they've got 15 trophies sitting in tuscaloosa.. but it's clemson that comes in undefeated.. riding the nations longest winning streak at 17... dabo swinney's said all year that the next game is the biggest game... no question about it this time... 3 3 3 3 3 "this truly is the biggest game of the year cause this is it. we're excited about it. we have great respect for alabama, how can you not? they've been the standard in college football for a long time, but our guys are just focused on trying to get themselves ready to play well cause that's what it's going to take. none of the rest of this stuff matters. matters. 3 3 "they're very good, they're very talented, a lot of skill set, they're very well coached by kirby smart. but we just got to do what we do. i can't really focus on what they have. i just focus on my job and continue to do what we do and just take it one day at a happens."the tigers going through their last true practice earlier this afternoon... fine tuning the gameplan before monday.. 3 there's no question the tigers know how big this game is to really the who

the gamecocks face alabama wednesday night in tuscaloosa. frank martin saying if alabama football wins it could be a rock atmosphere wednesday night in tuscaloosa. >> who knows what's going to be going on in tuscaloosa based on the outcome of today's game, so i can only imagine if they win tonight, every football fan and player and everybody will be in that gym. >> mike: clemson also with a big week, the tigers knocking off 17th-ranked louisville on sunday afternoon for their third win in a roach the tigers 3-1 in a.c.c. play with duke on the horizon tuesday night. but brad brownell turning the talk to football this week, saying his team is watching the national championship first. >> we just want to win the national championship in football. let's not worry about the duke game yet. there's a bigger game on monday that we're all going to be glued, to hopefully this win is just the start after good couple days for the tigers. >> mike: and guys, alabama just nailing a field goal, so it's 24-24 with about 12 minutes left i believe in the fourth

they've got a family of trophies in tuscaloosa. deshaun watson / clemson quarterback: "our will has got to be greater than their will. we did in the second half of the oklahoma game. you know our will was better than oklahoma's and we came out on fire. so we got to have that for four quarters and go out there to prove it." ought to be. if you're going to play for a championship and you have the opportunity to play against the team that has been kind of the standard, you know, i think that we're excited about that. we embrace that. coming up later in sports.....dabo swinney talks about going up against his alma mater. he played and coached at alabama. if you think winter has finally settled in--some warmer weather is on its way back soon. coming up, we'll get a look at your extended forecast...and when we could see another freeze. despite full sunshine, highs will again struggle into the mid/upper 40s wednesday afternoon. lows return to the 30s thursday and the 40s to finish the week with clouds on the increase thursday. expect a 60

prior to this sec battle in tuscaloosa... head coach frank martin discussed what he thinks will help this team build off this fantastic start. martin: "continue to stay in the place of who we students just got back on campus let's not get wrapped up in you know when peer pressure comes calling. yours that says hey friday night man... i know you got a game saturday at home... you know great party... why don't you come over and party with me. you know they are going to say hey ok... don't you come over and party with me. you know they are going to say 19 years old and that's what people our age do. or no... i'm going to get in the gym and get me 500 shots.. cause tomorrow i got to make a couple of these. right now we're in the place we're not going to pay attention to the party. we're going to go in the gym." and at the top of the house... the the ninth ranked duke blue devils. the tigers look to win their fourth consecutive game... and second straight over a ranked opponent. in women's basketball... carolina travels to bluegra

they've got a family of trophies in tuscaloosa" tuscaloosa"3 we will have continuing coverage of the tigers road to arizona...right here on fox coach dabo swinney tells us what he thinks about loophole that allows alabama more may surprise you. 3 and dont forget - monday at 7 tune in for our special report undefeated: clemson's return to the championship.we'll be going in depth on the tigers first shot at the national title since 1981. 3 time for weather 3 and traffic every 10 minutes with nicole. 3 bitter cold for the morning with early temperatures in the help highs reach the low to mid 40s this afternoon. partly cloudy skies build overnight with lows back in the 20s and 30s. rain arrives by thursday night. 3 3 now to chris with traffic. 3*********hold****** *********hold****** 3 we're watching this: this: 3 you're taking a live look at 3 some road work in spartanburg county is expected to pick up again this morning.crews are installing new water lines on south pine at palmetto street. traffic was down to one lane is expected to resume at nine this morning and go until four this af

they've got a family of trophies in tuscaloosa" tuscaloosa"3 we will have continuing coverage of the tigers road to arizona...right here on fox coach dabo swinney tells us what he thinks about loophole that allows alabama more practice time.he's response may surprise you. 3 and dont forget - monday at 7 tune in for our special report undefeated: clemson's return to the championship.we'll be going in depth o othe tigers first shot at the national title since 1981. 3 time for weather and traffic every 10 minutes with nicole. 3 bitter cold for the morning with early temperatures in the teens and 20s. sunny skies help highs reach the low to mid 40s this afternoon. partly cloudy skies build overnight with lows back in the 20s and 30s. rain arrives by thursday night. 3 now to chris with traffic. 3*********hold****** *********hold****** 3 we're watching this: spartanburg waterline repairs thru todayone lane closed: s. pine st @ palmetto stroad paving in anderson us hwy 76/clemson blvd betweenmay st/lafrance rd rd 3 you're taking a live look at 3 some road work in spartanburg county is expec

