2013 BCS National Championship - #2 Alabama vs #1 Notre Dame

[@WeSRT4]

I miss the years when Bama could basically say, " we're going to run the ball right up the middle, see if you can stop it".

[@crimsonbear9336]

Me too...

[@KevinTkt14]

I don't, we're always gonna have at least 2 five star running backs on the team every year. People are gonna realize in the future the greatness that Tua brought to our team, yeah he didn't win championships his last two years due to injuries, but we knew when he was in and he was 100% healthy he was a freak like we have never seen in our uniform before. I'm gonna miss Tua bad, heck I don't even watch the NFL anymore since Peyton Manning retired but I just became a Miami dolphins fan because of Tua. Harris is gonna have a Heisman year as a running back this year, I believe he was the best overall running back in college last year and I thought he was a first round pick and he for sure will be one next year. Bryce young is gonna be a fun guy to watch and Tre Jones, we got awesome stuff ahead.

[@WeSRT4]

@@KevinTkt14 It's not so much the backs.... it's the offensive line that has been MIA.

[@chiefearnest1450]

Gilitar I know, I’ve been watching Alabama since 2008. I never thought they would be s Spread, 4 Wide team.

[@tobiramasenju9321]

@@chiefearnest1450 Times are changing. Alabama had to run the spread to keep up with teams like Clemson, Oregon, and Oklahoma. The only way to beat the spread is to play the spread❗ look at the 2019 LSU tigers.

[@davec7233]

Coach Kelley, what do you need in the second half? "Maybe Alabama doesn't come back out...." Best quote ever by a coach down by 4 tds in a championship game.

[@jonathanpartin9833]

What else can I say about this title game except it deserves to burn in the fires of hell forever and no one defending it should be allowed to watch football in the future.

[@jsm530]

@NDFOOTBALL notre Dame is trash dude stop being a blind witness. Your lame team will never win a title.

[@Atreyufolife]

Spyro Fan whose your team. lol

[@josh19852008]

JSM Pac Man you’re right they will never win a title. Like they aren’t in second when it comes to most championships won.
Believe they are at 11 last being in 1990.
So much for never winning one.
Football experts like you are so smart. Where was Alabama from 1995 to 2008? Oh completely irrelevant nearly getting the death penalty in 1999-2000.
No I’m not a Notre Dame fan.
Just like proving football experts that know nothing wrong.

[@josh19852008]

Jonathan Partin how can you not defend it? Undefeated and under the BCS rankings they were in the top 2.
That’s how it worked.
Yet here we are with a 4 team playoff that is the BCS tweaked.
Remind me again what happened in the playoffs? Clemson rolled over everyone?
Funny it doesn’t go both ways though does it?

[@sam21462]

My god how fun it is to rewatch the pre-game show knowing what is about to happen.
Roll Tide Roll

[@johnnyriley8454]

Sam M awesome

[@daveerwin5938]

Oh yeah, I love it!

[@Bob31415]

I know right.

[@konnecthd8797]

Watching this entire game never gets old. RTR!!!

[@mikewilliams9069]

the cheaters win again

[@ellaaktar1055]

With all this Tua excitement, I think some have forgotten just how good AJ McCarron was!

[@lancehood7916]

Yea AJ was good

[@charlotteandrews6949]

AJ was the man!!

[@1998shaun]

Tua had a track team at WR. AJ had Amari and 2 RBs that’s all he needed

[@PgLangGang]

The SEC championship game was the true championship game that year.

[@mikewilliams9069]

soft sec conference

[@teericky]

It usually is

[@mikewilliams9069]

@@teericky lmao no

[@teericky]

Has there been any other conferences with as many natty's as the sec in this century?

[@mikewilliams9069]

@@teericky has any other conference cheated as much this century?

[@yatesmassey1535]

Notre Dame lost this game while standing in the tunnel during pregame...

[@robjohnson8861]

Friend that wen to the game told me that they held the Bama and ND players at the tunnel while waiting to take the field. The Bama players towered over the ND players.

[@michaelwall2304]

typical ND over matched, overrated, overconfident ...#1 ? who did they play?, N.E. stickville college?

[@BuzzLOLOL]

ND didn't belong there, but typical BCS 'Natty' pre-PlayOffs 'popularity contest'... surprised they didn't have two SECupcakes in there again...

[@cothren6504]

@@BuzzLOLOL What team did belong there that night? Any team that played Alabama that night was going to get rolled.

[@BuzzLOLOL]

@@cothren6504 - Ohio State would have beaten EbbTide... unlike EbbTide, OSU had -0- losses that season...

[@davec7233]

brent at :31 left in the first half "if this was a prize fight they would call it off" - gold!

[@naomiamaya1814]

Watching this entire game never gets old. RTR!!!

[@ezmoney79]

Love this game

[@drumsalot76]

Never.!

[@JB-zo7ln]

I love watching Clemson beat the snot outta Bama over and over again.

