by Bryan Holmes
It is now safe to call Alabama’s football program a dynasty after they won their 3rd national title in four years Monday against Notre Dame. Just last year Alabama beat LSU in the national championship game, giving quarterback A.J. McCarron his second national title as the starter.
The game was never close from the beginning. On the opening drive Alabama drove straight down the field and plowed through the Notre Dame defense for a touchdown. They also repeated that act on their second drive and the rout was on from there on out.
Notre Dame came into this game ranked #1 in the nation but played like the team that almost lost to an absolutely terrible Pittsburgh team at home. Many argue that Notre Dame had no business in this game due to the fact that they had not played a good team all year long. And the argument that Oklahoma and Stanford were good wins was disproven when Oklahoma did not beat a good team all year long, and Stanford almost lost to a Wisconsin team that lost to a depleted Penn State team.
Many SEC schools rejoiced as their conference won their 7th straight National Championship. So did the state of Alabama as their state schools, Auburn and Alabama, have claimed the last 4 championships.
Redshirt Junior, Eddie Lacy and freshman T.J. Yeldon led Alabama on the ground as they racked up 248 yards and 2 touchdowns combined. Freshman Amari Cooper from Miami, was vital on the receiving end with 6 catches for 105 yards and 2 touchdowns. Both of these power running backs and Cooper will return next season to make another run at the crown.
Alabama football has been the premiere name in college football the last couple years and as long as Nick Saban is the coach there, you can expect it to stay that way.