grand assistant in tuscaloosa. he will try and win his first national championship as a coach against his alma mater. >> it's kind of cool. i mean, you know, i think it's neat. i think god has got a sense of humor. i really do. we want to be the best, so let's go play the best team out there, and see if we can get it done and measure up. if we're good enough to get it done, we'll get it done. if we're not, then we'll go back to work, and keep working. so, i think it's exactly the way i would have wanted it to be. ricardo: swinney won a national championship with alabama in 1992. regardless of the outcome monday night he says this program isn't , going anywhere, anytime soon. reporting in clemson, ricardo lecompte, wyff news 4 sports. brad: for the 4th time this season, clemson is on the cover of sports illustrated. this issue, ahead of the title game, and it is wayne gallman, who probably should be talked about -- we will certainly talk about night, live from arizona. it is "road to the title," a one hour special,

the streets of tuscaloosa are busier than ever after last night... alabama fans took to the street late last night after their team won the ncaa national championship. the crimson tide beat clemson... 45-40. it's their fourth national title in seven years... here's university street in students cheered and waved alabama state flags. police even had to be brought in to help disperse people, but celebrations went on into the early morning hours. veisha was canceled two years ago after students damaged part of campus and veisha was canceled two years ago after students damaged part of campus and one person was hurt. now there's something to fill its place. coming up in the next half hour of today in iowa.. the two events iowa state will hold this year... and the new tradition its hoping to start. wicked weather... single digit

meanwhile down in tuscaloosa a rough night for carolina perhaps. they celebrate their win over clemson. carolina didn't play well either. they have no answer for riley morris a career night for him as he knocks down the three. it was a rough night all around -- marcus stroman it was a tough night shooting. they will be headed down the other way to play defense. watch that although shy here. right in the head. look really closely. you can see the blood. he takes a hard gash in the head. a rough night all around for the gamecocks. it was the auction block. going to your ticket trying to find out that your office pool win or did you win. the numbers tonight once again are here. we do have some news she said we have a lead in winners of $50,000 in south carolina. in five winners of $100,000. we are all winners. what an investment. there was a winning ticket sold in california. our friends at chick-fil-a very cool tonight.

don't wait, night in tuscaloosa alabama after the crimson tide won the national title over clemson. fans and students flooded the streets... cheering and waving alabama state flags. celebrations went on into the early morning hours. police were eventually brought in to help disperse the crowd... but they did say everything remained peaceful and the students... did a good job celebrating the team's 4th national title in 7 years responsibly. time for weather. new at 5... new home anyone? the playboy mansion is up for sale. how much it is going for and the special request hugh hefner has for the next owner. new at 6. the lineup for thursday's unveiled. who is not making it on the main stage... and who is skipping the debate altogether in our 6 producer comments: -------------------- director= t.d.= audio= rackroomh 2= big chanply pareev and how this could also impact public schools fatal stabbing. multiple people including children are dead this morning... we'll tell you what happened. trump on fallon. donald trump stopped by the tonight show with jimmy fallon. we have all the must see

. >>> we will talk about the gamecocks fight against tuscaloosa. not a great show. we will break it down for you. moment. . >>> the gloves are off in the low country. candidates are going head-to-head on the debate stage in north charleston. trumpet takes the opportunity to speak directly to governor nikki haley who made a not-so-subtle job at him the other night in response to the president state of the unit address. >> nikki this afternoon said i'm a friend of hers. and wherever you are sitting friend i am a friend we are friend -- friends and that's good. but she did say there was anger. and i could say oh i'm not angry. i'm very angry because our country is being run horribly mantle of anger. >> the next gop debate set for january 28th on fox news channel. >>> also tonight fort jackson was a mix of new leadership to the army's largest trading facility. lamont christian taking responsibility is the most senior enlisted officer at the base. he will place outgoing command sergeant major william hain who is retiring. >> the partnership that we have already within th

big night for carolina's basketball teams. 19usc on the road riding a 15 game winning streak in tuscaloosa, alabama where the winning gamecocks could start three in a row for the first time since '96-'97 season. martin credited his team fight and cohesiveness for reasons for the undefeated season. >> you have to earn your way through things, and you have to go out and earn respect, and you have to go out and earn the community to win, and that's the kind of trust and responsibility we have been fighting hard to build. for the first 15 games this year, i think that trust is what's helping us get over the hump. >> up in greenville, test for duke after topping 17th ranked louisville on saturday. a win would mean tigers would have back to back wins. impressioned with his team's confidence. >> we are playing much better. i don't know if i know all the reasons why. some of it is confidence. understanding our team a little bit better, and as coaches we have done a little better job finding things we can hopefully put our guys in a better position to be successful. >> ufort why of missouri announc

tuscaloosa with carolina these guys have the legends weekend ingamecocks with a positive vibe. >> players are looking forward to this. they went to alabama and they did play their best, they didn't score shoot the ball well, they will be ready for this game on saturday. hello for a great game out of them. they have to make sure offenses clicking and they are alabama and beating them. >> it would be a statements. we will be 19 and 2. thus the best record we have seen inin long time. >> least a call him uncle day. he started off 19 and three. let's talk about the legends weekend coming back and saying everybody from all the decades at halftime. what does that mean for somebody like yourself? >> a time to come back and see the guys that used to play ball with the legends before you and the legends. after you. we have a reception tomorrow night and a brunch on saturday the game saturday night. i don't know who is coming back but you look forward to seeing everybody. >> i will be there. coming up tonight at 11 pm. >>> coming up at 8 pm. another r isode >>> how would you like to go to the super

fans flooded university street at tuscaloosa. they wave the alabama flag to the early hours. police were brought in to help jason: the searches on for a driver who hit a young child and kept going. michelle: the three rolled is expected to return to his winter garden home. an ice cream crop -- truck the car that hit his -- hit the child. jason: testimony underway in the trial of a man -- amber wright. we will hear from wright' s mother today first at 4. eric: another chilly night, we start warming up and we get chilly again. we are into florida wintertime. 64 will do it, chile tomorrow and thursday. rain friday, back to the mid-70' s by saturday. michelle: you can get more news

. >> a visit tuscaloosa tonight. they will take on alabama and head coach frank bonds is a big fan of avery johnson. >> the day i met him, he was coaching the brooklyn that and he was at the peach jam watching his son play and i went up to him and said i've got to tell you i have been one of your biggest fans just because of and he started laughing and said i'm a fan of yours. we ended up having a long conversation and we exchanged numbers that day and we remain in touch. >> tipoff is set for 9:00. tipoff will come at the top of the hour. we will have highlighted on election coming up at 11:00. michael:john: ought to be fun. lots of sunshine and milder temperatures tomorrow.

there's a family of trophies and tuscaloosa. if you are going to play for a championship and have the opportunity to play against the team that been the standard, i >>3 if you pay for water in the city of cayce you'll have a >>> if you pay for water in the city of casey, you will have a new place to drop your payment.. the building department will be temporarily relocating to continue renovations of city clclson fans fired up about the championship game. we found one fan in an unexpected place. george smith is a student at usc. he got his undergraduate from clemson. family is at the usc school of law. he knows it's a weird situation , but he is rooting for the tigers.>> the school is okay. that's about as good as i will get with the school. i can't stand the athletic program. >> while he was a clemson student, usc beat the tigers every year. clemson has won the last two. he even wears a clemson hoodie to school after the win last year. >> he won't be popular tomorrow i there. popular show ncis is quitting. michael weatherly has

they've got a family of trophies in tuscaloosa" tuscaloosa"we will have 3 continuing coverage of the tigers road to arizona...right here on fox carolina... carolina...later in the show we'll hear from coach swinney and what he thinks about the loophole that allows alabama about it last night but dabo's response might rprise you... 3 and dont forget - monday at 7 tune in for our special report undefeated: clemson's return to the championship.we'll be going in depth on the tigers first shot at the national title since 1981. 3 kendra is in the weather center for a look ahead at the forecast. forecast. 3 kendra: coming up i'll have your forecast including a warm-up up 3 president obama in tears! standing next to the wife of a murdered south carolina pastor...what he wants changed... to cut back on gun violence! violence!no grocery carts... or standing in line!shipt... is coming to the upstate!and it could change how you shop for food!o-k... admit it... it's happened to you.that in your pocket!tonight... fox carolina takes a look at this syndrome!3 developing tonight 3 strong reaction ton

carolina's first game since suffering their first loss wednesday night. 19th ranked carolina was toppled tuscaloosa by alabama 73-to-50. the score doesn't lie. it definitely was usc's worst game of the season. senior mindaugas kacinas says the team learned an important lesson. the lesson to learn you know... is to always come in with a winner's mentality to every single game. you cannot just jog throu'h the game. you cannot just jog through the motions cause every team is hard playing..every team has talent..so you have to be tuned in. the gamecocks and missouri tigers will tip-off at one p-m saturday at the arena. you can watch the action on the sec network. carolina football coach will muschamp will grab the mike and address the fans during halftime of saturday's basketball game. he'll also introduce his assistant coaches to the crowd...then spend a little time with the media. i'm sure that will be his favorite part of the day. the second ranked usc women don't have much time to enjoy last night's tough road victory at kentucky. the gamecocks were practicing this against texas a-and-m. tip-off ti

