Clemson Tigers

After all the debate about the playoffs last month, we've ultimately wound up with the matchup we all expected before the season. No. 1 Alabama and No. 2 Clemson will play once again for the national championship on Monday night.

The Alabama fans that made the trip to New Orleans to watch the Crimson Tide take on the Clemson Tigers started the new year with a Sugar Bowl celebration.

Monday night in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome saw the best performance of the year by the Alabama defense and it was highlighted by junior Da'Ron Payne's MVP effort.

The No. 4-ranked University of Alabama football team defeated No. 1-ranked Clemson, 24-6, Monday night in the 84th Allstate Sugar Bowl at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, La.

Alabama defensive coordinator Jeremy Pruitt will finish out his duties with the Tide before heading to Tennessee to become the head coach, and he met with reporters on Friday to talk about that as well as Clemson.

Worlds will be colliding on Saturday night when Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney makes an appearance at Bryant-Denny Stadium for an Alabama regular season game.

If Alabama pull off its second straight national championship over Clemson on Monday, they might have former quarterback Blake Sims to thank.
The 2014 SEC Champion is in Tampa after signing a practice squad contract with the Bucs and stopped by Audio Avenue to talk about this year's Alabama team…

Outside of the players on stage at national championship media days on Saturday, Alabama running back Bo Scarbrough might have been the most popular player inside Amalie Arena.
A week after breaking out for a school bowl record 180 yards rushing in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, media from around the co…

When the Alabama football team left Tuscaloosa on Friday morning, winter weather was moving in and the temperature was in the low 30s. When they stepped off the plane at the Tampa International Airport, the weather was about 40 degrees warmer and the sun peeked through the clouds.
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The top-ranked Alabama football team continued practice indoors, working two hours in full pads at the Hank Crisp Indoor Facility.
 
Thursday was the third of five practices before Monday’s College Football Playoff National Championship in Tampa, Fla...