You cover the sport for us Weekend and week out, they all said that was the most accomplished team that they've ever had.

But this is 76 championship in 14 years.

Was this the best team he's had?

I don't know if it's the best team he's had, because the defense of side wasn't as dominant all season long.

They had a couple games.

They gave up a lot of points, but they might have their best game last night.

And I guess when you look at the football team, if you can play your best game when you needed, uh, that's what matters.

I feel like every couple of years we're having this conversation about next saving in Alabama eyes.

He the greatest, uh, greater than he was the last time we said he was the greatest.

That's just That's the best thing he's had the last time We said this is the best team he's had, so he just keeps getting better.

And so you know, when you look at this office that they won like 17 out of the 15 awards out there, so uh huh, this is a very talented offense.

They've been dominant all year long, and last night was just the finisher.

It was like, Okay, now we've officially ran through everybody improving.

That were by far the best team in college football again, as just from perspective.

It We'll talk more about saving a little bit later, but he's now one has many championships as a Bear Bryant, one at Alabama, and he's done it since he got there in 2000 and nine.

He's done it in 14 seasons.

So, Joey, I'm sure that a lot of fans watching the game, you were a receiver.

I'm sure a lot of fans watching the game, saying, Why can't they cover Devante Smith at all at all?

Why was he able to dominate this game the way he did?

No.

I knew he would have a good game.

I mean, he's had a good game every single game.

I didn't expect to see 12 catches for 2, 15 and three touchdowns in the first half and they tried everything.

Sometimes the other team is better than you are.

They tried to double him, they tried to go zone.

They tried to go man and it makes it difficult now when you got nausea Harris on the field that you also have to deal with.

You have John met.

You have Mac Jones, who played quarterback at a very high level this entire season.

Uh, that's a lot to deal with from a defensive coordinator, and sometimes the guys on the other sideline are better than you are.

And it doesn't matter what you call it.

Doesn't matter what you try to do, you just can't do it.

And they come into this game without Tommy Toby, I without Tariq Smith.

Uh, that front line that absolutely dominated in the Clemson game and really change that games.

They didn't allow Trevor Lawrence to stand in the pocket and look around the field.

Mac Jones had time to look around the field.

When Mac Jones has time, look around the field, they're pretty darn good.

So it was just a tough night in a very talented Alabama offense.

How state missing a few players on that defensive line because of covert concerns.

No excuses.

It was what it was, but Obama dominating performance.

Dan, just what did you see from Smith, in particular?

The Heisman Trophy winner?

Uh, maybe a lot of people didn't get to see that much of him this year, so I'm for the first time last night he was just dominant greeny.

Watching Ohio State tried to cover him was like watching Joey Galloway when he put social media clips of him trying to make a three put Birdy put like It's just brutal to see and it never ends the way you want.

You know, I covered.

I head out Alabama verse Arkansas Remember talking to a couple coaches about Devante Smith?

Three SEC coaches this year who all have coached 12 years or longer in the SEC, told me that he's the best receiver they have ever seen in the conference.

I mean, those air, some strong words from those coaches and covering guys.

I mean, Joe, you notice it's who's in house, Who you going to cover him with and how you gonna cover him and listen, he didn't do this against some ragtag group.

This Ohio State.

I mean, this is Ohio State that's got a corner and Sean Wade that people are putting into the conversation as a first rounder, and this was an absolute wear out session.

The different places they moved him.

Sometimes it was the bubble screen to get him on the perimeter.

Sometimes down in the red zone, it was the quick throw against motion.

Sometimes it was putting him at the number three spot and getting him matched up on a lesser athletes.

So it was really good job of placing them in different areas and just his talent.

He reminds me so much of Justin Jefferson from L S U So much of Keenan Allen for the Los Angeles Chargers.

Just one of those guys that you could point to and say He will just wear you out with his route running.

And that's why he's such a special guy.

Jeff.

What you think?

Yeah, it was almost unfair.

Greeny, listen, and Joey made a great point about the protection for for Mac Jones.

I mean, I represent this was an offensive lineman.

You say I want my quarterback to be able to smoke a cigarette in the pocket.

What does that mean?

Sit back nice and calm.

Relax and just go make the play when you have thio.

Well, guess what Matt Jones had all of that.

Look how wide open that is to Smith coming out of the backfield.

I mean, again, he's in little zip motion.

He's, I mean, orbit motion.

He's coming around.

But it all starts on how dominant it was upfront.

And when you give that much talent, that much time to receiver, I don't care who you got back there.

There's nobody who can cover him one on one end zone.

With that much time for Matt Jones to be able to dissect this defense, listen, it was unfair.

As you watch this game progressed.

You just felt helpless for the Ohio State defense.

Yeah, there was a lot of also eye candy, as they call it, before these players give credit to Steve Sarkeesian.

That was a very impressive and creative offense.

He now goes off to get a head coaching opportunity, but he did an unbelievably good job.

We will talk about Mac Jones, the quarterback for Alabama, little later in this hour and breakdown his performance.

But Dan let's talk about Justin Fields, quarterback at Ohio State, clearly playing after the huge hit that he took a week and a half ago.

So much at stake for him.

What did we see from him last night, an up and down.

And that's gonna be the conversation about Justin Fields.

Kind of from this moment forward.

There was some misses.

You saw the early shall Across you go, man.

If he hits that to Garrett Wilson, that might be a touchdown down in the red zone.

One on one on.

Wilson wins again.

You go, man.

Justin, you've got to make those throws.

But then there was also some big place from him that I loved, certainly missing that check down.

I thought he had Chris Olaf up the sideline there.

But you saw some of the toughness, the leadership, the ability to use his legs.

He did make some big throws.

The thing that stood out greeny was this.

He needed to be perfect, and he wasn't the only chance Ohio State had for them to win was perfection by Justin Fields.

And he wasn't perfect.

And people are gonna beat him up for that today.

I still think he's a remarkable player.

Yeah, and he will hear his name called early on the first night of the NFL draft.

The question is how early we'll get into that as we go.

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