NCAA National Championship

Alabama 21

LSU 0

#1 LSU and #2 Alabama squared off Monday night for the second time this season. Alabama did not know after losing earlier in the season to LSU in overtime, they would get their revenge in the national championship. With the help of losses by Oklahoma State, Boise State and others, Alabama claimed the number two seed in the country and earned to right to rematch their rivals.

Everyone knew heading into this game these were the top two defensive teams in the country. With names like heisman trophy nominee Tyrann Mattieu for LSU and Dre Kirkpatrick for Alabama, you knew points would be hard to come by. In their previous meeting the teams only mustered up a combined 15 points and neither team scored a touchdown. LSU was able to kick a game winning field goal in overtime for a 9-6 win. That was a few months ago and Alabama was ready to attack Monday in hopes of payback against LSU.

The game started out all Alabama and the Crimson Tide jumped out to a 9-0 lead at half. Going into halftime, the LSU Tigers offense hadn't even crossed midfield yet. The second half was no different as Alabama punched in two more field goals before star running back Trent Richardson scored a 34 yard touchdown that  sealed the deal. As you look back at the stats, it was completely a one sided game. Alabama had 21 firsts downs and 384 total yards compared to LSU's 5 first downs and 92 total yards. Another key stat was that LSU had two costly turnovers and Alabama didn't turn the ball over once.

Alabama's defense definitely was the MVP of this game as they got their revenge after the crushing loss earlier this season. Don't think Alabama won't win it next year either as they have one of the top recruiting class coming to Tuscaloosa next Fall. Overall, this game proved Alabama was easily the best team in the nation and this storied program added yet another championship to their resume.