The 2016-17 college football season was a tremendous, non-stop run of incredible action. But now that it's over, can we go ahead and start the 2017 season already?
If only.
Sadly, it will be almost seven months until we have meaningful games again—unless you put a lot of stock in spring football, and if so, good on you. But if not, it's going to be a while before this wonderful sports has anything awesome to discuss. That is, ...
TAMPA, Fla. — An hour after it all went down, after the thrilling, game-winning drive and the magical moment eight years in the making, Dabo Swinney was sitting in quiet reflection while waiting for a live television spot.
He sat in a small chair with his orange sweatshirt soaked from a congratulatory water dunking and his orange hat with the white Clemson "C" pulled down low near his eyes. There were grass stains on the knees of ...
For the second straight year, we're coming off an Alabama-Clemson championship game. For the second straight year, we're trying to recover from an instant classic.
The only thing that's changed is the champion.
Deshaun Watson's historic night ended with a game-winning touchdown pass to Hunter Renfrow with one second remaining, giving the Tigers a 35-31 win over Alabama. Watson finished with 420 passing yards and four total touchdowns. He has more than 900 total yards and eight ...
Hyperbole runs rampant in sports, but there's a realistic argument that only one quarterback could overcome the 2016 season's edition of the Alabama Crimson Tide defense.
Monday night, in a thrilling fourth-quarter rally, he did.
Deshaun Watson guided the Clemson Tigers to a 35-31 victory over the reigning champions, throwing a go-ahead touchdown to Hunter Renfrow with a single second remaining in the game.
For the second straight year, Watson shredded the Alabama defense. He finished the national ...
Alabama could not complete college football's first 15-0 season as they fell to Clemson 35-31 in Tampa, Florida, on Monday night.
The Crimson Tide allowed a touchdown pass from Deshaun Watson to Hunter Renfrow with one second to go in the game and could not secure back-to-back national titles.
It was the first CFP National Championship game loss in head coach Nick Saban's career, and it was the first time in 10 seasons that one of his Alabama ...
TAMPA, Fla. — It will never be the same, you know. It can't be after that.
Not after they conquered the unconquerable. Not after writing a defining final chapter in a dazzling two-year epic. Not after transforming into a football goliath, right there and then, in the closing moments of one of the greatest games the sport has seen.
The confetti drenched the Clemson Tigers for the second consecutive year, this time for all the right reasons. ...
Dabo Swinney and Deshaun Watson are national champions. If their postgame comments are any indication, they're not going to let anyone forget it.
Swinney was the more boisterous of the two, with the Clemson coach calling out members of the press who didn't believe his Tigers could match up physically with Alabama.
"The last question before the game was, 'How are you gonna block these guys?' Like we're chopped liver," Swinney told reporters after Clemson's 35-31 win over ...
Deshaun Watson fell short of upsetting Alabama a year ago. The Crimson Tide put him through a ringer again Monday, including a hit so hard he did a 720-degree spin.
This time, however, Watson would not be denied.
The Clemson quarterback threw for 420 yards, added 43 on the ground and was responsible for four touchdowns on his way to winning offensive MVP honors in the Tigers' 35-31 win over Alabama.
Ben Boulware was named defensive MVP. The ...
The Clemson Tigers avenged last year's defeat in the national title game by toppling the Alabama Crimson Tide 35-31 on Monday night in the College Football Playoff National Championship at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.
Tigers quarterback Deshaun Watson couldn't have written a better ending to his college career, throwing a touchdown pass to Hunter Renfrow with one second remaining. ESPN shared a replay of the game-winning score:
Watson finished with 420 yards and three touchdowns ...
Clemson earned its first national title since 1981 with a 35-31 upset win over Alabama on Monday.
ESPN College Football provided a look at head coach Dabo Swinney after the win:
The Tigers' Twitter account showed the team celebrating the victory:
The College Football Playoff account added some more fun shots of the players:
Swinney discussed the key to the game afterwards, per Bonnie Bernstein of Campus Insiders:
Linebacker Ben Boulware was especially excited to give credit to those who ...