Game Preview: Alabama
Belle Of The BCS
Crimson Tide rolls to third
title game in four years
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By Wes Morgan
he Bowl Championship Series era is
scheduled to end
after next season
��� a popular decision in
the eyes of most college
football fans (except for
those who root for the
team that finishes No.
5 in the polls in 2014).
Alabama (12-1), no matter the outcome of the
national championship
game Jan. 7 against No.
1 Notre Dame (12-0),
will be remembered as
the dominant power that
pushed its way into at
least three of the final
five title bouts before a
four-team playoff was
instituted.
The defending national champions held
onto the No. 1 ranking
for nine consecutive
weeks until first-year
Southeastern Conference
member Texas A&M visited Tuscaloosa Nov.�� 10
and pulled off a stun-
Junior running back Eddie Lacy leads the Crimson Tide with 1,182
rushing yards and 16 touchdowns on 184 carries (6.4 yards per
attempt) this season.
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