BCS Champions: Alabama Crimson Tide

The tide was high last night, and Alabama got drenched with victory as they beat Texas 37-21 in the BCS championship game. Mark Ingram proved he was worthy of his Heisman award, successfully running for 116 yards and blowing through two touchdowns. He had an advantage, of course, since Colt McCoy, Texas’s star quarterback (and Heisman contender), was knocked out of the game early after receiving a blow from Alabama’s defensive end, Marcell Dareus. Although McCoy’s shoulder was quite familiar with that particular hit, something in the collision caused his thumb to go numb, tampering with his throw and crushing his dream of securing a champion title before the conclusion of his college career.

The world will never know what would have happened if Colt remained in the game and hadn’t experienced such a terrible misfortune. Either way, Mark and the Crimson Tide played an amazing game, and Texas put up quite a fight (and even almost came back at one point), despite the absence of their fierce leader. Congrats to Alabama, and all the best to Colt!