5 Random Things About the BCS National Championship Game

The 2009 college football season is in the books now, and culminated in the somewhat exciting BCS National Championship Game between the Texas Longhorns and the Alabama Crimson Tide. Congratulations to Alabama for winning the game. Here are some random facts I picked up after the game.

1. This was Alabama’s first national championship since 1992, and only their second since 1980.
2. The SEC is the first conference to win 4 national championships in a row.
3. Nick Saban is the first person to coach 2 different schools to a BCS national championship. He coached LSU to the national championship in 2003.
4. Mark Ingram is just the 12th player in college football history to win the Heisman trophy and a national championship game in the same season, and the first to do so since Matt Leinart did it at USC in 2004.
5. Alabama has won the most national championships since 1900, with 13.
   

   Congratulations, Crimson Tide!

Bonus: With this victory, the SEC remains undefeated in the BCS national championship game, and is the only conference to post a winning record in said game.

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