Road to 17

It will go down as one of the greatest championship games of all-time.

Deshaun Watson threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to Hunter Renfrow with a second left to play, and Clemson rallied to upset Alabama, 35-31, to win the College Football Playoff Championship in Tampa on Monday night.

The momentum that Bo Scarbrough picked up in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl carried over to the first half of the national championship game. The sophomore running back carried the ball 12 times for 76 yards and two touchdowns against Clemson...

Top-ranked Alabama and No. 2 Clemson are set to rematch in the College Football Playoff championship game on Monday night in Tampa.

Colorado had one of the nation's best turnarounds this season and it earned head coach Mike MacIntyre multiple coach of the year awards. MacIntyre didn't play Alabama or Clemson this season, but he was in the Georgia Dome for the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl to receive the Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year trophy and got a chance to see the Crimson Tide in person...

The 2015 college football season ended with Alabama and Clemson competing in one of the most memorable national championship games in college football history. The 2016 season will conclude with Alabama and Clemson once again facing off to see who will be crowned the national champions of college football...

There aren't many questions that surround a football team that's reeled off 26 straight wins and will play in its second straight championship game, but there is a hint of uncertainty surrounding the offense. That's what comes with a coaching change one week before the final game of the season...

Alabama co-defensive coordinator and outside linebackers coach Tosh Lupoi doesn't get many chances to speak to the media. The second year assistant coach was available on Saturday at the College Football Playoff championship game media days and Ryan Folwer sat down with him for a few minutes to talk about the team's preparation for Clemson...

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...

It was a rare scene at media days in Tampa on Saturday. If you followed the largest contingent of media and cameras, you would have wound up at the stage of Steve Sarkisian rather than Nick Saban.