For Clemson to beat Alabama, Deshaun Watson was always going to have to do the heaviest lifting of the season. He did it.
The Tigers’ so-so run game was never going to make headway against Alabama’s all-world run defense, and it didn’t, going for 2.2 yards per carry. The defense was never going to shut down even a between-coordinators Bama offense, and it didn’t, giving up 31 points. This was always going to be about Watson.
In almost surely his last college game, the junior quarterback’s star shined brightest. He threw 56 passes, completing 36 for 420 yards, three touchdowns, no interceptions. His sprint-out TD pass to Hunter Renfrow with one second left to play was the championship-deciding play.
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Based upon the entire season, there was little justification to award the Heisman to Louisville's Jackson instead of Watson.
