the pizza party tomorrow. an

anybody who has attended clemson we all like to show our orange around clemson on friday. if you want to become part of this family, get your orange today. >> we've joined along with a tour of clemson campus. we're following abby, she's a sophomore here, and she clearly loves clemson. and a couple times college football has come up as a big part of the life here. it's actually a 40 million dollar enterprise for the schools. >> now the part of the tour you've probably all been waiting for. if you look right through here, you can all see death valley. who's been to a game at death valley? >> clemson university has one of the 25 most lucrative football programs in the country. >> we have the spring game tomorrow, which is great because a lot of people have been waiting for football season to start back up. and it's not abnormal for a lot of our season ticket holders and alum to travel to this game even though it's just clemson against clemson. >> one of those alums is darius robinson, who just played his last season at clemson. >> darius is playing professional football now, but making it t

clemson gears up for the orange bowl. carol: today, players and coaches got a short practice, then headed to the beach. michael: wyff news 4's brad fralick and marc dopher are in miami. oh, life is so hard, as the boys cover the road to the title. brad: day two of orange bowl preparations are in the books. we heard from the clemson defense and talked with players about clemson finally getting a break after playing 10 consecutive weeks. the defense got banged up to the end of that stretch. they said those days off before they begin practice was much needed. >> that couple days were good for me. i got a cortisone shot before i my shoulder is feeling good. my collarbone was bothering me. but that is feeling better now. thank god. brad: the break allow the guys to heal and the guise of the defensive side say they are 100% ready to go against the sooners. follow us on twitter and facebook, we are all of her social media during the trip, posting things throughout the day. coming up in sports, a bulletin board material from the sooners. in south florida, brad fralick, wyff news 4. michael: the b

almost game time!and fans across our area are cheering on the clemson tigers in the orange bowl!from watch parties like this in the upstate...all the way to miami... tiger fever is heating up! 3 good afternoon. i'm cody alcorn. alcorn.and i'm diana watson. 3 it's almost time for kickoff...and sun life stadium is coming alive!the clemson tigers are set to take on the oklahoma state sooners in the battle of the orange bowl! bowl!sports director aaron cheslock is in miami gardens florida where the excitement is building! 3 3 kicked off and we're here at sunlife stadium in miami where tigers are about to take on the oklahoma sooners for a chance to go to the national championship. we found some upstate folks that decided to drive down like us. whats your name here sir? 3 3 and you? you? 3 how do you know each other? other? 3 : we grew up together, went to school, graduated school together, was the best man at his wedding, saw him off to the army. we've just been friends since we were little what about this season made it so important to get down here? danny: i just think watson is a

. >> kirk: you just don't see that very oftenrom the corners from clemson. from alexander or tankersley. it's's tankersley into the boundary on the short side. he was bailing and backing off adams, and a very simple read and throw for a veteran like marquise williams and davis, both seniors. >> chris: williams pressured. ball's out. tigers have it! as ton bryant, the freshman you mentioned came in and recovered the fumble. and that could secure a playoff bid for clemson, perhaps. >> kirk: shaq lawson back in the lilineupnd he just has been doing this all year. this is spap,in, trying to slow him down, and there is that relentless effort. ben boulware blitzes. he gets in, as well. hood cannot slow boulware down. but the combination of two defenders, boulware and lawson. they've bn doing it all year for the tigers. andhey come up with maybe the play of the year. >> chris: when you're tired and just trying to hang on, go knock the ball out of the quarterback's handnds. and now with 6:38 to play, wayne gallman. as clemson just tries to get to the finish line here. head home for the pizza pa

another day of practice and press conferences for clemson. nigel: wyff news 4 brad fralick and marc dopher are in south florida. they have more on the tigers' road to the title. brad: back in sunny south florida with marc as the clemson tigers prepare for the big game. we heard from the clemson defensive players and :00 -- and oklahoma offensive players. one thing that really stuck out talked about clemson. almost as if the sooners did not defensive side. marc: it was shocking, especially when youu heard the running backs t tt they are angry about what happened in the a leading bowl, they are tired looked like clemson, they were saying they are clemson, but we are oklahoma. >> they are a good defense, but they have areas where we can expose and, i'm not going to say anything in particular on camera, because i want -- i don't want to be disrespectful. but there are areas. we have to make sure we expose them. marc: we heard one message from the oklahoma offense and a different message from the clemson defense. they seem to understand that the team they saw in the russell athletic bowl

