PF: As you and your teammates were getting ready for the final game, was anything different?

MW: “I felt like throughout the whole week of preparation, we practiced hard and I feel like everyone was locked in. Clemson’s a great team, and I feel like they had a great game plan and it came down to executing. Coach Saban always harps on the things that -- we can’t make this many mental errors and mistakes when we play great teams because they will be able to capitalize on those things, and we may get so far behind that we won’t be able to catch up. And I feel like Clemson did a great job with controlling the game when they did have the lead. Everything else was just set in stone for them. I just thank my God because we didn’t give up. We played hard until the end even though we were losing. It just wasn’t our day. Every dog has its day, and it just wasn’t our day. But it doesn’t mean Alabama won’t have that opportunity to go back and play for another one next year. So, everybody just has to swallow that pill, go back to work and just focus on the future and put that game behind them, even though it was one of the biggest games of the season.”