Florida State Wins National Championship, Completes Perfect Season

Jeff Ruben, Online Editor and Staff Writer

In one of the most entertaining national championship games in BCS history, the Florida State Seminoles scored a touchdown with 13 seconds left to go and beat Auburn 34-31 on Monday night at the Rose Bowl.

In the final 6 minutes, four touchdowns were scored. When Auburn’s Tre Mason stormed into the end zone with a 38-yard TD run with about a minute left, it seemed as if Auburn would keep the SEC National Championship streak alive. But, with two timeouts and a Heisman trophy winner on their side, Florida State drove down the field 77 yards and completed a TD pass to Kelvin Benjamin for the victory.

Florida State entered the game as the overwhelming favorite, but Auburn dominated the first half by outscoring Florida State 21-3. But by the 4th quarter, the Seminoles rallied and ended up taking their first lead of the 2nd half when Levonte Whitfield went 100 yards to the house on a kickoff return.

In a game that marked the end an era, the BCS sure did come out on top on what was easily one of the most thrilling national championship games in BCS history