[@drumsalot76]

@@JB-zo7ln So all 2 times.? Dumbass.! Yeah. 2-2 in 4 games. Bama played in 4 straight Nattys bro. Think about that for a second. 4 playoff National Championship games.! One was 2nd and 26. A walk off TD pass to win the National Championship has NEVER been done before that or seen. Took Clemson 7 quarters 14 minutes and 59 seconds to FINALLY beat Bama. Pick play. Then we ran rough shot over Clemson 24-6 with Jalen. Tua puts up 42 in that game easy. Clemson is a great team. Bama is a dominate PROGRAM. Let me know when your team wins 11 or more games 10 games at the least, for 9 straight seasons too.! 2010, and no less than 11(2013,2019.) Okay.! Win 3 out of 4 Nationals in the foregone BCS Era. Then when it's even more difficult to reach the Natty. Play in 4 in a row and win 2 of those with 1 second being the reason for 2 and not 3. Let me know when your team does that okay.? Talk to you NEVER.!

[@drumsalot76]

@@JB-zo7ln Got a response for your dumb ass. Look into it.!

[@thadcraft6415]

The moment Notre Dame realizes they are playing a real football team priceless. Roll tide

[@insertcolorherehawk3761]

I don’t know how Oregon lost to a team that couldn’t beat a real football team

[@jimmyrouch7738]

Nick Saban the best college head coach ever.

[@samcollins3130]

NDFOOTBALL ur stupid

[@tycalvert9633]

@NDFOOTBALL Part of his job IS recruiting.

[@willwhitesel2404]

NDFOOTBALL Dude you’re a dumbass. Also look at ND again proving they don’t belong by getting there assess beat by fucking Clemson. Lmfao

[@WeSRT4]

@NDFOOTBALL That's part of the job... So yeah it's Saban

[@Joekidd1961]

He is now. Maybe could have been an argument then, but not now.

[@devantegatson8482]

Manti teo literally fell 53 spots in the draft after this performance he was locked as a top 5 pick Lmao

[@kennethdeanmiller7324]

I personally thought he fell that much in the draft cuz he was stupid & gullible enough to fall victim to a "catfisher" or whatever they call it. NFL Teams want intelligent players with some common sense. Why would a team want to draft someone that was a national laughing stock. Then they get pointed to & laughed at as well.

[@snowhiterover]

What a piece of ahit this guy turned out to be.

[@kennethdeanmiller7324]

@@snowhiterover Damn that's a little harsh don't you think. Is there something you know that I don't. I mean yeah, the guy wasn't very smart and wasn't as great a linebacker as ND made him out to be. But I personally wouldn't call him a piece of shit unless he was doing something morally wrong. Like if he gets drunk & beats his girlfriend, then I'd agree. But damn, he never met his girlfriend in person. Which is really funny too, cuz I'm sure there would have been plenty of female Notre Dame fans/students that would have laid him. Oh but he's in love with a girl on-line that he's never really met. Kind of weird & stupid but not "a piece of shit". Have a good day. Football season is here.

[@wjennin1]

The play at 45:22 tells you all you need to know about this game. Alabama's 285lb defensive end runs down ND's running back on a toss sweep.

[@TheLocalLt]

It makes it very tough to outscheme, makes you wonder if there was any way for Notre Dame to win this game, the problem of Alabama’s physical stature seemed even worse on defense. That’s one of the tough things about college ball unfortunately, in the NFL no matter how inferior your talent you can always scheme your way to a win if you’re clever enough. In college you had a title game that was definitely the correct matchup, had most of the country convinced the “holy Irish” were finally going to break the SEC’s streak as they seemed like a team of destiny, only to show up and seemingly have no chance because their speedy backs and receivers were still not faster than Alabama’s “slow” linemen

[@sloanchampion85]

notre dame hadn't played a team like that...they ran into a football team

[@purpleavocado4359]

True dat fam

[@coolman1069]

Dude....Bama has destroyed plenty of teams. ND beat the Pac 12 and Big 12 champs that season and beat 9 bowl teams en route to 12-0. Bama has just been a dynasty in this current era.

[@arrowjsmith153]

Pittsburgh Kicker hits the FG ND plays in the Consolation world like Oklahoma does.

[@EmmaBonn96]

Was Notre Dame playing Te’o’s girlfriend’s powderpuff team through the season before this

[@MrScorched]

They played their hearts out though

[@tommymaroon4189]

This was the year that made me fall in love with the Irish. I remember watching this game painfully as an eight year old. I sure hope Marcus is that guy for us

[@walterwhite1]

They are trash 🚮 dude

[@robertmusgrave9236]

Is going to be more pain ND is going to have to join the Big Ten now since some of the big rivals are in it. It’s not going to be the end of the world they join the Big ten for football and they make some much money anyway. What are they still trying to prove still being independent. NBC is with the Big Ten I think it will be sooner than later they will join the Big Ten.

[@tommymaroon4189]

@@robertmusgrave9236 they’re trying to prove they can play old and outdated rivals and easy teams. We’re the most beloved team in the country, and everyone wants us to win the whole thing. But Big 10 or no Big 10, we don’t stand a prayer

[@michaelbarclay1327]

That chest beating was the only thing Manti hit all night.

[@LordZontar]

I remember this disaster. Notre Dame essentially lost this game because they completely failed to plan properly for Alabama. Brian Kelly that year thought the Irish could simply follow the same plan they'd worked the entire season and make no adjustments and they paid the price. Nick Saban knew what to expect. He prepared and Brian Kelly didn't. And that's why Alabama left the field with the trophy.

[@anthonyfuqua6988]

That and in the tunnel it looked like Alabama was an NFL team while ND looked like an average college team.

[@Gaderelli]

TEO WAS TACKLING AIR ALL NIGHT, OR WAS HE HUGGING HIS INVISIBLE GIRLFRIEND ???

