We're down to two.
And, boy, they both look impressive.
Top-ranked
Clemson and No. 2 Alabama will face off in the desert for the national
championship after dominating wins in the College Football Playoff
semifinals Thursday. The Tigers romped in the second half for a 37-17
win over No. 4 Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl, followed by an even more
dominating performance in which the Crimson Tide thumped Michigan State
38-0 in the Cotton Bowl.
The Jan. 11 title game in Glendale,
Arizona, matches a high-scoring Clemson offense led by quarterback
Deshaun Watson against Nick Saban's latest dominating defense at
Alabama, which limited the Spartans to 239 yards.
There's
another story line to the title game. Clemson coach Dabo Swinney is an
Alabama alumnus who played on the Tide's 1992 national championship
team.
Now, he's going
against the greatest coach of this generation. Saban has won three
national titles in the last six years at Alabama, to go along with a BCS
title at LSU.
Clemson and
Alabama will be playing for the first time since 2008, when Alabama won
34-10 in a game that signaled the Tide's return to national prominence
under Saban
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