your news starts now. aly: sent home, three clemson tigers will not play tomorrow night after getting in trouble. brad fralick has more, coming up. mike: and exploding hoverboards. possibly the first case that happened in the upstate. why the family was lucky they were home when it happened. aly:'s following breaking traffic news, asheville police report a rockslide has closed part of patton avenue. all lanes of highway 19 and 23 are closed in both directions near i-26 and i to 40. drivers should be prepared for do tours. the road is expected to reopen at around 11:00 a.m. mike: a pedestrian was killed in a wreck this morning. the coroner's office telling us a man died when he was hit by a vehicle on white horse road. the south carolina highway patrol is reporting a wreck on white horse road near west blue troopers say it happened about 1:30 this morning. we are working to get more information on what happened. aly: turning to the weather. across the midwest and south, people are cleaning up from severe weather that continues today. hundreds of homes are underwater in missouri

the case tonight. around 9:00, we learned three clemson players have been sent home from south florida for what is being reported as a failed drug test. they will not play in the orange bowl. dabo swinney will meet with the media first thing tomorrow morning, so we will hear from him on this first thing out of the gate tomorrow. here's what we know. freshman wide receiver deon cain, senior placekicker ammon lakip and junior tight and jay jay mccullough have been sent drug test. clemson will be without them thursday against oklahoma. what does that mean? deon cain has lost some did to a productive receiver. he has become a threat for the team and has contributed a lot. he caught touchdowns in five games. ammon lakip missed the first part of the year due to a drug infraction. since coming back, he has contributed extra points. jay jay mccullough has not played much this year. the untamable make an impact. clemson will miss him on the offensive side. ammon lakip has not made as big of an impact as last year. ammon lakip will be out, then jay jay mccullough has not contributed much

roth has tonight's up, the 3 clemson tigers are in florida. we've got a sneak peek at the college football playoff. plus.. some fort jackson soldiers are getting a taste e of home... without leaving the abc columbia news at eleven. the college football playoff is right around the corner and the clemson tigers have a shot at the national title. the team arrived in miami over the weekend...to prepare for its showdown with fourth-ranked oklahoma. quarterback deshaun watson says this kind. a-b-c 3 columbia is your home for clemson college football playoff coverage. our mike gillespie is in miami. watch for his live reports this week ahead of the tigers' clash with oklahoma new year's eve. treating some fort jackson soldiers to a christmas dinner. soldiers, who were not able to make it back home this christmas, were served a traditional meal tonight with all the fixin's by 'trudy's troops.'about 200 soldiers ate at our lady of the hills catholic church in columbia. family members of the program's founder explain the meaning behind the name. 3 this is the sixth year that 'trudy's troops

college football playoff and clemson's pursuit of a national title. a-b-c columbia's mike gillespie joins us live now from miami where the tigers will take on oklahoma tomorrow like in miami at this hour? 3 eric... we'll have much more on that coming up in columbia sports.3 with the new year right around the corner.... now may be a perfect time to get started in stamp collecting.coming stamps for 20-16. just behind me here at main and gervais... crews have been working to get main street ready to ring in the new year. beginning at seven tomorrow morning... the westbound lanes of the eleven and twelve hundred blocks of gervais street will close.. as well as the 12-and-13 hundred blocks of main street. this year's headliner... five time grammy lauryn hill.the united states postal service unveiled its 2016 line-up of stamps. a highlight of the group is a set of four star trek stamps honoring the original t-v show's 50th anniversary. the star trek stamps show classic icons....the u-s-s enterprise...the starfleet insignia...a crew member being beamed up and a vulcan salute. a-b-c columbi

. which affects the nervous system and all body movement. her parents were huge clemson fans and dreamed of taking their little girl to a game someday. the clemson tiger, pep band and cheerleaders came to them back in october to give the family support. around 40 people gathered piedmont wrote messages on balloons. and let them go. mike: 5:07, dale is back with us, and the rain is going to go away at some point, right? dale: it was coming down last night. we got heavy downpours from yesterday through today. well over an inch of rain over a good bit of the area. as we look out from our various skycam's, we have wet roads as we begin the day. the bulk of this particular line of showers and thunderstorms is pushing to the east affecting the i-77 corridor, charlotte, eastern north carolina. still a few lingering showers in greenville-spartanburg, laurens, cherokee county, union. by late morning, it will be over. we will still be under a flood watch the thursday morning because another round of showers is expected tomorrow morning about this time continuing all they wednesday. we coul

