3 the National Championship is two days away 3 the Clemson Tigers are continuing on their road to victory the team took off yesterday from gsp to phoenixlanding with a little bit of fanfare and a lot of attentionas the championship game gets closer and closer. Closer. Fox carolina has Team Coverage of all thats happening in arizona tonight with the tigers. Thats where sports director Aaron Cheslock is tonightand aaron you guys had full access to the team. 3 we did indeed, and well bring you a full recap throughout the show so you dont want to go anywhere. But well start with the most important story. The tigers squaring off with alabama. 3 3 3 and thats what theyre playing for. The tigers all taking turns posing with the championship trophy at media day today. Theyre hoping to take some more monday night. The experience factor is real in this one. Clemson playing game since 1981. Their only appearance. Alabama on the other hand is playing in their fourth National Championship tilt in seven years. Theyve got 15 trophies sitting in tuscaloosa. But its clemson that comes in undefeated. Riding the nations longest winning streak at 17. Dabo swinneys said all year that the next game is the biggest game. No question about it this time. 3 3 3 3 3 this truly is the biggest game of the year cause this is it. Were excited about it. We have Great Respect for alabama, how can you not . Theyve been the standard in College Football for a long time, but our guys are just focused on trying to get themselves ready to play well cause thats what its going to take. None of the rest of this stuff matters. Matters. 3 3 theyre very good, theyre very talented, a lot of skill set, theyre very well coached by kirby smart. But we just got to do what we do. I cant really focus on what they have. I just focus on my job and continue to do what we do and just take it one day at a happens. The tigers going through their last true practice earlier this afternoon. Fine tuning the gameplan before monday. 3 theres no question the tigers know how big this game is to really the whole state of south carolina. But its even more important to the guys who are from here. 3 our live Team Coverage continues with sports anchor Shannon Sommerville. Who ccght up with some tigers from the upstate. Shannon . Shannon . 3 exactly. Several players right out of the upstate not only have a chance to being back a National Championship have a chance at making College Football history. 3 if the tigers win theyll be the first team in fbs history to go 15 and oh during a season. And to dormans Charone Peake and riversides kevin dodd. Bringing home some hardware to the upstate would be a dream come true. 3trt trt 3 spartanburgs never seen anything like that before. Itd be very good for me to bring that home to them. Them. 3 3 it still kind of feels unreal that were here right now, but its been a long road and im just glad that we got the opportunity to play in it. Its exciting. Exciting. Well have more on the matchup a little later. 3 but the players werent the only ones we talked to at media day nicole papay has more. 3 we were out there all morning with coaches and players getting interviews about the pregame but, we werent the only ones there. Nicole has more. More. 3 thats right, our sports team got up close and personal with players and coaches, but that doesnt mean the fans stayed away. This diehard clemson following showed up early this morning to let the team know theyre here. 3 3 3 c l e m s o n t i g e r s fightdeborah nelson stands among the truest tiger fans. Shes been here in phoenix since thursday, already took a tour of the stadium and what will become the tigers locker room on game day. And while shes been excited to have seen the players today, shes more than ready for whats to come on monday. 3 3 3 theres no other place id be right now than right here in arizona in phoenix. I was there in 1981 and im going to be here in 2016 when we take that National Championship again 3 deborah is such a passionate tigers fan, she tells us her nickname during football season has become debo. I think coach dabo would be happy to hear that debo will be there cheering on the team 3 the excitement 3 here is building up for the big game on monday. Back to you derek. 3 3 youll want to stay tuned to fox carolina for continuing coverage as the tigers prepare for the mondays game. And dont forget monday at 7tune in for our special report undefeated clemsons return to the championship. Well be going in depth on the tigers first shot at thth National Title since 1981. 3 3 rain falls overnight, but winds pick up on sunday and your forecast changes. Find days ahead with your forecast coming up. 3 there is other news tonight we have the latest body of a babyfound in the woods of Anderson County. 