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The 2008 BCS National Championship Game (branded as the 2008 Allstate BCS National Championship Game for sponsorship reasons) was played at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Monday, January 7, 2008, and featured the No. 1 and No. 2 college football teams in the United States as determined by the BCS Poll (a combination of polls and computer formulas) to decide the BCS ...
Florida defeated Oklahoma by a score of 24–14 to win their second BCS title in three years and third overall national championship in school history. The Utah Utes were selected national champions by Anderson & Hester after beating the Alabama Crimson Tide in the 2009 Sugar Bowl, finishing the season as the nation's only undefeated team. [2]
Column in The Atlanta Constitution proposing a 1917 national championship game between Georgia Tech and Pittsburgh. [201] [202] College football fans and administrators have long sought to match the No. 1 vs. No. 2 teams in an end-of-season national championship game to determine an undisputed national champion on the gridiron. [39]
The 2008 Allstate BCS National Championship Game was the third post-season contest at New Orleans' Louisiana Superdome and was played on January 7, 2008. The SEC Champion Louisiana State University Tigers overcame a 10–0 deficit to beat the Big Ten Champion Ohio State University Buckeyes, 38–24, in front of a crowd of 79,651.
Egypt win the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations 1–0 over Cameroon.It is the sixth title in the competition for the Pharaohs.; Manchester United wins the UEFA Champions League, defeating another English side Chelsea by penalty shootout 6–5, after a draw of 1–1 at the final.
The view from the 50-yard line for the 2010 BCS National Championship at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California (Alabama vs. Texas). The BCS National Championship Game, or BCS National Championship, was a postseason college football bowl game, used to determine a national champion of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), first played in the 1998 college football season as one of ...
The winner of the game is awarded the College Football Playoff National Championship Trophy, which is sponsored by Dr Pepper. [4] It was created as a new championship trophy, rather than the "crystal football" that has been given by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) since 1986, as officials wanted a new trophy that was ...
Bradford squared off against 2007 Heisman winner Tim Tebow in the BCS National Championship Game, which was the second time in history that two Heisman winners played each other in a game, after Matt Leinart and Jason White met in the 2005 Orange Bowl. [2]