Sara Walsh (left) with ESPN College Football analysts Danny Kanell and Booger McFarland inside Tampa’s Amalie Arena during media day on Saturday Jan 7.
Throughout the weekend, ESPN has provided more than 70 hours of coverage from the College Football Playoff National Championship in Tampa, Fla. Tonight, Alabama and Clemson will face off for the title game (8 p.m. ET, ESPN). Here is a collection of behind-the-scenes goings-on from the weekend leading into tonight’s game.
Matt Barrie, Sara Walsh and ESPN College Football Insider Brett McMurphy during a segment at media day on Saturday Jan 7.
Inside the SportsCenter on the Road bus during the live morning show from Tampa on Sunday Jan 8.
Hannah Storm with Ron Jaworski and Ryan Clark from SportsCenter on the Road during a morning segment from downtown Tampa.
Kirk Herbstreit speaks at ESPN Camera meeting the day before the CFP National Championship game.
Calm before the storm. . . the ESPN College Football TV compound outisde of the stadium in Tampa this morning.
Not my proudest moment. It's cold in Florida. @Buccigross pic.twitter.com/aaoZxeJ3C0
— Steve Levy (@espnSteveLevy) January 9, 2017
Look who decided to join the set. She's a beauty. @cfpplayoff @SportsCenter pic.twitter.com/3ETTZv9Kqp
— Kevin Negandhi (@KevinNegandhi) January 9, 2017
Safe to say Tampa has been LIVE so far!
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– @icecube joins @SportsCenter w/ @michaelsmith & @jemelehill from #CFBPlayoff pic.twitter.com/rS5hLQ2pN7
— Andy Hall (@AndyHallESPN) January 9, 2017
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