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THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 2018 SERVING THE UNIVERSITY OF VOLUME 124 | ISSUE 26 ALABAMA SINCE 1894 TUA 3 SABAN 5 BIG PLAYS 10 Freshman quarterback The CW sports editor argues Remembering the top fi ve steps up in the second half that Saban is the greatest plays from 2017 that led to a for a Tide championship football coach of all time national championship NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION Nick Saban leads the Crimson Tide to its fifth title in nine years CW / Sam MacDonald THURSDAY 2 January 11, 2018 FIND US online cw.ua.edu facebook The Crimson White instagram thecrimsonwhite twitter @TheCrimsonWhite SCENE ON INSTA @bailey_clem @ryantruitt @ryanclaunch7 @la_madelinee cw.ua.edu WHAT’S INSIDE P.O. Box 870170 414 Campus Drive East Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 Newsroom: (205) 348-6144 Fax: (205) 348-8036 WINNING PLAY: A frame-by-frame look at Advertising: (205) 348-7845 the overtime catch by DeVonta Smith, securing 4 the Tide’s victory. 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All material contained herein, except advertising or where indicated otherwise, is Copyright © 2017 by The Crimson White and protected under the “Work Made for Hire” and “Periodical Publication” categories of the U.S. copyright laws. Material herein may not be reprinted without the expressed, written permission of JAN 11 JAN 12 JAN 20 APR 26 The Crimson White. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP January 11, 2018 3 TUA GOOD TOTua Tagovailoa replaced JalenBE Hurts in the second half and threw threeTRUE touchdown passes. CW / Sam MacDonald Tua Tagovailoa becomes newest Bama legend By Matthew Speakman | Sports Editor He turned heads throughout his Alabama legend. relationship,” tight end Hale Hentges high school career with his ability to “I thought Tua would give us a better said. “Especially at a position like Drenched in confetti with cameras in make dynamic plays and spread the chance and a spark, which he certainly quarterback, where you’re not always his face, quarterback Tua Tagovailoa ball around. did,” Saban said of the decision. “I best friends with the guy. Those two tried to process what had just happened. couldn’t be prouder of him taking are really best friends. That just goes to He had not seen meaningful game advantage of the opportunity.” show you what kind of person Jalen is.” action all season. He thought he would I don’t know how The touchdown pass won Alabama Some would think it would be mixed spend most of his time on the sideline, the game, but the circumstances leading emotions for Hurts. Getting pulled in a watching Alabama’s offense move Coach Saban found up to it seemed to be disastrous for the national championship was probably without him. Crimson Tide. not how he thought the night was going Next thing he knew, he was taking me all the way in Alabama missed a field goal at the to go. Still, not a lot of people love wining snaps in the final game of Alabama’s Hawaii from end of regulation. Georgia took the lead the way Hurts does. quest for a 17th national championship, on a field goal four plays later in the first The words “I hate to lose” left his looking to lead Alabama back from a Alabama. Thank God overtime possession. On Alabama’s first mouth all season. He truly hates to 13-point deficit. He did just that. play, Tagovailoa took a 16-yard loss on lose, much like his head coach. Because Tagovailoa came in for Jalen Hurts he found me. a sack. of that, he could only feel happiness when Alabama left the locker room None of those plays fazed him, even when the confetti flew down after for the second half, down by 13 points. on the biggest of stages. On 2nd-and-26, the touchdown. Nearly two hours later, he threw a he looked off a Georgia safety and “The goal coming into this game was game-winning, walk-off touchdown pass – Tua Tagovailoa delivered that season-defining strike to to win the game,” Hurts said. “That’s in overtime to wide receiver DeVonta Smith that made him look like an NFL what we did as a team.” Smith to give his team a 26-23 win veteran handling a late-game situation. Hurts still had to watch from the over Georgia. He drew comparisons to Heisman The two freshman players remained sideline as Tagovailoa experienced Replacing a starting quarterback winner Marcus Mariota, who came from calm when no one else could. similar ups and downs that he has in a national championship is almost the same high school as Tagovailoa in “I wasn’t nervous at all,” Smith said seen numerous times as the starter. unheard of, but for Alabama, it was the Hawaii. Fans who were frustrated with while reflecting on his emotions as The low came when Tagovailoa threw difference it needed. Alabama’s lack of a downfield passing the ball flew through the air. “That’s an interception on what looked like a “This moment means the world, but game wanted him to get a shot as what everybody that’s here comes here designed run call. all glory goes to God,” An emotional Alabama’s starting quarterback. to do.” Alabama’s defense gave Tagovailoa Tagovailoa said after the game. “Who Finally, after 54 quarters, Alabama Tagovailoa led Alabama down another chance. He took advantage, would’ve thought I would’ve ever been Head Coach Nick Saban gave the the field on his second drive as helping Alabama’s offense tie the here right now in this moment?” fans what they wanted. He put in quarterback. He finished 14-of-24 game up. He proved he was the man He was right. Nearly no one could Tagovailoa in the second half of the for 166 yards and three touchdowns, they needed. have predicted Tagovailoa’s first national championship. and earned the game’s offensive “If you’ve got to go in, if your meaningful game action to come in the “I don’t know how Coach Saban found MVP honors. number’s called, then you’ve got to national championship. People called me all the way in Hawaii from Alabama,” A 7-yard touchdown pass to Henry do what you’ve got to do to give the for it, despite Hurts doing nothing Tagovailoa said. “Thank God he Ruggs III capped off Tagovailoa’s team the best placement … to give but winning, but it never came until found me.” second drive for Alabama and showed the team the best opportunity to win,” Monday night. Tagovailoa settled in and led Alabama that Alabama meant business. The first Tagovailoa said. Tagovailoa entered the season as back to a familiar place: the top of player to congratulate Tagovailoa after Saban put his trust into a 19-year-old Alabama’s five-star recruit embedded college football’s food chain. Not only the play? Hurts. kid from Hawaii. It won him his sixth in the country’s top recruiting class. did he live up to the hype, he became an “Jalen and Tua have a phenomenal national championship. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP 4 January 11, 2018 Final touchdown pass goes down in history 1 2 Alabama missed a field goal that sent the game into overtime against Georgia. The Bulldogs kicked a 51- yard field goal to take the lead.