The Tide Rolls Notre Dame, Wins Back to Back BCS Titles



Alabama running back Eddie Lacy ran all over Notre Dame to win the National Championship

The college football season has finally come to an end. The Crimson Tide of Alabama squared off against Notre Dame in Miami on Monday night, both teams knowing that the winner would be the champions of the college football world. I'm not even sure that Notre Dame got off the bus, as the Tide rolled Notre Dame, 42-14.

Alabama completely dominated this game and it was over after Alabama's opening possession. Alabama marched right down the field and running back Eddie Lacy scored on a 20-yard run to start the game off 7-0 in favor of Alabama, and Alabama never looked back. The game was so much of a laugher that the commentators began making remarks of Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron's girlfriend, who was in the stands spectating. With the victory Alabama won their third national championship in the last four years, and showed why they deserve to be considered a dynasty.

Notre Dame never had a chance in this game, simply because they were over rated, and just not big enough, not fast enough, and not strong enough to take on this Alabama team. The Crimson Tide dominated in every aspect of the game, and it really shows that Notre Dame was just over matched in this game. If you take a look back at their schedule, I always look at the Pittsburgh game where they won in triple overtime. Yes, it took them triple overtime, not to mention some really bad calls by the officials in the favor of Notre Dame for them to defeat the 6-7 Pittsburgh team who really should not have been playing in a bowl game. I guess you can call it the "luck of the Irish." Their luck ran out on Monday, as they were embarrassed by Alabama.

The Crimson Tide are the 2012 National Champions!



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Number 1 Goes Down!



Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel and team celebrate the upset victory over Alabama

 Johnny Manziel knew that to beat Alabama it was going to take a great game from him. He was up for the challenge. Alabama came into the game ranked number one in the BCS, and they may have saw their national championship hopes fall apart. After Alabama had to claw it's way to a 20-17 win against LSU last week, an upset was in the air Saturday. The Crimson Tide suffered their first loss of the year at home to the Aggies of Texas A&M.

The Aggies jumped all over Alabama in the first quarter, scoring 20 unanswered points. Christine Michael ran for two scores, and Johnny Manziel threw a 10 yard pass for a touchdown to wide receiver Ryan Swope. Alabama then found a running game as Eddie Lacy and T.J. Yeldon scored on rushing touchdowns in the second quarter to make it a six point game going into the half. The game was up for grabs entering the third quarter but Alabama made some costly mistakes. Alabama had three turnovers, including two interceptions and a fumble. Alabama threw an interception on their last drive. They were able to hold A&M and forced them to punt but Alabama linebacker Tyler Hayes committed a neutral-zone infractions with 40 seconds left, giving the Aggies a first down and the game.

Johnny Manziel played a great game going 24/31 for 253 yards and two touchdowns. He put himself in the Heisman race with this victory. Manziel has been having a great season but this game really caught some attention. Manziel became the second freshman quarterback to beat the AP number one on the road.

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Texas A&M photo:
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BCS Polls Week 8, Florida over Oregon?

The Florida Gators were a surprise in the first release of the BCS Standings 

The time has finally come. This is the first week of the BCS Polls, and man are they controversial. The top 10 looks like this:

1. Alabama
2. Florida
3. Oregon
4. Kansas State
5. Notre Dame
6. LSU
7. South Carolina
8. Oregon State
9. Oklahoma
10. USC

Now, most people are really up in arms about the fact that the SEC has four of the top ten teams. I don't see this being an issue because these teams are all good enough to be Top 10 teams in my opinion.

I don't agree that Florida is the second best team, even though the computers are in love with the Gators. The Gators aren't a bad team, but I'm not convinced that they are back to being the team they were under Urban Meyer and Tim Tebow. They scare me with their lack of a passing game. Their defense and running game are the heart and soul of their team. Through six games they have thrown only four touchdown passes. Four. That is absolutely horrible. They are completely one-dimensional on offense. Florida also raises some questions with their blocking. They have allowed the second-most sacks in the SEC. They also can't move the chains on third down. This is a huge problem for any team that wants to be great, let alone a Top Five BCS team.

The key to Florida's success is their ball control. They have turned the ball over just four times all season, and they are a good team at forcing turnovers and getting stops on defense when they need them. Senior running back Mike Gillislee is leading this team on offense with his ability to run the ball. He has rushed for 615 yards and seven scores over six games. He has demonstrated why he should be the main runner in the backfield for this team.

Saying all that, I believe that Oregon is the second best team in the country. They just continue to rack up the points, averaging 52.3 points per game. Incredible. Florida had a rough game this season against Bowling Green. Oregon has a couple tough games against Oregon State and USC, and they will be able to make a strong case that they are the better team by going 12-0. Alabama is truly the only powerhouse this season, and because only one SEC team can come out undefeated, whoever that is will be in the National Championship. I don't think any team will knock off the Crimson Tide this year. They are just so much better than everyone else. They allow only 7.5 points per game. Unbelievable.

I agree with the rest of the Top 10 for now, although it will be interesting to see how the rest of this season plays out.

Key Games this week:

(7)South Carolina vs (2)Florida

(4)Kansas State vs (13)West Virginia

Upset Alert:

(15)Rutgers vs Temple

(14)Florida State vs Miami

USF vs (16)Louisville







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