National Football Champions Flock to Montgomey, AL

The inaugural Raycom College Football All-Star Classic will a have a championship when the teams take the field at the Cramton Bowl on Saturday. The Stripes Team, coached by nine-time Super Bowl participant Dan Reeves, will dress six players who won a national championship in college this season.
Alabama (14-1) defeated Notre Dame 42-14 for the BCS National Championship on Jan. 7. The Crimson Tide has won three national titles in the last four years, including back-to-back championships in 2011 and 2012.
The Crimson Tide will dress four players for Saturday’s game, including defensive end Quinton Dial, tight end Kelly Johnson, kicker Jeremy Shelley and snapper Carson Tinker.
“It’s really hasn’t sunk in yet,” Shelley said of the Tide’s third national title in four years. “I know we won, but it’s just unreal to win three. It is a great feeling.”
Shelley and Tinker are among nine UA seniors who have won a school record three national titles.
“It means we have a lot of guys that know how to win,” Tinker said. “It has not sunk in yet. It’s not a dream; we put too much hard work into this to know it’s not a dream. It’s real. We earned it.”
Valdosta State captured the Division II National Championship with a win 35-7 win over Winston-Salem State in Florence, Ala., on Dec. 15. It was the school’s third national championship, all since the 2004 season.
VSU offensive lineman Ryan Schraeder is excited about the opportunity to play with the Alabama players. “There are a lot of good players,” It’s cool to play with the big dogs and the national champions and you realize real quick that you fit in with everybody.”
Schraeder also said he and the Crimson Tide players have talked about what their rings will look like.
“I had a chance to visit with (Shelley),” he added. “The Alabama guys are all laid back and we have talked about how big the rings are going to be and how much they will shine.”
On Saturday, all six national champions hope to shine one last time on the college football stage.
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