Alabama Wins Rose Bowl Over Notre Dame 31-14: Reaction, Analysis, 5 Thoughts

Alabama wins the Rose Bowl over Notre Dame 31-14. Five thoughts and analysis of the game, and what it all means.

3. Mac Jones, Najee Harris, and the Alabama stars showed up

The headliners came through with everything Bama fans could’ve wanted.

Mac Jones didn’t throw any picks, he did a great job of not forcing anything, he never gave Notre Dame anything to work off of, and he came up with a nearly perfect performance.

Jones connected on 25-of-30 passes for 297 yards and four touchdowns averaging close to ten yards per pass – the Heisman-caliber quarterback played like it.

His completion percentage would’ve been even better if a check down throw wasn’t dropped by a certain running back who looked up the field too quickly.

Najee Harris might not be a Heisman finalist, but he’s the one who’s the real foundation and rock for this offense that comes up with so many high-flying plays. He had the game’s signature moment on the 53-yard run and big hurdle, running 15 times for 125 yards and catching four passes for 30 yards.

Jones spread it around – even to himself, catching his own batted pass – and he was able to find some other guy who’s pretty good …

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