Fans tailgate at Sun Life Stadium before BCS National Championship

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  Notre Dame fans tailgate before the Discover BCS National Championship at Sun Life Stadium on Monday, Jan. 7, 2013. Al Diaz / Miami Herald Staff

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  Alabama band members Drennan Holliday and Matthew Warren high-five a fan before the start of the Discover BCS National Championship at Sun Life Stadium on Monday, Jan. 7, 2013. Al Diaz / Miami Herald Staff

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  Ron Boakon arrives in Fighting Irish gear for the Discover BCS National Championship game at Sun Life Stadium on Monday, Jan. 7, 2013. Al Diaz / Miami Herald Staff

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  Tyler Pryor dances as Captain Mike Smith plays the bagpipes before the start of the Discover BCS National Championship game at Sun Life Stadium on Monday, Jan. 7, 2013. Al Diaz / Miami Herald Staff

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  Alabama fans Greg and Costello Sazera bite into sausage hoogies as they tailgate before the Discover BCS National Championship game at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens on Monday, Jan. 7, 2013. CHARLES TRAINOR JR / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  Notre Dame fans party outside Sun Life Stadium with a poster of Manti Te'o as they wait for the start of the Discover BCS National Championship game on Monday, Jan. 7, 2013. CHARLES TRAINOR JR / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  Alabama fans Morgan and Connor Eilers roam the area outside Sun Life Stadium as they wait for the start of the Discover BCS National Championship game on Monday, Jan. 7, 2013. CHARLES TRAINOR JR / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  Alabama fan Jacquline Kovcsol and her brother, Notre Dame fan Jason Kovcsol, square off outside Sun Life Stadium as they wait for the start of the Discover BCS National Championship game on Monday, Jan. 7, 2013. CHARLES TRAINOR JR / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  Notre Dame fan and student Mike O'Neal dresses in Irish colors as he waits for the start of the Discover BCS National Championship game at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Monday, Jan. 7, 2013. CHARLES TRAINOR JR / MIAMI HERALD STAFF

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  Alabama fans cheer the arrival of their team's buses before the Discover BCS National Championship game at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens on Monday, Jan. 7, 2013. Joe Rimkus Jr. / Miami Herald Staff

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  Notre Dame fans cheer the arrival of their team's buses before the Discover BCS National Championship game at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens on Monday, Jan. 7,2013. Joe Rimkus Jr. / Miami Herald Staff

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  Notre Dame fan Robert Durbin wears a helment decroated with the Virgin Mary in preparation for the Discover BCS National Championship game at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens on Monday, Jan. 7, 2013. Joe Rimkus Jr. / Miami Herald Staff