I have been asked this question all day. What would Dabo Swinney have done had Clemson been down 13-0 at halftime in the national championship?
We don’t really know. But perhaps we have an idea.
We know what Nick Saban did. He benched a guy who was 25-2 as a starter and brought in a true freshman quarterback Monday to lead Alabama to its fifth national championship in nine years with a 26-23 come-from-behind overtime win over Georgia.
Tua Tagovailoa came off the bench at the start of the third quarter to complete 13-of-24 passes for 166 yards and three touchdowns, including an impressive 41-yard toss to DeVonta Smith in overtime to win the Crimson Tide the national championship.