we're now less than 24 hours away from the kick off of the college football playoff and clemson's pursuit of a national title. a-b-c columbia's mike gillespie joins us live now from miami where the tigers will take on oklahoma tomorrow afternoon...the excitement is building here mike...i can intense in miami. 3 a-b-c columbia is asking you to start the new year by saving lives. we're teaming up the red cross and encouraging midlands residents to donate blood at our new year blood drive.with details and more on the importance of donating blood... here's a-b-c been 9 3 he has presidential pedigree but he's behind in the polls. up next we'll look ahead to jeb bush's campaign stop in the midlands. plus the g-o-p front runner rallies supporters in the low country. stay with us for more a-b-c from main and gervais. right now republican presidential candidate jeb midlands. the former florida governor is hosting a meet and greet at hudson's smokehouse barbecue in lexington. a-b-c columbia has a crew at the event. earlier this week...bush said democratic front runner hillary clinton quote

ready for the big game.fox carolina is *live in miami--as the clemson tigers get ready to take on oklahoma! 3 good sunday night - i'm sarah danik. danik. 3 and i'm derek dellinger.thank you for joining us tonight. of the weather with meteorologist ted phaeton.ted? 3 mostly cloudy skies will stick around overnight as scattered showers continue to track across the carolinas. look to see more rain move in monday with highs peaking in the mid likely move in monday night 3 into tuesday.3 3 be sure to wake 3 up bright and early with thee morning news.we've got all the local and national headlines you'll need to know...plus weather and traffic every ten minutes.it's on thee morning news...from five to nine. 3 we begin tonight with two breaking news stories-- 3 the first is out of anderson county. that's where deputies say a dive team is searching the saluda river -- after a car was found in the water. it's in the area of holcome drive. drive.it's not clear, if the car was involved in a wreck *or if anyone was inside it when into the river.as we get more information...we'll bring it to yo

news app. you can download that at the app store for free. >>> clemson's drive for the championship, and head coach dabo swinney confirmed the suspension of deon cain, ammon lakip and jj mccullough were sent them. the coach did not say for what reason. >> others will step up. young people, it's just part of there are consequences for your actions. >> now, let's check in with pete live in south florida with how the suspensions will impact them. >> reporter: amy, swinnai that the mindset is fine but cain is a deep threat. take octavius scott. the game here against oklahoma, looks like he was trapped in the backfield and he ran past three oklahoma defenders. but that is a deep threat. and this year, it would have been deon cain and opens the underneath passing game. scott talked about how important that was to the game, and you get the sense even though he didn't know at this time that cain wouldn't be in anticipating a deep threat would impact that play. >> any time you touch the ball first and score, we go out on the offense, and boom, score the first play. >> reporter: but swinney s

the banks and were unable to find anyone. 3 3 this morning -- the clemson tigers are waking up in miami...today it's a full day of preps to get ready for the orange bowl on new year's eve. fox carolina's sports director aaron cheslock is in florida this morning with a look at what's ahead. 3 yeah guys the tigers take on the sooners in a rematch of last year's russell athletic bowl... one clemson crushed ou 40-6... 40-6... 3 ou "embarrassed" by tigers last yearit's the largest margin of victory for the tigers over a top -25 team in program history... clemson holding oklahoma to just over 100 yards passing, and under 280 in total offense... simply put, complete domination... oklahoma players say they wanted the rematch with clemson... and after watching the game film over and over again in preparation for this year's tigers team, the sooners say they're ready for redemption... redemption... 3 3 "it's like we hope we play clemson cause we got embarrassed last year. and that ain't gonna happen this year, that ain't gonna happen. happen. 3 3 "we don't lose 40-6, you know that's embarra

flooded in landrum- 3 happening now- 3 some reports coming to light that clemson football players may have been sent home from 3 let's get right to sports director aaron cheslock live in florida... aaron what can you tell us. 3 clemson has not commented on reports that three players were sent home for conduct detrimental to the team. clemson will address reports on wednesday morning during the 8:30 a.m. news conference. yeah, we know defensive end shaq lawson will turn pro.. the daniel high alum announced that a couple weeks ago.. but several other players are also scouts..3 3 we'll focus on two... both is the secondary... starting with shutdown cornerback mackensie alexander... who's projected by most draft experts to go in the first round if he decides to leave.. alexander's locked down essentially every receiver he's played this year.. most notably, notre dame star will fuller... then there's jayron kearse... who's arguably the hardest hitter on the team... coming from the safety position to make jaw- dropping tackles virtually on a weekly basis... he's also projected to go in the

from the orange bowl, the clemson tigers are having to make some adjustments three team members have been suspended for allegedly failing a drug test. the road with the team and join us from sun life stadium. the tigers will play one of the most important games in program history tomorrow without three key players. head coach dabo swinney confirmed today that wide receiver deon cain, tight end jay jay mccullough and kicker ammon lakip are suspended from the orange bowl for violating team rules. the biggest loss is cain. the freshman has evolved as one of clemson's best deep threat receivers. cain was the backup to charone peake. swinney says peake will probably play more snaps tomorrow against oklahoma. swinney says the suspensions are not a distraction for the team. "it doesn't affect our team, ya'll may think it does, but it doesn't affect our team. "it doesn't affect our team, ya'll may think it does, but it doesn't affect our team. we had a great practice yesterday. you know, this is just what i do. it's part of my job. when you have 115 guys, young people, you're going to have s

