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 2yard 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
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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.