. >> i'm joe gorge. we're nearly an hour away from kickoff between clemson and alabama. >> here's yours first live look outside of university of phoenix >> just over an hour ago, clemson arrived at the stadium, looking to lead the tigers to the first national championship in years. a picture with his family prior to kickoff. here's a little bit of nick saban on this championship title belt. >> man: how you play the game is how you prepare and how you think. that's really what matters. >> man: our focus and attention is to play the best game that we can which is what we're going to need to have success. >> time to take a look at the big stage clemson and alabama are on. kevin has fan reaction from glendale and joe is in the official watch party. >> first, let's go to michael live inside of university of leading up to this showdown. >> reporter: well, i can tell you the energy in this stadium is absolutely contagious. we just had the teams come out on to the field. you can see everyone is ready. this victo