Clemson 35, Alabama 31

In a game that will be remembered as one of the most exciting finishes to a season in college football history, Deshaun Watson and the Clemson Tigers scored a touchdown with one second to play to earn the school’s first national title in 35 years. It has to be a gut-wrenching loss for the seniors on the defense, who carried the team all season and did everything they could to do the same in the final game.

Coming in, this was billed as the defense built to stop Deshaun Watson. Alabama was lighter and more athletic up front, and it showed. Watson could get absolutely nothing going early as the Tide defense swarmed him and delivered punishing blows at every opportunity. There was no room to be…