What a day it is for the Clemson Tigers to play in a championship game for the First Time Since 1981. We arrived here on saturday. In downtown phoenix, we have seen a lot more orange than crimson. Clemson showing up in a big way. Fan fest here in downtown and we ran into cj spiller. The clemson great always great talking to fans, signing autographs. I talked to him about this season, especially the poise Deshaun Watson has shown. He commits the offense very well. He shows up on the biggest stage , so i expect nothing less tomorrow night. Geoff do you have a score for me . Just one more point in alabama. 2417, 2117 somewhere in there. Come up with a win. Geoff players are thrilled about this ballgame. Spiller also teamed up with fellow running back and alabama great mark ingram to visit with the fans. Both led their own schools fight song. That got people riled up. The two are now teammates with the new orleans saints. We are counting down to the big game that kicks off at 8 30 p. M. To
Spartanburg feels like 16 this morning with a 10 mileperhour breeze. Dress warmly. 45 maybe the best we see this afternoon. The mountains will struggle to get to the upper 30s for afternoon highs today. Now through wednesday, colder than normal. Back to normal by thursday. Will talk more about that in a few minutes. Allyson if you are just getting up, its game day. The Clemson Tigers will face alabama tonight in the College Football Playoff National championship. Patrick geoff hart is in glendale, arizona, covering the matchup for us. Geoff, counting down the hours. What can you tell us . Geoff we sure are, and it is great to be here. We have a fun story for you. Sunday davis is in phoenix with her husband and daughter, and who is under two. She is a ruer. Phoenix with her brother and mom. She was great, and she actually won that run. She finished first. She did not just win the race, she won two tickets to the game. She already had three tickets, so she and her husband to the tickets
It is went to be a cold day today. Cooler than normal. Only reaching the 40s for the upstate and upper 30s for the mountains is the best we will see today. We will talk about the rest of the week and how it unfolds in just a few minutes. Patrick allison, you may have heard its gameday. , the Clemson Tigers will face alabama crimson tide tonight in the National Championship. Allyson geoff hart is in glendale, arizona, covering the matchup for us. Geoff counting down the hours. What is the excitement like out there . Here. A lot of clemson fans in Downtown Phoenix yesterday. I will tell you that clemson fans are looking like they outnumber alabama fans. Maybe that is because alabama has played in a National Last seven years. For clemson, it has been more than 30 years. Not everyone can go to a National Championship game every year. It is pricey, but for clemson they have not been here for a long time. Since the 1981 title. Lots going on in the Convention Center in Downtown Phoenix. Lets
If you have been watching her, you know she is a huge clemson fan. How confident is she about her tigers . She actually bought her ticket to come out to the National Championship game to phoenix back in october. That tells you something. Take a look here. When she took her connection to philadelphia on saturday, when she walked down the aisle, she saw she was sitting between an alabama fan and a clemson fan. As fate would have it, when she was in Downtown Phoenix yesterday, she ran into both of those two men within minutes. Here is their story. I board the plane heading to phoenix and the only alabama fan on the plane happens to be sitting at that point to my left. Eric down brown from birmingham, alabama. Geoff a lot of orange. I go with the flow. It was not happening. I was trying to play the tiger rag. On the other side, i had a clemson fan. Two tigers allyson geoff what was that like . I will tell you what. It was an actually amazing experience. We transcend all barriers, friends f
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