Alabama football is in the College Football Playoff for the seventh time under Nick Saban.
It faces Cincinnati in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl at AT&T Stadium at 2:30 p.m. CT on ESPN. Coach Saban and the Crimson Tide are ready, but the team received messages from two alums. Amari Cooper and Trevon Diggs were superstar athletes for Alabama.
Cooper won the Fred Biletnikoff Award in 2014 after totaling 124 catches for 1,727 yards and 16 touchdowns. He was a two-time 1,000-yard wide receiver and a BCS National Champion in 2012. Cooper has five 1,000-yard seasons in the National Football League, including two with the Dallas Cowboys.