Alabama head coach Nick Saban has a ton of respect for Clemson and head coach Dabo Swinney.
How could he not, right?
The Tigers have beaten Saban’s Crimson Tide two of the three times they have played in the national championship game, including a 44-16 rout at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California this past January. Clemson’s 28-point margin was the largest ever against a Nick Saban-coached Alabama squad.
The Tigers’ 44 points were the second-most against Saban at Alabama (Oklahoma had 45 in the 2014 Allstate Sugar Bowl). Clemson scored the final 30 points of the game.