TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - The Alabama football team continued practice outdoors, working two hours in full pads on the Thomas-Drew Practice Fields on Thursday afternoon.
Thursday was the fourth of six practices before Monday's College Football Playoff National Championship in Glendale, Ariz. Alabama will square off with top-ranked Clemson at University of Phoenix Stadium for a 7:30 p.m. CT matchup on ESPN. The four-person crew of Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit, Heather Cox and Tom Rinaldi will cover all the action in the championship meeting. The meeting with the Tigers will be the Crimson Tide's fourth time in seven seasons playing in college football's final contest of the season to determine a national champion.