[@americanoperator3147]

Brian
Joke’s kinda getting worn out by this point

[@USATheFallen]

the latter

[@Ifyernotawakeyet]

@@americanoperator3147 In light of another overrated Notre Dame team playing Alabama in another CFP game in 2021 this joke deserves new life.

[@searchforthestrangler5034]

The funniest moment was Urban Meyer's prediction of a 3 point Notre Dame victory.

[@garyblue6359]

Urban Meyer would make a better weatherman!! Moron!

[@michaelbarclay1327]

Yeah. That and Corso in the Leprechaun outfit.

[@bacchusthompson5834]

We waited to late to actually get off the bus... The way we played, we should have never showed up 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@FinanceforEveryman]

Brian Kelly half time interview is the funniest moment

[@ryanrobin12]

I never heard that Te’o dude’s name again after this game, lol

[@tristanguest]

He was in the nfl

[@maxgee8676]

4 tackles in 7 years in the NFL. After this game he was never the same. Lmao

[@Bro_DT]

307 career tackles... he was ok

[@stevelewis1982]

What was his fake ass girlfriend's name?

[@ThePurogeo]

Notre Dame was literally beat the moment Bama walked out of the locker room.

[@Cboesch_Music]

Nah bruh heres the facts about Alabama and Notre Dame (This goes out to #TROLLTIDENATION)
Notre Dame has 22 undefeated seasons-A|labama has 10
Notre Dame has 22 polled national titles-Alabama 21
Notre Dame has 7 heisman winners-Alabama 2...
Notre Dame is 4-0 against The Legendary Bear Bryant(|yet after losing 24-23 in 1973 national title the tide claims that along with 12 other gimpy seasons baha! suck it forever tbe go irish baby!
ARROGANTTIDEMUCH

[@terrysteelman1539]

Cboesch Music And what does any of that have to do with the Irises getting the licorice beat out of them in this game? Nice try though. Next time let’s have a spelling contest!

[@graciel2313]

@@Cboesch_Music Notre Dame hasn't truly been relevant in 32 years, they were able to maneuver a truly weak schedule to match up with a team that they didn't stand a chance in beating. The last 12 years for Alabama is the greatest run in the history of college football. Alabama has 6 natonal titles since Notre Dame won in 1988, over 40% of people living in the US weren't even born the last time ND won anything of significance. I know this must really sting but this is CURRENT, not 1919 we are talking about.
The 22 polled national titles from 100 years ago, you just have to laugh!
Also, 1966 shouldn't have been "given" to ND because Alabama was the 2 time defending champion and went undefeated and killed Nebraska in their bowl game. The bias shown Notre Dame in the past was appalling, now people just feel sorry for them. The sportwriter bias is what helped them get the titles that they have, they had help! Now that bias has turned on them, sportwriters don't give them the benefit of the doubt and are very skeptical if they are a quality team. This game helped cement that narrative for years to come!

[@mikeyd5729]

It was over after the national anthem.

[@Bob31415]

@@Cboesch_Music Butt hurt much? Now open your eyes and watch THIS game. Irish smirish, they got spanked on national TV by the Tide.

[@dnchsv4597]

Here I am in 2021, back re-watching this game. It strikes me that ND came in ranked #1, Bama #2. Gives you some idea of just how skewed the media's perception gets over ND. It came out weeks later that Bama players admitted ND was the 5th or 6th best team they'd played all year. I guess that's what you get when you attempt to calibrate talent across conferences that don't play each other much. Personally, I think it's a shame Te'o got all those awards (not that he wasn't a good player, btw) because if he would've played in the SEC, he might not make 2nd team conf, much less 1st. Don't believe me? Go back and watch this tape. Look at the talent gap. Then consider the competitive games Bama was in with other SEC teams. This game was over after one quarter, and every player/every coach on that field knew it. ND players stating their post-game narrative, "They were just a better team today" was a compete joke. No disrespect meant. Just truthin'.

[@joeykeenan2079]

They were only #1 because of the BCS system. Despite having so many close wins, they were undefeated, and that was enough for the BCS. Had the CFP existed back then, I'm sure Alabama would've been #1, and maybe they could've faced a tougher opponent.

[@insertcolorherehawk3761]

@@joeykeenan2079 probably not, in the CFP, ND would likely have been #2 and faced K-State for the first round
The Conference Champs and Notre Dame
Stanford(losses: Notre Dame and Washington)
Florida State(losses: Florida and NC State)
Alabama (loss: TAMU)
Notre Dame (no losses, key wins: Stanford and Oklahoma)
Oklahoma(losses: Notre Dame and K-State) and Oklahoma State(loss: Baylor)
not Nebraska(lost to Wisconsin, who qualified because OSU and PSU were bowl/CCG-banned

[@videostellall]

A big ND fan asked me at work what I thought would happen... I said a blowout.. He went nuts rambling about the best offensive line and all sorts of other stuff.. I'm like, you have one TE that was awesome and the only player I was worried about, your DBs haven't faced anyone and will look clueless. Our RBs are going to murder you.. Guess I was right.