coming wednesday night in tuscaloosa 73-50. frank martin in& company taking on missouri tomorrow. those tigers considered to be the worst team in basketball in the sec this season. >>> clemson looking for another top 10 upset in the acc. coming off the big win over at duke. miami coming to greenville tomorrow. the tigers with back-to-back wins against ranked teams for the first time since 1989. >>> the gamecock women with a big top ten win last night keeping their perfect season going. angel wilson making it a sweet 16-on the year. they had to come back in lexington to beat the wildcats. wilson ended up two block shots away from a triple-double. she's the big reason why carolina is still perfect on the season. despite last night's deficit, dawn staley said she never doubted her team. >> i trusted whatever deficit, point in the game. i just feel like we always got a shot at coming back because he's familiar territory for us. >> and the gamecocks play five straight ranked teams. they host texas a&m on sunday afternoon. so certainly a big basketball weekend for carolina. >> absolutel

highlights from usc's trip to tuscaloosa... as the crimson tide put usc on upset alert. and more on clemson's victory the defending national title winners tonight. the tigers bury the ninth ranked duke blue devils at home. the win marked clemson's second straight win over a ranked opponent since 1989. here's how the tigers delivered... === irmo native jordan roper big night as the clemson point man. his steal... leads to jaron blossomgame's nice cut to the tin. 5-0 tigers. first loss of the season... in the college football national faced the crimson tide on the basketball court tonight. bama... trying to spoil another palmetto state team's perfect season. twice in one week... why you got to be so mean? === gamecocks take a punch to the face in the beginning... riley norris from three. count it. 10-2 crimson tide. === norris again... with too much space... makes usc pay. another triple. 19-4 bama. === carolina tries to chip away at the deficit. michael carrera attacks the paint... gets the roll. but bama up 35-22 at the half. === in the 2nd frame... retin o-ba-so-han rol

yesterday that helped pull through in a comeback win over the commodores...and this week they travel to tuscaloosa to takeon the tide on wednesday to continue sec play. 3 just stick to one game at a time, we talk about it but we dont focus on it. just one game, a win.. it all can go away after a los. the biggest thing is to keep winning and totototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototo3 the bearer of bad news...but you will not be getting a one- dollar burrito from chipotle next week.someone started a rumor online that the restuarant was selling burritos for just a dollar next week to egain public trust.ut chipotle has confirmed that those reports are not true... chipotle has been in hot water recently after dozens of e. coli cases have been linked to the restauran

alabama worked out today in tuscaloosa. the crimson tide defenders will spend plenty of time over the next few days talking about mr. watson. jonathan allen: from a little bit i've seen deshaun watson is a very athletic quarterback. he reminds us of josh dobbs from tennessee so we'll go look at that game and see how we handled things then. we have to do a good job of containing him and get a lot of pressure on him. dabo:deshaun watson, he's the best player in the country. it's just that simple. you know, people can have their own opipions or whatever, but there ain't a better one than no. 4. this guy is special in every regard. on defensive end shaq lawson. he left the semifinal game against oklahoma with a knee injury. dabo says lawson was able to practice today..and he's optimistic he'll be able to play in the big game. we'll be in clemson tomorrow to talk to dabo and the players. they will fly to arizona friday to continue preparations for monday's national championship game. usc football coach will muschamp fills anothe

students in tuscaloosa pouring into the streets early this morning. they were celebrating and officers were there to help control the crowds. fortunately the celebration remained pretty peaceful they're saying. >> sarah: that's good. still ahead, frozing over. the driver, take a look at this car, really picked the wrong place the park. >> christa: you're going to need quite the ice scraper for that one. and from ice to fire, flames tearing through this home in mattapan, and a father making a desperate plea to firefighters to save his son. >> sarah: now more on this breaking news. police say wrongway driver caused a bad crash on 128 in lexington right near burlington. we'll have the very latest on okay. so right now, everyone is saying, "hurry! you gotta get fios." but why? well, because there's never been a better time to get a great deal from fios, the fastest internet and wi-fi available. only fios has speeds from 50 to 500 megs. because your devices run better on a better internet. and for just $79.99 a month online, you can get 50 meg fios interne

