2013 BCS National Championship Game - #1 Notre Dame vs. #2 Alabama Highlights

01/07/2013. Sun Life Stadium (Miami Gardens, FL). The Discover BCS National Championship Game. The #1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (12-0) vs. the #2 Alabama Crimson Tide (12-1).
Broadcast on ESPN.

[@cappiesmith126]

So once again Notre Dame was ranked way higher than they deserved.

[@jimmyhaley727]

its all about the money

[@euclideszoto997]

Notre Dame was a good team that year but everyone pretty much knew that this was going to be the result against Alabama. The diehard ND fans were hoping for a miracle but Alabama was having none of that. Like the other comment said. Its about the money.

[@onetwo6039]

Unfortunately Ohio students messed up by selling their jerseys. Otherwise it SHOULD have been Ohio vs ND. The ONLY 2 undefeated teams that year. Luck of the tide I guess.

[@crimsonkings205]

@@onetwo6039 Actually, no. Alabama would've still got the invite, they won the SEC Championship game and deserved to be there regardless of personal opinion. This Alabama team was loaded top to bottom. The week they lost to Texas A&M and that clown Johnny Manzeil they had just came off an extremely emotional win vs LSU.

[@mas5867]

​ @crimsonkings205 Who the F knew that the season was 12 games where you are expected to show up every week?

[@boat3925]

I came here for the manti teo girlfriend comments, wasn't disappointed

[@marissaa.martinezix6997]

why..

[@davidcole2337]

This was my favorite National Championship Game of all time. Notre Dame was a Paper Tiger for sure. I love what there coach said at Halftime. No answer..

[@fyarbrou]

Notre Dame came to the tunnel entrance to try to intimidate Alabama as they took the field. You could see the fear in the Irish players eyes when they saw the massive BAMA players come out. It was like Jr. high players looking at the Varsity.

[@mikewilliams9069]

what stewpid comments

[@joed3264]

Two things Te'o never touched? Girlfriend and Eddy Lacy.

[@ATLKing404]

Nice😂😂😂

[@Nate-im3sg]

At the very end it shows Manti looking for his girlfriend.

[@patricknorwood8263]

Te'o is such a non factor in this game it's incredible.

[@bonkersmcgee4356]

Usually you hope these games are a toss up where it could go either way, and if they played the game tomorrow the other team could just as easily win. Not in this case. ND had no business being there.

[@cgh7337]

Who did? The UGA team Alabama beat a few weeks before or the tOSU banned from postseason since they recruit thugs?

[@robertd9850]

Interesting to here Herbsteit say this is the middle of the dynasty and not the end. Who could have guessed Bama would still be pounding it out 10 years later.

[@ajellyfish6357]

UGA would've destroyed ND in that game too

[@brettwelsh8575]

No

[@christianrichardson8956]

If only USC scores in that last drive against ND in the final game of the season... it would've been Florida vs Alabama

[@crimsonkings205]

@@brettwelsh8575 Actually, yes. Lmao UGA would've smacked the dogshit out of ND.

[@kevinmcdonald6979]

Georgia would have killed no no dame.

[@ATLKing404]

@@brettwelsh8575 Dude they 5 yards away from beating the team that took ya'll to the woodshed. That SEC championship game was the real national championship game because whoever won that game would have used ya'll for a chew toy

[@L2Ngaming]

21-0, I watched WWE Raw. I knew ND wasn't ready.

[@thomasdaniels6824]

20:40 Kirk was actually right. Bama has won 3 additional titles since this game.

[@johnmac3410]

Lacy was awesome.

[@garycobiak5926]

ND looked slow and undersized.

[@brettwelsh8575]

Their d line was way better though surprisingly watch Louis nix eat bama like they ain't there

[@SuperJasondennis]

Lacy is a God damn running back and is bigger than every player on ND

[@tidefanyankee2428]

@@SuperJasondennis Well, at least you capitalized God..... ND had enough size, they just didn't have the overall team speed Bama did.....and it showed.

[@reginaldhall6871]

In hindsight the SEC Championship game was the real Nat'l Championship game. And Georgia gave us a scare, but just like a Mark Richt team they faultered in the end.

[@mikewilliams9069]

lmao what stewpid comments. the sec is a lil girly conference

[@artofvalor9396]

Alabama offensive line dominated! Great win for Bama and the SEC!

[@mikewilliams9069]

the sec is a lil girly conference

[@charlesdoyle3630]

@Mike Williams or should I say the new Duke Moose be gone demon you moron

[@garysmith8098]

@@mikewilliams9069I guess your conference is the cry baby conference.

[@mikewilliams9069]

@@garysmith8098 saban is apoozy

[@viceman8152]

In a couple of weeks, Bama wil do this to another hype up nobody, USC!

