Several Congresspeople Honored Alabama By Screaming ‘Roll Tide’ On The House Floor

Two plays later, Coker had Howard an easy, wide-open strike over the middle; his second long touchdown catch of the half against a coverage bust in the Clemson secondary.

After Watson and walk-on Hunter Renfrow hooked up for two touchdown passes to give Clemson a 14-7 lead at the end of the first quarter, Henry tied it up with a 1-yard plunge.

The Alabama head coach will meet with players on Wednesday to offer guidance on whether draft-eligible players should leave for the NFL Draft. “And I felt like if we didn’t do something … we wouldn’t have a chance to win”. “It was just a great feeling to get in the end zone again”. The feeling that you get being associated with a group like this makes you want to do it more. A nine-play, 60-yard drive was finished off by Wayne Gallman’s 1-yard run putting the Tigers ahead 24-21 in the third. He called for an onside kick called Pop Kick from Adam Griffith and Alabama defensive back Marlon Humphrey caught it over the shoulder at midfield. Easy practice, hard game.’ I told the big guys that if they didn’t rush and run to the ball every time, you’re going to die in the game, because this is how we have to play.

Quarterback Jake Coker and tight end O.J. Howard played pitch-and-catch, combining for two long touchdown pass plays and another that almost resulted in a score.

After Watson rallied the Tigers to a field goal to answer Howard’s touchdown, it was Kenyan Drake’s turn to make his mark in the national championship. On Monday, he finished with two. “It’ll get me more involved in the offense”. Saban reiterated his concern for the health of the bowl system in the playoff era, and the health of the players involved who are now playing up to 15 games. The team is loaded with young talent and good coaching. “He’s improved his blocking”. For the championship game alone, Howard had 208 receiving yards and from five receptions, had two touchdowns.

Clemson marched down the field for a quick field goal, and were by no means out of the game.

The onside kick call took guts, but had it been unsuccessful, Saban and his staff would have been second-guessed. Alabama pulled away from Texas for Saban’s first title to end the 2009 season.

Henry posted 158 well-earned yards and three touchdowns to place a cap on his triumphant season.

And now that the time has come to start speculating about next year, it will be easy for Swinney to back up that promise.

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.

“You’ll see us in in Tampa next year”, he said.

“Coach Swinney said, there was a few plays that we didn’t really capitalize on, and I missed some throws, we dropped some balls, and just had some missed miscues”, Watson said. I thought that the crowd was awesome tonight. Clemson may have lost on the scoreboard and didn’t win the really nice trophy, but they won over many college football fans’ respect that night.