Wednesday in the Cheez-It Bowl turnovers doomed the Cyclones as 19th ranked Clemson edged Iowa State 20-13.
In other bowl action: Maryland crushed Virgina Tech 54-10 in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl and 16th ranked Oklahoma beat 14th ranked Oregon 47-32 under Bob Stoops in the Valero Alamo Bowl.
Thursday is another full slate of bowl games. At 10:30 on ESPN North Carolina and South Carolina play in Duke’s Mayo Bowl, at 2:00 on ESPN the TransPerfect Music City Bowl features Tennessee and Purdue, at 6;00 on ESPN 12th ranked Pittsburgh plays 10th ranked Michigan State in the Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl and at 9:30 on ESPN Wisconsin faces Arizona in the SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl.