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College Football Top 25: No. 2: Clemson
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The morning after the confetti had been cleaned up in Glendale, Arizona, Nick Saban was all smiles. Flanked by title game MVP O.J. Howard and Eddie Jackson, the Alabama coach was on top of the game at the end of the season for the fourth time in seven years. Even from his throne, college football's king had to give props where props were due.
"Deshaun Watson is a fantastic player, probably had as big an impact on the game as any single player in the game," Saban said on that celebratory January morning.