Clemson defeats Alabama The secondranked Clemson Tigers upset

Clemson defeats Alabama

The second-ranked Clemson Tigers upset No. 1 Alabama in the College Football Championship game 35 -31 Monday (into Tuesday) at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. With one second remaining, Watson found sophomore wide receiver Hunter Renfrow for the game-winning score, a 2 yard touchdown pass. It capped a fourth quarter in which the Tigers scored 21 points. It's Clemson's first national title since the 1981 season. Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney said. "That has to be one of the greatest games of all time, just absolutely incredible, to have to take the field and go down the field to win the game, that's what it's made of. That's what I told them when it was over. This is what it's all about right here, boys. "

In Other News n n President Barack Obama says goodbye to the nation Tuesday night in is known as the presidential farewell address. The incoming Trump administration has told allies it is moving ahead with plans to relocate the US Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem -- even as those countries issue stark warnings of the potential impact and the Palestinians and Arab nations are escalating calls not to do it. In Israel, where officials have lobbied countries for years to move their diplomatic missions to Jerusalem, which Israel claims as its capital, there is speculation a US announcement could be made as early as May 24 -- "Jerusalem Day" in Israel, a celebratory national holiday. That date comes just days before a waiver signed by President Barack Obama blocking the move expires. While some diplomats said there are signs President-elect Donald Trump may pull back from his campaign pledge, Arab and European allies have warned the incoming administration that the move could unleash further violence, undermine the peace process, damage US standing in the Middle East, and endanger American personnel. Jerusalem is already something of a tinderbox, with the most recent violence coming Sunday afternoon, when a Palestinian drove a truck into a crowd of Israeli soldiers, killing four. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has written to Trump to say an embassy move would have a calamitous impact on the chances for peace. And he warned in a recent speech that "any statement or position that disrupts or changes the status of Jerusalem is a red line which we will not accept. ” Abbas has followed up with written pleas to the leaders of Russia, China, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Arab League and others asking them to stop Trump. Secretary of State John Kerry issued his own warning last week that if the US moves its embassy to Jerusalem, "you'd have an explosion -- an absolute explosion in the region, not just in the West Bank and perhaps even in Israeli itself, but throughout the region. " Palestinians also claim Jerusalem as their capital.