nick saban said it was like facing cam newton. and watson is back next year. in the top 25. marco rubio. he ran for senate saying he opposed amnesty... then he flipped, and worked with liberal chuck schumer to co-author the path to citizenship bill. he threatened to vote against it. and then voted for it. he supported his own dream act and then he abandoned it. marco rubio. just another washington politician you can't trust. jeb bush. he's a leader, so you always know where he stands. right to rise usa >> now, wyff news 4 sports. >> i've been a part of a team since i was nine years old. it scares me to think of a day when i wouldn't be part of a team. and the feeling that you get being associated with a group like this makes you want to do it more. ricardo: after winning his 5th career national title last night against clemson, nick saban plans on sticking around tuscaloosa, and attempting to tie the legendary bear bryant with his 6th championship next season. but saban admits, capturing number five wasn't easy, and this guy had a lot to do with it. saban singing the praises

alabama's nick saban and clemson's dabo swinney. for more on the coaches and their winning personalities, we welcome back in rick henry live from arizona to share insight of tonight's leaders on the side lines. >> reporter: one thing i realized over the past few days, dabo swinney and nick saban are pretty much alike. of course dabo is more outgoing with his personality, saban a little more reserved. they have defined vision of what they want to do, where they want to go, they hired great assistant coaches, they're able to go out there and recruit, and they're able to get everyone on board for their plan for success. >> thanks so much for that, rick. for fans in clemson, royalty goes back generations, call it a family tradition. >> man: my grandfather went to school here, my dad went to clemson and i went to clemson. >> leonard keller runs the keller store. it's the same job his grandfather and dad had. the last time clemson played for a national title in 1981. >> man: there's a whole lot more tiger stuff on clemson than there was b

he and nick saban met the media for the final time. marc: you could see that there wouldn't be any barbs thrown. everybody played nice. these guys have a mutual respect for each other, and a mutual respect for each other's programs. >> this has been great for our program, great for our team. this was our goal, to have the opportunity to play at the highest level. not only are we getting a chance chance to play alabama. >> our players are excited about the opportunity they have created for themselves to have a chance to participate in the playoff against arguably the best team in college football, which is the clemson tigers. marc: it was a quick press conference this morning, the different in that they were both in the room together. usually, the teams go when it time. it was interesting they were able to playoff each other a little bit. very clear that they both know the other coach has a great, great team and we will crown the greatest team tomorrow night in glendale. brad: it is interesting. most people look at dabo swinney and nick

and nick saban and the crimson tide run away with yet another national championship. the question you just have to ask at this rate will he surpass bear bryant? it is 5:30 on the east coast, 2:30 out west. this is "way too early." >>> good morning, everyone. it is tuesday, january 12th. i'm shiba russell. we begin with breaking news from the middle east. a deadly explosion in istanbul, turkey, at the city's historic square, a popular area with tourists. it happened around 10:15 local time, that's a little more than two hours ago. the governor of istanbul confirmed ten people were killed. another 15 wounded. we are still awaiting video from the explosion site. but as you can see here, emergency vehicles are rushing to the scene. no word yet on what caused the blast, but turkey did suffer two major bombing attacks last year. >>> to politics now and in one of her clearest breaks yet from president obama hillary clinton last night calls on the administration to end raids aimed at deporting central americans who enter the u.s. illegally. >> i have come out against the raid

the polar opposite of swinney, nick saban's not exactly the life of the party... heck, you're lucky if you catch him smiling.. but with four trips to the national title game in seven years.. no one's questioning his methods.. and doesn't think anyone should scrutinize swinney's either.. either.. 3 i like dabo, you know we go for boat rides together and go out and eat, and i think everybody's got to be who they are. and the way that you'd like for them to play. if you were any coach or anybody observing the way they play. so obviously their coaches and i think that's all a 3 reflection of him.my message to our guys was just don't change from who we've been all year. coach has been consistent and the same person and i think his consistency and the way he's coached our team and the way he loves his life daily has really allowed us to be a consistent football team and program. 3 more clemson coverage throughout the the weekend leading up to monday's title game here from arizona... but there's some football to get to in the midlands as well. 3 gamecocks head coach will

>> it's alabama's fourth national title in seven years and the fifth for coach nick saban. full details coming up, of coursefrom the fellows at es. >> guess h he could k for a raise right about now. >>> well, still ahead, important health news for women. a federal panel finalizing mammogram guidelines. >>> plus, breaking overnight, a roof blown off and smoldering home. new details just coming in. >>> and strange sight for people driving down a busy l.a.

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they just tied it at 24 and nick saban goes onside kick. clemson, look, he even smiled. clemson folks are going, wait, two plays later it's coker to the big tight end who had two touchdowns and just what a game and clemson made a run and got within the number but the only number that counts is 45 and 4 in 7 years and nick saban all smiles. >>> warriors and golden state, 17-0 at home. warriors inbounding, steph curry working the give and go to draymond green and it's gone. curry with 31, 16 30-point game in the nba. fourth quarter, catch and shoot three. that's what he does, 111-10 and warriors improve to 36-2, the best start in nba history rolls on. >> you take a couple days off from work and go, hey, no, they only got two and dropping in, is alabama just winning another? yeah, alabama just won another title. that's what we give you. >> back to you? we'll take it. >>> up next in "the pulse," who is getting hitched to rupert murdoch. >> he really is super tom. tom brady says he never takes a sip. used to be. p i even accept i have a higher risk of stroke due to afib, a ty

nick saban has done it four times. it's going to be a great match up tomorrow night, looking forward to it. hey follow me on twitter @reggiewltx. i'll have a lot more coming up in sports. here at the university of pheoniz stadium. reggie anderson news 19 wltx. 3 eat more tees is getting ready for a possible tiger victory tomorrow. the columbia company has already designed this national championship t-shirt. if clemson wins...they will be printing shirts right after the game...into early tuesday morning. the shirts be ready for sale tuesday.they are going to cost about 20 bucks. 3 many of clemson's biggest fans made their way to phoenix for ut some will be cheering on their team - right here in columbia.they shared what it's like to be a tiger fan in gamecock country.news19s chuck ringwalt has the story. 3 oscar fred lovelace senior and junior love their clemson tigers. "go tigers go, go tigers go."lovelace senior was the first in his family to attend college.raised in the upstate and of modest means...he says there's a

nick saban and company coming in with a heck of a resume... as they return to the national championship.. 3 the sec champion crimson tide roll into alabama with a 13-1 record.. a defensive minded team that's really picked up offensively of late.. a lot of that's thanks to derrick henry.. the heisman trophy winner wants to add some more hardware to his collection... a national championship... 3 2-line tab- fox carolina sports derrick henryalabama running back""im ready to play in this game you know just ready to be in the moment with my teammates and go out there and play play 3 3 henry broke herschel walkers record for the most rushing yards in a season.. stopping him is priority number one for the tigers.. your way throughout the next couple days as we countdown the hours to the national championship... till then, tag out.. 3 and finally--mother nature hasn't been too generous to new england with snow this winter--so one new jersey man is applying the do-it-yourself concept instead.check it out. michael jannicelli says his homemade north pole

former cormedix -- former quarterback for alabama says deshaun watson-- marc: since nick saban has been an alabama, no one has rushed for over 100 yards. if anyone can do it, it will be deshaun watson. brad: media day tomorrow. live from the phoenix, arizona, carol: before the tigers touched down in arizona they got a , proper sendoff from hundreds after a rainy season, it was only fitting that it started misting as the number one ranked their way to gsp. no spirits here at death valley dampened as fans surrounded these players and coaches , letting them know they're not alone on their road to the title. >> we are out here rooting for them. them. the best time playing.

nick saban also looking for his fifth national championship and fourth at alabama. but saban knows no. 5 will be a little bit difficult against the tigers. >> clemson has an outstanding team, certainly going to be a tremendous challenge for us. i think they're quarterback, did deshaun watson, is certainly one of the best football players in the country, no doubt. dabo has done an outstanding job there, i think, and the team plays with great competitive character and is certainly going to be a great challenge for our team. >> so if you remember the last time clemson beat alabama, you have lived a very long time. that was about 40,000 days ago. teddy roosevelt was president. oklahoma, new mexico, arizona, states, and clemson was just 12 years old. >>> one of nick saban's former assistant will muschamp trying to build an alabama-like program here. linebacker skai moore announcing today he will return for his senior year. he announced that decision on his instagram page with the hashtag big safety, implying maybe he'll play at the safety position next season. >>> talkin

alabama's fourth national championship in seven seasons nick saban. only legendary bear bryant has the win is also sabin's 100th as alabama al's head coach. >> there weren't many people who thought this team could do it early in the season and this team made a commitment to one another and did it together and i've never been proud ore f a group of guys than i am and that is why i'm so happy for these players. >> congratulations alabama. >>> and now to tonight's main vent. president obama's final state of the union address. a live look at the u.s. capitol where the address will take place. sunrise happening right now. nbc's tracy potts is in washington with a preview. >> reporter: duelling videos are setting the stage. the white house says president obama will reflect on his achievements and look ahead. out for the american people the longer term challenges we face but also the opportunities. >> reporter: this preview focuses on november the elections. for the first time ryan will be seated directly behind the president. >> i'm not a real poker face gu

