Cam Newton Leads Auburn University To First National Championship In Forty Plus Years

With all the attention Cam Newton and his Heisman saga, we knew Auburn University making it to the BCS Bowl was gonna turn into some extra ish.

We’re glad to see Cam and ’em live up to the hype though, giving Auburn their first national football title in almost 60 years.

“Settle in. Put another log on the fire up in Eugene,” play-by-play guy Brent Musburger oozed during the pregame, apparently thinking Oregon fans were watching the game back in the 19th century. “We got a good one coming.”

Musburger was so excited, he experienced a premature exclamation, yelling, “Touchdown!” on an Oregon pass in which the receiver was tripped up short of the goal. Hate it when that happens.

Fortunately, the game, for once, lived up to the hype. Auburn and Oregon exchanged turnovers instead of touchdowns in a scoreless first quarter, then began trading scores in the second, playing at the frenzied pace the Ducks have used to torture instant-replay technicians all season long.

Driven by fearless coaching, the game featured a fake extra point for a 2-point conversation, a safety, a fake punt, a goal-line stand, a tying 2-point conversion, two major reviewed calls in the closing two minutes and a winning field goal with no time left. Say what you want about their flashy Nike-sponsored attire, but as a TV attraction — even in defeat, in which their vaunted offense produced just 19 points — the Ducks are ready for prime time.

The same couldn’t be said quite so consistently for ESPN’s coverage, though a game like this — tough, exciting, with big plays all over the place — is hard to screw up. Moreover, despite some miscues, commentator Kirk Herbstreit zeroed in early on the game’s ultimate key, noting that for all Oregon’s speed and pyrotechnics, they were “losing the battle up front.”

Let the countdown to the NFL draft begin.

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