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posted by on December 27, 2012 9:14 AM

Front & Center: Matt Fortuna and Chris Low

University of Notre Dame (Allen Kee/ESPN Images)

Notre Dame (Allen Kee/ESPN Images)

Alabama (Phil Ellsworth/ESPN Images)

Alabama (Phil Ellsworth/ESPN Images)

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On Monday, Jan. 7 in Miami, Notre Dame and Alabama will decide which team is the king of college football this season.

ESPN has the Discover BCS National Championship Game (8:30 ET, ESPN) covered from all the angles, including on ESPN.com.

Blogger Matt Fortuna reports on Notre Dame football for ESPN.com. Blogger Chris Low reports on the Southeastern Conference and Alabama football for ESPN.com. Both will be in Miami beginning Jan. 2 to offer full coverage of the mammoth match-up.

In the “Front & Center” podcast above, the bloggers discuss how they’ll do their jobs in Miami before, during and after the game; how bowl game player and coach access differs from the regular season; and more.

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posted by on December 16, 2011 4:27 PM

Week in review

Even though the college bowl season begins tomorrow, it’s not to early to look ahead to the end of the line: The Allstate BCS National Championship on Jan. 9 (ESPN 8:30 p.m. ET) when LSU and Alabama duel again, this time to decide it all.

In the video above, Sport Science depicts the strength, size, speed and skills of the LSU and Alabama defenses.

Until we get to the BCS title game, we’ve got lots of college bowls to watch — including 33 of 35 contests on an ESPN network — beginning with the Gildan New Mexico Bowl as Wyoming and Temple battle on ESPN at 2 p.m.

Let’s review the week on Front Row:

* First Take debuted the hit mash-up single All He Does is Win by DJ Steve Porter. In four days the video has more than 900,000 views.

* Mike Tirico narrated a behind the scenes look at what goes into making the production of a Monday Night Football game.

* Derek Jeter was featured on Barbara Walters Presents: 10 Most Fascinating People of the Year. In the video Jeter discusses owning a team, his personal life and more. Can you imagine “The Captain” as “The Boss?”

* A long rally propelled Illinois to the women’s volleyball championship finals. The Fighting Illini will face the UCLA Bruins, who beat Florida State in the other semifinal, on Saturday at 8:30 p.m. ET on ESPN 2. Check out some perspective on Division I volleyball from former Syracuse star — and current ESPN publicist — Keri Potts.

* New Warriors coach Mark Jackson hopes to see Mike Breen and Jeff Van Gundy, his former colleagues in attendance as they attempt to call two games in one day.

Check in with us next week as we introduce you to several ESPN employees who double as lifesavers; others who competed tirelessly in a “hackathon” to invent new ways to deliver sports information, and much more.

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