the goaline henry: 36 carries / 158 yards / 3 tds the national championship trophy goes back to tuscaloosashipone behind bear bryant 45-20 final: alabama the san francisco 49ers received permission to talk to former new york giants head coach tom coughlin. since coughlin resigned and was not fired nfl teams must ask the new york giants permission to request a interview with the 69 year old coach coughlin was the coach of the new york giants for 12 seasons and won 2 super bowl titles. minnesota vikings kicker blair walsh. shanked a 27-yard field goal in the closing seconds.handing the seahawks a victory in their wild-card playoff round game. since the miss walsh has received death threats on social media. here are a couple more lighthearted reactions from vikings fans on the miss some people went really overboard on twitter, with at least 50 death threats towards the kicker tommy wingles collides with teammate joonas donskoy wingles is hurt and has to leave the gam e 3rd period: brent burns hits the power play goal to make the score sharks joel ward scores a goal its deflected off the calvr

still seeing some snow towards tuscaloosa and birmingham as you move further due west. a lot of cold air. that cold air matriculating itself for much of the deep south as it continues to move southward. that's what you need for the lake effect snow coming across all the lakes therexpecting some pretty significant snowfalls there. few showers towards kind of the pittsburgh area, erie, pennsylvania and then into west virginia and as i mentioned each south of memphis seeing some snowfall. for us, sitting pretty. high and dry. it is cold but at least we're not seeing snow like some of our counterparts were yesterday and some were seeing today. we'll see dry conditions throughout the afternoon and next couple of days. notice this big pocket of dry air across the southeastern states. still disturbances for other parts of the country. we're going to stick with the start the week. it will be a little chilly. 20 for the low tonight. high of 42 tomorrow and probably won't break into the 50's until at least wednesday afternoon. >> lot of you had the day off today. great day to see

. >> over in tuscaloosa, practicing this week ahead of championship, bama looking for the 11th national championship in its rich history. that's the most in the poll area. nick saban looking for his sixth national title. saban knows number five will be a difficult task against the tigers. >> clemson has an outstanding team. certainly will be a tremendous challenge for us. i think their quarterback watson is certainly one of the best football players in the country, no doubt. dabbo has done an outstanding job there, i think. the team plays with great competitive character. challenge for our team. >> so the last time clemson beat alabama was like 40,000 days ago. ted roosevelt was president -- teddy roosevelt, many states were not yet states and clemson university was only 12 years old. one of nick saban's former assistants will try to build a program here at usc. getting news today that could help him just to do that. the linebacker will return for his senior season. he announced with a big hashtag, big safety, implying maybe, just maybe he'll be playing safety next season. >>> over to b

they got a family of trophies in tuscaloosa. >> and of course, with sweeney being from the state of alabama, many of his friends and family members are fans of the crimson tide. but sweeney saying today, if know which team to root for. in clemson, mike gillespie, abc columbia sports. >> the ultimate test there. action tonight. the tigers coming off their first acc win of the season and home opener saturday against florida ste. former standout jordan roper leading the way for the tigers in that one with 23 points off seven three-pointers tonight, clemson heading up north taking on syracuse. gamecock basketball tipping off sec play tonight at 7:00 over at auburn. last year, frank martin and usc coming up just short on the playing the tigers, other auburn tigers taking that game by three. this t te around, auburn coming into tonight with a 7-5 record. u.s.c. one of two undefeated men's teams left in the country after oklahoma lost last night. both the carolina men and women off to 13-0 starts. martin proud to be part of the history. >> it's pretty neat, you know, a lot of people sat there and

the new semester in tuscaloosa doesn't start until next week. dabo swinney expecting all-american defensive end against the tide in the national championship one week from tonight. lawson missing most of the orange bowl with an early knee injury. swinney said the junior has a knee sprain. lawson leading the country 23 1/2 tackles behind the line of skrichlage. clemson mourning the loss of former code red parker who passed away at the age of 82. he coached the tigers from 1973 to 76, finished with 17-25 and 2 record at clemson. before that he coached the citadel for seven seasons. parker coached high school team in arkansas for the last six seasons before he retired justast month. one of will muschamp's most important are recruiting games for the gamecocks may be a current caver line a paper. usc's new coach in con stakt with skai moore, who hasn't completely shut the door on the chance to come back to caroline for a senior season. moore led the gamecocks in factless the last three seasons. -- tackles. last year he also led in interceptions. recr

he first coached for tuscaloosa. monday night, he will try to win his first national championshihi as a head coach against his alma matter. >> i think it is need. i think god has a sense of humor. we want to be the best. so, let's go play the best team out there and see if we can get it done and measure up. if we are good enough, we will get it done. if we aren't, we will go back to work and keep working. it is exactly the way i would have wanted it to be. ricardo: regardless of the outcome, he says this program is not going anywhere anytime soon. allyson: thank you, ricardo. for the first time this season, clemson is on the cover of sports illustrated. we will breed -- we will be bringing you everything you need to know in our special, "road to the title." this is monday night, beginning at 7:00. geoff: we will help you get ready for the game with our life wire. it is right now thehear at the top of our wyff 4 app. it is also on www.wyff4.com. the live wire is a collection of tweets about the tigers and championship