[@TheLocalLt]

What are you talking about? Notre Dame was rightly #1 as they hadn’t lost and Alabama had. In college ball if you’re a power 5 school and undefeated, you are almost automatically ranked higher than any teams with a loss. The only time an undefeated team would usually get ranked lower than a team with a loss is if the undefeated team plays in a lower-tier conference, such as Utah in 2005 when they played in the MWC, Boise St in 2007 when they played in the WAC, and Northern Illinois in 2012 when they played in the MAC. Notre Dame is independent but of course is considered a power; ND’s athletic director Jack Swarbrick is even treated equivalent to the commissioners of the power 5 conferences.

[@mikeshappy1]

Wonderful night for Alabama football I grew up watching this rivalry and it was so sweet to beat Notre Dame the way Alabama beat them that night for the National Championship RTR!!!.

[@liammessano8962]

Well how about last year after clemson crushed them I love that game big clemson tiger fan

[@JB-zo7ln]

I loved it when Clemson rocked Tide and smashed them right in the face. Bama didn't know what hit em! That was a great night!

[@magnificent7083]

I love when Clemson got DESTROYED by Ohio State and Bama came out and DESTROYED them! Great game from the Crimson Tide, RTR

[@anthonyfuqua6988]

@@JB-zo7ln where has Clemson been lately?

[@irishfootball8838]

This was a fantastic season to watch. Every single game I was on the edge of my seat against below average unranked teams such as Pittsburgh BYU Boston College and purdue! And once we played a real team in a BCS bowl game we get dominated like always! Love me some typical Notre Dame seasons
Go Irish !!!!!! ☘️☘️☘️

[@troyschartiger8912]

When Alabama took a 28-0 halftime lead, Notre Dame's hopes of winning its first College Football 🏈 National Championship since 1988 were done.

[@matthewspallina226]

It was over after the 1st quarter

[@michaelbarclay1327]

At half time, they had to talk the astronaut out of going out an airlock.

[@BlueBerry-dy4yw]

I remember being in school down here in Alabama and having Auburn fans and LSU fans talking the Irish up. I said at one point "We are gonna run it up the middle and watch em struggle for air trying to stop us"

[@thecrimsonknight4756]

"Notre Dame will pummel Alabama"
- Pat Forde - Yahoo Sports..........anymore predictions Pat?

[@billwilliams774]

I love watching this game over and over just to watch Bert cry.

[@bamafan73191]

Manti Te'o, one of the most overrated players in the past few decades....and his girlfriend wasn't much to look at either. LMAO

[@Fultonfalcons86]

If that homer ref had not made that bad call ND would have lost to Pitt..............

[@jsm530]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣 love when my buckeyes always destroy those preppy Catholics.

[@jonboy87]

@@RadicallyOptimistic I don't remember Alabama squeaking by unranked teams

[@robjohnson8861]

"and his girlfriend wasn't much to look at either. LMAO" maybe best comment on youtube ever.

[@williampatch9214]

@@jonboy87 then you don't watch enough football they got beat by louisiana-monroe

[@robbiehill329]

ROLL TIDE # 1ALABAMA Y'ALL; BEST TEAM EVER FROM PA. FORMER RESIDENT OF ANNISTON,AL 10/89-3/90. FUTURE COACH IN WAITING DABO COULD REPLACE SABAN IN FUTURE.

[@i512king]

Never believe Corso's pick and never doubt Desmond

[@raymondrosario5642]

"Notre Dame will pummel Alabama"
- Pat Forde - Yahoo Sports..........anymore predictions Pat?

[@josh1667]

1:52:31 you just heard the final nail being drive into the coffin ⚰️

[@sloanchampion85]

gotta love notre dames coaches game plan at halftime.......

[@Whoopdido777]

@Sloan Champion What coach? Brian Kelly doesn’t qualify. This was just the first example of him completely imploding when it counts. Sure, he can beat cupcakes...most of the time and sometimes by not very much, but EVERY time he’s had the opportunity to show the nation that ND is a credible team and nationally relevant again he chokes. Because he has no game plan, doesn’t adjust accordingly, he obviously doesn’t prep his players well enough, he’s not a good motivator, he’s a bad recruiter, he’s better now, but earlier in his career he was an embarrassment to the University due to his purple faced rants, not to mention assaulting his own sideline assistant. Why he’s been there for 10 years is beyond me.

[@JB-zo7ln]

@@Whoopdido777 yeah, maybe, but its a real short list when you look at coaches who have gone undefeated 12-0 multiple seasons in the past 7 or 8 years.

[@dippitydoodle67]

It still tickles me, that Urban Meyer won't call Alabama by name... He only calls them, "that Crimson Team" RMFT

[@crimsonbear9336]

L O f'in L....

[@Joekidd1961]

And his idiotic call of the game being decided by a FG and ND winning, ha ha ha!!

[@Bob31415]

That's because he's an ass.

[@SS11660]

@@Bob31415 and jealous of Saban.

[@Bob31415]

@@SS11660 Very

[@victorbaugh1355]

already 40 mins in and this game is already over

[@tider77]

Brent Musburger had the line of the night...."If this was a prize fight they'd call it off"

[@Legendary_UA]

I can remember watching this game and literally said after Bama's first series, "it's over". ND could not cover the out routes and certainly had nothing for the running game. A complete ass whipping.

[@SaskatchewanICE]

Geez, the Irish just looked defeated from the beginning. It was like as soon as they saw Alabama get their first 1st down, they were like “oh shit”

[@speedracer2336]

After beating powerhouse Georgia in the SEC championship, ND was a walk in the park. Total dominance!