: we're two days and change away from the orange bowl between clemson and oklahoma, and excitement is building from tiger town to miami. players and coaches got a short practice monday, then headed to the beach. clemson defensive players also spoke to the media. they played ten straight weeks getting a little banged up. they say the few days off they've had before getting back on the practice field was much needed. >> that couple days were good for me. i got a nice little cortizon shot, put the medicine right in my shoulder. my shoulder is feeling good. the other thing bothering me was my collarbone. it feels better now. thank, god. it was getting annoying. mike: the defense says it's 100% ready for oklahoma thursday night. before that time, we're helping you prepare for the game with an hour long special called "road to the title." it is airing at 7:00 wednesday night. you can also check out our live wire on wyff4.com. it's a collection of posts about clemson football. aly: to basketball now, south carolina remains the only division one school with both undefeated men's and women's t

clemson boulevard and anderson county still left on the roadan accident and spartanburg to tell you about. south church street and north street, that would still the roadway and one in greenville county on jonesville road in anderson ridge road. on i-26 westbound near the 56 mile marker, you will want to keep that in mind because that has been there for quite some time. couple times on the interstate are looking smooth on i-85 and a smooth drive on 26 and 40. mark lyons was driving earlier this morning, but we are taking all eyes this morning on south florida for the orange bowl between clemson and oklahoma. mike: brad fralick is there with what head coach tebow sweeney has to say. brad: good morning from south florida. it is gameday the clemson tigers and oklahoma sooners play toda at 4:00 in the orange bowl, a national semi-final game. the winner advances to play in arizona for the national championship.. dabo sweeney says his crew is focused and ready to go. >> this isn't the russell athletic bowl. this is the capitol one orange bowl, final four. everybody earned their way here, and we

wheels needs your help.we're live with more details. details.and the clemson tigers could be without three players in tomorrow's bowl game, following reports they were suspended.we're following the latest from south florida, coming up. 3 good morning.... it's wednesday, december 30.i'm lauren elise.... here with nicole papay and chris scott. thanks for joining us on the morning news. 3 morning showers turn 3 to afternoon rain, with heavy downpours likely for the flood watch is in effect until early thursday. highs will make it into the mid-60s. tonight, a few showers linger with lows in the 50s. new year's eve will start with a chance for showers, then dry out with lingering clouds by late day. 3 ((wrap up)) 3 we're watching: 3 accident injurieswhite horse rd @ grove rdaccident injuries hwy 9 @ i-85 north north 3 here's a live look 3 at the s.c.d.o.t. cam on-- 3 3 new this morning.. one person is dead after getting hit by a car on white horse road in greenville.highway patrol says the crash happened around 1:30 this morning near the intersection of white horse and 253.the coroner con

the mvp. nc state falls in this one, 51-28. >>> clemson tigers just a few hours away from kicking off their national city playoff game at the orange bowl. that means one last chance to party hardy before one last game. fans waiting to go cheer for their tigers. >> luke: clemson fans out in full force. there is a ton of orange, a sea of orange, really, kind of redefining the orange bowl. we've seen crazy hats, crazy shoes and a lot of enthusiasm for these clemson tigers. we even met up with a few people they all share the same thing, they hope clemson wins. all the way from the bottom up to the top. >> the last time it was worn before i got it last year, 81 champ yoionionship in the orange bowl. >> luke: they say they're happy to be among all their tiger compatriots. >> my son lives in clemson. i just built a house in clemson so we're there all the time. >> tigers tigers fight, fight, fight. whoo! >> luke: one thing is for certain all of these tigers fans sporting orange will do it again on thursday. i'm luke notestine for news 13 sports. >> stan: clemson basketball tigers hoping to co

also means football and clemson is taking on oklahoma in the big orange bowl. the game kicked off two hours ago. >> it'shalf time now. die hard tigers fans in south florida for a front row seat ahead of the game many fans making themselves at home with the usual tail gating outside of miami garden sun life stadium. 7 news reporter laura thomas is at bar louie in greenville. how are the fans reacting laura. >> as you mentioned it's half time here right n and some of the fans are taking a break but a lot of people are gathered here bar louie as well as other bars and restaurants asthe upstate to watch the now the football team has been preparing pretty hard for the orange bowl but so have the fans today. we stopped by mr. knicker backer in greenville with fans stopping by to buy t-shirts and other gear to get ready for the game. they had a bunch of a c.c. champions and orange bowl t- shirts and even though they didn't make it to florida one fan traveled from philadelphia to greenville to the game on t.v. with friends. ' the only clemson fan in philadelphia it seems like so i get my

