NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP BINGO 2017: Play along during Bama-Clemson Round 2
BINGO remains the viewing accompaniment of sophisticates, and SB Nation remains the original source for such materials.
Here is your soon-to-be imitated 2017 National Championship BINGO card, crafted for you with care for the fourth year in a row.
The rules:
- Only things that happen during the main ESPN broadcast from kickoff to final whistle count. No pregame, no ESPN2, no ESPNU, and no postgame pressers. However, things that happen during commercials, in the crowd, due to technical difficulties, or whatever else count, as long as they happen within that time frame.
- We’ll be posting official updates on Twitter @SBNationCFB, where you’re encouraged to call out things you see.
- You can also feel entirely free to disagree with our rulings and fill your card in however you please. This is America.
- Yes, everyone uses the same card. It’s the last game of the season. We’re all in this together.
Let’s see if this year can top the all-time CHAMPIONSHIP BINGO highlight: that time during the final seconds of a BCS title game when Brent Musburger crammed in a reference to Jimbo Fisher coaching at Auburn, so we could hit double bingo at the buzzer.
The card’s references, briefly explained
Bama scores a non-offense TD: The Tide have 15 of these this year, a stupidly high number.
Jennifer Garner’s upset about your credit card: You’ll see an ad in which this happens.
It Just Means More: The SEC’s 2016 slogan has been open to much mockery, seeing as the conference was not incredible this year.
Never forget Ohio State lost 31-0: Don’t let anything distract you from the fact that Clemson beat Ohio State by 31 points.
Jonathan Allen destroys something: Open to interpretation, but you’ll know it when you see it. Might look like this:
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Dabo played at Bama: Clemson’s head coach did, yeah.
Saban’s mad (while leading): Alabama’s coach yells a lot.
Extremely Bama Frat Boy: Watch for fluffy bangs and bow ties.
Pitt: The only team to beat either of these teams.
70-33 Orange Bowl! A bowl Clemson lost hilariously badly a few years ago, with nothing but sunshine and parades ever since.
Hey, remember the onside kick? The key play of last year’s title game between these two.
Danny Ford: Clemson’s only title-winning coach ... so far.
FREE SPACE: Lane Kiffin, the outgoing Bama OC who surrendered the job to fellow former USC head coach Steve Sarkisian a week early.
Saban compared to Bear Bryant: The two could soon be tied for the all-time lead in AP national titles.
Deshaun Watson’s bow and arrow: Clemson’s QB has a Hunger Games celebration.
Chris Fowler’s woodshed: The ABC play-by-play announcer likes to use this phrase.
It Just Means More (while Bama’s losing): hahahahahaha can you imagine
Deshaun Watson INT: Arguably the best player in the country, but he’s thrown a lot of those this year.
Oh right, O.J. Howard! The Offensive MVP of last year’s game came out of nowhere. Can he do it again?
MIKE WILLIAMS BACK: Clemson’s best WR didn’t play in last year’s game due to a broken neck.
UGH, it’s Larry Culpepper: The despised Dr. Pepper mascot will foul up your television at some point.
Tampa pirate ship: There’s one in the stadium, but watch the shores too:
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Jamelle Holieway: Bama’s Jalen Hurts could be the second-ever freshman QB to lead a champion. The first: Oklahoma’s Holieway.
First rematch ever: Yep, no championship has ever had a duplicate the following year.
SEVENTEEN CHAMPIONSHIPS: That’s how many titles Bama would (somewhat dubiously) claim with a victory.
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