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Alabama-Clemson clashes are marked by wars in the trenches, and CFP title game might be the same

SAN JOSE, Calif. - A little rain might not be the worst thing for the College Football Playoff championship game on Monday. A slippery field might just accentuate the sort of game Clelin Ferrell is expecting.

The Clemson defensive end insists that whenever his team faces off against Alabama - usually with a title on the line - the outcome gets decided in the slop and grit and muck.

"It starts up front, the trenches," he says. "That's all it really is, man, because both

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