. >>> after a quick break, alabama head coach nick saban as you have never seen him. plus, we lace up the skates for stay with us. >>> welcome back. to the present water we go. nhl winter classic, bruins hosting the canadiens, winner will take over the top spot in to it quickly scorn, just one: 14 in, montrial added more goals to the 5-1 win over the bruins. >>> we all know that nick saban is known as a tremendously successful but very, very, very serious coach, rarely smiling even after huge wins, right? this is what happened after his team thrashed mystic in the state, 30-0 in college playoffs last nine, he shakes hands, the team starts dancing and chanting, wait, wait, this apparently is nick saban getting his groove on. i'm not really sure what this is but he's letting his hair down. it's kind of rhythmic, but i don't know. i'm guessing you'll have to answer questions about this at his next news conference. >> that was something. >> that is something, alice, you're right. caring for someone with alzheimer's means i am a lot of things. i am his advocate. so i asked

. >> it's alabama's fourth national title in seven years and the fifth for coach nick saban. full details coming up, of coursefrom the fellows at es. >> guess h he could k for a raise right about now. >>> well, still ahead, important health news for women. a federal panel finalizing mammogram guidelines. >>> plus, breaking overnight, a roof blown off and smoldering home. new details just coming in. >>> and strange sight for people driving down a busy l.a. a pilot's emergency landing. >>> literally just landed on the freeway, guys. i'm freaking out. >> i would be too. a small plane made an emergency landing on a busy freeway in southern california yesterday. cars swerved and stopped as it made use of the impromptu landing strip during afternoon rush hour. onto the median strip allowing traffic to resume, and there were no injuries. >>> there are new details in that viont spree of jewelry store robberies acro the southeast. in the first court appearance of the main suspect, we learned that abigail lee kemp is saying that she had help from louis jones iii. she allegedly told the

nick saban said clemson is arguably the best team in college football. dabo swinney praised saban and alabama for being the long-time standard in college football. there wasn't any x's and o's talk this morning. dabo did give us an update on clemson defensive end shaq lawson. he's been nursing a knee injury he suffered in the orange bowl win over oklahoma. lawson has been practicing....and sweeney is hopeful he'll be on the field tomorrow night. "yeah. yeah, we expect him to play. hopefully he'll be able to perform and play to the level that we all know he we're going to have to keep playing, so we'll put the next guy in there. so that's just the way it is. but we expect him to play, and game of this magnitude with the intensity and physicality, you never know. but he's done everything that the game." "i'm just taking it a day at a stronger knee back back ready..and while i'm down here before the game just trying to get it more stronger before i go out there and play." shaq 's injury is a sprained mcl. he says it's not really causing him any pain...so if

." >>> nick saban paid off with his fifth national championship and fourth for the crimson tide. in a back and forth national title game, alabama tied clemson in the fourth quarter. that's when he goes for and gets an onside quick a. few plays later. o.j. howard is wide opened for a 51 yard touchdown catch to give 'bama the lead for good t. crimson tide comes out on top. alabama's 11th national championship. the nfl is suspending cincinnati bengals linebacker burfict for saturday's wild card game set up a game winning field goal for pittsburgh. the nfl playoffs continue this weekend, right here on cbs. we'll bring both afc divisional games on saturday the chiefs visit the patriots. on sunday the steelers travel to denver to face off the broncos. . . >> tesla is rolling out a software update to its cars t. upgrade would give them the ability to park themselves. it allows model s and suvs to park under certain circumstances without anyone steering. the car also allally drives itself out of the spot. they start about 100 grand. maybe you need to win the lottery to buy one. the lotte

