It's almost the middle of January 2017 and the 2016 college football season ends tonight with Alabama and Clemson meeting on ESPN to decide the national championship. The same teams faced off last year, so I'm interested in seeing if we get a different outcome. It won't bother me to see the Tide get knocked off, but if there's any college team that looks like it can't be beaten, it would be Alabama. Offense, defense, special teams, coaching - it's hard to pin down an area in which they appear vulnerable.
College Football News predicts Alabama will win 26-17, and a game that closely matched would be fun to watch. We'll see if Clemson has what it takes to pull off an upset.
UPDATE 9:00 PM: Alabama started the game looking like the dominant team. Clemson finally started playing better on offense and defense in the second quarter and narrowed a 14-0 Alabama lead to 14-7 at the half.
UPDATE 11:30 PM: This was a classic, with the lead changing hands three times late in the fourth quarter. Clemson scored to go ahead for the first time 28-24. Alabama immediately drove for a touchdown to go back in front 31-28. Finally, Clemson scored on a short TD pass to regain the lead 35-31 with one second remaining in the game.
Clemson has shown Texas A&M and the rest of the SEC West teams what it takes to beat Alabama. Maybe Kevin Sumlin was taking notes.
College Football News predicts Alabama will win 26-17, and a game that closely matched would be fun to watch. We'll see if Clemson has what it takes to pull off an upset.
UPDATE 9:00 PM: Alabama started the game looking like the dominant team. Clemson finally started playing better on offense and defense in the second quarter and narrowed a 14-0 Alabama lead to 14-7 at the half.
UPDATE 11:30 PM: This was a classic, with the lead changing hands three times late in the fourth quarter. Clemson scored to go ahead for the first time 28-24. Alabama immediately drove for a touchdown to go back in front 31-28. Finally, Clemson scored on a short TD pass to regain the lead 35-31 with one second remaining in the game.
Clemson has shown Texas A&M and the rest of the SEC West teams what it takes to beat Alabama. Maybe Kevin Sumlin was taking notes.
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