[@PirateOfPlayTime]

you were right, but this wasn't even close to that slaughter

[@jaredmcgorman3731]

Gotta love when Norte dame loses Norte dame shouldn’t have been there

[@chief9116]

AJ had some running backs

[@rolltide9897]

ScoDucks2019 ummm no. We had a beast receiving corps and the best offensive line in the nation. AJ was an above average qb, as shown by his coming in second place in the heisman voting the very next year. Everything about 2012 Bama was just op as fuck

[@Jaykurosakii]

ScoDucks2019 Oregon would of got clapped by Bama

[@tidefanyankee2428]

@@RadicallyOptimistic You conveniently left out who Ok St lost to and when. When you lose to a team at the bottom of a conference....like Iowa St was, and it's the last regular season game, it's GOING to hurt your chances. In college football if you're going to lose, lose early.

[@austinjolly2001]

I wish they would show more defensive plays on these highlights

[@aaronbreland8292]

See this is why they didn’t let UCF in the playoff in 2017. Undefeated by not really playing anybody the whole year and would’ve got skull dragged in the playoff

[@mas5867]

WTF. Hey DA, they beat Auburn who was ranked #1, 4 games before they met UCF.

[@tommyhenderson4523]

😂they always rank ND as high as they can just to be exposed when they face a real foot ball team 😂😂there's at least 20 teams that could have beat the brakes off them that year...TRUMP 2024

[@chief9116]

Teo should have been made to give all those awards up. Catfish my ass!

[@scootertrash911]

Put your head around the fact that Alabama lost 3 National Championship games under Saban, 6+3 would have been 9 in 17 years, that's above 50%. Saint Nick is human after all.

[@RonaldMcDonald-f9j]

ND just made it through undefeated. ND cant get the players. They just suck

[@dillonmcintire6519]

Poor tackling by Notre Dame. Alabama absolutely dominated them in this game.

[@StructuralCE]

Gotta appreciate the fact that Saint Nick won 3 more after this. Wild

[@jakeappleton]

Belue throwing up the T for Tuscumbia.

[@bradstafford485]

The real Natty game that year was between us and Georgia.

[@bartredden8524]

Game over in 17 mins... tops.

[@brandondukes3379]

I remember watching this live with some friends who hated Bama. When they scored on their first drive, with such ease, I looked at them and told them it was over. They were screaming and I sat back laughing.

[@rt2255]

That was not a game it was a bama curb stomping of notre dame.on national tv. When you lose that bad in title game you should not be allowed back for years. Notre dame would lose to half of sec

[@rickrigsby7620]

The perennial contender slaughters the perennial pretender(as would have 5 or 6 other SEC teams that year)-Roll Tide

[@timnordstrom1977]

16:56 the corner that shouldn't blitz

[@TheJamesBond]

ND wastes everyone's time. ND is just straight garbage in the modern era.

[@randygacke6778]

Notre Dame always seems to be way overrated.

[@LilCurt1993]

But always near the top 10. They gotta be paying somebody

[@flexonnembixthh7679]

nigga watched dis blowout ass game😂

[@gameplaybenchmarks3294]

I thought fsu won the title that year against auburn

[@minif4046]

That was a year after. This is 2012 season extended into 2013

[@dennybranham3242]

Roll Tide.. Run the Ball Ed..

[@davidlj53]

Still don’t know why nd was in this game, somebody got paid off?

[@cgh7337]

Who belonged in this game? The Georgia team that Alabama just beat 2 weeks ago or the Ohio State team that was banned from postseason? Such a troglodyte you are.

[@mas5867]

10 years later and the record has grown. ND is 0-14 in bowl games against top 15 teams since 93. This NC should have never happened. Another matchup the BCS got wrong. One of the many farce NCs that Saban owns. Over Rated! Over Rated!

[@jakebuchsbaum3348]

No one really cares what mas has to say

[@garysmith8098]

Mas just keep on holding your baby blanket and crying. Mommy will pick you up and give you a precipitation trophy. 🏆

[@mas5867]

​ @jakebuchsbaum3348 sure they do. I bring facts that challenge his being great.

[@Native5]

❤RIP Nix

[@garybaker1422]

Great game. Brent Musburger was obviously pulling for Notre Dame. Looks like Manti Teo spent most of the night counting tiles on the ceiling. 😳

[@brettwelsh8575]

Bama had some good back their line got manhandle so badly but they still scored easy on us

[@crimsonkings205]

What.? Alabama controlled the line of scrimmage with ease.

[@kevinmcdonald6979]

What game were you watching? Bama O line had their way with Irish defense lol...

[@tommyhenderson4523]

😂they always rank ND as high as they can just to be exposed when they face a real foot ball team 😂😂there's at least 20 teams that could have beat the brakes off them that year...TRUMP 2024

[@rolltide9897]

Bruhhhhh..... I just realized Clemson beat us as bad as we beat Notre Dame In this game...... That really sucks