that is head coach nick saban's sixth national title. multiple las vegas sports books have the arlz cardinals favored to win. and the nfl has suspended von pes burfict for the first three games of next season for repeated violations of safety related playing rules. the nfl ruled burfict's actions placed opponents at unnecessary risk of injury. >>> and lindsey vonn has just notched two more wins in austria. bringing home the gold in super g and also won the downhill, which for those keeping score gives her 73 overall world cup wins, 14 behind the record. and just ahead an overwhelming outpooring for david bowie continues the world over. welfare. >>> and now to entertainment news. a worldwide tribute to david bowie continues to grow as more and more people learn about his death. fans left flowers at his star on the hollywood walk of fame. and the chamber of commerce honored the rock legend. london tower scrolled his name. online streams of his music jumped by 2700%. his final album topped charts his al pulmos in thebums in the top ten. a t

alabama head coach nick saban is going for his fourth championship...he also win it all with lsu. dabo swinney has guided the tigers to their first championship game since they won the 1981 title. dabo says he aspires to take clemson to the same level where saban has alabama. "it's amazing what they've done. that's why they're the university of alabama. and i have all the respect in the world for what they're doing. that's what we want to become as a program. you know, we want to be a got to be top 10, top 15 type program year in and year out. and that's the thing that i'm most proud of with our program is that only us and alabama have had 5-plus 10-win seasons in a culture you have to establish in your program to have the opportunity." thousands of fired-up clemson fans who've made the cross-country trek will be filling the stands with orange and purple tonight. michal higdon joins us live from the field at we have made it inside the university of phoenix stadium and in several hours from now the stadium will be packed with over 63-thousand people attending tonight's national cha

a debate, bryant versus nick saban. bryant, i don't have to tell you is god down there, the stadium is named after him and everything else as well. nick saban, i don't know, he's played in a tough era because he's had to go through playoffs and sec championship games, he had to win things that bryant did. he's sneaking into that conversation. >> i'll tell you something else, willie as you were saying. back when bryant was coaching you could get the 200 best players in the southeast to play on your team. you had all these advantages. nick saban is in a tough era where a coach would be lucky to win two of these things in his lifetime. four out of the last seven years. what was remarkable about last night's game the heisman trophy winner but a field goal kicker, an immigrant r from poland who has been having trouble through the years, making basic field goals, that turned the game around. you had a tight end that everybody had forgotten about this year who was really the star of the year at the end of the day. then you had

they just tied it at 24, and nick saban goes onside kick. the clemson folks -- look, he even smiled. the clemson folks are going, wait, man, we're the ones who do onside kicks. two plays later it's coker to the big tight end who had two touchdowns and just what a game and clemson came back and made a run and got within the number, but the only number that counts is 45 and 4 in 7 years, and nick saban is all smiles. >>> warriors and heat, golden state, 17-0 at home. third quarter, warriors inbounding, steph curry working the give and go to draymond green, and it's gone. curry with 31 points, his 16th 30-point game of the season. that's tops in the nba. fourth quarter, catch and shoot three. that's what he does, 111-103, the warriors win again. they improve to 36-2, the best start in nba history rolls on for golden state. >> yeah. you take a couple days off from work and you go, hey, man, has golden state lost, no, no, they only got two, and dropping in, is alabama winning? yeah, alabama just won another title. that's what we give you. >> back

nick saban going to be a part of it. he took his former assistant mark dantonio to the woodshed. cyrus jones, big interception to end the first quarter. jones, waiting back at his own 43, all kinds of room and watch the moves from number 5, right in cotton bowl history. so number two is in and so is number one. deshaun watson and the clemson tigers struggled for the first quarter of this game, watson certainly struggled with the armrm early, not the legs. 145 rushing yards. most by a quarterback in orange bowl history. and then he got the arm going a little bit, too. clemson runs away in the second half and dabo swinney is going to face nick saban in the national championship game. a week from monday. on espn. >>> "sportscenter" is live this morning, 7:00 a.m. eastern time. i'm chris hassel. happy new year. have a great one. >>> all right, thanks chris. >>> to entertainment now, the end of an era in heavy metal music. motley crue performed the last time last night. at the staples center in los angeles. influence on groups including poison and guns and roses. it's releasing a full

nick saban gambled and won ! 2 plays later jake coker finds oj.howard for the 53 yard crimson tide touchdown clemson closes the lead to . but 31-27 then kenyan drake takes the kickoff return 95 yards for another alabama touchdown roll tide clemson's artavis scott scores the 15 yard touchdown to cut the lead to but the heisman trophy winner derrick henry scores the 1 yard touchdown with a twist on the goaline henry: 36 carries / 158 yards / 3 tds the national championship trophy goes back to tuscaloosa nick saban's 5th championshipone behind bear bryant 45-20 final: alabama the san francisco 49ers received permission to talk to former new york giants head coach tom coughlin. since coughlin resigned and was not fired nfl teams must ask the new york giants permission to request a interview with the 69 year old coach coughlin was the coach of the new york giants for 12 seasons and won 2 super bowl titles. minnesota vikings kicker blair walsh. shanked a 27-yard field goal in the closing seconds.handing the seahawks a

