Alabama Football: Information fans need to follow National Championship

Alabama Football: Every available option to keep up with the National Championship game and more for Crimson Tide fans.

Let’s do this! Tonight is the time for Alabama Football, National Championship No. 18.

The Miami Dolphins and the Miami Hurricanes give way tonight to the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Ohio State Buckeyes. Under a mostly cloudy sky, the teams will battle inside the old Joe Robbie Stadium, now known as Hard Rock Stadium. The temperature at the kickoff is forecast to be 71 degrees with only a five percent chance of rain.

The stadium seats 65,000-plus. The capacity for the National Championship game is 13,000. As the higher-seeded team, Alabama Football will be clad in crimson.

The officiating crew is from the Big 12 conference. The kickoff is scheduled for 7:15 PM CST.

The two blue-blood programs have met only four times. The Buckeyes won the last one, a CFBP semi-final victory over the Crimson Tide in 2015. The three Alabama Football wins came in 1978, 1986 and 1995.

Nick Saban’s teams have more victories over Top Five opponents than any other program. The Saban record in the big games is 26-14.

Media giant Disney has multiple viewing options. The main broadcast will be on ESPN with Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit and Maria Taylor. ESPN2 will have CFB Live with Laura Rutledge, Todd McShay, Marcus Spears, Mina Kimes and Dan Orlovsky. Skycast will be on ESPN U, with Mike Golic Jr. and Jason Fitz. Film Room on ESPN News will feature Gene Chizik, Dave Clawson, Hugh Freeze and Sam Washington.

An Alabama Football feed will be available on the SEC Network. Online viewing will be available through the WatchESPN app. Online viewing will also be available through  YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV, Sling TV), and fuboTV.

The Alabama Football Radio Broadcast will be handled by Eli Gold, John Parker Wilson, Rashad Johnson and Chris Stewart. It will be available through the standard Alabama Football Radio Network and on Sirius/XM channel 80. ESPN will also have a National Radio broadcast with Sean McDonough and Todd Blackledge.

The Alabama Crimson Tide has the top College Football Playoff record with seven wins in 10 Playoff games. The Ohio State Playoff record is 3-2. The Crimson Tide will be playing in its eighth National Championship game of the BCS and CFBP eras. Alabama Football won the title in five of the previous seven contests.

As tracked by the Action Network, the Alabama Crimson Tide opened as a seven-point favotrite. On most betting sites, the current spread, with the Crimson Tide as favorite, is nine points. National college football experts and pundits overwhelmingly predict Alabama Football as the game winner.