[Watch Live] ALABAMA VS CLEMSON NCCAF-2017
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| ALABAMA VS CLEMSON |
It’s on, baby.
The rematch — the one that everybody wanted one year ago when the Alabama Crimson Tide escaped with the crown in the NCAA finale — is on.
The top-two teams in the country for the better part of the last 18 months are back to meet Monday night in the College Football Playoff National Championship Game in Tampa, Fla (8 p.m. ET, TSN).
No. 1 Alabama versus the No. 2 Clemson Tigers.
A heavyweight bout, to be sure.
"These are the two best teams,” Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney said Saturday at the CFP Media Day. “And to be honest with you, I don't think there's another team out there that's capable of beating Alabama. I think we're probably the only team that has a chance.
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“We've got a solid chance. But we've got to go toe to toe. Whoever is (Muhammad) Ali, whoever is (Joe) Frazier, it's two great guys battling it out."
Sweeney’s not wrong, mainly because his then-No. 1 Tigers did go toe-to-toe with the then-No. 2 Crimson Tide a year ago.
In case you missed it, ‘Bama beat Clemson 45-40 in last year’s title fight in Glendale, Ariz.
It was a contest that saw the Tigers get a superb game from Heisman Trophy finalist Deshaun Watson, the dual-threat quarterback best suited among all NCAA pivots to beat the Tide, only to fall to a big-game team.
It was rare to see Alabama not completely dominate when it counts most, which is why Swinney & Co. have an edge heading into this edition of the CFP National Championship Game.
They’ve been here before.
They’ve seen this before.
And they know they can hang with the vaunted Tide.
Plus there’s that redemption thing which kicks in for Clemson, especially for those Tigers — Watson included — who won’t be back for a third kick at the cat if such a thing against Alabama is in the cards.
This is Clemson’s best shot — and maybe only one — at taking down the Tide and claiming the NCAA crown.
Trouble is Alabama, gunning for its fifth championship in eight seasons, probably won’t get that memo.
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