1981 and joining us live in phoenix with more on what to expect. Is fox carolina sports director. Aaron cheslock. He kicks off our team coverage. 3 cody you can look at all the stats and matchups you want. But for both of these teams, the gameplan a relatively simple. Stop the others best player. 3 no question who it is for alabama. Heisman trophy winner Derrick Henry with a historic year. The tailback breaking hershel walkers single season sec rushing record while carrying the crimson tide to a 131 record and a trip to the title game. Recently however bamas passing games picking up a little bit. Which make putting 8 guys in the box, or towards the line of scrimmage to prevent the run, a little venables knows priority number one is slowing down that guy wearing number 2 in crimson. The tigers have slowed down stud runners like dalvin cooke and samaje perine. But Derrick Henrys simply on another level. 3 while the tigers defense looks to slow down alabamas running game. The clemson offense with a tall task themselves against the tides front seven. 3 lets bring shannon back in. Shes got more on the tigers squaring off with bamas stout rushing defense. 3 ac, simply put, its not easy. The tide dont give up much on the ground, regardless face. 3 now clemson will use their hightempo offense to try and spread the tide out, and make it harder for them to get substitutions in. But nothings phased bama yet. Holding opponents to about 70yards per game on the ground. The tigers on the other hand roll in hot with their rushing game. More than 300 yards on the ground powering them to a landslide win in the orange bowl. Now Wayne Gallman and watson will try to roll over the tide. 3 3 3 you know anytime you can run the football, you have an opportunity to control the game. You know help your defense stay off the field, burn up some clock, stay ahead of the chains and be efficient on offense. So obviously for us it starts with the run. I know were a spread team and we play fast, but at the end of the day, we want to be a good running Football Team and thats something that weve challenged our guys early in confidence to run the footbal. 3 the tigers with two 1thousand yard rushers in the backfield with watson and Wayne Gallman. Alabama meanwhile has played 14 games. Add up all the rushing yards combined, and theyve still given up less than a thousand. 3 we take a closer look at the coaching matchup between dabo swinney and nick saban coming up on sports. 3 but first lets kick it back out to nicole for more on the craziness going on at fan fest. 3 well here at fan central its not just attracting fans. 3 the entire operations wouldnt be possible without all the staff and a lot of voluteers manning the different booths throughout the event. We spoke to one volunteer whos from phoeniz 3 3 well i think phoenix is a fantastic town. Theres a lot things going on. It doesnt matter if its summer or winter. We can do stuff all the time. If its hot, we can go where its cold. If its cold, then we have to bundle up. laughs . For us, its cold if its fifty. 3 so a lot of residents glad to showcase their city. 3 3 back to you 3 youll want to stay tuned to youll want to 3 youll want to stay tuned to fox carolina for continuing coverage as the tigers head to arizona. And dont forget monday at 7tune in for our special reportundefeated clemsons return to the championship. Well be going in depth on the tigers first shot at the National Title 3 back at home were covering our counties 3 a Pickens County sheriffs deputy is off the job tonight. After police say he fired a gun at an easley Apartment Building with children nearby. Nearby. Henry campbell is charged with Domestic Violence and discharging a firearm in the city. The Sheriffs Office says campbell fired a single shot in a parking lot on d street tuesday. And say he made statements about harming himself while a woman and four children were present. The Sheriffs Office says lieutenant cambell was on extended leave for personal reasons at the time. Time. Campbell has been with the Department Since 1998. He was fired on wednesday and is out of on bond. 3 preying on people while theyre praying. Police in three Spartanburg County towns say several churchgoers had their cars broken into while they were worshipping. And suspects. Jacob cooksey and Jon Randall Barnett. 3 they appeared before a Spartanburg County judge facing multiple counts and thousands of dollars bail. Fox carolinas Andrew Reeser has more on what happened. 3 3 3 it happened wednesday night at Wellford Baptist church and at duncan first baptist. As well as residences in lyman. Police say these men, Jon Randall Barnett and jacob cooksey. Stole thousands of dollars of items from parishioners cars during wednesday night church. Each faced a judge today. With at least ten car breakin charges for both of them. We caught up with one woman who was at Wellford Baptist with her two small grandsons. Who says shes now praying for the men accused of taking her stuff. 