ROLL TIDE! 'BAMA DEFENSE SUFFOCATES LSU OFFENSE AS CRIMSON TIDE BLANKS TIGERS FOR SECOND BCS TITLE IN THREE YEARS

At New Orleans:


Jeremy Shelley kicked five field goals (23, 34, 41, 35, 44 yards) and Trent Richardson rumbled 34 yards for the game's lone touchdown as the #2 Alabama Crimson Tide (12-1), in avenging their only defeat of the regular season,  smothered the top-ranked Louisiana State Tigers (13-1) 15-0 on Monday night to win their second BCS National Championship Game in three years.


The Crimson Tide defense held the Bayou Bengals to a grand total of 92 yards and five first downs in the contest while the Alabama offense gained 384 yards.


Quarterback A. J. McCarron, named the game's Offensive MVP, completed 23 of 34 passes for 234 yards.


Linebacker Courtney Upshaw, with his seven tackle, one sack performance, was named Defensive MVP.


This was the first shutout ever in a BCS bowl and the Crimson Tide became the first team to win a national title without a conference championship since Minnesota in 1936.  The national title is Alabama's ninth since the start of the media/coaches poll era in 1936.