The Tigers finally did it, our phantom champions from last season at Clemson rolled away the tide to get their revenge to the tune of 35-31 in last night’s NCAA Bowl Championship Series finale. The win was Clemson’s first national football title since 1981 and stopped Alabama from winning back-to-back championships after their victory last January.
Here we have a small sampling of “phantom championship” merchandise — the caps, t-shirts, and other items that would have been produced had Alabama gotten just one extra touchdown and won the game.
As you can see they had a “Back to Back Champs” logo all ready to go:
They also produced designs for two of the semi-finalists, Ohio State and Washington:
I’m not enough of a college sports fan to understand what “THE” significance of that Ohio State shirt is. If you know please share in the comments.
Check out our other phantom championship collections here, explore a world where the Cleveland Indians won the 2016 World Series
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Oregon Ducks 2014 National Champs Phantom Merchandise 
Auburn Tigers 2013 National Champs Phantom Merchandise 
Notre Dame Fightin’ Irish 2012 Phantom Champs Merchandise 
NCAA Bowl Games Phantom Champs Merchandise 
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