'Bama Blowout

English: Alabama Crimson Tide Logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Those of you who were hoping that top-rated and undefeated Notre Dame would end Alabama's (and the SEC's) recent dominance of the BCS national college football championship must really be disappointed.  The Fighting Irish were no match for the Crimson Tide, who scored 28 points in the first half on its way to a 42-14 victory at Miami's Sun Life Stadium.

The Tide had run up over 500 yards of offense during the game.  Quarterback A.J. McCarron threw for four touchdowns, and backs Eddie Lacy and T.J.Yeldon contributed one each.

For coach Nick Saban, this was his third BCS title in four years at Alabama (four in all).  For the Southeastern Conference, this is the seventh consecutive year that one of their schools has won the national title.  That should tell you something about competitive balance in major college football.