This will be the biggest spectacle on a Monday night since “The Bachelor” premiere. Game on.
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1. The big College Football National Championship Game will take place on Monday, January 13 between LSU (Louisiana State University - No. 1) vs. Clemson (No. 3). While it’s essentially going to be a home game for LSU (Baton Rouge is an hour and a half drive from the Superdome in New Orleans), don’t count out Clemson who enters the game on a 29-game winning streak. (And no you’re not dreaming, Clemson has won two of the last four national championships). WE’RE GOING STREAKING
2. The national championship game is a week later this year and if you are into conspiracy theories, some are speculating the season premiere of “The Bachelor” played a role in moving the game back. Skeptics think Disney didn’t want to have competing programming (“The Bachelor” is on ABC and the football game is on ESPN). MUST SEE TV
3. The coaches are a story on their own. LSU’s head coach Ed Orgeron is the epitome of Louisiana. From his indistinguishable accent (seriously, we encourage you to watch an interview with him) to his love for crawfish, he ends every interview with “Go Tigers.” Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney was a walk on for the Alabama football team in college. During that time Swinney lived with his mom and a roommate in a two-bedroom apartment to save money. Now he’s the highest paid college coach in the country. FROM RAGS TO RICHES
4. Both team’s mascots are tigers but the advantage goes to LSU. Their mascot, Mike the Tiger, is a real live tiger. Clemson has a tiger and tiger cub mascot. MOVE OVER TONY
5. If you want to really sound like you know your stuff, this could be the best quarterback matchup we’ve ever seen in the national championship game. Seriously. Joe Burrow from LSU won the Heisman Trophy this year and he’s the likely No. 1 pick for this year’s NFL (National Football League) Draft. Clemson’s QB Trevor Lawrence won the national championship last year as a true freshman (i.e. he didn’t sit out a year – he was an actual freshman) and is projected to be the No. 1 pick for next year’s NFL Draft. And if you haven’t seen this Tik Tok video of his female doppelganger, it’s spot on. MIRRORING GREATNESS
