Roll Motherfucking Tide. First title shutout ever. Take a gander at those numbers, boys: 21 Tide first downs, vs 5 for the Tigers. 384 offensive yards for Alabama; LSU managed only 92. McCarron, in only his second year of eligibility, threw for 23 of 34 and 234 yards. LSU’s Jefferson was 11 of 17 and 53 yards.
As the man said, defense wins championships. And with a D like the Tide’s, it hardly matters that the finally tally was mostly field goals — especially if the other team can’t get across midfield.
This, of course, marks the sixth consecutive BCS National Title for the SEC. Alabama bags its second BCS title, third since I matriculated in ’88, and 14th overall. For those who loathe our conference, I will also note that this marks the very first time an SEC team has played for the BCS title and lost. That honor is, sadly, uniquely LSU’s.
Roll. Damn. Tide.
(In case you were wondering: The SEC have won 8 of 14 BCS games. The other 6 winners were:
- FSU in ’99
- Oklahoma in ’00
- Miami in ’01
- Ohio State in ’02
- USC in ’04 (Vacated)
- Texas in ’05
As should be obvious, none of these teams beat an SEC opponent.)
As I suspected this was a brutally boring game. That was one of the worst title games ever. USC rolling OU might be up there with the level of domination. Clearly Bama’s Defense was historically awesome. However, Miles decision to keep running ineffective plays, making no adjustments was criminal. The guy kicking field goals for Allstate could of outscored LSU (grantland). If you want to know why the SEC has won so many championships start reading about the scholarship games that the SEC plays with redhirts and greyshirts and you can see why the teams are so deep. That said, Roll Tide.