... championship matchup in Pasadena makes for a fitting end to the decade. Look at all of the themes that defined the past 10 years in college football that are involved:

-Like USC, Oklahoma, Texas, and Ohio State before it, one of the sport's marquee names, Alabama, is looking for a return to glory under a charismatic savior doubling as a football coach.

-Texas runs a wide open spread offense; the Crimson Tide runs a more traditional pro-style attack.

-The power conferences are represented in the title game, at the expense of some mid-major upstarts.

-In a decade that celebrated the "cult of the coordinator"—Norm Chow, Bo Pelini, Mike Stoo...

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