Alabama finished this most unusual college football season with its usual perfect record. The Crimson Tide went 10-0 and won the SEC title to capture the top seed in the College Football Playoff. Notre Dame joined the ACC for this season only and took a perfect record into the conference championship game, which it lost to Clemson. Despite dropping its first game of the year, the Fighting Irish claimed the No. 4 seed in the playoff over one-loss Texas A&M and undefeated Cincinnati.
Alabama and Notre Dame will face off in the Rose Bowl, not in Pasadena, California, but in Arlington, Texas. Southern California’s COVID-19 restrictions don’t allow for any fans in the stands, including family members of the players, so the game was relocated from the Rose Bowl to AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys.
The Rose Bowl kicks off today, Friday, Jan. 1, at 4 p.m. ET (1 p.m. PT) and will be broadcast on ESPN. Clemson and Ohio State will play in the other semifinal game, in the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans at 8 p.m. ET (5 p.m. PT) on ESPN.
Mac Jones will lead the Crimson Tide against the Fighting Irish in the Rose Bowl today on ESPN.
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How to stream the Rose Bowl
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