3 pluslatebreaking details on a double homicide case that has deputies asking what happenedthat storyand more from arizonawhen the ten oclock news returns. 3 new tonight 3 Anderson County deputies are trying to figure out what led to a double homicide. Homicide. The discovery was made early this morning along pierce and amy road in iva. Deputies are not really saying a lot about what happened at this pointand the victims so far have not been idd. As we get updateswe will pass them along here on airand on foxcarolinadotcom. 3 also in Anderson County deputies are trying to figure out who left the body of a baby girl in a wooded area. Were told a man who was Walking Around this morning found the remainswhich they describe as a nearterm fetus some 7 to 9 months along. 3 tonightthat story is on the minds of many in Anderson Countyincluding deputiti who are still trying to piece everything together. Together. Fox carolinas shale every aspect of this story all day. Shalewhat have you been able to find out . 3 derek very sad situation for an anderson nieghborhood with many Unanswered Questions tonight. I spoke to Anderson CountyCoroners Office and they say it is confirmed the child is a full trimester white female. They also say the child was birthed in a natural way. One neighbor says she still cant believe how this mornings events unraveled. 3 3 3 police cars, yellow tape and investigators all surround the Anderson County scene this morning after the body of a baby was found. 3 investigators were called at about 11 oclock saturday morning when a passer byer walking through woods, ran up on a what appeared to be a near term female infant. The person walking by ran to a neighbors home to call 911. Sot kelly y berkwitz, called police to scenehe had a little baby bootie and a piece of glass and he found a baby its head 3 had been mutilated by some animals maybe . The coroner says the baby suffered some sort of trauma. But at this time they cannot confirm if that happened before or after the baby was left. I think its too soon to pinpoint the exact time but it does appear to be very recent. Of course an investigation has been launched, we dont have details right now. But it does appear to be nearly a full term female. Investigators say this is an Ongoing Investigation and they will be reaching out to the community for answers. 3 forensics, along with assistant coroners down there collecting whatever we have right around the incident itself and then well expand out from there and then talking to people in the neighborhood. Neighbors are trying to put the pieces together themselves. I have no idea what the mirror has to do with it, i know theres fingerprints on it because i could see it. For now, the Community Just hopes for answers. Prayers for the family and wrap it up and give back people their peace of mind. 3 Anderson County deputies say the person who found the baby is not a person of interest at this time. An autopsy has been set for monday. We will let you we find out. Derek, back to you. 3 in macon countysearch and rescue efforts will continue tomorrow for a georgia man who witnesses say fell into the cullasaja river. Were told this all happened in the dry falls area near highlands. Crews spent most of the afternoon looking for the man but had to call off the search once it became dark. We will let you know any updates as we get them. 3 3 rain will linger 3 overnight, becoming moderate at times. Look to see winds pick up by early sunday morning with temperatures sitting in the mid40s and upper 30s. Sunday will start of cloudy with a few lingering showers. With a breezy and cold morning likely in western snow flurries cannot be ruled out for the morning. Expect clearing skies throughout the day as temperatures peak in the mid50s across the upstate. Western North Carolina will likely have already seen its warmest temperatures of the day and hover near 40 degrees for much 3 and make sure to download our new fox carolina weather app. You can get the latest weather info on the go, as well as get alerts on watches and warnings for your area. Just text carolina weather to 23765 to download 3 our coverage of the Clemson Tigers trek to the National Championship continues now 3 and theres another angle to this whole game you have to take into considerationhead coach Dabo Swinneys connections to alabama. Alabama. Lets head back out fox carolina sports director Aaron Cheslock in arizonaand theres a lot of history there, isnt there . 3 without question. Swinneys an alabama native, who walked on as a wide receiver and won a championship with the tide back in 92. He also coached in tuscaloosa for 13 years as an assistant. 