The common theme coming out of Tuscaloosa these days isn’t that Clemson beat Alabama in the 2019 College Football Playoff National Championship Game. But Alabama beat Alabama on that chilly January night in Santa Clara, Calif.
The Tigers humbled Alabama, 44-16, that night. It was the worst defeat by a Crimson Tide team in 25 years and the worst ever for a Nick Saban coached team.
Led by quarterback Trevor Lawrence’s 20-of-32 performance for 347 yards and three touchdowns, Clemson whipped ‘Bama in just about every area.
However, on Friday’s Paul Finebaum Show on ESPN, Tua Tagovailoa said the loss ‘was the cumulative of things that we weren’t doing right that we were just getting away with’ in other games.