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 offe
She gave the republican partys response to the president last night. And jack kuenzie reports the responses to her response are pouring in. Charles and judithe governor clearly came down on the side of the establishment wing of the republican party. She delivered a response that was tough on the president s track recordloaded with promises of what a Republican White House would provide to the american peopleand personalized with references to what her state had been through last year. She told us today her speech was her ownnot drafted by national gop leaders. I didnt want to lose the opportunity in light of everything South Carolina had been through in 2015 and the way the people of South Carolina in every one of those situations, people lowered their voices and they saw how they could come together. If we can do that in South Carolina, we can do it across this despite the criticism that shes taken, i think in the long run, its going to turn out to be very much of a positive. And if y
Mid40s in the mountains and maybe mid 50s in the upstate today. Fleurys in parts of North Carolina from action overnight. Cold wind have children down cold winds have chilled it down. Reaching 50 for a high. Cold and breezy in the mountains with an afternoon high of 45. Patrick; thank you. We have more coverage from our National Championship game in glendale, arizona. Allyson geoff was at the game last night and he joins us live with headlines. Geoff pretty unbelievable. Clemson had more than 500 yards total offense and they still lost again. That has never happened in clemson football history, but it lets get a look at the highlights because clemson came in with that School Record of 17 straight wins. 478 yards total offense for it to shawn watson from Deshaun Watson. This is his second touchdown pass to Hunter Renfrow in the first quarter, game tied at 14 at the half. Clemson down in the third, Wayne Gallman scores. Clemson up 24 to 21. But after alabama tied it in the Fourth Quarter
Cover calvin ridley. A huge loss for the tigers, a bigger loss than shaq lawson. There is nobody to take alexander cost place, at least somebody who can cover as well as a guy who may be a firstround nfl draft pick. Brad we have been told shaq lawson is expected to play. How effective he will be is yet to be determined. This is the beginning of live coverage. Stick with us, we are in arizona. Now back to you. Michael an upstate story the , game will be on the big screen at the bon secours wellness arena in greenville. Gabrielle and thats where we find wyff news 4s mike mccormick, who is live and local there with the latest. Mike . Mike if you are looking for the ultimate watch party, it will be here at the bon secours wellness arena. It is the official watch party. The team on the court, getting ready for tonight big event. They will have giveaways, all the doors will open at 7 00 and there is room for 13,000 people here. They are welcoming alabama fans as well. Doors open at 7 00. The
Who died last week and whose funeral took place yesterday. A busy session ahead for both chambers here in columbia. As you can see, a lot of people hoping to influence certain the way certain measures and actions turn out. Myra ruiz, wyff news 4, live in columbia. Allyson it was a big night in College Football as the top two teams played for the National Championship in glendale, arizona. Alabama and clemson had a hard fought game. It was backandforth last night with some incredible plays with the crimson tide winning 4540. Thats the 16th National Title win for alabama and head coach nick sabans fifth National Title. Sports illustrated. Its not just alabamas kenyan drake on the cover. You also see a tiger. The cover line on this edition of the magazine reads promised land. Happening later tonight, the Clemson Tigers are expected to touch down at gsp airport at around 6 30 p. M. We will bring more onair and online at wyff4. Com. Some clemson fans we spoke to are holding their heads high