By Robby General and Josh Roller | @rgeneraljr @Roller_01 SAN JOSE, Calif. – For the third time in four years, Alabama and Clemson will meet in the College Football Playoff National Championship game. The teams split their previous two championship meetings, with Alabama winning in 2016 and Clemson in 2017. Alabama holds a 2-1 advantage …
Read MoreBy Josh Roller | @Roller_01 Sports Capital Journalism Program SAN JOSE, Calif. — Clemson will be without All-American defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence for the College Football Playoff National Championship game against Alabama on Monday night. Clemson athletic director Dan Radakovich said last Thursday that the NCAA confirmed that Lawrence and two other Tigers, Braden Galloway …
Read MoreJosh Roller | @Roller_01 Editor’s note: Sports Capital Journalism Program student Josh Roller, writing for Newsday, discusses the familiarity Alabama and Clemson share as they prepare to meet in the national championship for the third time in four years at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara. Read the full story here.
Read MoreBefore Clemson’s Deshaun Watson stuck one final imaginary arrow in his bow, the signature celebration in a remarkable college career that ended with the last-second victory over Alabama, I looked up at the scoreboard and then looked around at the record 74,512 fans in attendance at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa. “I did it,” I …
Read MoreBy Tyler Fenwick | @Ty_Fenwick Sports Capital Journalism Program TAMPA, Fla. — And they say sequels aren’t as good. The 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship Presented by AT&T will be remembered as the game Deshaun Watson and the Clemson Tigers got back at the Alabama Crimson Tide for beating them in the same game …
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