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Greg Stoda: No reason to think Nick Saban won’t keep this hot streak going for a while
How far might Alabama take this thing? That’s the altogether legitimate question in the wake of the Crimson Tide’s second consecutive college football national championship – and third in four years – earned Monday night with a crushing 42-14 victory against Notre Dame in Sun Life Stadium. How long can ...
Alabama QB AJ McCarron overlooked in BCS title game, but that’s nothing new
It was a strange night for Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron.He was shoved in the chest by his center in a disagreement over when to snap the ball.He threw four touchdown passes but watched a teammate walk away with the game’s offensive MVP trophy.His girlfriend, the subject in the stands of ...
ESPN apologizes for Brent Musburger’s comments about Alabama QB’s girlfriend, says he ‘went too far’
While Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron was busy winning a national championship, his girlfriend was attracting just as much attention. Early in Alabama’s rout of Notre Dame in Monday night’s BCS Championship Game at Sun Life Stadium, ESPN cameras locked in on Katherine Webb, McCarron’s girlfriend and the current Miss Alabama. ...
Back-to-‘Bama: Tide crushes Notre Dame to repeat, win third BCS title in four years
For the entire season, Alabama coach Nick Saban would not allow his players to mention the word repeat. After the No. 2 Crimson Tide’s 42-14 victory over No. 1 Notre Dame on Monday in the BCS National Championship Game, Saban softened. “They’ve repeated, so they can talk however they want ...
In-game spat between Alabama quarterback and center gets attention on national TV
In the BCS title game, the biggest fight of the night came not between Alabama and Notre Dame but between Crimson Tide quarterback AJ McCarron and his center, Barrett Jones. They were upset with each other in the fourth quarter because of a failed snap count while they were leading ...
Triumphant return to the top for Alabama’s defense
Linebacker Nico Johnson paused, his four seasons of training in the method and manner of Nick Saban presenting an instant roadblock to the question at hand. Johnson thought of 40-yard sprints, one after the other, that could await if his response got back to his head coach. Then, a smile. ...
Powerful offensive line paves way for Alabama to speed past Notre Dame for title
The rest of the country fixates on the famous “SEC speed,” but Alabama knows the real secret to domination is muscle. The No. 2 Crimson Tide overpowered No. 1 Notre Dame’s defense to win the BCS National Championship Game 42-14 at Sun Life Stadium. It is Alabama’s third title in ...
No escaping it: Manti Te’o and Notre Dame defense have night to forget
First, he escaped the field. Manti Te’o, with Notre Dame staffers and police officers on his flanks, carved his way through confetti-covered turf and mobs of media and fans. Then, as calmly as possible for a senior who’d just mightily struggled in the biggest — and last — game of ...
For Notre Dame offense it’s much too little, much too late
The best thing that can be said about Notre Dame’s offense on Monday night is that it wasn’t nearly as bad as the Irish defense. But it was close, especially in the first half as Alabama built a 28-0 lead on its way to a 42-14 victory in the BCS ...
Thoroughly beaten, Brian Kelly and Notre Dame look to future
All season, Notre Dame’s Fighting Irish had no trouble seeing exactly where they stood. They could look at the scoreboard, where game after game, 12 in all, they were better than everybody else. They could look at the rankings, where they climbed from an 8-5 team a year ago that ...
Dave George: Nick Saban, Crimson Tide deserving of dynasty designation
It was a laugher long before Ha Ha Clinton-Dix intercepted a Notre Dame pass Monday night, and a case of mistaken identity from the moment the previously perfect Fighting Irish were branded America’s top team in the final regular-season polls.Alabama is the real No. 1, for the third time in ...
Alabama coach Nick Saban has delivered on promise of developing elite defenses
When Nick Saban arrived at Alabama, he said he would develop a championship-caliber defense. The coach has made good on that promise. The Crimson Tide’s defense will finish this season ranked in the top five nationally for the fifth year in a row. Heading into Monday night’s BCS Championship Game ...
Alabama, Notre Dame in position to be national title contenders for years to come
Alabama and Notre Dame had combined for 25 national titles entering Monday night’s BCS Championship Game, and both have set themselves up to be in the hunt for years to come.Alabama, which had 14 titles going into Monday’s game, has just 11 seniors on its roster, which is among the ...
Fighting Irish win battle of the fans
The parking lots opened at 1:30 p.m. for a concert by country musician Luke Bryan and were nearly full at 4 p.m., 41/2 before kickoff. Porta-John lines stretched hundreds of people long. When the gates opened at 6 p.m., the going rate for tickets outside the stadium was in the ...
Greg Stoda: Saban takes place alongside Bear in Alabama history
If the late and iconic Bear Bryant is the forever coaching god of Alabama football, what, exactly, does that make current Crimson Tide boss Nick Saban? Because it’s not blasphemy to suggest that Saban is better at what he does than Bryant was when he was doing what he did. ...
Commentary: ‘Smashmouth’ BCS title matchup promises to be classic
If Notre Dame and Alabama came sprinting out of a time machine tonight instead of a Sun Life Stadium tunnel, it would be the Four Horsemen leading the stampede for the Fighting Irish, and Joe Namath and Bart Starr jogging out side-by-side for the Crimson Tide. That’s fantasy football, of ...
Legends have won, lost national titles in South Florida
For Bobby Bowden, the Orange Bowl was a personal house of horror where even his finest moment as Florida State’s coach created more anxiety and despair than joy. On January 1, 1994, Bowden finally had won his first national championship after years of missed opportunities. Or so he thought. Soaking ...
Unbeaten Irish perfectly happy with ‘lucky’ label
The scores don’t exactly scream out domination. 20-17. 13-6. 20-13. 17-14. 29-26. Five times No. 1 Notre Dame escaped by a touchdown or less this season en route to tonight’s BCS championship game against No. 2 Alabama, three of those games against unranked teams and two against teams with losing ...
Pressure on Golson, McCarron to manage game, nerves in BCS title game
Don’t squander chances in the red zone Points are expected to be at a premium with the national’s top total defense (Alabama) and the No. 1 scoring defense (ND) on the field. That means both teams must take advantage of every scoring opportunity when they get in the red zone. ...
Palm Beach Post predictions for BCS title game
Dave George, columnist: The weirdness of college football is proven in full when the No. 1 team in the nation is a heavy underdog in the championship game. Regardless, until somebody actually beats the SEC in a title game, I will stick with America’s power conference. Notre Dame can make ...
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