now, sweeney & company get a chance against nick saban and alabama. sweeney won a national championship as a walk on tide player in 1992. he says beating bama on monday will not be easy. >> watched the tape and you go oh, boy. this is a great football team we're getting ready to play. it will be a lot of fun. for all of them, i have a few that are conflicted. i found out where i stand with some of them but it's a great matchup and the two best things. that's the way it worked out and i think it's special. >> sweeney says clemson has a case. the 1981 national championship while alabama has a family of them. 10 titles total. mike gillespie reporting from clemson and a former u.s.c. athletics director out of a job today later in sports. >> all right. thank you so much, tim hill. literally, you were rolling up your sleeves today giving the gift of life. >> in fact, i'm still putting my cuff links back on. coming up, you have time to take part in the annual blood drive. abc columbia news at 6:00 continues. today abc columbia news is partnering with the ame

nick saban looking for his sixth national title. saban knows number five will be a difficult task against the tigers. >> clemson has an outstanding team. certainly will be a tremendous challenge for us. i think their quarterback watson is certainly one of the best football players in the country, no doubt. dabbo has done an outstanding job there, i think. the team plays with great competitive character. challenge for our team. >> so the last time clemson beat alabama was like 40,000 days ago. ted roosevelt was president -- teddy roosevelt, many states were not yet states and clemson university was only 12 years old. one of nick saban's former assistants will try to build a program here at usc. getting news today that could help him just to do that. the linebacker will return for his senior season. he announced with a big hashtag, big safety, implying maybe, just maybe he'll be playing safety next season. >>> over to basketball, the carolina women on the road and vanderbilt. dawn staley saying earlier this week you can learn a lot ab

the players doused coach nick saban with the tradition thal cooler. this is alabama's fourth if national championship in the last seven years. the game is created quite the buzz on social media. >> reporter: yeah, people celebrating from their couches last night. in fact, saying not just about this specific game but about college football in general, it's made a come back. one saying, that football game was complete crazy cakes. whatever that means. and danny says, what a game. pa exactly what a national championship game should be. saying my grandad would be proud of his crimson tide tonight. and then the two most talked game actually happened from the sidelines. did you see this? coach nick saban, that sly devil smile right after the one- side kick recovery. and then this over here, did you catch this? ouch. that's the new cam. giving fans a new angle of the action, bringing fans so close it hurt, gayle. >> thank you so much. >>> well 8 is on your side as you get ready for the gasparilla distance classic. the race is a little more than a month away.

this isn't anything new for nick saban and alabama... their fourth appearance in the title game in less than a decade under nick saban... undefeated clemson team, ranked number one in the country for months... it's the tide that most are picking to bring home the championship... 3 "this is going to be a totally different kind of game too. because these guys average 80- some plays a game, where michigan state didn't average that many. they weren't a fast-ball team. the game's going to be longer and the players are going to play more plays. so this is going ot be a game where condititning's at a premium." premium."much more coverage of the national title game coming up throughout the week... but it's the last time we'll be here for a while... shannon and i both in arizona starting on thursday... 3 but once the game's over it'll be all about the panthers... the number one seed in the nfc in a good, but interesting position... wait and see mode before they know who'll they're facing in the playoffs... playoffs...carolina continues practice n

there is daubo against nick saban. that smile was nick saban's first all year. on the kickoff they go for the on side kick. that changes the tide. literally. go ahead score. he had 208 yards receiving. alabama gutsy call by that man. 45-40. not thrilled about the gatorade. but his fifth national title. how about the on side kick, coach? >> it worked. but let me say this, you don't look like the type that would do it to me but if we wouldn't have got that you would be killing me now. [ laughter ] >> we are nearly one year, the anniversary of golden state warriors' last regular season loss. the heat down three at the end of the third quarter and steph curry made two three-pointers tin the 4th. -- till the 4th. golden state by 13. 31 points for steph curry. off night. warriors knew they had a football game. dunk over. 22 points. they win 111-103. 36 straight win at oracle. the nba record, 44 set by the chicago bulls. sharks and flames. hit in the face by a puck. tied 3-3 in the third. buries it. sharks win 5-4. 14 wins on the road. 8 more than at the tank. a new na

