Crimson Tide (13-1)
- Date: 2013-01-07 at 8:30pm ET
- TV: ESPN
- Location: Miami, FL (Hard Rock Stadium)
2012 BCS National Championship Game News
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Duranko's Digest
Duranko’s Digest: 42-14, The taste of ashes. What’s Next?
Alabama, the better team, won. A numbing, total defeat after twelve wondrous victories. But it was the correct football result. The fantasies, the possibilities began in Dublin: " Your young…
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Players of the Week
Shamrock Stickers: BCS Championship
Notre Dame’s dream season ended in disaster in Miami as Alabama showed the Irish what championship football looks like. The Irish were thoroughly dominated from start to finish in every facet of…
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Notre Dame Football Injury News & Updates
Kapron Lewis-Moore Suffers ACL Injury in Title Game
The Notre Dame career of 5th year senior captain Kaprin Lewis-Moore didn’t end the way he hoped for in more ways than one Monday night. On top of the Irish…
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Notre Dame Game News
Notre Dame’s Dream Season Ends in Nightmare
The 2012 season was a magical ride for Notre Dame fans featuring a trip to the BCS Championship game that no one saw coming four months ago. Last night that…
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Kelly, Notre Dame’s Road to Miami a Bumpy Ride
Notre Dame is set to take on Alabama tonight for the BCS Championship – the first time the Irish are playing for the national championship since 1988 – but it…
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Notre Dame Game Primers
BCS Championship Preview
As with any match-up, there are numerous reasons why a certain team is favored. The expert prognosticators love to pretend that it is just a foregone conclusion as to why…
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Notre Dame Coaching Changes
Kelly’s Staff Changes Paying Dividends for Notre Dame
Between the 2010 and 2011 seasons there wasn't any turnover on the Notre Dame staff. This past off-season Kelly lost three assistant coaches. How Kelly reshuffled his coaching staff for…
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Player Interviews
Notre Dame BCS Championship Media Day Video Roundup
Find out what Brian Kelly, Manti Te'o, and Nick Saban had to say to the media on Saturday at the 2013 BCS Championship media day.
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Behind Enemy Lines
BCS Preview: Alabama Fighting both the Irish and History
If the Alabama-LSU matchup in the 2012 BCS Championship Game was a matchup made for 20- and 30-somethings who have grown up in the era of SEC dominance, then the…
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Defense
Manti Te’o, Bob Diaco at the BCS Championship
Who inspires Manti Te'o on the field at Notre Dame? Why does he wear #5? Find out why from Te'o's media session at the BCS Championship game.
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Videos
Louis Nix, Gangnam Style
In case you haven't seen it by now, here is the video of Louis Nix entertaining the crowd at last night's Miami Heat game with a little Gangnam Style.
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Matchups
#1 Notre Dame vs. #2 Alabama: BCS Championship Key Matchups
In the most anticipated BCS National Championship game of all time undefeated and number one ranked Notre Dame will face the toughest test of their miraculous season against defending champion…
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Analysis
It’s Time
“Next year” and “weeks away” no longer accurately describe January 7th, the date Notre Dame will finally take on Alabama for the BCS National Championship
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Notre Dame Football Injury News & Updates
Davaris Daniels Cleared for Contact
When Brian Kelly addressed the media on Saturday, he announced that sophomore wide receiver Davaris Daniels was a full go for contact drills in Saturday's practice and will be available…
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Notre Dame Press Conference Recaps
Brian Kelly Notebook: Kelly Talks ‘Bama
Brian Kelly talked to the media on Saturday after Notre Dame's latest practice for next week's BCS National Championship. Here's some quick notes on what Kelly had to say along…
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Notre Dame Game News
Not Unbeatable
An important but rarely spoken factor involving sports is belief. We’ve all heard the clichés – everybody puts their pants on one leg at a time. And while rationally it…
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Duranko's Digest
Duranko’s Digest: Notre Dame – Alabama Preview
We’ll get into matchup elements below, but let’s first examine four significant data trends that will, largely, be ignored by the sports entertainment hype industry wearing the “journalism” mask. (1)…
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Analysis
Report Card, Championship Edition
In just a little under a month’s time the Fighting Irish will take the field for the last time as the collective group that Notre Dame fans have come to…
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