SportsPulse: They've been on a collision course all year and will finally clash in Santa Clara. From Hard Rock Stadium, Trysta Krick and our college football experts preview the annual juggernaut matchup. USA TODAY
SAN JOSE – When Greg McElroy watches Alabama play these days – players spread all over the field, Tua Tagovailoa flinging the football with abandon – the former quarterback sometimes marvels.
“It’s totally different,” he says.
The results, of course, are exactly the same. The Crimson Tide is still winning – up to five national titles now in the last 11 seasons, with a sixth in sight.