It is not premature to say the torch has been officially passed from Nick Saban to Dabo Swinney, so Ryan Day has to make changes to his Ohio State football team to keep up with Clemson.
The Tigers took the Crimson Tide to the woodshed, physically dominating the game with a true freshman quarterback and receiver that both played like four-year All-Americans against the Tide’s mighty defense.
I don’t want to hear that this was a flawed defensive unit. It flew through the SEC, a conference most national pundits fawned over all season, unscathed and emerged invulnerable.