8 Things To Look Forward To For The College Football Playoff National Championship

The matchup, which is between Alabama and Clemson for the second straight year, will be held this Monday in Tampa Bay. Even if you have no interest in college football, here's what you need to know to be ready.

8. Your Favorite Monday Night Hotspots Being Full of People Watching the Game

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This rings especially true in places where people are reeeeallly into this particular brand of sport. On the plus side, it is a way for you to make some new friends. And even if you learn to not like these people, most of these places will offer discounts on drinks. It's not quite the Super Bowl, but it will be close enough for you.

7. A Theatrical Screening of the English Dub of "Princess Mononoke"

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If you do not even remotely care about sports, this is definitely for you. Check it out if you're interested, mainly because this article is by no means intended to shill anything or anyone.

6. The Ever-Frequent and Incresingly Irritating Commercials

Sure, we have the small relief of no political ads, but marketing departments will find a way to drive us nuts. Once again, it's not quite the Super Bowl, so there isn't much of an impetus for them to be creative and funny. Not to mention the aforementioned bars and restaurants will play the ads along with the game on their speakers.

5. Annoyingly Smug Alabama Fans, Full Stop

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Let's call a spade a spade, dear reader; these people are objectively the worst. As in, your average Alabama fan can be used as a representation of everything that is wrong with the country. First, they will do the Rebel Yell everytime the Crimson Tide so much as makes a one-yard run. Then, if you so much as look at them the wrong way, they'll talk your ear off about how wonderful and special Nick Saban is and segue into an incoherent rant about how Donald Trump is Ronald Reagan reincarnated. And you will sit there and listen, lest they screech about you being a Yankee latte liberal - or worse, a hater.

4. Seeing the Stepford Wife Training Program In Action

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Officially, they are the majorettes that are a part of the University of Alabama's Million Dollar Band. By that name, dear reader, one can only assume it means "a million dollars was the total amount of money spent on their plastic surgery." As the above photo clearly demonstrates, the group is a walking argument for the current feminist movement.

3. The Feeling of Déjà Vu All Over Again

This bears worth repeating: Alabama and Clemson have faced each other before last year in Arizona. Unfortunately, Alabama won 45-40, which gave them their fourth title in seven years on a silver platter. This year ain't looking to be much better, ans you will definitely to hear all of the same chortling and ear-clawling hollering from those same fans as before.

2. Phone Calls and Texts From Friends and Relatives

Because after every big moment in the game, many people will have the urge to text or call whoever is the first person on their contact list and gush over that amazing moment. It happened when the Cubs won the World Series, it will certainly happen again. Thankfully, they will let you know in advance, so the suprise isn't too extreme.

1. The Relief That There Are People Who Will Take Your Side

They may not wear safety pins, but there are good people out there who understand how you feel. Of course, this is mainly due to the reasons listed above and in a previous article by this publication, but the point still stands. Such people have ranged from sports personality Colin Cowherd to even that nice bartender/barista that might give a drink on the house. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the glimmer of hope that would be fulfilled by - you guessed it - Alabama not only getting beaten, but completely humiliated. One can dream, right?