(With Video) Alabama Dad Is Speechless Over BCS Title Game Ticket

A widely viewed YouTube video captures the Christmas joy over a trip to watch the Crimson Tide play Notre Dame.

Can we get a big Rammer Jammer on this? An Alabama dad and Crimson Tide fan had plenty of Christmas cheer, and a widely viewed YouTube video captured the moment. Don Buckhannan of Boaz, Ala., already was plenty pleased when he got a fedora like iconic Alabama football coach Bear Bryant used to wear. But when Buckhannan was prompted to look inside the hat, he found the real prize -- a ticket to watch his beloved Crimson Tide play Notre Dame for the BCS championship on January 7, 2013. Overwhelmed with happiness, his reactions included, "Hot Diggity Dog." The ticket and hat were gifts from Buckhannan's son, Daniel Buckhannan of Oxford, Ala., who posted the video to YouTube. "We going to the game, Pop! We going to the game!", says Daniel …

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(VIDEO) Alabama Prevails in SEC; Who Will Win BCS Title?

Georgia plays valiantly but comes up short. Notre Dame awaits the Crimson Tide, which is favored. Share your thoughts.

The Notre Dame-Alabama game for the BCS Championship will be televised on ESPN on Monday, January 7, at 8:30 p.m. --- Someone HAD to lose Saturday's SEC Championship in Atlanta. After a memorable back-and-forth effort, Alabama prevailed over Georgia, 32-28. The Tide came from behind three times and held off a strong Bulldogs comeback in the final seconds, as reported by Pat Forde of Yahoo Sports. So the next stop for Alabama is the Jan. 7 BCS title game in Miami against Notre Dame, ranked No. 1 in the BCS and unbeaten. But for Georgia, the wait for a national title continues. It has been since 1980 since the Bulldogs won it all. (They lost a national title game to Penn State in the Sugar Bowl after the 1982 season). -- Do you think Alabama…

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Steve Burns

7:55 am on Sunday, December 2, 2012

Thanks, Mark. That was a true nail-biter.   more ›

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UGA Grad Student Gets To Kick for Prizes at BCS Title Game

Man could win $100,000 in prizes with a successful field goal at halftime Monday.

There's still a chance this bowl season for a University of Georgia kicker to make a clutch field goal for glory. It didn't work out for Blair Walsh, who, despite becoming the SEC's all-time leading scorer during last week's Outback Bowl, is the talk of the town for missing a field goal try that would have beaten Michigan State in the game's first overtime. Now comes Jonathan Pahlas, a UGA marine sciences graduate student, who won a drawing to attempt a 40-yard field goal for $100,000 in prizes at halftime of Monday night's BCS Title Game between SEC rivals LSU and Alabama. Pahlas, who's never kicked much of anything, will have 60 seconds to make up to five attempts to win a home makeover, an RV and a boat, the Athens Banner-Herald reports…

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