his first coaching gig came as a grad assistant in tuscaloosa. and on monday night, he'll try to win his first national championship as head coach, against his alma mater. >> it's kind of cool. i mean, you know, i think it's neat. i think god has got a sense of humor. i really do. we want to be the best, so let's and see if we can get it done and measure up. if we're good enough to get it done, we'll get it done. if we're not, then we'll go back to work, and keep working. so i think it's exactly the way i would have wanted it to be. ricardo: swinney won a national championship with alabama in 1992, and regardless of the outcome monday night, he says this program isn't going anywhere, anytime soon. reporting in clemson, ricardo lecompte. wyff news 4 sports. brad: thanks, ricardo. for the third time this season clemson is on the cover of , "sports illustrated," this issue ahead of the title game. and it is wayne gallman, who probably should be talked about more than he is. a little tease here. we will talk about wayne gallman in-depth. "road to the

. >> in basketball news, tough test for the gamecocks tonight as they go on the road to tuscaloosa face alabama in a great conference matchup and then clemson has sixth ranked duke on the road in durham. that will do it for your sports minute to win it. i'm mike gillespie. >> thank you, mike. there may be a chill in the air but take a look behind us. the sun is definitely shining. >> yes, it is. but you may want to get out and enjoy it while you can. final look at the forecast and gervais. >> lots of sunshine for your wednesday afternoon. still going to need a jacket there. we'll climb to 60 tomorrow with more sun and the rain chances come our way. at least it will be a warm start for the weekend with the rain friday and sunshine on saturday. then we see the cold come back again early neck week. >> enjoy the warmth and sunshine while you can. you've been watching abc columbia news at 12:30. thanks for make us your choice of news.

he has three in the bag at tuscaloosa and he's going to be going at his 4th in the last six seasons. his resume, it's no contest. he has nfl experience. his head coaching stop is at clemson. nick has worked for the likes of bill belichick and a coach at michigan state. now, he's in alabama looking to bring the crimson tide another national championship. clemson arrived at 6:17 here, and davo sweeney is a walk on. he was part of a national championship team for the player. the tigers are arriving here in arizona. tomorrow is media day and he'll have a walk through practice and before you know it will be time to kick it off in alabama at phoenix stadium. there's a big time connection on clemson's team and it spreads to the arizona locker room. it's the recruiting coordinator for clemson. he led the bengals to the 2006 state championship. when he got to clinton, he went to bethel, come on and play for pc, we'll give you a scholarship and you can play football and he's gone to the working world of the nfl. cardinals. what does it me to have jeff scott back in town. and jeff scott was the

winning his 5th career national title last night against clemson, nick saban plans on sticking around tuscaloosa, and attempting to tie the legendary bear bryant with his 6th championship next season. but saban admits, capturing number five wasn't easy, and this guy had a lot to do with it. saban singing the praises of clemson signal caller deshaun watson, comparing the difficulty to stop him to that of cam newton. watson setting a national championship record with 478 yards of total offense, passing vince young's 467 yard performance in the '06 rose bowl. and he became the first fbs quarterback to pass for 4,000 yards and rush for 1,000 in a season. watson, becoming an early heisman favorite for 2016. wanted the w, so the stats don't really matter r me. i wanted to get the win and do , something we haven't done in 34 years. >> he's special. he's got great toughness, heart, mind for the game, just made some huge plays all the way to the end. glad he's on our team. glad he will be back next year. where is this thing next year? tampa? is that where it sat? we'll see if we can reload and do it agai

>>> still might be dancing in the streets of tuscaloosa right now, the alabama crimson tide the kings of college football. they celebrated the fourth national title in seven years cementing the dynasty there after beating the clemson tigers in the national championship game. police in tuscaloosa say the celebration lasted well into the morning but very thankfully, mostly peaceful. >> body surfing. >>> right now at 6:00, breaking news. an explosion rocks a tourist destination overseas. what we are learning about the suicide bomber behind the attack. >> i'm stephanie chuang live at the chp office in oakland where investigators are trying to track down the gunman who shot two people on interstate 80 last night hurting a 2-year-old in the process. the latest in the series of shootings. are they connected? that's coming up. >>> a big meeting in houston will decide if the raiders stay in oakland. we'll have all those details in a live report. "today in the bay" starts now. >>> very good tuesday morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. let's b

