ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) – In fact, a non-traditional Rose Bowl executive, a very common result for Alabama in school football playoffs.
With Trophy finalists Heisman DeVonta Smith and Mac Jones, Top Ranked Crimson Tide played his fifth CFP championship game in six seasons.
Smith hit three of Jones’ four landing passes and Najee Harris ran for 125 yards with a high point in a 31-1 win and four over Notre Dame No. four in a PSC semi-final, Rose Bowl played about 1,400 miles from Pasadena, California.
“I don’t think of anything like the Rose Bowl, the tradition, the stage, the mountains. It’s just a phenomenal experience,” coach Nick Saban said. “I wish our players had this chance. “
But Saban and the Tide (12-0, No. 1 CFP) will win at home against the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys, which the coach has called one of the most productive school football venues, and will advance back to the playoffs.
The Tide earned a spot in the January 11 championship game in the suburbs of Miami, opposite No. 3 Ohio State, who beat Clemson 49-28 in the PSC semi-final at the Sugar Bowl on Friday night.
Alabama missed the PSC for the only time since they started the playoffs four times at the end of the 2014 season. The Buckeyes were the first PSC champions after beating Tide 42-35 in the semi-finals that year.
Notre Dame (10-2, No. four CFPs), in all four football finals so far, has lost seven consecutive New Year’s Six games since 2000.
Alabama scored touchdowns in his first three possessions, adding a 97-yard series in which Harris passed 6-foot cornerer Nick McCloud after crossing the punch line, landed on both feet and then ran for a 53-yard winning before getting a run. out of bounds.
“I don’t know why I’m surprised every time he does. I’ve noticed it for three years, but still!” said the Miller Forristall closed wing.
“Actually, I’m going to go and teach him not to, and it didn’t work,” Saban said, laughing. “Anyway, to be a wonderful guy, it’s pretty amazing that I can do that. smart impression when a guy goes to see to cut it . . . When he sees the head passing down, he passes to pass them in the blink of an eye. “
Jones, who finished 25 of 30 passes for 297 yards, threw a 12-yard touchdown to finish Jahleel Billingsley in the next game.
That happened between practices when Smith, at 16 TD, is recovering his last seven games, turning short passes into 26-yard and 34-yard scores. Smith finished with seven receptions for 130 yards, and then added an ingenious 7-yard tapping. toe in the front corner of the finish area on the pylon.
PSC officials moved the Rose Bowl due to COVID-19 restrictions in California that would have prevented the circle of relatives, or any other fan, from attending the game in their general home.
It was another final blow for the Fighting Irish after winning all 10 games of the regular season, adding a house win over Clemson. But Notre Dame then lost 34-10 in the ACC name game opposed to the Tigers.
“Today is about making the pieces. They made them on the perimeter. Their talented players showed up today like they have done all year,” Ireland coach Brian Kelly said. “We fought. I think we did some of the things that we looked for today, but we just didn’t make enough parts. “
Notre Dame Clemson 30-3 in the semi-finals of the CFP Cotton Bowl two years ago at AT Stadium
Alabama defense prompted Field Marshal Ian Book to fight. The greatest success as a beginner quarterback of all time for the Irish at 30-5, Book finished 27 of 39 passes for 229 yards and his third interception in 353 attempts this season.
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Alabama is 5-0 at AT Stadium
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Notre Dame: The Fighting Irish have played 32 seasons since their last national name with a 12-0 record under Lou Holtz in 1988. The Irish had lost only 21-7 when they were first given the ball in the middle of the moment. But any possibility of some momentum evaporated when Book launched an intercept under pressure, and Alabama turned that into Smith’s third TD catch.
Alabama: The result is unforeseen with The Tide, the favorite of the three TDs, however, the 31 problems were his disadvantage since he lost to Clemson 41-16 in the CFP name game two years ago, a period of 25 games. the lowest in 414 against Missouri at the opening of this pandemic season.
“Let’s type our heads a little, ” said Jones. ” We have to do a bigger job of betting the plays. “
Following
Notre Dame enters another off-season, looking to figure out how to close the gap. The Irish will play their first game of the 2021 season on September 5 at Florida State.
Alabama has a chance to win its sixth national name in Saban’s 14 seasons in the CFP national championship.
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