In the re-match that created so much controversy it would be the team that lost the first game that would thoroughly dominate in this one. The Alabama Crimson Tide came in with the better game plan, had the better execution and took it to the LSU Tigers from the opening kick-off to the final whistle. For the sixth straight time the SEC won the BCS National Championship and for the second time in three years Nick Saban and Alabama were crowned Champions.
LSU came in with the same mind-set as they played in their first game against Alabama. Win field position, play a conservative game and make their opponents make the mistakes. That didn’t happen. Alabama completely shut down the LSU offense and did a great job of taking away their play-makers on Special Teams. Alabama held LSU to just 92 total yards and only 5 first downs for the entire game. Jordan Jefferson was unable to get anything going and made several questionable plays but Les Miles stayed with him until the end instead of making the switch to Jarrett Lee to see if he could ignite the team.
Alabama played a fantastic game on defense and A.J. McCarron did a great job of managing the game and making the plays he was asked to make. Those two things and the stubbornness of LSU to change up their game-plan were the differences in this game. Take your hat off to Alabama for putting in the work to make the changes needed to win the biggest game of the year and then executing in crunch time. The Alabama Crimson Tide are the National Champions.
While Alabama did win this game on the field it is not without controversy. The controversy is not Alabama’s fault, it’s the BCS system. The goal of the BCS is to pit the top two teams against each other and it did accomplish that goal this year. I will say that the goal of simply putting the two best teams on the field is too subjective and it doesn’t fit with any other collegiate sport or football model. In college basketball and baseball there are huge tournaments to decide the champion. In High School, Pro Football and every other level of College Football there are tournaments to decide the champion. No matter if it’s 4, 6, 8, 12 or 16 teams it is clear that college football needs a tournament to decide it’s champion. Can you imagine having two or three weeks of exciting match-ups leading up the big game? That’s what is needed and if it was done it would replace March Madness as the elite collegiate sporting event of the year. You know it and I know it, it’s time for a playoff.
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