The College Football Playoff National Championship is here: The best of the title game

ByESPN.COM STAFF
January 9, 2017, 8:21 PM

— -- The College Football Playoff National Championship presented by AT&T is finally here (8 p.m. ET, ESPN/ESPN App) and we've got you covered all day long with the wild scene in Tampa, Fla.

Lane lives!

Bo Scarbrough, always a monster

Excessive arm day, on the ref ...

Forget about Bo Scarbrough or Deshaun Watson. The biggest star -- quite possibly literally -- of the national title game was the Hochuli-esque ref who took the country by storm.

Derrick Henry can make an entrance

And that's one great hairstyle.

Be glad he's on your side, Bama fans

This is Rickey Loflin. He has been going to home and away Alabama games over the last few years. He has 3,000 photos in his phone from all the stops he's made.

Surely a new photo today for the first college title game in Tampa.

And also ... Merry CFP Christmas

Panda-ing to the Crimson Tide faithful

It's so hard to say goodbye

Tuscaloosa continues to long wave goodbye to offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin. Druid City Brewing Co., which has a long running chalkboard space for football-related pieces, dedicated space to the departed Kiffin. Ryan Watson penned the play on the Elton John song "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road", which features an owl as a nod to Kiffin's new role as head coach of Florida Atlantic.

Pylon cam getting ready

Dabo tries a selfie