3 3 3 the thieves came to our car and took both their bookbags as well as their tablets and a pair of leather gloves that i had in the console. Console. Theyre still young, they still have an opportunity they have a future if they right path. Both men are still in jail. Cooksey faces a 46 thousand dollar bond while barnett faces a 37 thousand dollar bail. Andrew reeser. Fox carolina news tonight. 3 police say the items stolen ranged from tablets, to gps devices. To sports equipment. Victims we spoke with today say most of the stolen items were recovered. 3 sick of taking a trip to the Grocery Store . Then youll want to stick around for this 3 coming upwell tell you about the app that is shopping for you in greenville. And will deliver your items straight to your home. Hear how next 3 pluswere taking you back out to phoenix as the Clemson Tigers get prepped for mondays showdown with number two alabama. For a chance to win it all. Live coverage. Straight ahead. 3 coming up well take a look at your sevenday forecast. And what you can expect as you head out the door tomorrow morning. Stay with us. 3 if youre sick of going to the Grocery Store or dont know what to buy. Then dont worry theres a new app that will do it for you you the app is called shipt and with the touch of a button. You can create a grocery list. And a personalized shopper will go to a publix supermarket near youbuy all your groceries and deliver them right to you. Customers are even able to choose a time for delivery. We headed over to the publix at mcbee station in downtown greenvile to find out more. 3 3 3 3 we have a pretty Diverse Customer base. Base. 3 this is great really for anyone that needs groceries but especially those busy moms that have kids and are tough store. Now the Service Costs 99dollars per year. Or you can pay 14dollar a month. That cost includes unlimited free delivery on orders over 35 dollars. 3 new at eleven 3 the Greenville SpartanburgInternational Airport gives a salute to our militarywith the help of ice on main main take a lookall day today military and their families were given a discount to take the ice for the below zero with Heroes Campaign alongside the organization honor flight. We caught up with one of the organizers this afternoon who tells us more about the organization. 3 3 3 its just, its a wonderful event and its very moving. Its an honor for them for what theyve done for us for our freedom. 3 now a portion of the proceeds from todays tickets will go here in the upstate. To help honor those who have served or are serving our country. 3 chief 3 meteorologist kendra kent joins us now with a look at your forecast patchy drizzle will continue into tonight. Temperatures will only cool to around 40 in the upstate and 37 in the mountains. Saturday will begin with clouds, fog and areas of drizzle, then heavier rain builds in toward saturday night. Highs on saturday will reach to around 50 degrees areawide, with rain starting after 4 p. M. Rain could get heavy into saturday night, but should taper off during the late night hours. Expect a half inch to an inch of rainfall by the end of it. Sunday morning could bring a few rain snow showers along the tn border as colder air starts to filter in. Sunday will be breezy and with temperatures warming into the 50s for the upstate and 40s in the mountains under partly cloudy skies. The big chill settles in sunday night at temps fall back into the 20s. Unseasonably cold air will persist next week as highs remain in the 40s areawide and overnight lows keep dropping into the 20s. No rain, sleet or snow is expected, with the exception of perhaps a few snowflakes near tn midweek. 3 and make sure to download our new fox carolina weather app. You can get the latest weather info on the go, as well as get for your area. Just text carolina weather to 23765 to download 3 and the tigers are in phoenix for the national championship. Championship. And lets kick it straight out to sports director Aaron Cheslock for a look at whats coming up in sports. Aaron . 3 we still have plenty more coming up in 3 plenty more 3 aaron . In sports. Whats coming up for a look at Aaron Cheslock sports director straight out to and lets kick it championship. Championship. For the national are in phoenix and the tigers 3 to download weather to 23765 carolina your area. Warnings for watches and alerts on well as get info on the go, as latest weather you can get the download our and make sure to 3 and make sure to download our new fox carolina weather app. You can get the latest weather info on the go, as well as get alerts on watches and warnings for your area. Just text carolina weather to 23765 to download 3 and the tigers are in phoenix for the national championship. Championship. And lets kick it straight out to sports director Aaron Cheslock for a look at whats coming up in sports. Aaron . 3 we still have plenty more coming up in sports 3 coming uptwo of the best coaches in the industry going head to head. Hear from albamas head coach nick sabin. And of course clemsons dabo swinney. Swinney. Plusgamecock nation going to work. Head coach Will Muschamp announcing the newest members to his coaching staff. Hear from 3 saban dueling with dabo. Hey there, im ac. The coaching matchup in the title game pits two of the best coaches in College Football against each other. But dabo swinney and nick saban, simply cut from different cloths. 