Players Consider What Game with Tide Would've Been Like.

Crimson Tide Lands Cover After BCS Title Win.

Alabama Cheerleaders Bus Involved in Three-Vehicle Crash.

Brown Replaces Jeremy Pruitt.

Trevor Releford had a career-best 26 points with three 3-pointers and topped 1,000 points for Alabama (8-6, 0-1), which has lost six of eight.

Miami Dade Police are planning an extensive security sweep of Sun Life Stadium in advance of the 2013 Discover BCS National Championship Game.

Certainly, No. 1 Notre Dame and No. 2 Alabama have a tough time living up to the hype for Monday night's BCS championship.

Alabama defensive coordinator Kirby Smart likes his current group of players, and not just because of their stats.

Had one kick been a few inches to the left, Notre Dame would not be in the BCS title game.

Win or lose, Notre Dame's Brian Kelly doesn't want his team aiming any lower than the national championship game in the future.

Alabama coach Nick Saban says he and his team "honor the opportunity" to play for a national title.

Whether it's giving 110 percent or taking it one game at a time, you've always got to remember it is what it is.

T.J. Yeldon and Amari Cooper are the latest Alabama freshmen to become instant stars.

Notre Dame nose guard Louis Nix III hardly ever quiets down. Defensive end Stephon Tuitt speaks in a voice that's barely above a whisper.

Saban spoke Saturday at media day for the title game, which pits No. 2 Alabama against No. 1 Notre Dame. Alabama is favored by more than a touchdown.

For the first time since Christmas 2006, Nick Saban is back working on the field at Sun Life Stadium.

Alabama coach Nick Saban has sent home two backup players from the BCS championship game for violating curfew.

Former commissioner Roy Kramer remembers all the fretting when the Southeastern Conference started its own championship game two decades ago.

Barrett Jones was definitely not going there.

Everett Golson's first love is basketball. Music would seem to be second on the Notre Dame quarterback's list.

Smart says he's in no rush to move on from what he considers "the best non-head coaching job in the country."

ESPN senior vice president Burke Magnus says: "It sets up really remarkable possibilities."

He says such a wakeup call wasn't needed before last year's championship game because the Tide had a more veteran team.

Defensive line standout Damion Square says Notre Dame's redshirt freshman QB, Everett Golson, has the athletic ability to make a broken play into a big gainer.

Fighting Irish players and coaches said Friday that the defense for No. 2 Alabama and their own have some similarities.