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Alabama Clinches NCAA Championship 26-23 In Overtime Against Georgia

The contest featured one team led by a legendary coach and the other led by his former assistant. Nick Saban has never been defeated by one of his ex-aides.

Updated at 12:15 a.m. ET Tuesday

The Georgia Bulldogs got into the college football title game with an unexpected comeback for an overtime win against the Oklahoma Sooners. On Monday night, they had their championship hopes yanked away the same way.

In the fourth quarterthe Alabama Crimson Tide made up lost ground, bringing the score with Georgia's Bulldogs to 20-20 with less than four minutes left in

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