3 3 3 3 earlier at media day. Swinney fielded multiple questions about returning to alabama someday. He continues to stick to his line one that. Never say never. But has no plans to leave. But the recent success hes had at clemson, putting the tigers on the national map continues to garner national attention. And as nick saban continues to get older, speculation of swinney leaving tigertown to take over in tuscaloosa continues to grow. Which is why when we asked Athletic DirectorDan Radakovich about the possibility. He admitted its not lost on him. 3 3 3 3 3 youre probably under water if youre not conscious of it or dont think about it but, theres nothing that we can do. We try to control what we can control. And were going to do the best job we can do for coach swinney and his staff, to allow clemson to be successful. Successful. Now swinneys ties to clemson are pretty strong too. Been in tigertown 13 years. But if bear bryant left to get back to bama. You gotta figure clemsons coach would have to consider it if 3 and the storylines are seemingly endless for this one. Both on and off the field. 3 lets bring nicole papay back in as we continue our live coverage. And the whole phoenix areas buzzing about the big game right nicole . 3 thats right aaron, the football arena is in glendale, just outside of phoenix, but the area that will feel the Economic Impact spans even farther. 3 we stopped by old town scottsdale, which many locals mentioned is a top Tourist Destination for food, music, and nightlife outside of downtown phoenix. One of the managers of a popular restaurant there told us more about what they expect through the weekend and next week. 3 3 3 oh its awesome for this area you know you get a lot of people from out of town a lot of people make a vacation out of it so theyre here to have fun and were here to make sure that they do have fun if you think about it in comparison to back home, it would be like a downtown event in greenville bringing enough people to even have places like anderson and spartanburg feeling the flood of people into stores and rereaurants. 3 back to you 3derek derek 3 youll want to stay tuned to fox carolina for continuing coverage as the tigers prepare for the mondays game. And dont forget monday at 7tune in for our special report undefeated clemsons return to the championship. Well be going in depth on the tigers title since 1981. 3 3 still to come tonightmore from phoenix as fans get ready for the big game gamesome are spending the bucks to head out there to watch clemson take on the crimson. 3 this is what theyre arriving toscottsdale arizona. Well continue to bring you full coverage throughout the show 3 and lets not forget powerball. 900million dollars could be yours tonightif you have the right numbers. The live drawing is coming up 3 heres a look at your other winning lottery numbers. 3 3 marco rubio thinks its unfair to criticize him for missing votes. But i am going to miss votes, im running for president. But hes been missing votes for a long time. One third of all of his missed votes in 2015 were missed before he announced he was running for president. Over the last three years, marco rubio has missed more votes. Than any other senator. Washington politician marco rubio. Doesnt show up for work, but wants a promotion . Right to rise usa is responsible 3 Clemson Tiger fans are making there way to phoenix 3 now that the tigers have gone the fans are following jetting off to arizona to see the game in person. Heres Fox CarolinasBrookley Cromer. 3 3 3 3 im here at gsp where many clemson fans are getting a once in a lifetime opportunity as they travel out of tiger territory and into glendale arizona in hopes of bringing home a National Title win win 3 3 going. This is like a dream come true a dream that many tiger fans have hoped for since the legendary 1981 win. Win. 3 we were there in 1981 when they were there before so this has been a Long Time Coming linda long is a diehard clemson fan who owns her own travel agencyso she wanted to give fans the ultimate experience by setting up a charter flight directly from gsp to arizona. And as soon as the tigers won in miami the tickets went quickly quickly 3 when we came back from florida, the trip sold out Corey Andresen is one of those fans 3 3 weve all been waiting on this our entire lives so we can not get there fast enough this is just one of many flights that are carrying thousands of fans from the upstate as they jet off to see the tigers play play 3 i dont care how far it is and all these other fortysomething thousand people dont care how far it is. Theyre going to follow the tigers wherever they go and dolly younts are lifelong clemson fans and have been waiting for a repeat of that win since 1981 weve been tiger fans for over fifty years. We went to the first National Championship game that we won. We intend to do the same thing at this one in greenville Brookley Cromer fox carolina the 10 00 news 3 flights from gsp to arizona continue tomorro and in case you need a reminderthe tigers face off against number two alabamamonday at 8 30 pm. 3 3 