expected to be okay. we'll go to rick henry is live in florida today... where the clemson tigers will take on oklahoma in the orange bowl... set to kick off in just a few hours. we're a little under four hours away from the kickoff of the college playoff game between top ranked clemson and the oklahoma the clemson fans are also pretty jacked up about this orange bowl showdown. the parking lots at sun life stadium opened at 10 am and clemson fans quickly flooded the premises. they quickly set up their tents...played hacky sack and preparing to have their pregame feasts. they also lined up to get into the fan fest to enjoy all kinds of entertainment and games. clemson fans have a bowl tradition...they bring what at first looks like funny money....two dollar bills stamped with tiger paws. coming into this year few experts forecasted this grand stage... given the talent the tigers lost to the pros last season. well... clemson surpassed those expectations... to enter the college football playoff... undefeated... and ranked number one in the country. one major contributor to the redshirt so

the players getting ready for it. it's clemson's media day. every clemson player and coach available all at once... so you can imagine it was a little crazy... we've got some good stuff coming up tonight at 10 and 11 from tigers quarterbacks grilling deshaun watson... to offensive linemen doing impressions of coaches... but the tigers say while they're having fun now... they're absolutely focused on thursdays showdown with oklahoma... cornerback mackensie alexander says his they deserve... deserve... 3 3 "we've won plenty of bowl games. we've been knocking on the door for a long time here at clemson. and i don't think as far as brand-wise everybody respects the clemson brand. so, that's going to be big for us to come out here and get this w and win a title because it'll help our brand more because everybody don't really respect clemson." clemson." 3 "we're just really focused on us. they're good cause they're in the top four. and they're at that point. so it's not really focusing on them but us focusing on our job." job." 3 3 and coming up a little later in the four o'clock hour we'r

columbia news at six. we're less than 48 hours away from clemson kicking off in the college football version of the final four. see deshaun a different...off-the-field 3 coming up, we're less than 48 hours away from clemson kicking off in the college football version of the final four. see deshaun watson and the tigers take on a different...off-the-field the game before the game.clemson takes on the media. hi, i'm tim hill. dabo swinney says usually two days before a game he talks to about three media people.the college football playoff semifinal game is a little different. orange bowl media day down in miami...broadcast live on espn throughout the day.tons of attention on thursday afternoon's 4 o'clock kickoff.all that according to dabo. clemson 3 crushing oklahoma to end last season...40 to 6 in the sooners say they're using that big loss as motivation this year.o-u coach bob stoops hopes his team can come out and compete much better thursday. 3 clemson defensive coordinator brent venables left oklahoma to join the tigers.he says the sooners do some different things this year.oklah

of 2016.. coming up. up. 3 it's time to go bowling.the clemson tigers are just hours away from taking on oklahoma in the orange bowl.we're live in florida with a preview 3 good morning.... it's thursday, december 31.i'm lauren elise.... here with nicole papay and chris scott. thanks for joining us on the morning news. 3 happy new year, sydney, australia!they are ringing in 3 mostly cloudy today with a slight chance for a morning shower. highs reach the mid- 60s in the upstate and upper 50s in the mountains. a flood warning remains in place for the french broad, enoree, saluda, and broad rivers until this weekend. slow clearing begins this afternoon and lows drop into the 30s and 40s. dry, seasonably cool weather begins the new year and lasts 3 now lets send it over to the pit crew traffic center. 3 we're watching: watching: 3 here's a live look at the s.c.d.o.t. cam on-- 3 3 3 time to talk some sports... clemson and oklahoma have a chance to go to the national championship... kickoff of the orange bowl is just hours away.. away..sports director aaron cheslock is live for us all mornin

the college football playoff. let's get into it. the nation's number one team, clemson, the clemson tigers. last time we saw clemson, they were beating up on the university of north carolina in the acc title game. clemson's got the participation's longest win streak. 16 games led by heisman finalist desean watson, the quarterback not to mention coach dabo sweeney. he's a colorful character. clemson never trailed in a game in the fourth quarter this year. they might need all four quarts because they're taking on oklahoma. the oklahoma sooners. last time out they absolutely destroyed oklahoma state. oklahoma is the big 12 champions. >> okay. >> seven straight wins since dropping one against texas. a lot of people calling them the most balanced team in the college football playoff. we'll see about that. this is the fifth ever meeting between clemson and oklahoma. they're 2-2. last year, they played in a bowl game. clemson won that one, 40-6. that wasn't even close. yeah. the experts in the desert say oklahoma though are the favorites. moving on, alabama. the only repeat player in this

