The BCS Title Game is upon us. We presume Alabama brought the Crimsonettes. You might see one of these classy Notre Dame t-shirts floating around. A.J. McCarron has his national title-winning outfit and hairdo. Mere polkadots away from Pee Wee Herman. #BowTide

Preview: We previewed this game earlier. We would love to believe Notre Dame can end the SEC monotony. Until someone has something beyond hunches, Alabama -9.5.

History: Two storied programs. Here are the best Notre Dame and Alabama players from the past 30 years. Not all of those fellows were criminals.

Not Suspended: Alabama’s Quinton Dial was not suspended for this hit on Aaron Murray in the SEC Title Game. Discipline was handled internally. Shocker.

Everything McCarron: The dapper A.J. McCarron is dating 2012 Miss Alabama Katherine Webb. He’s not above signing a boob after an SEC win. His mother Dee Dee Bonner seems like fun.

Linkage: This guy from the New Republic is not too impressed with Nick Saban. Three BCS titles in four years? Let’s see you do it in the NFL, jerk. Tries to exert an undue amount of control? It’s not like he forced a hotel to ban ESPN or anything… Jesse Williams has an interesting story. Chance Warmack’s stomach has its own twitter account. Notre Dame safeties’ coach Bob Elliot has been working without functioning kidneys.