roll tide is being held from arizona to alabama as another national championship is headed back to tuscaloosa. >> sort of like home base for the national championship. full details from our friends at >> good morning, it's "sportscenter" from the college football playoff national championship game in glendale, arizona. stan verrett along with neil everett. we saw a classic. >> you'll only get the cliff notes and that's unfortunate. this was quite a game. check it out. what we got to show you. alabama going for its fourth championship in the last seven years. they just tied it at 24 and nick saban goes onside kick. clemson, look, he even smiled. clemson folks are going, wait, two plays later it's coker to the big tight end who had two touchdowns and just what a game and clemson made a run and got within the number but the only number that counts is 45 and 4 in 7 years and nick saban all smiles. >>> warriors and golden state, 17-0 at home. warriors inbounding, steph curry working the give and go to draymond green and it's gone. curry with 31, 16 30-point game in the nba. fourth quarter, catch a

meanwhile undefeated and 19th , ranked south carolina travels to tuscaloosa to battle alabama the gamecocks looking to improve to 16 and 0. allyson: flu season is here. which states are seeing the biggest impact. dale: went we expect more rain? >> now your weather forecast. dale: as we look from paris mountain back toward greenville, it is chilly, 33, light breeze out of the west/northwest of 5. a little breezy in the mountains colder. yesterday, little precipitation in western north carolina, just a trace, but enough to make slippery spots on mountain roads on a two-hour delay. 19 in andrews, 17 in boone, 26 in franklin, look to upper 20's in the mountains. spartanburg and union county, right at 31 in gaffney and union, upper 20's in try own. everyone needs a warm jacket for the morning, especially when the breeze blows. nine to 10 of 14 mile-per-hour wind in the mountains making it feel like it is in the teens or single digits if you're high in the north carolina mountains. average this time of the are for greenville, spartanburg, 52 for the high. not today. more like mid 40's. the record

looked like last night in tuscaloosa alabama after the crimson tide won the national title over clemson. fans and students flooded the streets... cheering and waving alabama state flags. celebrations went on into the early morning hours. police were eventually brought in to help disperse the crowd... but they did say everything remained peaceful and the students... for the most part... did a good job celebrating the but st so, gea with a letter 'b' over th atlanta. the change came with plenty of fanfare, including display of cash. drawing will be 11 p-m eastern. tam. new at 6 a weekend with d for a five-year-old girl. new at 6 a weekend with grandma turned into a defining moment for a five-year-old girl. how the little girl saved the grandmas life a live shot of washington dc state of the union is tonight we have ahead newscast report date= producer= editor= producer comments: ---------- reo= ma gr cam >> i'm alex trebek. if you're age 50 to 85, i have an important message about security. write down the number on your screen, so you can call when i finish. the lock i want to talk to you

carolina and tuscaloosa tonight taking on alabama. norris averages six points a game, though he decides to hit his first fire chief three-point jots. bama feeling it early. they're up by ten. this guy puts in 18 point in the first half. look at the inbounds play and the alley-oop to dan atte hall. the three is no good but the put-back by michael kessons. passes to dozier, shot no good. bama gets the rebound, up to hall who crashes. extreme monday goes down with a gash above his eye. he's taken out of the game. rough one on the road. carolina's on an undefeated season. carolina now 15-1. 2-1 in conference play. >>> up in greenville, brad trying to build clemson to duke status. speaking of the devil himself, there he is. clemson hosting duke. tie game. nails the three from the corner. tigers with the first lead since the two-minute mark in the game. clemson up two. roper from three bucket. clemson up by five. one-point game, under 20 seconds to play. jordan roper with the ball driving. this man just has a blossoming game. clemson won 68

plus we head to tuscaloosa and hear from bama nothing new for them to play in the national championship.. but what does he think of the tigers? that and more, straight ahead in sports... 3 and we're going to miami... where two police officers are talking only on fox...about helping a nine-year-old girl take home the game ball from clemson's orange bowl win.hear from them...coming up! 3 seven out of ten... hey there, level tigers defensive end shaq lawson's dealing with... the daniel high alum spraining his m-c-l in the orange bowl... but the acc defensive player of the year says he's planning to suit up on monday... monday...losing lawson would be a huge blow for clemson's defense... he leads the nation in tackles for loss with 23-and a half... and ten and a half sacks... with the tigers front four set to square off with heisman trophy winner derrick henry.. lawson says he plans to play through the pain, but nothing's certain... 3 "my injury is just a slight sprain. it aint got nothing to do with all of that, i just want to play in this game. to play my last game for clemson in the nati

the trophy is heading back to tuscaloosa as alabama is the national champ this morning. >> this was likel game. >> yeah. the crimson tide defeated top ranked clemson 45-40 in a game with big plays on special teams. it was the fourth title -- look at them coming down -- for alabama in the past skempb years but also the toughest. head coach nick saban showing rare emotion. said it was a great challenge for bama. >> there weren't very many people early in the season that thought this team could do it and this team made a tremendous commitment to one another and did it together. i've never been prouder of a group of young guys. that's why i'm so happy for these players. >> so this is what they're talking about. >> i didn't mean obama. i meant bama. >> with 10:30 minutes in had the game and the score tied, saban called for an unsidekick that was absolutely amazing. and successful. marion humphrey caught it in midfield. that changed the momentum for the game. man, they were pumped up. >> they were. >> there's a difference between bama and boma. >> i'm getting into the state of the union. the b