[@danalong1237]

2:57:29: Brent Musburger announces that the 2014 Vizio BCS National Championship Game from Pasadena would be its last after 16 years!

[@Bossrich6287]

2012 Alabama,the greatest college team of all times!

[@jackjelf07]

Lmao

[@Bossrich6287]

no,dummy,long before that.

[@jackjelf07]

+roger b dummy? name calling as well as having zero football knowledge. I guess you're uneducated.

[@Bossrich6287]

What qualifies you as a expert/besides your smart mouth?i've been watching football for over 40 years,and i believe the 2012 team could beat anybody,and i stand by it.

[@CC-bm3wb]

I think 2011 or even 2015 could beat 2012. But yeah, 2012 was pretty damn good.

[@jfredknobloch]

what's laughable is how Herbstreit and Musberger have to keep this charade going on all night! They should have played LSU or Florida or any other SEC team again. Notre
Dame looks like Western Kentucky or similar in this. I love the effort on Kirk and Brent's part but they can't put lipstick on a pig and, for lack of any other reason, everytime ND gets even close to the BCS qualifications they will be in the game...and that is sad..

[@Joekidd1961]

Yeah, but people remember how much the rest of the country whined about 2011.

[@zeaferjones1404]

@@Joekidd1961 Alabama backed doored their way in that year.(Well they did against LSU too but Oregon was a 2 loss team and lost to LSU so their was less of an argument for Oregon that year) If Oregon or Kansas St didn't slip up Alabama wouldn't have been in the title game. I'd still argue that Oregon was a better team that year because they were controlling the Stanford game until the end while Alabama had to come back against Texas A&M just to make it respectable.

[@braxtonwood2028]

This is just a good old-fashioned butt-kickin"! Desmond for President!!! Roll Tide!

[@coolman1069]

Bama has destroyed plenty of teams. ND beat the Pac 12 and Big 12 champs that season and beat 9 bowl teams en route to 12-0. Bama has just been a dynasty in this current era. I don't know why people want to trash ND so much that they ignore that this ass whooping had less to do with ND and more to do with Bama. How quickly people forget the multiple beatings Bama has delivered to different programs under Saban. I don't think this natty game discredits ND as much as reaffirms Bama's dominance.

[@kentdeloach7406]

What about bama journey thru the sec that year,The LSU'S , Georgia, Auburn, TEX a&m a good Arkansas that year Penn state a year earlier and tough sec schedule year before.

[@okrajoe]

Did he actually say low-scoring game with ND by 3 points?

[@MCG55SS]

+okrajoe ND Statistically was suppose be the best D in NCAA that year just barely in front of Alabama in a few spots like points allowed and yards per game. Teo was a overhyped LB who was a Heisman candidate who they "thought" would slow down Alabama's rushing attack...instead he froze when he was left in the open or got trucked.

[@teamchb3143]

+MCG55SS Notre Dame was way overrated. They barely beat Pitt...so I knew Bama was going to kill them..Hell Lacey was bigger than Teo so I know Teo would not be a factor.

[@hunter_light_18ncs]

Nobody could run on Notre Dame and then Eddie Lacy and TJ Yeldon run through them like shit through a tin horn.

[@teller1290]

hahahahahahahahah

[@teller1290]

and you're too scared to play down south. check it out. neutral field just fine. problem? other than losing, I mean. Hahahahahahahah!!!!

[@glockman9c]

Never doubt the SEC and never doubt Bama. RTR!

[@littlemikeism]

Notre Dame has no clue just how silly they appeared in this game.

[@bocajrs7628]

Notre Dame should not have been in Championship game.

[@xMtF54x]

The real natty was uga vs bama. Notre dame didnt belong

[@cothren6504]

@globalicon2012 --pitiful-poor loser. 17 now !

[@ayyyyv]

we may be saying that again this year

[@lakersganghighestpaidathle3286]

J cothren 44-16

[@leefamily7432]

@@lakersganghighestpaidathle3286 17 chips

[@idonthaveone7576]

@@lakersganghighestpaidathle3286 16-3

[@ianstradian]

Norte Dame had no reason to be in that stadium....
It should have been Tx A&M.
This national championship proved in the most clear and direct manner that the BCS was flawed and needed to go.
The average player on the Alabama team was as large or larger than Norte Dame’s largest player.
The discipline on the Alabama team was head and shoulders above the Norte Dame teams discipline.
This was a beat down of a low level college football program by a high level college football program set up by the BCS.

[@Gaderelli]

It should have been Bama vs Georgia part 2 !!!!! Daaaaaaah

[@Gaderelli]

We all know that Bama lost that game vs Tx A&M winning it !!! Only an A&M fan would argue that !!!!

[@clarencecausey7473]

@@Gaderelli Result would have been the same..UGA would have found a way to lose.....:)..

[@lovesosaJDPON]

They went 12-0 and beat 2 top ten teams that year shut up. “They didn’t deserve to be there” eat my ass lmfao

[@ianstradian]

i hate when GIRLS die! That’s why ND fans were so happy after their team got used like a rag after drunken sex.
Because they were soooo good and deserved to be in that stadium.... keep telling yourself that ND will be great again. Beautiful campus at ND BTW, I visited there once, I was shocked at the surrounding city,,, do y’all blindfold your new recruits until they get to the campus?