3 3 3 3 3 theres a lot of closet clemson fans in alabama. They dont want to admiring but theres a bunch of them. I think weve become a team in that state where you know people pull for. Kind of gives you another teamalabama born football fans to the tigers. From the dancing, dancing,to the oneliners. Oneliners. 3 and despite an array of recent success, he hasnt changed in years. Years. 3 he gets that reputation because he enjoys what he does and hes passionate about what he does and hes cares about the people that hes in charged of. He genuinely cares about their feelings about ther success, about their failures, about their growth and its unfortunate that he gets criticized for doing the right things. And its unfortunate in our society and in our culture that everyone would rather him be stone faced , ceo figure and just judge him on wins and losses but the arena that were in its really about how you impact young people and thats something people need to know is that hes impacting young people in the right way. Way. 3 i really appreciate about our head coach is he has not changed who he is from the day that he came here as the wide now and a lot of times as coaches and especially the people that go through their professions and move up, they just start to change because of the title and those type of things. On the other sideline, its arguably the greatest coach in College Football. The polar opposite of swinney, nick sabans not exactly the life of the party. Heck, youre lucky if you catch him smiling. But with four trips to the National Title game in seven years. No ones questioning his methods. And doesnt think anyone should scrutinize swinneys either. Either. 3 i like dabo, you know we go for boat rides together and go out and eat, and i think everybodys got to be who they are. And the way that youd like for them to play. If you were any coach or anybody observing the way they play. So obviously their coaches and i think thats all a 3 reflection of him. My message to our guys was just dont change from who weve been all year. Coach has been consistent and the same person and i think his consistency and the way hes coached our team and the way he loves his life daily has really allowed us to be a consistent Football Team and program. 3 more clemson coverage throughout the the weekend leading up to mondays title game here from arizona. But theres some football to get to in the midlands as well. 3 gamecocks head coach Will Muschamp introducing his assistants in columbia earlier today. Sticking true to his word at his introductory press conference. The carolina coach getting ace recruiters immediately. Muschamp brings over Lance Thompson with him from auburn as his defensive line coach. His reputations on the recruiting trail though. As is travaris recruiter by espn in 2014. He takes over as defensive coordinator. Add in former byrnes high coach bobby bentley, and sc brings some serious firepower on the recruiting trail. 3 3 3 3 i didnt beg any of these guys to be here, they wanted to be here and build something and get in on this Foundation Level and continue to build this program. Program. They do a great job of relating with people, building relationships, thats a huge part of the recruiting process. 3 up to charlotte where the panthers continue their playoff preps. With a bye week to start the postseason, ron riveras bunch is focusing on fundamentals and solving issues within the team. Not many for cam newton though. The mvp front runner comes off his 8th offensive player of 3 3 hard work pays off and what i am most proud about is the notority that a lot of players on this team that i know are working their tales off is getting. Getting. The panthers will play the lowest seed to advance through the wild card round. 3 cody well keep tabs on that for you throughout the day tomorrow. As well as continue our clemson coverage from arizona tomorrow night news. 3 and chief meteorologist kendra kents is in the Weather Center working on your weekend forecast. Your last look 3 3 were back with the nightcap 3 and everyones already looking ahead to super bowl 50. And who will be headlining this years half time show. Show. Thats right. Last month we found out cold play would be the featured band. And not too many people were e excited about it. But tonight were also learning the Queen B Beyonce will also take center stage on february seventh 3 lets get a last look of the forecast with meteorologist kendra kent kentcloudy skies, areas of fog and patchy drizzle will continue into tonight. Temperatures will only cool to around 40 in the upstate and 37 in the mountains. Saturday will begin with clouds, fog and areas of drizzle, then heavier rain builds in toward saturday night. Highs on saturday will reach to around rain starting after 4 p. M. Rain could get heavy into saturday night, but should taper off during the late 3 be sure to wake previously. Billy called. Billy stanhope . Yeah, he said he has a business proposition for you. How about that . Billy stanhope. [chuckling softly] [screaming] aah what went down between you two . In bridgets garage