weve got more coverage from phoenix with our crew there well check in live with coming up. 3 andohhow about that chance to get 900million dollars . The time for buying the big ticket is now overthe drawing is coming up in just minutes ted . Winds pick up on sunday and your forecast changes. Find out what is in store for the days ahead with your forecast hey, guys, its annie. Now, if youre anything like me, youre always looking for ways to save money, especially when it comes to your weekly grocery trip. Well, with walmart every day low prices, saving money while keeping the pantry full. Thats easier than you think. In headtohead shopping, the total at walmart beat that of bilo. Greenville, the total amount saved at walmart vs. Bilo was 24. 76 on this weeks groceries thats 19 . So head to walmart and see what you 3 anticipation is growing for clemson and alabama fans tonight 3 theres a good chance that two nights from nowthat game even though there is 46 hours to go until the big game startstheres a lot going onand theres a lot of excitement thats still surrounding hte game. Game. Our live Team Coverage from arizona continues with fox carolina sports director Aaron Cheslock. And aaron while it was all Business Today there were some lighter moments right . 3 yeah absolutely. In particular some jawing back and forth. Between two clemson players. About some really important stuff. Like facial hair. 3 3 3 3 one of the more lighter moments was the back and forth between tl hanna alum ben boulware and eric mac lain. Boulwares shaved his beard down to just a mustache. While mac lains still rocking the full mane. Which made for some pretty good trash talk in front of hundreds of media members. Although boukdwares planning to shave the stache, pretty soon 3 3 3 3 3 after the game. Its getting locker room right after the game. I have a razor and its gone. Cause this thing is getting annoying. Its beautiful, its a nice mustache, but its definitely gone after the game. Game. 3 3 let me tell you something man, ben boulwaressustache is terrible, he needs to shave it right now. Its just an embarrassment for this entire team. What makes your beard better . Everything. You can look at it and see that theres no aspect that his facial hairs better than mine. Mimie. So there you have it. According to the winningest player in clemson history in eric mac lain. He does have an epic beard. 3 now weve talked a bunch about Deshaun Watson and dabo swinney all season. And deservedly so. But keeping with the lighter story theme weve got going on. 3 lets bring back shannon. Joins us live from scottsdale. Whos got an interview with an important player you dont often hear from. But is pretty important. The long snapper. Shannon . Shannon . 3 when you hear the name jim brown you probably think of the greatest runningback of all time. The jim brown we hes the long snapper for the undefeated tigers. He might not be the most well known player on the team. But he just might be the most entertaining. 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 its a question i always ask like when youre in school in the first class ive always asked o o horse size duck. Wait whatone horse size duck a horse size duck ok. Or three duck size horses. 3 duck size horses would be adorable. See thats what everybody says. Id rather have a horse size duck because id rather fly on a big duck. Ladies say the miniature horses because theyre cuter and most guys are like i wanna fly a big duck thats kinda what i want to do. Are these the things that plague you at night . No no they dont plague me i stole that from somebody else. If you were stranded in the desert right here makes sense were in arizona you could take 3 things what uld they be . Take. And not stuff for survival actually lets do two. Two things not for survival but you have to have with you that youre attached to the hip with. It could be a stuffed animal. Easy easy. Netflix. Big fan of netflix also my wonderful photographer mark warren what about you what would you bring . Oh lets see here. My guitar. Thats the first one the second one would be Stanton Seckinger hes our tight end. Were outdoorsmen we like. Do you chop wood or something . We hunt and fish all the time. So we would love to drop everything and go live in the woods for 3 or 4 months. I think we could do it. Id love should be a reality show. And still have like a cell phone or something in case it really hits the fan and let me call 911 or something . But i really do think i could survive for an extended period of time. Maybe like less than a week. If fox carolina is looking to do a show maybe the adventures of jim and stanton. You got it man well pitch it right now. Not like naked and afraid. Thats just weird. 