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发帖数: 668 | 1 Auburn 22, Oregon 19
GLENDALE, Ariz. – Auburn made it five in a row for the SEC, winning a
defensive battle of all things to defeat
Oregon 22-19 on Monday night in the Tostitos BCS National Championship Game.
Here’s an instant analysis of the game:
How the game was won: Auburn drove 73 yards in seven plays for Wes Byrum’s
game-winning 19-yard field
goal as time expired. The Tigers needed that final drive after Oregon scored
and added the tying two-point
conversion following a Cam Newton fumble. It wasn’t the offensive shootout
everybody was predicting. The
two defenses were the show most of the night, and Auburn made more plays on
that side of the ball than
Oregon.
Turning point: On Auburn’s second play during its game-winning drive,
freshman running back Mike Dyer
looked like he was down. But the whistle never blew, and he took off for a
37-yard gain down to the Oregon
23.
Turning point II: It looked like Auburn might be on the verge of putting the
game away in the fourth quarter,
but Newton had the ball poked out of his hands by Oregon’s Casey Matthews.
The Ducks, trailing 19-11,
took over and tied the game with a touchdown and two-point conversion.
Star of the game: Even though Auburn defensive tackle Nick Fairley made one
bonedhead play when he
shoved LaMichael James in the helmet while James was on the ground, Fairley
was a dominant force in the
middle of that Auburn defensive line and was a big reason the Ducks never
really got untracked.
Unsung hero: Dyer came up huge for the Tigers on that final drive. Not only
did he have the big 37-yard
run, but his 16-yard run down to the 1 set up Byrum’s game-winner.
Stat of the game: Auburn wouldn’t allow Oregon to run the ball and held the
Ducks to 75 rushing yards on
32 attempts.
What it means: Auburn completed a stunning two-year turnaround. The Tigers
suffered through a losing
season in 2008, and two years later, they’re the national champions. It was
Auburn’s first national
championship since 1957. It’s also the fifth straight year that an SEC team
has won the national title. That’s
five titles by four different SEC schools, too. |
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