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Preview of today’s College Football Playoff National Championship

Alabama head coach Nick Saban, left, and Georgia head coach Kirby Smart attend a press conference ahead of the NCAA college football championship in Atlanta, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018. Georgia and Alabama will be playing for the championship on Monday, Jan. 8. (AP Photo/David Goldman) Alabama head coach Nick Saban, left, and Georgia head coach Kirby Smart attend a press conference ahead of the NCAA college football championship in Atlanta, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018. Georgia and Alabama will be playing for the championship on Monday, Jan. 8. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

By David Paschall January 8, 2018 4 min read

CFP NATIONAL TITLE GAME

No. 3 GEORGIA (13-1) vs. No. 4 ALABAMA (12-1)

8 p.m. » Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta

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THE MATCHUP

David Paschall

David Paschall has covered sports at the Chattanooga Times Free Press since 1999 and wrote for the Chattanooga Free Press in the nine years before that. David has mostly covered college athletics, with a focus on the University of Georgia from 2000 to 2019 and the University of Tennessee since 2020. He grew up in Chattanooga and is a graduate of the Baylor School and Auburn University. David has received multiple writing awards and has served as a Heisman Trophy voter since 2003. He has also worked in radio in Chattanooga and has been on the SEC Network's "Classic Rewind" series since 2014. David and his wife, Kelly, have three children — Conner, Emily and Spencer.

Contact David Paschall at dpaschall@timesfreepress.com or 423-757-6524.