national title. listen to this. this is a week we will remember for the rest of our lives. putting down the play here. i wanted to do the best i could do for the team as much as any team i ever coached because i really did want them to have the opportunity to win this game. reporter: nick saban one title away from tying bear bryant with the most championships ever. we could not forget the one win away from the perfect season. last night belonged to crimson tide. they will live up to the national championship in tuscaloosa. guys. coy, christine romans still stunned that 24-24 and saban did an onside kick. have you seen that?
overall, one short of a legend. how good is this team? how good is nix saban. go back to post-world war ii, when notre dame was last team to run offer four titles over seven year span. alabama is like new york yankees of college football, montreal canadians. bear bay i can t greatest of all time. he reminds me of legendary coach of bill belichick, new england patriots. with the surprising onside kick. the game was tide. get it back. two plays later in the end zone. that is where the game turned around. saban had smarts and dab bow sweeney very smart coach for clemson i think saban outgrowthed him. and i do believe better team won bill: they have had now the second bowl championship series, right? yeah. bill: last year ohio state, oregon, huge success. it appears this one was as well.
of a playoff championship. the teams went back and forth until the fourth quarter. the game tied at 24-24. alabama recovered onside kick and got a quick touchdown. this is the knockout blow. 95-yard kick return. who does that? who does that in the fourth quarter with the game tied? nick saban does. the fourth title in the last seven years. the fifth overall for saban. heisman winner derrick henry scored three touchdowns. he s pretty good. vice president joe biden opening up to cnn offer the loss of his son and how president obama offered to help his family when times were toughest. we have that next.
years. this time winning in a shootout against the clemson tigers. coy wire is live from glendale, arizona, to tell us more. good morning. . good morning, carol. what a game. certainly an instant classic. undefeated number one clemson tigers against perennial power house, number two ranked bama. nick saban makes the play call of the game, onside kick and it works to perfection. alabama shifting momentw memente side of the tide. co co coker, and howard with two touchdowns in the game. icing on the cake for bama, it was senior kenyon drake making that hot line. look at him roll. high school track star, 95 yards on the kickoff for the score.
national title in seven years. we have coy wire in glendale, arizona. reporter: good morning, christine and john. the championship game lived up to hype and john mentioned, an instant classic. number one clemson tigers against power house number 2 ranked alabama. nick saban shocks the world in the fourth quarter by making the play call of the game. onside kick out of nowhere. it works to perfection. alabama recovers. shifting momentum to the side of the tide. that sets up jake coker finding howard to give alabama the lead. 31-27. howard had two touchdowns in the game. the icing on the cake for the championship run of alabama is kenyan drake. the high school track star showed that speed. runs back the kick 95 yards for the score. alabama wins, 45-40. coach nick saban win his fifth