2008 BCS National Championship Game
The 2008 BCS National Championship Game (branded as the 2008 Allstate BCS National Championship Game for sponsorship reasons) was played at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Monday, January 7, 2008, and featured the No. 1 and No. 2 college football teams in the United States as determined by the BCS Poll (a combination of polls and computer formulas) to decide the BCS National Championship for the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
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| Date | January 7, 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Louisiana Superdome | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | New Orleans, Louisiana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Offense: QB Matt Flynn (LSU) Defense: DE Ricky Jean-Francois (LSU) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | LSU by 5½ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Preservation Hall Jazz Band | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Jon Bible (Big 12) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | Allstate Alumni Kicker Challenge, Ohio State's marching band, LSU's Marching band | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 79,651 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$17,500,000 per conference | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | Fox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Thom Brennaman, Charles Davis and Chris Myers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 14.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The game featured No. 1 Big Ten champion Ohio State Buckeyes hosting No. 2 SEC champion LSU Tigers. It also featured the second postseason matchup between head coaches Jim Tressel and Les Miles in four seasons. The first was the 2004 Alamo Bowl, when Tressel's Buckeyes defeated Miles' Oklahoma State Cowboys, 33–7, in what turned out to be Miles' last game with the Cowboys, as he was hired by LSU to replace Nick Saban five days later. In the BCS National Championship Game, the Tigers defeated the Buckeyes by a 38–24 score to win their second national championship in five years and first consensus national championship since their 1958 squad.