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Legendary American football coach quotes Conor McGregor in pre-match team-talk

“We didn’t come here to take part, we came here to take over…”

Playoff Championship Clemson Alabama Football Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban. Chris Carlson Chris Carlson

UFC FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPION Conor McGregor can now boast of a link — albeit a tenuous one — to the Alabama Crimson Tide’s latest US college football title win.

In front of a crowd of 75,700 at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Arizona, the Crimson Tide defeated Clemson Tigers 45-40 to clinch their fourth title in seven years last night.

It marked a fifth title overall for legendary coach Nick Saban, who also guided LSU to victory in 2003.

After the game, this TV reporter revealed that Saban used one of Conor McGregor’s notorious lines to motivate his players before their 38-0 shutout of Michigan State in the Cotton Bowl on New Year’s Eve…
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