The timeline of events that have become public in the two weeks since it was revealed that Manti Te'o's dead girlfriend never actually existed align with everything Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly knew about his star linebacker's situation.
One last look back at the disappointing end to Notre Dame's magical 2012 season: The good: Notre Dame made it this far, winning all 12 regular-season games before a 42-14 rout by Alabama in the Discover BCS National Championship ended its season.
MIAMI -- Jack Swarbrick was the last man taking questions in the bowels of Sun Life Stadium early Tuesday morning, minutes after the locker room doors closed behind him, signaling the official end of Notre Dame's 125th season of football here on the final day of the sport's season.
Alabama's Barrett Jones shouldn't just be considered the nation's best center. That just wouldn't be enough. He should now be thrown into the mix for the label of the toughest player in college football.
Alabama guard Anthony Steen talks with ESPN.com's Mark Schlabach following the Tide's win Monday night.
MIAMI -- Nick Saban is a perfectionist. We all know this. He looks at the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and questions Michelangelo's color choices. He wonders if E really does equal mc. But Saban is going to need an electron microscope to find much wrong with Alabama's 42-14 humiliation of Notre Dame in Monday's Discover BCS National Championship.
MIAMI -- Write your U.S. Congressman. Call your conference commissioner, university president and athletic director. Heck, email Dr. Lou, Mark May, Kirk Herbstreit, Chris Fowler and David Pollack. I'd even give you their email addresses if it wouldn't get me fired.
MIAMI -- Notre Dame senior running back Theo Riddick sat on his locker, head down. The tears continued to roll down his cheeks. Occasionally he would wipe some away with a Gatorade towel. However, Riddick could not erase the memories, or the hurt, from Monday's 42-14 loss to Alabama in the Discover BCS National Championship.
MIAMI -- AJ McCarron's got a pretty sweet life these days. He's dating Miss Alabama. He just picked up his second straight national championship ring as Alabama's starting quarterback and is well on his way to becoming a Crimson Tide legend.
MIAMI -- On the day before the Notre Dame defense did its best imitation of hot butter, head coach Brian Kelly said, "I still think this game is going to be decided by what happens up front." He called it.
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