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The Solid Verbal: Clemson took down Alabama, here’s why, how, where, when

Time to deep dive the biggest and last game of the 2016 college football season

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Clemson did what seemed like a possibly impossible task and defeated Alabama and Nick Saban to win the 2016 College Football Playoff National Championship, so let's deep dive and try to answer the following questions:

• In what situations did Clemson put Jalen Hurts and the Alabama offense to throw them off and force miscues?

• How did Clemson survive a complete inability to move the ball on the ground against one of the best defensive fronts perhaps ever?

• How did Clemson move the ball through the air with QB Deshaun Watson throwing to Tiger receivers Mike Williams, Hunter Renfrow,, and Deon Cain consistently blanketed by a lockdown Alabama defensive backfield?

• Was Alabama's offensive performance, even without Bo Scarbrough and a limited Jalen Hurts, actually not so bad?

• Where was Clemson and coach Dabo Swinney’s game plan particularly wise and overwhelmingly effective vs. Nick Saban and the Tide?

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