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HOSTED BY: ERIK KUSELIAS

What a wonderful bowl season we had, mixed with blowouts surprises and close wins the 2011 season was definitely one for the ages. Im Eric Kuselias and this is College Gameday Live.
A new national Champion was crowned and certain teams ended their seasons on high notes. We'll recap the BCS scores and a few other Bowl games as well as the season's final top 10 before we leave you until next August and another great season.
Lets start first with BCS National Championship.

SOUTH CAROLINA 31, NOTRE DAME 25

GAMECOCKS GET ER' DONE
GameCocks jumped out to a 28-0 halftime lead before holding off a historic Irish comeback to win the BCS Title 31-25 in the Superdome. Jacobs rushed for 147 yards and three touchdowns in the win.

TEXAS A&M 40, FLORIDA STATE 28

DEFENSE SAVES THE DAY
The Orange Bowl saw two interceptions return for scores by the Texas A&M Aggies as that sparked them to a 40-28 win over Florida State. Florida State got down as much as 34 to 10 before getting within 28-34 but a interception return with less than two minutes gave the Aggies some breathing room and the win.

BOISE STATE 35, PITTSBURGH 17

HUGHES GOES OUT ON TOP
Boise States quarterback Hughes finishes a fantastic season and career at Boise State with a huge Sugar Bowl win over Pitt. Hughes threw for 386 yards and four touchdowns making his season total 43 td's and 1 interception. Brewer grabbed 184 of those yards including a perfect deep bomb for 65 yards as Boise won 35-17 putting a stamp on their undefeated season.

OREGON 38, PENN STATE 21

DUCKS RUN WITH ROSES
Heisman winner Mike Jones led Oregon to a convincing 38-21 win over Penn State in the Rose Bowl. Jones threw 262 yards and three touchdowns as well as 70 yards on the ground with another score with his legs. The Ducks racked up 220 yards rushing and proved to have to much speed than Penn State could handle in the win.

ALABAMA 27, OKLAHOMA 25

"Bell"of a year
George Bell powered through three Sooner defenders before racing 77 yards and the go ahead score as Bama squeaked by OU in the Fiesta Bowl 27-25. Bama jumped out to a 20-6 lead heading into the fourth quarter but quarterback C. Butler and the Sooners stormed back to take a 25-20 lead with under three minutes to go in the game. On third and one Bama gave it to their playmaker and he did the rest.

Congrats to the South Carolina Gamecocks for their first ever national championship. Notre Dame had a magical run also that warrants praise. But I tell you what Hughes from Boise State oncethought of to be too small to be a division one quarter has put together one of the best career's a college quarterback can do, we wish him the best on his future. Teams like A&M and Oklahoma will prove to be tough in the coming years. Here are some other scores of note:

In the Capital One Bowl
LSU beat Mich St. 40-34 (OT)
In the Outback Bowl
Auburn Topped Ohio State 36-24
In the Humanitarian Bowl
Nevada Crushed N. Illinois 56-17
In the Alamo Bowl
Utah beat Texas 27-10
In the Sun Bowl
Stanford falls to V-Tech 38-24

The seasons final rankings came out and here are the final top 25 rankings from the 2011 season.

1. SOUTH CAROLINA 14-0
2. BOISE STATE 13-0
3. ALABAMA 13-1
4. NOTRE DAME 12-1
5. TEXAS A&M 12-1
6. OKLAHOMA 12-1
7. NEVADA 11-2
8. OREGON 12-2
9. AUBURN 10-3
10. UAB 13-1
11. OHIO STATE 10-3
12. LSU 10-3
13. FLORIDA STATE 11-3
14. SAN DIEGO STATE 11-2
15. MIAMI 10-3
16. VIRGINIA TECH 11-3
17. PENN STATE 11-3
18. TCU 10-3
19. STANFORD 9-4
20. GEORGIA TECH 10-3
21. IOWA 11-2
22. HOUSTON 11-2
23. UTAH 12-1
24. NORTH CAROLINA 11-2
25. MICHIGAN STATE 10-4

Thats wraps up a great 2011 season congrats once again to the losers and winners. Our next episode will be news of coaching changes and recruiting, until then we'll see ya.