FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2012, file photo, the Coaches' Trophy is displayed before the BCS National Championship game between the LSU and Alabama in New Orleans. College football will finally have a playoff. Come 2014, the BCS is dead. A committee of university presidents on Tuesday, June 26, 2012, approved the BCS commissioners' plan for a four-team playoff to start in the 2014 season. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2012, file photo, Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron (10) rolls out against the LSU during the first half of the BCS National Championship college football game in New Orleans. The center of the college football world will be Arlington, Texas on Saturday, when No. 8 Michigan plays No. 2 and defending national champion Alabama at Dallas Cowboys Stadium. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)

FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2012, file photo, Alabama head coach Nick Saban watches his team warm up before the BCS National Championship college football game against LSU in New Orleans. Saban and Michigan's Brady Hoke, the faces of storied programs, will match wits Saturday night at Cowboys Stadium. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)

FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2012, file photo, LSU head coach Les Miles reacts on the sidelines after the first half of the BCS national Cnampionship college football game against the Alabama in New Orleans. In a landscape where college football coaches say less and less, LSU's Les Miles and South Carolina's Steve Spurrier stand out _ and not just because of their national championship success. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2012, file photo, LSU head coach Les Miles, left, talks to Alabama head coach Nick Saban after the Crimson Tide won 21-0 in the BCS National Championship NCAA college football game in New Orleans. Alabama-LSU has become the greatest rivalry in college football, and it's time for another epic showdown: No. 1 Crimson Tide vs. No. 5 Tigers on Saturday. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

** FOR USE AS DESIRED WITH YEAREND COPY ** FILE -- This Jan. 9, 2012 file photo shows Alabama head coach Nick Saban celebrating with quarterback AJ McCarron (10) after the BCS National Championship college football game in New Orleans. It was one of the top sports story in Alabama for 2012. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)

FILE- In this Jan. 9, 2012, file photo, Alabama head coach Nick Saban holds up the trophy as he celebrates with his team after defeating LSU 21-0 in the BCS national nhampionship NCAA college football game in New Orleans. The D word - as in dynasty - is off-limits around Alabama. But if Saban's Crimson Tide can beat No. 1 Notre Dame to become the first team to win consecutive BCS championships and three national titles in four years, Alabama will lay claim to one of the sport's great runs. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)