fans celebrated in alabama tuscaloosa police kept an eye on the crowds to make sure the party did not get the structure. the final score 45-40. >>> state lawmakers start legislative session including discussions over issues open carry for dos, gambling and tax cuts. some republicans say this year will be smoother than last year. lawmakers did not pass the state budget until multiple special sessions and the threat of a government shutdown. to deliver his last state of the union address tonight. it is expected to focus more on unpaid -- unfinished business rather than a list of policy initiatives. the president is expected to talk about the economy's recovery, affordable care act inform policy. >> -- foreign-policy. >> i want to discuss the remarkable progress, not just when i want to get done in the your head-butt what we need to do together in the years to come. >> coverage of obama's speech begins here on channel 9, 9 pm. >>> governor rick scott is expected to >>> his massive tax cut proposal today. the governor is set to get his state of the state address today. the senate finance

. >> today was media day in tuscaloosa, nick saban, and a host of players talked about the national title game, and here is something you may or may not have known. the swinneys and the saban's, have a vacation me in the same area, and actually spend some time together, during the off-season. he has a place at boca grand where we have a place, we go for boat rides together, and go out to eat. he has a great family, and his boys play basketbal, and i think everybody has to be who they are. i think his coaches do a great job, he is the leader of the organization. and i think that's a reflection of him. >> saban very complimentary of the way swinney has built clemson's program we will hear from saban again, saturday morning in arizona. join us monday night, right here on wyff 4, 90 minutes before kickoff. we will bring you road to the title, an hour long special, live from university of phoenix stadium. everything you need to know before kickoff of the college football championship game. with cam newton possibly be in on the verge of winning his that newton has elevated his game since signin

in the s.e.c., 19th ranked south carolina looks to move to 16-0 if they travel to tuscaloosa to battle alabama at 9:00.0. over to the diamond, and the gamecocks check in at number 17 in the preseason d1baseball top 25 poll released today. usc, one of 7 s.e.c. teams in the rankings. florida tops the presason poll. the gamecocks open the season february 19th, hosting albany. in the way college football is, it is year round. before we know it, we will be in spring ball. gabrielle: we have been grateful to see the sunshine. but. michael: however. john: it is still cold, even with the sunshine. not as windy yesterday, 47 the high tomorrow, we should only be in the low 50's in the upstate. below average temperatures. 39 with a cold breeze, especially in the morning, in the mountains. then we warm up nicely, milder thursday afternono. rain comes in friday. the weekend looks iffy. we could see our first light frozen stuff saturday night and sunday morning. i will keep you updated. very light, though. gabrielle: thanks for being with us. michael: we appreciate the we are always on wyff4.com and

yesterday that helped pull through in a comeback win over the commodores...and this week they travel to tuscaloosa to takeon the tide on wednesday to continue sec play. 3 just stick to one game at a time, we talk about it but we dont focus on it. just one game, a win.. it all can go winning and approaching twith the mindset of one game at a time. 3 -open tigers trying to go 1-1 against the pitino family this season----lost to son richard minnesota squad earlier-lvl lead early 8-0 but donte grantham hits the three to give tigers lead at 16-14 3 they led from there/grantham 12 pts-late first half..avry holmes on the break away (he scores 16-----------tigers up 31-25 at half-------2nd half..jaron blossomgame on the drive..leads all scoreres with 17lemson by 12 -moments laterjordan roper the steal and slam 10 ptscu 66-62*three straight wins after three straight losses clemson: 10-6, 3-1 will host in a week for the nfc divisional playoff.the seahawks will come to charltote for a 1:05 kickoff after beating the vikings today 10-9 the last matchup wasnt a clear blowout though.. the cats topped seattle 27-

. >> over in tuscaloosa, the tidepracticing this week ahead of the national championship game. bama looking forward to its 11th national championship and its rich college football history. that's the most in the poll era. nick saban also looking for his fifth national championship and fourth at alabama. but saban knows no. 5 will be a little bit difficult against the tigers. >> clemson has an outstanding team, certainly going to be a tremendous challenge for us. i think they're quarterback, did deshaun watson, is certainly one of the best football players in the country, no doubt. dabo has done an outstanding job there, i think, and the team plays with great competitive character and is certainly going to be a great challenge for our team. >> so if you remember the last time clemson beat alabama, you have lived a very long time. that was about 40,000 days ago. teddy roosevelt was president. oklahoma, new mexico, arizona, states, and clemson was just 12 years old. >>> one of nick saban's former assistant will muschamp trying to build an alabama-like program here. linebacker skai