TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama fans who couldn't make it to the BCS championship didn't let distance dampen their celebration of the Crimson Tide's 42-14 rout of Notre Dame. Hundreds of fans wearing football jerseys and 'Bama hats jammed bars in Tuscaloosa's popular strip of nightclubs near campus, shaking red-and-white shakers with each score. A full house packed the cavernous Houdstooth Sports Bar to watch on more than two dozen big-screen televisions. Elsewhere, friends and families gathered in homes to watch. Pruett's Bar-B-Que in Gadsden closed before supper Monday so workers could view the game. Not everyone was paying attention. About 50 musicians with the Montgomery Symphony Orchestra held a previously scheduled practice that coincided with the opening kicking. Alabama won its second straight BCS third title and its third in in four years.
'Bama fans stuck at home cheer Tide from afar
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Alabama fans react to a first-quarter touchdown against Notre Dame as they watch a television broadcast of the BCS National Championship college football game, Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, at Houndstooth Sports Bar in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (AP Photo/The Tuscaloosa News, Erin Nelson)
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Alabama fans react as they watch a television broadcast of the BCS National Championship college football game against Notre Dame, Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, at Houndstooth Sports Bar in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (AP Photo/The Tuscaloosa News, Erin Nelson)
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Alabama fans react as they watch a television broadcast of the kickoff of the BCS National Championship college football game against Notre Dame, Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, at Houndstooth Sports Bar in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (AP Photo/The Tuscaloosa News, Erin Nelson)
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Alabama fans react as they watch a television broadcast of the kickoff of the BCS National Championship college football game against Notre Dame, Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, at Houndstooth Sports Bar in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (AP Photo/The Tuscaloosa News, Erin Nelson)
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Alabama fans Andre Hague, left, and Mica Bousheri react to a first-quarter touchdown against Notre Dame as they watch a television broadcast of the BCS National Championship college football game, Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, at Houndstooth Sports Bar in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (AP Photo/The Tuscaloosa News, Erin Nelson)
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