Alabama tames Clemson to win NCAA football title

Watson finished 30 of 47 for 405 yards and four TD passes with 20 carries for 73 yards against the Crimson Tide on Monday.

Typically by the end of January, Saban said Tuesday, the Tide will begin offseason weightlifting and conditioning while concentrating on their academic responsibilities. “It’s 60 minutes of the game and then the 10 minutes in the locker room after the game that you remember for the rest of your life, and what you accomplish actually even transcends your life because they put a plaque up that this team won the national championship”.

Auburn came out on the losing end of this one thanks to the efforts of Jameis Winston, Kelvin Benjamin and the rest of the Florida State Seminoles. He’s the rare talent who had five games with 300 or more yards passing and five games with 100 yards or more rushing.

Alabama’s O.J. Howard catching one of his two touchdown receptions.

Coincidentally, it was his first game coaching in Arizona since his last game as USC coach. He also did not have any touchdowns at all.

Coker transferred from FSU to Alabama in 2014.

For the Tigers, Renfrow caught seven passes for 88 yards and two touchdowns, Charone Peake had six catches for 99 yards and Leggett hauled in five passes for 78 yards and a touchdown.

The defense has veered away from the 340-pound space hoggers in the middle, relying on swifter, smaller defenders to better deal with fast-paced offenses like Clemson and dual-threat quarterbacks like Deshaun Watson.

His performance was reminiscent of Vince Young’s dramatic effort in leading Texas past USC in the 2006 Rose Bowl for a national title. With ten minutes left into the game, the Tigers attempted the on-side kick, hoping to keep the ball.

After this play, the Crimson Tide attacked offensively. He threw for 4,109 yards and 35 touchdowns and rushed for 1,105 yards and 12 touchdowns.

The Tigers had a school record 17-game winning streak entering Monday’s night’s game with Alabama and have won 37 in a row over unranked teams.

Player of the game: O.J. Howard: Alabama’s tight end had 394 receiving yards all year before accounting for 208 against Clemson.

Several Alabama defensive players celebrated Monday night’s win over Clemson in the College Football Playoff national championship game. But Saban will remain their coach in one way or another whether they are in Tuscaloosa or elsewhere in the fall of 2016.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) – Nick Saban is a creature of habit, waking at dawn like usual the morning after corralling his latest national championship.

Saban tied Frank Leahy for the second-most Associated Press coaching titles, plus a BCS crown at LSU.