Te’o and Irish could not give superior ’Bama a good fight

By Dave Reardon

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jan 08, 2013

~~<p>MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. >> You might want to say luck ran out, but that notion disappeared as quickly as Eddie Lacy into the Notre Dame end zone the first time. And it never returned. This had nothing to do with the fickle nature of good fortune.</p>
<p>It was all about reality. The simple math of 42-14, and Notre Dame on the wrong end of it. Afterward, Fighting Irish coach Brian Kelly questioned if Alabama was four touchdowns better than his team. Good question. On this night it was almost name-your-own-score superior.</p>
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MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. >> You might want to say luck ran out, but that notion disappeared as quickly as Eddie Lacy into the Notre Dame end zone the first time. And it never returned. This had nothing to do with the fickle nature of good fortune.

It was all about reality. The simple math of 42-14, and Notre Dame on the wrong end of it. Afterward, Fighting Irish coach Brian Kelly questioned if Alabama was four touchdowns better than his team. Good question. On this night it was almost name-your-own-score superior. Login for more...