Stream-of-Consciousness Notes
2013 BCS Championship
Second Quarter
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Pete Fiutak
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2013
BCS Champ. SOC Notes - Pregame
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2013
BCS Champ. SOC Notes - 1st Quarter
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2013
BCS Champ. SOC Notes - 2nd Quarter
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2013 BCS Champ. SOC Notes - 3rd Quarter
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2013
BCS Champ. SOC Notes - 4th Quarter
- How many Notre Dame fans are swearing out loud at Expedia’s “Find Your Perspective” ad?
- T.J. Yeldon gets in easily. Thanks for playing.
Alabama 21, Notre Dame 0
- Did Manti Te’o make the team bus?
- Brent: “This is the toughest task (Notre Dame) has faced all year.”
Notre Dame on its own 23
- Okay … here we go. Nice throw to DaVaris Daniels.
- Notre Dame going up tempo. That just means it’s going to suck faster.
- Going for it on 4th-and-5 and Golson goes deep?
- Of course. Not a chance.
Alabama on its own 40
- The Irish brought a little pressure and it finally worked. McCarron’s jersey is way too clean.
- Back-to-back big plays by the Irish D. It’s like Notre Dame woke up a quarter too late.
- There’s absolutely no panic by the Tide as McCarron connects …
- Holding on Kouandjio. Best tackle of the game.
- A punt?! Wow.
- Smart by McCarron. He didn’t force a 3rd-and-forever throw, scrambled, ate the ball, avoided the mistake.
- Once again, Alabama has a HUGE advantage in special teams, and it shows.
Notre Dame on its own 7
- Welcome to the party, running game. Theo Riddick rips off a big run …
- And Alabama puts an end to the fun as Quinton Dial flies into the backfield and sits on Riddick’s head.
- McCarron being checked out on the sideline … cramps.
- Golson takes off, tries to use his speed, and Bama closes faster and keeps him from getting what looked like a sure first down.
- DirecTV “genie” chick makes me happy I’m dropping $2,400 a year for a slew of movie channels I don’t watch.
Alabama on its own 11
- Eddie is doing whatever he wants. He’s running free.
- Notre Dame hasn’t gotten a clean tackle yet …
- Herbstreit just said the same thing. This D hasn’t missed this man tackles all year.
- ND has to do something to make McCarron uncomfortable. Maybe a dirty limerick.
- Alabama is being forced into third downs, but they’re converting …
- HOW DID AMARI COOPER NOT GET THAT? LAY OUT, SON. LAY OUT!
- Again, special teams. Punter Cody Mandell is a huge advantage, but it also helped that Davonte Neal fielded the ball inside the five.
Notre Dame on its own 3
- Nice throw by Golson out of his own end zone to Tyler Eifert. Golson has settled in, but he’s not getting ANY help from the running game.
- I slipped on a patch of black ice and almost killed myself today. Boo hoo for the Irish fans in the stadium who get to leave early and go hang out on South Beach.
- Alabama’s defense is following up every bad play with a good one …
- But Golson did a nice job of reading the blitz and hitting on another first down.
- And then he gets cute. Nothing was there, he scrambles, stays in the pocket and throws a prayer that almost got picked off.
- Bama needs to put 15 guys on Eifert and take its chances with everyone else.
- No third down conversions tonight for the Irish.
Alabama on its own 30
- Left side … left side … left side …
- Three minutes left in the first half. Bama taking its time, working the offense, keeping things moving.
- The offense went back to the ground game …
- And then the Irish ALMOST got its big break. Yeldon bips the McCarron pass and Te’o comes this close to picking it off.
- Forget the curveball, Ricky, go with the heater …
- Left side … left side … left side …
- Oh what a run by Yeldon. Te’o has Yeldon dead behind the line, and he misses a stop and gives up a third down.
- And then on the next play erases No. 4.
- OOOOOOHHHHH no. Kapron Lewis-Moore down.
- Looks like a knee … hopefully a cramp.
- Awkward landing, but he’s up.
- 50 seconds to play. No sense of urgency for the Tide.
- What a throw by McCarron. He lofts a perfect, PERFECT throw to Christion Jones. Bama is attacking.
- The Tide is abusing KeiVarae Russell.
- WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW. McCarron comes up with a short pass to Lacy, spin move, spin move, touchdown, third national title in four years.
- Lewis-Moore limping into the locker room.
Alabama 28, Notre Dame 0
- Awful, AWFUL tackling from the Irish.
- Hi, I’m Fiu … (everyone) “Hi, Fiu” … I … I … I voted for Manti Te’o over Johnny Manziel for the Heisman.
Notre Dame on its own 16
- Take a knee. For the love of God, take a knee.
- The Irish don’t. They’re going to get out of this half sucking.
- Halftime …. YEEEEEEEEEESH
- Yards: Alabama 309, Notre Dame 124
SECOND QUARTER: Alabama 28, Notre Dame 0
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2013
BCS Champ. SOC Notes - Pregame
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2013
BCS Champ. SOC Notes - 1st Quarter
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2013
BCS Champ. SOC Notes - 2nd Quarter
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2013 BCS Champ. SOC Notes - 3rd Quarter
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2013
BCS Champ. SOC Notes - 4th Quarter