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Auburn defeats Oregon for national title

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Video: Auburn’s Gene Chizik and Cam Newton share
their post-game thoughts.

If it’s January in Alabama, it must mean BCS National Championship time.

The state can now lay claim to back-to-back titles, as Auburn defeated Oregon 22-19 Monday night. The winning field goal came as the game clock expired, a 28-yard boot from the Tigers’ Wes Byrum.

But the men of the hour were quarterback and Heisman winner Cam Newton, defensive tackle Nick Fairley and coach Gene Chizik. The game proved to be more of a defensive clash, as both teams sputtered through the first half.

Auburn finished a perfect 14-0, bringing home the school’s second national championship; the first in 1957 under coach Shug Jordan. The Tigers’ win marks the fifth consecutive BCS title win by an SEC team.

Alabama won the 2010 BCS title game against Texas, with help from its Heisman winner, Mark Ingram.

Earlier in the bowl season, Alabama demolished Michigan State 49-7 on New Year’s Day in the Capital One Bowl in Orlando. And way back on Dec. 18, Troy beat Ohio 48-21 in the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl.

Video: With the winning field goal,
Auburn celebrates a national championship.

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