No. 1 Alabama wins national title 52-24 over No. 3 Ohio St

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By RALPH D. RUSSO

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — DeVonta Smith was uncoverable, Najee Harris unstoppable and Mac Jones impeccable. With a performance that was both surgical and explosive, No. 1 Alabama won the College Football Playoff national championship game 52-24 against No. 3 Ohio State on Monday night.

The final game of a college football season in a pandemic, a season that was uncertain to be played in the summer and filled with disruptions in the fall, ended in the most predictable fashion: Alabama (13-0) as national champion for the sixth time in the last 12 years under coach Nick Saban.

For Saban, it was career title No. 7 overall, breaking a tie with Alabama great Paul “Bear” Bryant for the most by a major college coach.

Ohio State (7-1) just couldn’t keep up. Justin Fields, playing what might be his last game before heading to the NFL, passed for 194 yards and a touchdown. Whether Fields was 100% after taking a brutal hit to the side during his brilliant semifinal performance against Clemson was hard to know for sure.



Alabama wide receiver John Metchie III, left, congratulates wide receiver DeVonta Smith, after Smith scored a touchdown against Ohio State during the first half of an NCAA College Football Playoff national championship game, Monday, Jan. 11, 2021, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)


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[RDANGELO]

1. More AFLAC comercials for Nick Saban.

[walkingman]

2. Roll Tide! I hope Sark brings the magic to UT-Austin in the coming years.

Sabans wins 7th National Championship, surpassing Bear Bryant (6).

[Buckeye_Democrat]

3. Never really close even when it was tied early-on.

Per my "eye test" anyway.

Congrats to Alabama!

[stonecutter357]

4. RTR !

[C Moon]

5. In a strange year for sports.

[oldsoftie]

6. OSU should've never been there to begin with; playing 1/2 a season.

[UserNotFound]

7. Probably would have been worse

if DeVonta Smith had played in the 2nd half. Roll Tide.

[muriel_volestrangler]

8. Hey, everybody! It's superspreader time! We've got to show that university students can be dumb

and with no moral education too!

Link to tweet

[former9thward]

12. It has not been happening.

Much to the dismay of many. No covid related super spreader or even spreader events related to the crowds at college football games. A few incidents among players, causing games to be postponed or changed, but not among the audience. Sorry...

[kwolf68]

9. Anything more predictable that college football?

It is just boring now.

[Gamecock Lefty]

10. Bama was a well-oiled and fine-tuned machine!

Way to go, Tide. Congratulations!

[NCjack]

11. Come on, scorekeepers, all I'm asking is that you find me 29 more points.

[JCMach1]

13. Yawn! Prime example of what's wrong with college football

Same old same old

[Buckeye_Democrat]

14. Some Buckeyes/Trump fans are saying that tOSU won.

Kidding!