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Minkah Fitzpatrick Was in the Bathroom During the National Championship's Biggest Moment

We've all been there, whether it's the middle of a sporting event, concert or movie: The dreaded decision to go to the bathroom and risk missing a crucial moment or suffer in agony as you wait.

Well Alabama's Minkah Fitzpatrick really had to go during Monday's national championship so he went to the bathroom at what was the worst possible time — he missed the game's ending play that won the game for the Crimson Tide.

On second and 26, freshman quarterback Tua Tagovailoa found Devonta Smith for a 41-yard touchdown pass to give Nick Saban his sixth national championship.