The neat part about the bowl prep is that a lot of it happens without the “distraction” of classes. The days are free from going to and from the big buildings on campus and knocking out lectures and exams and study halls and the like. Teams can still only spend four hours a day and 20 hours a week on football.

There’s plenty of free time and the most sage players, the veterans who have gone through that before and most likely realized afterward they did’t use it to the fullest, are wise enough to use it to the fullest. Keith Tandy is one such veteran.

A noted wiz in the film room, the senior cornerback, who is now two-time first-team all-Big East, has figured out the Clemson offense. Doesn’t mean he’s going to stop the Tigers, but it means he’s seen enough to figure out what they like to do and that he’ll have some premonitions on the field Wednesday night.

“Usually the first couple of times, the first two or three times they’re in a situation, they might run something different,” Tandy said. “When everything gets tight and all the fire is flying, they run what you see on film.”

Clemson has the best offense WVU has seen this season with an all-ACC quarterback and a first-team All-American receiver and tight end. It appears the Tigers will have one more weapon at their disposal …

Clemson’s second-leading receiver, DeAndre Hopkins, joined the team Wednesday. Hopkins was in a car accident Tuesday on his way to the bus that took the Tigers to the airport for the flight to Fort Lauderdale. He sustained a minor concussion and attended practice Thursday.

“I think he’s going to be fine,’’ Swinney said. “Very, very lucky that he was not seriously injured. Just scary. I think he’s really thankful that he’s OK. Not many people would walk away from that wreck. He ran today and moved around a little bit. … I expect him to play.’’

WVU’s defenders have just as mush respect for Hopkins as they do All-American Sammy Watkins.

Also, news this morning of a fatal shooting at a Miami Beach night club. Mansion is three miles from the Fontainbleu. It was after 4 a.m., so I don’t want to put players in any peril at that time of night — that is to say, I don’t think curfew breakers will break curfew like that; I’m not trying to be dramatic.

But still, if your head isn’t on straight, things can happen, which is why Dana Holgorsen is serious about this curfew business.

Practce is at 2:30 p.m. today and I’ll be following this guy to get to Barry University.