3 i think that was my favorite interview all year. 3 youll want to stay tuned to fox carolina for continuing coverage as the tigers prepare for the mondays game. And dont forget monday at 7tune in for our special report undefeated clemsons return to the championship. Well be going in depth on the tigers first shot at the National Title since 1981. 3 happening right now 3 get your tickets ready we are just about 20 minutes away from the big drawing for powerball. It climbed to a whopping 900 million dollarsand it will likely be more than that when the drawing happens tonight. Tonight. 900million dollars its the highest lottery payout in us history the last time someone won the Powerball Jackpot was in octoberand its carried over every week since. So what would you do if you won . 3 3 3 i probably retired at 28 28probably just quit my job do whatever i want to do me and what about the cameraman . Ill help him out give him a little bit. Bit. The odds of winning the jackpot is one in 292million. You can catch the drawing 3 3 and you are looking live that sign says 900million dollars. They say the cash payout value is 558million dollars if you take the lump sum. Will you be a winner . 3 plusmore from arizonaand the preps for the big game clemson and the crimson thats still to come tonight. 3 rain falls overnight, but winds pick up on sunday and your forecast changes. Find out what is in store for the days ahead with your forecast 3 clemson fans have been waiting for monday all season 3 clemson and alabama players are gearing up for the big day each hoping to walk away with the big title. 3 fox carolina sports director Aaron Cheslock is back phoenix. Aaron, and while the tigers get ready for their second National Championship, its the same old story for alabama right . 3 absolutely, the crimson tide. No strangers to the biggest game in College Football. Nick sabans bunch making their 4th appearance in the last seven years. 3 3 3 3 alabama players and coaches looking calm and confident earlier at media day. Mentioned the recent success, but this is arguably the most storied program in College Football. In fact 15 National Championship trophies sit in tuscaloosa right now. Head coach nick sabans certainly made his mark there. And the crimson tide 3 3 3 3 3 i dont know that anybodys stopped Deshaun Watson you know youre talking about a phenomenal player. A player that can beat you in a number of different ways. And i think he truly understands what they want him to do and gets it done on a pretty consistent basis which makes them have the kind of prolific offense that they have. Have. Coming up a little later in sports we check in with derrick henry. And get the Heisman Trophy winners take on going up against the top ranked tigers. 3 now the tigers come in as the underdog. And clemson fans can take any edge they can get. 3 lets bring back nicole papay. And nicole, a lot of the tigers faithful made their way to arizona from all over the country. And even a 3 thats right aaron, thousands of clemson fans arriving here will make a huge impact on the game 3 3 3 3 and weve 3 already seen a lot of them taking in the good food and sights around the phoenix area ahead of the game. Its well known that clemson fans travel well, but one group in particular, who has been to an incredible number of home and away games, brings with them a very popular fan. 3 3 3 02 37 04 12 this is our traveling gnome, he has his own Facebook Page his name is riggs. We take him to every game, hes been everywhere that weve gone, weve been to every game home and away away02 37 40 05 i think it really makes all the difference, we really are a lot of times the extra player that they need in the game, because we definitely make sure that they know that were 3 aaron said it right, that clemson fans will take every edge they can get going up against alabama on monday, so maybe, just maybe, riggs the gnome will help to make the difference 3 back to you derek 3 youll want to stay tuned to fox carolina for continuing coverage as the tigers prepare for the mondays game. And dont forget monday at 7tune in for our special report undefeated clemsons return to the championship. Well be going in depth on the tigers first shot at the National Title since 1981. 3 rain will linger overnight, becoming moderate at times. Look to see winds pick up by early sunday morning with temperatures sitting in the mid40s and upper 30s. Sunday will start of cloudy with a few lingering showers. With a breezy and cold morning likely in western North Carolina, a few stray snow flurries cannot be ruled out for the morning. Expect clearing skies throughout the day as temperatures peak in the mid 50s across the upstate. Western North Carolina will likely have already seen its warmest temperatures of the day and hover near 40 degrees for much of the afternoon. Winds will be an issue. Expect west southwest winds between 10 and 15 Miles Per Hour in the upstate with gusts reaching over 20 miles per carolina will see more of a north northwest flow between 10 and 20s Miles Per Hour and gusts reaching as fast as 30 Miles Per Hour cold temperatures rush in sunday evening, bringing temperatures into the low to upper 20s. Monday will start the week off with sunny skies and temperatures below normal. 