Thursday, January 24, 2019

Clemson Wins College Football National Championship


The recipient of a doctor of medicine from UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dr. Anthony Amoroso completed his emergency medicine residency at St. John Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, in 2003, and has been working in Texas ever since. When he isn't treating patients, Dr. Anthony Amoroso enjoys watching college football. 

For the third time in four years, Clemson met Alabama in the College Football Playoff national championship game and, for the second time in three years, Clemson emerged victorious. The South Carolina university won the game 44-16 and finished the season with a perfect 15-0 win-loss record to become the first team to perform the feat since the 1800s. Moreover, it was the first team to beat Alabama by more than 14 points since Nick Saban became the Roll Tide's head coach in 2007. 

Building upon an impressive performance during Clemson's semi-final win over Notre Dame, wide receiver Justyn Ross registered six catches for 153 yards and scored a 74-yard touchdown in the third quarter that gave the Tigers a 37-16 advantage. True freshman Trevor Lawrence, meanwhile, threw 3 touchdown passes and accumulated 347 yards passing. The 6-foot-5 quarterback finished the season with 3,280 passing yards to go along with 30 touchdowns, 4 interceptions, and a passing efficiency rating of 157.2.