After a yawner of a bowl season, college football needed a little drama in the College Football Playoff National Championship Presented by AT&T.
We got more than a little drama, as Alabama had to fight back in the fourth quarter and then hold on to defeat Clemson 45-40 in a game that featured a little bit of everything -- heroic performances by both quarterbacks, enormous plays on special teams and a breakout game for the ages by a player who hadn't scored a touchdown all season.
The gold standard for national title games remains Texas' 41-38 win over USC a decade ago in the 2006 BCS Championship Game at the Rose Bowl.