About two-months ago, I don’t think anyone in the college football world believed Clemson would actually go on to win a National Championship, especially against a team like Alabama.
Back on November 12th, the Tigers dropped a 43-42 decision to Pitt after a last second field goal sunk the Tigers on their home field. It was an outcome many thought was in the making for Clemson given the way they played with fire seemingly the entire year. Sure they had their signature wins against the likes of Florida State and Louisville but college football fans and talking heads alike weren’t ready to forget those close calls against Troy to start the season and NC State on October 15th.