nick saban has had a lot of these games. one of the great college football coaches. >> you say that. >> i just hope there's an upset. i hope clemson can beat them. >> all right. maybe nick saban will crack a smile if they do win tonight. >> hey, who do you guys li tonight? >> i'm sticking with you and clemson. >> whatever you you. you called the games this weekend so i'm going with you. all right. we'll talk yo to you tomorrow. we'll see if you're right. [ laughter [ >>> all right. what do you have for us? >> we love him. >> yes. >> i'm going to go with clemson, too, just because my husband is going forclemson. >>> right now, live from our fort lauderdale camera, upper 50s in miami, fort lauderdale, 67 in key west. you will need those sweaters and jackets. 40s and 30s around the rest of the state chl as we head throughout the next couple of days tomorrow, rain, sunshine wednesday, rain on thursday and warmer by frud so mixed bag of ather. let's get a check of your traffic. frm all right. we had that accident on i-95 northbou

nick saban going to be a part of it. he took his former assistant jones, big interception to end the first quarter. jones, waiting back at his own 43, all kinds of room and watch the moves from number 5, right there. alabama, 38-0. largest shutdown in cotton bowl history. so number two is in and so is number one. deshaun watson and the clemson tigers struggled for the first quarter of this game, watson certainly struggled with the arm early, not the legs. 145 rushing yards. he got the arm going. clemson runs away in the second half and dabo swinney is going to face nick saban in the national championship game. a week from monday. on espn. "sportscenter" is live this i'm chris hassell. happy new year. have a great day one. >>> all right, thanks chris. >>> to entertainment now, the end of an era in heavy metal motley crue performed the last time last night. >> it was a major influence of groups like poison. it's releasing a full length film of that performance. >>> up next in the pulse -- the beautiful floats have to roll

some of the top words coming out the conversations we are looking at our alabama, nick saban "derrick henry." the score of , the game is being plastered all over social media. so people are obviously giving then also, at the same time, talking about clemson, and the great season they have had. nigel: and if we are reading this social media conversation correctly, it looks like all this positive talk about the clemson football program is going to continue well into next year. gabrielle: this means alabama's coach has now earned his 5th national title, and last night's win makes it the 16th national championship for the university of alabama. coach nick saban talked this morning about the win. >> very proud of our team, the way they competed in the game, the way they made plays when they needed to make them, the way they overcame adversity all year long to get to this point, and create an opportunity for themselves that they were able to take advantage of. gabrielle: coach saban complimented the tigers' performance,e,ut pointed to the tide's successful onside kick as nigel: let's talk a

nick saban show, a couple of gutsy plays he made on special teams. a late onside kick followed up by a kickoff return touchdown. the difference in the game was special teams and boy, i'll tell what you. it was a gutsy call by nick is a heck of college football coh. >> you say he is a heck of a coach. do you think one of the best if not the best fourth title at alabama fifth overall? i know he is not exactly ycur favorite person joe but what about as a college football coach? >> reporter: he is a heck of a football coach and will go down as one of the greats. what he has been able to do, i have to give him credit. a great recruiter, even better on saturdays, as you saw again last night. he is sat a school where he has a big budget for recruiting, a big budget to keep coaches around he is the highest id guy for a reason. round. there is a reason he wins and he has sacrificed a lot. he is a heck of a college football coach and will go down if not the greatest one of the for college. >> do you think he will even celebrate today or just get right back to

ricardo: nick saban said deshaun watson is the best dual-threat time. the players, also compmpmentary of the tigers signal caller. will muschamp's coaching staff sports is next. >> now, wyff news 4 sports. >> deshaun watson is a very dual-threat quarterback. someone who we feel like he reminds us of joshua dobbs from tennessee. definitely, again, we're going to look back and see how we handled situations back then. we have to do a good job of containing him, and getting a lot of pressure on him. ricardo: the crimson tide, preparing today for the tigers signal caller. alabama head coach nick saban complimeted the heisman finalist, saying he's the best dual-threat quarterback they've faced in a long time. you just saw alabama on the practice field. clemson will hit the sleds tomorrow, and the tigers will have less practice time than the tide. with the spring semester starting on wednesday, the tigers have to adhere to the ncaa's 20-hour practice week rule. this doesn't apply to alabama, because their spring semester starts january 13th, two days after the