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Clemson wins NCAA National Championship

By Jonathan Warner

WASHINGTON — Clemson is college football’s National Champion for the second time in three years.

The Tigers trounced Alabama 44-16, handing the Crimson Tide their first loss of the season.

True freshman quarterback Trevor Lawrence passed for 347 yards and three touchdowns and running back Travis Etienne scored three TD’s.

Clemson set the tone early by intercepting Bama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa just 1:40 into the game and returning it for 44-yards for a touchdown.

Tua, who was second in the Heisman Trophy balloting, was intercepted twice and the Crimson Tide offense was denied three times in the red zone.

Tailgating Terps: U.Md. (and Penn State) fans gather for showdown

By Jack Pointer
The Friday Night Lights shined over College Park, Maryland, as the Terps (2-1) and the No. 12-ranked Penn State Nittany Lions (3-0) kicked off on Capital One Field at Maryland Stadium, in what was the schools' first conference game of the season. As a Friday night college game is a delicious rarity, it was sold out. Classes were even canceled for the day. And because the opponent was from the neighboring state of (checks notes) Pennsylvania, much of that sold-out crowd were clad in (checks again) blue and white.
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