After four bland NFL playoff games last weekend, football fans were starving for a quality matchup.
College football provided it with a national championship game classic between Clemson and Alabama that started on Monday night and finished Tuesday morning.
The only difference between this one and last year's matchup of the same schools was that Clemson, not Alabama, won.
This one deserves all the curtain calls college football fans demand, but before we put a wrap on the sport until the fall, let's take a look at the winners and losers this bowl season: