- ABC News
- January 12, 2016
Instant classic: Alabama-Clemson crash-lands on top 10 title games list
After a yawner of a bowl season, college football needed a little drama in the College Football Playoff National Championship Presented by AT&T. We got more than a little drama, as Alabama had to fight back in the fourth quarter and then hold on to defeat Clemson 45-40 in a game that featured a little bit of everything -- heroic performances by both quarterbacks, enormous plays on special teams and a breakout game for the ages by a player who hadn't scored a touchdown all season. The gold standard for national title games remains Texas' 41-38 win over USC a decade ago in the 2006 BCS Championship Game at the Rose Bowl. Hard to believe it has been 10 years since that classic. What we witnessed Monday night in Glendale, Arizona, was the perfect segue to take a little stroll down memory lane -- and merited a re-ranking of any top 10 list. Which national championship games, or those bowl games that led to a national championship for a team, were most memorable? We've...