Marcel Dareus, y'all!
While the Tide had some horrible mental errors in the game--a fake punt that should have been checked out of, two kickoffs that the Longhorns recovered, Robby Green's busted coverage, they came through in the end.
The Texas D is solid, but Alabama relied on the ground game, which had Ingram and Richardson both have 100 yard games.
Despite the two big plays for touchdowns the Alabama D gave up after Gilbert got settled in (that QB is going to be good next year and beyond), the defense secured the win with their own big plays: Dareus' interception and touchdown, two interceptions by Arenas, King's interception, and Anders' sack that gave the Tide a first and goal and turned the momentum of the game.
The national championship obviously wasn't Alabama's best offensive game (that would be the game against Florida) or even one of their top offensive games of the year, but they found a way to win. They found a way to win against South Carolina by exclusively relying on Ingram in the fourth quarter. They found a way to win against Tennessee. They found a way to win in the fourth quarter against Auburn by relying on McElroy. And they found a way to win last night.
ROLL TIDE!
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