[@Blayze1017]

May of 2019-this never gets old. ROLL TIDE

[@Blayze1017]

kenneth nugent I’ll drink to that!!! ROLL TIDE

[@auburnsks]

I felt so sorry for nd. bama was a giant playing a baby

[@tycalvert9633]

globalicon2012 😂😂😂 how by pretty much having a bye in the title game

[@tycalvert9633]

globalicon2012 wow that's the worst excuse I've ever heard. He had no reason to pay the refs that team was legit

[@ezmoney79]

@globalicon2012 you're a fucking idiot pretty well officiated but notredame got a couple of breaks Alabama was far superior you're a fucking idiot

[@jsm530]

@globalicon2012 you sound pretty dull.

[@jsm530]

@@ezmoney79 he's just some edgy pasty white kid looking to cause some drama. Don't acknowledge his insignificant existence.

[@DrJrmabry]

We miss you Barrett!!!

[@haroldfarquad6886]

I am the last thing from a Bama fan, but I was infuriated when Notre Dame was allowed to play in this game. Anyone who knows anything about college football knew Notre Dame had no right to be on the same field as that Bama team. Notre Dame barely escaped two games early in the season from their self-made powderpuff schedule against inferior teams, and as per usual the cucks in the media shoved them into the BCS championship for doing undefeated in a scrub schedule. This beatdown was so satisfying to watch. Notre Dame is not an elite program, and it's far past time anyone considers them as such.

[@robertmusgrave9236]

They are still doing this there going to have to join a conference sooner than later NBC has the deal with the Big Ten before they were always on TV with NBC but the money is going to be less and less sooner now. Their future is going to have to be joining the Big Ten.

[@thelastdracolich1237]

I have been a fan of notre dame since i grew up in the 60s in south bend .1963 was my first game.in person.now im glad they gonna show alabama where its at.i knew they would have to play nd soon or later. They cant hide anymore.

[@krannguilford3251]

🤣🤣🤣
Roll Tide 🐘🌊

[@janetmainor8364]

After watching this several times, it's fun to pick out some of the ridiculous scenes: Cooper's reception to make it 35-0, there's the ND cheerleader arguing with the ref that Cooper stepped out of bounds. 😆

[@Unknown-bq9id]

Like Notre Dame would have come back after being down 28 against, oh, ALABAMA...

[@samuelmathews6120]

“Maybe Alabama doesn’t come back in the second half..”😂 Notre Dame better hope they don’t play Bama. They might learn again what an actual conference is like.

[@daverunner3397]

This game made my daughter cry, she is a Notre Dame fan, no idea how that happened ......ROLL TIDE.

[@tyrichards1280]

Rephrase that the Georgia Alabama game in secg was the national title game.

[@rickybates9657]

don't you just love when a team isn't doing well they blame it on the layoff....doesn't both teams have a layoff....just a thought

[@Grizzly-og5bs]

This game needed to happen for the good of college football. They should not allow Notre Dame to play in future championship games or this will happen again. Overrated every year and play no one. Bama kicked that ass

[@thomaspaulgames77]

Eh, OSU never plays anybody and they won the championship.

[@jackiswack1]

Your really stupid Notre Dame is never overrated and is good every year

[@emissarygtrist]

+Jack Davis You're not your*

[@danwesley7427]

so true dude...so true

[@danwesley7427]

good every year....go change your diaper nancy....well maybe in 1932....what a dumbass...let me guess...think you piss ant gold helmets will be in the mix for a championship?....vote Hillary....then the Dame will be like Nashville...no one speaking English, 7 kids in toe and shit dried on the floor of your bathrooms.....its not far off...enjoy that beautiful place...I have been there...its mexica not America,,,,watch

[@arrowjsmith153]

Alabama rushed for 265 yards and passed for 264 vs ND. 529 yards of Whoop Ass. 42-14 The Tide by a Mile. OUCH that still hurts said my ND co-worker. He said he died that night. So did ND. Have not done shit since.

[@ianstradian]

A day before this game a news crew was interviewing players from both teams.
Reporter to ND player “ how is Miami?”
ND player “ wow, it’s been so nice the people the fans, the restaurants just so much fun”
Reporter to Alabama player “ how’s Miami?”
Alabama player ( looks around with a quirky look) “ we have a game to win, I’ll check out Miami after we win.”
I knew that this was going to be a beat down right there, an ugly beat down.
ND lost this game before they got on the bus to go to the airport to fly down to Miami.

[@Alycanj]

The Jones push was the hardest hit McCarron took all night. Notre Dame got to this game on their name and payoffs, talent was sub par at best and they got exposed, embarrassed and humiliated on national tv, be careful what you ask for, lol

[@gjezik]

as a notre dame fan i was totally embarrassed by their shitty performance. i kept hearing them say "we didn't execute" motherfuckers you couldn't execute. this game still pisses me off

[@travisbickle7297]

It was the greatest fucking thing I've ever seen, I still jerk off everytime I think of the destruction of a completely(as fucking usual) OVERRATED Notre lame team...

[@RunTMCTexas]

Greg - Bama fan here. I hear you but also felt a few things bounced Bama's way that night too. They got some breaks. Hopefully ND and Bama do a home & away in the future. Just like the old days

[@coolman1069]

Bama has destroyed plenty of teams. ND beat the Pac 12 and Big 12 champs that season and beat 9 bowl teams en route to 12-0. Bama has just been a dynasty in this current era. I don't know why people want to trash ND so much that they ignore that this ass whooping had less to do with ND and more to do with Bama. How quickly people forget the multiple beatings Bama has delivered to different programs under Saban. I don't think this natty game discredits ND as much as reaffirms Bama's dominance.

