After dominating LSU in every facet of the game on Monday night’s BCS Title Game played at the Superdome, the Alabama Crimson Tide are the champions of college football.  It was an epic performance by the Alabama’s defense as they held LSU to 17 rushing yards and one first down in the first half and finished with 39 on the ground, 92 overall and five first downs. LSU was averaging 38.5 points a game for the season.

Tide quarterback AJ McCarron finished 23-of-34 for 234 yards and no interceptions against a defense fielding a pair of All-America cornerbacks. Just for good measure, Alabama had no turnovers, one penalty and zero return yards allowed against a team that had scored nine defensive or special teams touchdowns.

The game was about as boring as you can ask for to watch, but it was a marvelous performance nonetheless.

From around the web…

Alabama proved it's best, but 2011 unsatisfying nonetheless (SportsIllustrated.com)
Alabama had long since put away the game. The Tide were 4:36 away from a national championship whether or not they scored another point. But for their sake, and for college football's sake, Trent Richardson's 34-yard touchdown run to put the final clamps on LSU was absolutely, positively needed.

Alabama, LSU reload, will compete for another title in 2012 (SportingNews.com)
Don’t ask Nick Saban if the Tide can make it three titles in four years next season—“I’m a day-to-day guy,” he said in the wee hours Monday night, shaking his head at the question—but know that his program can reload like precious few others in the country. As can LSU.

Game produces lowest TV rating of BCS era (al.com)
Overnight ratings for Alabama's 21-0 victory over LSU were the lowest for a national championship in the 14-year history of the BCS. The All-SEC affair, the first championship pairing teams from the same conference, drew a 13.8 overnight rating on ESPN. The previous record low was a 14.3 for Miami-Nebraska at the 2002 Rose Bowl.

FINAL RANKINGS (CBSSports.com)

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