while. >> tammy: nice to see the sunshine. >>> clemson tigers in the national semi-finals. area >> stan: the wait is over, national playoffs semi-final today. of course the big one in our area, the orange bowl clemson against oklahoma. clemson, despite being number one, the underdog in this one. tigers had a pass intercepted in the end zone right before the half. baker mayfield great, too. we'll have highlights and reaction tonight at 11. the other semi-final game tonight indallas, alabama versus michigan state. that's at 8 o'clock. >>> our game changer, of course, the big game in south carolina. fort lauderdale is the place to be for clemson fans. >> luke: thousands of clemson and oklahoma fans walking around, eating, having beverages game. it's been a fun experience for everybody involved. we caught up with fans from western north carolina to get their perspective. everywhere. what sort of goeshrough your mind? >> it makes you feel you're at a home game. >> we go to the clemson games, all the home games. we're used to all the orange. but what really excites us is to i think we

approaches. approaches.clemson fans today is the day!we are **live in **miami as the clemson tigers get ready for the orange bowl. 3 3 we only have a few hours left until the end of 2015. i'm live in downtown greenville with how you can participate in a family fun event. 3 good morning.... it's thursday, december 31i'm lauren elise, with traffic reporter chris scott and meteorologist nicole papay. 3 mostly cloudy today with a slight chance for a morning shower. highs reach the mid- 60s in the upstate and upper 50s in the mountains. a flood warning remains in place for the french broad, enoree, saluda, and broad rivers until this weekend. slow clearing begins this afternoon and lows drop into the 30s and 40s. dry, seasonably cool weather begins the new year and lasts through the weekend. 3 ((wrap up)) 3*********hold****** *********hold******we're watching this in the pit crew traffic center.southgate dr @ sc hwy 295deer accidents church st ext @ north st styou are looking live at: 3 the countdown is almost over -- the countdown 3 the countdown is almost over -- not for the new year b

three clemson football players have been sent home from the orange bowl for failing drug tests.clemson has not commented on those reports...but head coach dabo swinney is expected to address them this morning during the team's morning news conference. that's at 8:30 and we will bring you updates live on air.meanwhile -- the 13 and oh clemson tigers-- have a chance to go to the national championship if they can slow down oklahoma in miami tomorrow night.sports director aaron cheslock is standing by in south florida with one of the guys tasked with defending the oklahoma offense, aaron? 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 33 3 when you talk about enfnfcers in the secondary.. there's arguably no one on the field on thursday that's as impactful as jayron kearse the clemson safety. and jayron, thanks for taking some time with us. when you look at this oklahoma matchup you're going against some talented wide seen them all pret much before. how much does that help you in preparation?that helps me a lot. they have the same guys they had from last year. maybe a few guys who've stepped up this year. but it definite

clemson bowl is kick off for the 3 kick off for the orange bowl is just hours away--as clemson and oklahoma sqaure off for a chance to go to the national championship. championship.let's bring in sports director aaron cheslock who's live for us all morning in south florida.. and aaron -- a lot of trash talk getting thrown around right? 3 yeah, we've heard it from several players.. but the most recent came from clemson cornerback mackensie alexander... who's projected pick...3 the tigers corner locking down essentially every number one receiver he's faced this year.. most notably notre dames will fuller.. last season he only gave up 20 completions total.. this season, alexander's given up only 11 receptions... total.. they've played 12 games.. so that's less than a catch per game... o-u's sterling shepards no or sanity receiver though.. 79 rec., more than 12- hundred and 11 touchdowns... so when alexander was asked about his thoughts on the sooner receiver.. you'd expect to hear: he's a great player or a big challenge.. dabo swinney says that.. but not the tigers corner... 3 3 3 3 3

clemson fans and dreamed of taking her to again someday. the clemson tiger fans and cheerleaders went back in october to give the family support. about 40 people gathered yesterday at her house and wrote messages on the linens and let them go. christmas may be over, but you have time to give back this holiday season. mike: wyff news 4 has teamed up for the holiday sunshine fund. every dollar donated goes to helping someone in need in the aly: the donations totaled 18,600 $23 yesterday, and that gives us a grand total of 89,000 . if you'd like to help, send your gift to po box 1688, greenville, south carolina, 29 602 or give online at www.wyff4.com. look for the holiday sunshine fund on her homepage. dale joining us again. rain. dale: we will get a break this afternoon with more rain coming in tomorrow. it seems like when we get rain, we get lots of it. as we take a look, but roads across the upstate this morning from the shops at greenwich. -- green bridge. here is a quick look at what live super doppler 4 hd is picking up right now. we are starting to get a break in northeastern