[@broadstreetbullies849]

Well, the one of two times I ever rooted for Alabama

[@treesloth9]

Watching this 8 years later is weird. I was in Gulf Shores AL then and the guys I hung with would have to take ceremonial shots of what ever liquor we had after every Bama score. I was Hammered by the first quarter and on my ass by the time it was all said and done

[@beaz3784]

This game and the LSU-Bama title game are probably the reasons we got the playoff system, so be thankful, despite the fact that these games sucked.

[@zeaferjones1404]

You can also thank the Pac 12 refs. Them screwing Oregon every year caused these games to happen. If Oregon didn't lose to USC by a field goal they would have likely got a rematch against LSU. If Oregon didn't lose an overtime game to Stanford they would have definitely played Notre Dame because those would have been the only unbeaten teams

[@mikek8895]

Im a Notre Dame fan, why the hell am I watching this again??? Wow was that bama team stacked. Really wish that TCU had beaten Baylor that year... could have gotten a nice easy NC win as opposed to this destruction. Oh well, glad there is a playoff now!!

[@boymande]

TCU defense would have bashed ND offense. the fuck u talking about. TCU would have made Golson their bitch lol

[@mikek8895]

+Raymond In the above comment i meant i wish KSU, not TCU, had beaten Baylor that year as I believe that ND was a better team than KSU who would have been in the NC game without the loss to Baylor. I'm sorry for the confusion there. I'm sorry that I wrote in the wrong team by accident.
That said Ray... yes if ND had played 7-6 TCU in the NC game in 2012, Im even more confident that ND would have won the NC game (as opposed to playing KSU). The 2012 ND team beat the 2 common opponents that ND and TCU had that year. (Btw TCU lost to those 2 opponents., MSU, OU) I very much doubt that many people would disagree or find laughable that the 2012 ND team that went 12-1 would be heavily favored in a matchup with the "powerhouse" 7-6 2012 TCU team. I think you exposed yourself as a very uninformed football fan with your previous comment and I would assume that your next post will be a retraction of your previous comment and a heartfelt letter promising that next time you comment on college football you will put a disclaimer before your comment that you are in fact a simpleton with a rudimentary at best understanding of american football and that your opinion is for entertainment purposes only and should be viewed with the knowledge that the author is less intelligent than any person who may view the comment...
That said Alabama won the NC in 2012 (deservedly so) and needed KSU to lose to get back into the NC picture.

[@boymande]

+Mike K sorry I was thinking of TCU 2010.........I meant Boise state ....-_- ah never mind I don't know heh

[@teamchb3143]

+Mike K If you can be neutral, I ask you this: Was Teo overhyped that year or not?

[@jsm530]

@@boymande chill dude

[@bamahi7142]

BREAKING NEWS!!! Bama just scored again against Nortre Dame.

[@andrewthrasher8478]

I think Georgia would've blown them out also

[@Tyler-jc1fo]

Ken Bone georgia is having a hard year, Kirby should of stayed defensive coordinator

[@DoctorHands69420]

Tyler I think he meant in 2012

[@chosenone2503]

true but it should of been Ohio State in this game not a SEC team. pretty sure Ohio State went 12-0 in 2012..

[@DoctorHands69420]

Miami Fan They had a post season ban

[@Tyler-jc1fo]

Miami Fan but alabama was no doubt the best team that year

[@jrad410]

Looking back at this game though the score was lopsided, ND just played bad. Guys were open and defenders were in the right positions at times but they just didn’t execute. Will be interesting to see this this game again.

[@joscaca]

Re-watching the first half, ND made some plays. Quite a number of plays.

[@CJ-ib2jy]

Back in the day, I heard a lot of fans complain about the kick catch interference call in the first quarter - more from fans of schools who were not in the game. Granted, the head ref said the foul was by #41. #41 was blocked into the Bama fair catch player by a Bama blocker. That caused the muffed catch but it was not a foul. However, Notre Dame player #9 did interfere with the fair catch. Once a fair catch has been called, the kicking team may not have contact with the ball nor the receiving player until the ball touches the ground or another player of the receiving team. Even if muffed, the receiving player still has exclusive right to recover the ball provided it hasn't touched the ground. As soon as the Bama played muffed the catch, ND #9 ran into the Bama player touching both the Bama fair catch and the ball while the ball was still in the air. #9 should have waited until the ball touched the ground. The ref who threw the flag didn't throw it until #9 prevented the the fair catch player from recovering the ball. The head ref never talked to the ref who threw the flag instead assumed the foul was on #41. I don't think the ref who threw the flag was throwing it on #41.

[@TheLocalLt]

Does this mean if you muffed a punt and an opposing player caught it before it hit the ground that it would be a touchback and not a fumble?

[@thomasthomas43]

I love how hyped ND was😂😂

[@kylescott7381]

That Bama O-Line 🔥🔥

[@DeAngeloStevens]

This One For the Bear

[@rogerbahakel]

personally i like musberger and herbie,they always give alabama their props,they don't vote for whos's no.1.i think some at CBS,don't like alabama.Musberger was trying keep viewers watching.he saw early that bama was going to stomp notre dame.