3 3 were back with more clemson coverage were talking to Shaq Lawson Lawson 3 3 the lowdown on 3 3 the lowdown on lawson. Hey there, im ac. Tigers defensive end shaq lawsons status 3 for the title games one of the biggest concerns for the entire clemson fan base. 3 3 3 still not 100 sure. But the expects to play against alabama in mondays National Championship. The tigers certainly need him. Lawson leads the nation in tackles for loss, and touts ten and a half sacks on his resume. When facing an offense like alabama. With such a huge presence up front, clemson needs all their top players up front for the National Title clash. 3 3 3 im just taking it a day at a time. Trying to get my knee back. Down here before the game, trying to get it stronger before i go out there and play. I dont feel no weaknesses. I really cant tell right now until i start moving on the field and everything. But its Getting Better each day, with movement. And ill continue to work on it to get it back where i was at. At. Well continue to follow lawsons status throughout the next day or so and bring you a concrete answer as to whether 3 sports anchor 3 Shannon Sommerville was out at tigers practice this afternoon. And shannon, did we see anything from lawson . 3 in less than 48 hours the tigers will square off against alabama in the National Championship game. A lots been made of the hours limit on practice for the tigers but at the end of the day it doesnt matter cause theyve got a game to get ready for. So with the hours counting down how game ready are the tigers . 3 the tigers hit the practice field at Scottsdale Community college for their final full practice before the National Championship game. The players are loose but focused. Calm but motivated. Motivated. 3 3 3 3 mentally were ready physically ready to just go out there and team ever the closer it gets we just want to go out there and compete cant wait wish it was tomorrow 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 i say were at a good point right now weve prepared well last week so weve recovered well so i think weve been pretty good. The coaches face the difficult challenge of balancing their preparation. Too much and it can be overwhelming for the players. But too little thats just a recipe for disaster. Disaster. 3 3 3 3 3 you know its been going good you know obviously its a lot to get prepared for and not quite as much time we gotta try and get some new things going but at the same time not do too much have your guys confident you know youve gotta do what you do but the best teams gonna win the game. 3 the team will have meetings and walk throughs tomorrow. Theyll go to see a movie as a team tomorrow night and then monday its game day and well see if all that preparation 3 shannon thanks. Now well check back in on bama. Nick saban and Company Coming in with a heck of a resume. As they return to the National Championship. 3 the sec champion crimson tide roll into alabama with a 131 record. A defensive minded team thats really picked up offensively of late. A lot of thats thanks to derrick henry. The Heisman Trophy winner wants to add some more hardware to his collection. A National Championship. 3 2line tab fox carolina sports derrick henryalabama running backim ready to play in this game you know just ready to be in the moment with my teammates and go out there and play play 3 3 henry broke herschel walkers record for the most rushing yards in a season. Stopping him is priority number one for the tigers. Your way throughout the next couple days as we countdown the hours to the National Championship. Till then, tag out. 3 and finallymother nature hasnt been too generous to new england with snow this winterso one new jersey man is applying the doityourself concept instead. Check it out. Michael jannicelli says his homemade north pole is a childhood dream come true. As you can see hes the only one in the neighborhood with white powder. He uses a snow gunand in the right conditions he says it can crank out an inch an hour it has to be at least 35 degrees cold and the relative humidity just right. So ted, will we be 3 adliblets take one more look at the forecast. Forecast. 3 rain will taper off early in the day on sunday with highs getting into the mid50s during the afternoon. Western North Carolina will likely sit near 40s for much of the day. Winds will be breezy expect gusts of winds to reach 20 to 30 Miles Per Hour during the day. You see a lot of interesting things on the job. Who was rescuing a kite. We tried everything