Where were you when Tua Tagovailoa hit DeVonta Smith for a 41-yard touchdown to capture the College Football Playoff national championship over Georgia in overtime on Monday night?

Wherever you were can't top Alabama defensive back Minkah Fitzpatrick's answer to that question.

Quite simply, he was in the bathroom.

That's right, perhaps the most memorable play in recent Tide history, and one of Alabama's most valuable defensive stars was taking care a different type of business.

"I was going to the bathroom on the sideline (in a porta potty)," Fitzpatrick told ESPN Radio's "Golic and Wingo. "I could tell which side was the Alabama side. Alabama's side was the left of our team and Georgia was to the right of the team. The left side started cheering I knew it was us and we got the first down or we scored a touchdown. It was the right side, it was Georgia and I would have to go out on the field and go back on defense. That's how I knew what was going on."

After holding Georgia to a 51-yard field goal in overtime, Alabama faced a second and 26 after Tagovailoa took a first-down sack before he hit Smith for the game-winner.

Take a listen to the full interview here.

Fitzpatrick, the winner of the Bednarik and Thorpe awards this season, has now won two national titles in three years and is expected to enter the NFL draft.

"Pretty obvious which way I'm leaning," he said Wednesday.

Mark Heim is a sports reporter for The Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Mark_Heim.