[@nicholastudor934]

I remember my great friend talking to me about this game upcoming and saying idk man Notre Dame has something this year. Bama is good but I think the Irish may take it this year. I was like ummm no. The sec championship was the national championship game. This will be a lopsided victory for Bama.

[@joscaca]

Tua is still better. But McElroy was a great player.

[@kirksingletary3788]

Notre Dame needs to stop being ranked so high, theyre never as good as people say and get manhandled when they play an actually good team...

[@Benderthegr865]

Who's here after bama dominated notre dame in the 2021 national championship?

[@darthmichael12]

I think you mean 2020 playoffs

[@EmmaBonn96]

Urban Meyer
Close game
Low scoring game
Notre Dame by a field goal
Wow

[@danieltilson4912]

urban myer biggest disgrace as a head coach ever

[@Huna98]

I look forward to seeing this again. A overhyped ND team taking on the dynasty

[@IanT372]

You got your wish yesterday afternoon!

[@hayswilson8870]

48:32 is where Brent Musberger hits on AJ Macarrons girlfriend

[@hughjass1724]

“Wow” - we all know

[@michaelbarclay1327]

2020 = sexual harassment.

[@clarencecausey7473]

This game is a great example of why the present CFB Playoff system was needed; in the latter scenario ND gets wiped out in the first round and never makes it to title game...

[@ethanteague5654]

And it would have ended up with Alabama playing K state or Oregon. Who were both better than Notre Dame.

[@insertcolorherehawk3761]

@@ethanteague5654 maybe not Oregon, Stanford(team who defeated Oregon and won the PAC-12) would have been either the 4/5 team
Realistically
Alabama vs Stanford/Florida
Notre Dame vs K-State
I think K-State might have been shown to be frauds after R1 though

[@insertcolorherehawk3761]

@@ethanteague5654 maybe not Oregon, Stanford(team who defeated Oregon and won the PAC-12) would have been either the 4/5 team
Realistically
Alabama vs Stanford/Florida
Notre Dame vs K-State
I think K-State might have been shown to be frauds after R1 though

[@Gaderelli]

GAVE N.DAME SOME save face calls in 3rd quarter w/in 5 mins. 3rd and 16 ghost call and then roughing passer call === Participation Trophy !!!

[@treesloth9]

I just like that Mussburger had a giant crush on Ajs girlfriend

[@joethumm8186]

Notre Dame by 3.........great pick !!!!!!!!

[@bacchusthompson5834]

Two things sealed our fate in this game... The horrible call of incomplete by the officials on the sideline with Eifert securing the catch and the no fumble call on the punt (you can't engage and block the opposing player into the restricted zone of the returner). Wind was knocked out of us from then on.

[@christianlongoria2948]

Who’s here in 2020 where in a couple of days notre dame will be playing Alabama😳

[@Ifyernotawakeyet]

Another overrated Notre Dame team, Another Alabama beat down.

[@krizbrisie]

Great Game! Roll Tide!

[@cbear6537]

I’m a Notre dame fan and this made me depressed af

[@joshualyle380]

I feel ya man.... as an atlanta falcons fan and a bama fan, the past few years have been especially rough for me.... lol

[@zeaferjones1404]

I'm an Oregon fan and this game depresses me because it should have been Notre Dame vs Oregon. Oregon was 2 games away from being unbeaten and they lost to Stanford in a game which they controlled the whole time. Even with the loss Oregon's loss was similar to Alabama's loss so you could argue that Oregon should have still been in the game.

[@Proudmule1]

The Notre Dame fans thought they had won the national championship when their defense made a good play on the game's first play from scrimmage. Turns out the game would go on for quite a while after that.

[@greatwitchallah7080]

still watching this game though!

[@Fultonfalcons86]

Bama was on their A game in this one Notre Lame was all hype and not much else ..........#ROLLTIDE .. Oh Te'O also won liar of the year award lol and the only reason Lame duck U was in this title game was because of the refs help against Pitt......

[@falleng2392]

I remember this so well. I had so many ND fans talking shit to me telling me alabama couldn’t run, score, or win this game and I remember laughing telling them how they haven’t played a team like Alabama...I still talk shit to them til this day about it

[@liammessano8962]

Hey where is Alabama now well there not playing this year too would love get beat down like last year vs clemson

[@americanoperator3147]

Fallen G
Let’s remember that ND leads the series 5-2

[@richardpierce4908]

1:31:28......When Saban struggles to find something bad about the first half performance, you know it was good.

[@perniciouspete4986]

Sabin should have said, "We're out of breath from running the ball up and down the field."

[@jerrylawson960]

I never get tired of hearing Urban Meyer say “it’s going to be a close game. Notre Dame wins by a field goal.” =)

[@docpj72]

Teo=deer in headlights just like most of the Irish in this game!

[@teamchb3143]

+Paul Johnson Yes. Probably the most overrated team in history.

[@coolman1069]

Overrated team in history??? They overachieved all season. Wth are you talking about???

[@tycalvert9633]

globalicon2012 why cause they're afraid they'll kill somebody

[@juliemcdonald261]

blind poet38 q

[@joeschmo7834]

The 2012 SEC championship was the real national championship

[@TFirm64]

"You are looking live" - Brent Musburger, always a classic

[@matthewspallina226]

I miss him announcing. Loved his enthusiasm.