say it happened around 1:30 this morning. no other information has been released. mike: also, clemson will be without three players for thursday's game. >> and almost destroyed the house. aly: a christmas present starts it is not the first toy to make such a mess. mike: we begin with dale and the rain. dale: one more day of it. today may not be quite as heavy as yesterday, but it will not take as much to cause problems because the ground is saturated, creeks are full, so they could lead to localized flooding and ponding of water on roads. the flood watch continues until early tomorrow morning because of that potential of more heavy downpours causing problems. thunderstorms this afternoon. 66 for the upstate high, for the mountains, 64 and scattered showers. cooler weather is coming. mike: thank you. we are giving you a live look at -- actually, this is only greenwood under close watch. aly: officials in newberry lake yesthey say the lake is in high water condition. the water will flow into the saluda river and eventually into lake murray. the lake at greenwood was never in danger of c

exciting, isn't it? there's a big time local connection. clemson taking on oklahoma in the orange bowl. >> larry: luke notestine joins us live from fort lauderdale, >> luke: hey, larry and tammy. the excitement is palpable. and right now it's hard for the clemson fans to be anything but excited and happy. head coach dabo swinney there in the white shirt. he looks pleased. he should be. they've been very good on all sides of the ball. really, there's a lot to look forward to because it's new year's eve coming up tomorrow. we're in miamii and one of the most fan-friendly cities. within minutes, we were able to find a ton of clemson fans. some were tossing the football as they a lot of times do on the beach. some were tossing the frisbee and some were just chilling. >> i was born and raised a clemson fan. no other fan to be but a clemson% fan. >> luke: so you've been a fan since you can remember? >> exactly. >> every week it gets better and better and better. watson is awesome. he's like steel. he doesn't get shakin' up. he's an awesome, awesome young man. >> luke: well this clemson

be exempt from clemson >>> good evening folks. we are still excited and now maybe more excitedhever now that we've seen todd and oklahoma meetinw the media for the final time before they go on theituesday. >> the tigers and s in a bowl game for the second time this year andtime with much more on the line. todd summers has that story of a tigers star that's providing inspirati the team this season. >> diane coming into the season mike williams wa slated to be the tigers top wide receiver. he was coming off of a year with over 1,000-yards receiving and six touchdowns. biaoof this season everything changed. on this four yard touchdown catch whehis neck hit the base of the field goal post breaking a small bone. williams has not played since. this is a magical season for clemson playing for a national title. how hard has it been for you to be able to be a part of it but not be on the field the way you thought when the season started? teammates go out there undefeated number eantnation in the play offs. you want to be a part of that and have fun with them. >> how have they supportededou a

. next. >>> welcome back to wach fox news. the clemson tigers made the oklahoma sooners in the orange bowl this thursday on new year's eve. the two actually battled last but according to it the sooners, they will be putting up much of a fight. >> i wanted to play clemson. last year. i said last year i wanted to play clemson. we hope we play clemson because we got embarrassed last year. and it ain't going to happen this year. >> 40-6-complete domination by clemson in last year russell at lettic bowl. the large -- athletic bowl. the largest victory. >> embarrassment. >> that's embarrassing to anybody. that's getting dug. that's embarrassing. that looks like we weren't even in the game. like we didn't snow up. and with had you watch the game, that's what it looks like. so we're definitely ready to go back out here so we can play. >> we haven't been embarrassed ever like that. to perform, you know, at that level, was, you know, that's being as blunt as you can be. so, you know, that kind of struck a cord right then and there. >> reporter: ou remembers the feeling well. each open wound sti

clemson tigers just a few hours away from kicking off their national semifinal playoff game at the orange bowl and that means one last chance to party hardy before the game. luke notestine found some local clemson fans who are in good cheer waiting to to cheer for their tigers. thanks, clemson fans are out in full force the at tap 42 in fort lauderdale. there is a ton of orange, a sea of orange, redefining the orange bowl. we've seen crazy hats, shoes, and a lot of enthusiasm from these tigers. we even met w few people from western north carolina. all of them hope clemson wins thursday.some clemson fans take the orange bowl literally. -----------"go tigers! oops, i'm losing my oranges!" -------------other fans like to show off their tiger pride all the way from the bottom, 'painted those tiger paws on' up to the top. dean cox -clemson fan from greenville, "the last time it was 3 3 3 3 thursday. have a great thursday. 3 carolina panthers quarterback cam newton is a father! he made the big reveal on social media last night. speculation had been swirling around newton and his longtime

