Most Las Vegas sports books suffered heavy losses as the public pounded Clemson on the money line, which closed at plus-180. William Hill’s 108 books in Nevada lost more than $1 million on the game.
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Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson led the drive of a lifetime to win a game of a career. The Tigers beat defending champion Alabama in the College Football Playoff National Championship.
In a sequel as thrilling as the original, Clemson has defeated Alabama 35-31 to win its first college football title since 1981.
The game college football fans wait for all year is here — it’s College Football Playoff National Championship day! The No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide and No. 3 Clemson Tigers meet tonight for a rematch of last year’s game.
The Pittsburgh Steelers placed outside linebackers coach Joey Porter on leave Monday following his arrest outside a bar on Sunday night, hours after the team’s 30-12 AFC wild-card win over the Miami Dolphins.
Peyton Manning and his Southeastern Conference nemesis, former Florida coach Steve Spurrier, will go into the College Football Hall of Fame together.
Money continued to pour in on Clemson across Las Vegas on Monday morning as 6½-point underdogs and at plus-185 on the money line in the rematch of last year’s title game won by Alabama, 45-40.
Breaking down the College Football Playoff National Championship between No. 1 Alabama and No. 2 Clemson at 5:17 p.m. PST Monday at Raymond James Stadium.
For the second straight NFL Sunday, a Hail Mary touchdown pass helped bettors cash Packers-and-over parlay tickets at Las Vegas sports books to close out a wild-card playoff weekend that saw all four home favorites win and cover the spread.
No. 1 Alabama faces No. 2 Clemson in a rematch of the College Football Playoff National Championship. The Crimson Tide won last year’s meeting 45-40.
Pittsburgh Steelers assistant coach Joey Porter is accused of assaulting a doorman at a Pittsburgh bar just hours after the team’s wild-card win over the Miami Dolphins.
There will be a familiar feel to the NFL playoffs next weekend: Every divisional-round game will be a rematch from the regular season, the first time that’s happened in six years.
Aaron Rodgers, master of the Hail Mary pass, struck again in another big moment.
Injuries forced Ben Roethlisberger, Antonio Brown and Le’Veon Bell to wait three seasons for the chance to run onto the field together in the playoffs. The wait for the Pittsburgh Steelers’ “Big Three” to do it again won’t be nearly as long.
Clemson coach Dabo Swinney grew up cleaning gutters, and the experience stuck with him. He now is a successful coach leading the Tigers to the College Football Playoff National Championship for the second season in a row.
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