MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – The coach no longer wears houndstooth. The result is the same. Another Alabama dynasty.

Quieting the Irish by the first play of the second quarter, Eddie Lacy, AJ McCarron and the No. 2 Crimson Tide rolled top-ranked Notre Dame, 42-14, for the BCS championship Monday night, locking up a second straight national title and third in four years with another laugher of a title game.

The Bear would’ve been especially proud of this one – Nick Saban and the Tide romping to the second-biggest rout of the BCS era that began in 1999.