as clemson attempts to put the icing on what has been a history-making season, three clemson players will not be suiting up for the big game in miami this thursday. sports reporter joe gorchow is in miami covering the tigers, he joins us live now by phone. joe, what do we know right now? wis will continue to stay with this story throughout the night, and bring you the tune into news 10 sunrise for more. our orange bowl coverage will continue live from miami starting at 4 tomorrow it's still a warm night out there in the midlands...and more rain is expected to be on the way. meteorologist ben tanner has your overnight forecast expect more showers and occasional thunderstorms wednesday as another area of low pressure approaches the region. your rain chance jumps to 90% with 1" rain totals possible. the new year's eve rain chance falls to 50% during the day and then down to 30% that night. new year's day will be partly cloudy with only a slight chance of showers and a touch cooler temperatures. the first weekend in january will be dry and partly cloudy. some new faces on the col

veterinarian to be the orange bowl has started and clemson fans are on the edge of their seats. the game is on espn. joe gorchow reports from florida. a sea of orange invades south beach to ring in the new year. clemson fans turning sun life stadium in miami... into their own death valley... take sot "when you're 13-0 and have a team like clemson and a coach like dabo you can't help but follow them." oklahoma's played in more orange bowls than any program in the nation... so there fans feel like the sooners run this city. take sot "we're the miami sooners. we own this place. we're the miami sooners we're not intimidated by these people. we own this place. we live here. they're the intruders." wouldn't you know... tigers fans feel differently. "40-6. hey.. .i tell them like drake... we're going back to back. back to back." as fans party on to celebrate this grand stage... they enjoyed a fan fest set up right inside the parking lot. music festive music all around... even some performed by just regular people... on the karokee mic. music one family soaking in the experience... the pare

around. around.the clemson tigers work to keep their winning streak alive.fox carolina is in miami as the team is just days away from the orange bowl. 3 good morning.... it's monday, december 28.i'm lauren elise...here with nicole papay. thanks for joining us on the morning news. 3 let's take a live look at the fog over i-85 here in 3 showers and fog linger early in the day, with morning temperatures in the 50s and 60s. expect a few daytime showers to continue with overcast skies, and highs reaching the mid to upper 60s. tonight, heavy rain pushes in with lows in the 50s. mild temperatures and a few showers continue on tuesday, with heavier rara by midweek. 3 over to lauren with traffic. 3 in buncombe county -- one person was hit by a car.it's at long shoals road and brevard road.no word on injuries but we're working to get more information.a crash in cherokee county should be in the clearing stages.it's at logan street at limestone street near the upstate carolina medical center.no one was hurt.and a crash in greenville county.it's on i-85 south bound near exit 42.no word on injuries

the college football play offs and the day clemson fans have been waiting for plenty of tiger faithful to watch the team take on oklahoma and the orange bowl. fans getting ready earlier today but tail gating and hanging out at fan fest. the teams kicked off about an hour ago. >>> for the many fans that couldn't make the trip they are watching the game at home with their family or at watch parties. >> we are at bar louie where there are a few fans gathered to watch. >> thisih oof the fans are wat the game this afternoon. therbea lot of cheers so there must be good things going on. we can't show you the highlight lights because it is on right now. many fans traveled to south florida but some drove just as far to be able to watch the game ncontinue with their friends. preparing for the orange bowl fans have had their fair share work too. >> drove from philadelphia to hang with my buddies. >> jeff drove hundreds of miles. >> i'm the only clemson fan in philadelphia it seems like so i get my fair share of abuse but i'm not watching it with anybody else, not this game. >> he stocked

clemson tigers are just hours away from taking on oklahoma in the orange bowl.we're live in florida with a preview 3 good morning.... it's thursday, december 31.i'm lauren elise.... here with nicole papay and chris scott. thanks for joining us on the morning news. 3 mostly cloudy today with a slight chance for a morning shower. highs reach the mid- 50s in the mountains. a flood warning remains in place for the french broad, enoree, saluda, and broad rivers until this weekend. slow clearing begins this afternoon and lows drop into the 30s and 40s. dry, seasonably cool weather begins the new year and lasts through the weekend. 3 ((wrap up)) 3 let's send it over to chris with traffic. 3 we're watching:i-85 business north@ exit 4 4 3 3 here's a live look at the c.d.o.t. cam on-- 3 3 3 clemson fans.. the big day is from the tigers taking on oklahoma in the orange bowl... 3 sports director aaron cheslock joins us live in fort lauderdale with a first look at the matchup... and aaron, it's been a much needed break for clemson players right? 3 yeah, maybe the most remarkable thing about the