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Play it again, LSU and Alabama. Tony Parker Swingman Jersey . The Crimson Tide edged out Oklahoma State in the final round of voting Sunday and will play the top-ranked Tigers in the BCS national championship game on Jan. 9 in New Orleans. Undefeated LSU is the only team to beat Alabama this season, and the head BCS official sees a do-over as a perfectly good title game. "Absolutely, if theyre one and two, and they are in all the polls released today," executive director Bill Hancock said. Still, its not exactly a game the public was clamouring for -- at least outside of Southeastern Conference territory. And it will do nothing to quiet the critics of the Bowl Championship Series or the calls for a college football playoff. But like it or not, the system has ensured that the SEC -- home to both schools -- will run its streak of BCS championships to six in a row. The Cowboys made a late surge by beating Oklahoma 44-10 on Saturday night, and closed the gap between themselves and Alabama in the polls. But it was not enough to avoid the first title game rematch in the 14-year history of the BCS. The Tigers (13-0) beat the Tide 9-6 in overtime on Nov. 5 in Tuscaloosa. "This could be a totally different type of game," Alabama coach Nick Saban said. "Theres so many good players on both sides of the ball for both teams. "Theres so much opportunity for this game to play out completely different and have a completely different flavour than the first game." Alabama (11-1) finished second in both the Harris and coaches polls by a wide enough margin to make up for the fact that Oklahoma State was ahead in the computer ratings. The Cowboys (11-1), champions of the Big 12, will play in the Fiesta Bowl against Stanford from the Pac-12. "We cant control it," Oklahoma State quarterback Brandon Weeden said. "But I know we had a heck of a year and we beat really good football teams in this conference and were conference champions, so we did everything that we could." The other BCS matchups are: -- Michigan vs. Virginia Tech in the Sugar Bowl; -- Clemson vs. West Virginia in the Orange Bowl; -- Oregon vs. Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl. No BCS busters made it into the big-money games for the first time since the 2005 season, teams such as Boise State, TCU and Houston, which had a chance but lost in the Conference USA championship on Saturday to Southern Mississippi. The Cougars will now play Penn State, which dropped to the Ticket City Bowl in Dallas following the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal that has overshadowed the Nittany Lions season. As the power-brokers in college football begin to plot how top-tier bowls will be set up in the future, the 2011 season is once more exposing the flaws in the current system. Oklahoma State and Alabama, two teams with perfectly good arguments to play for a national championship, wound up fighting over one spot, with subjective voters and mysterious computer ratings -- the formulas of which are not even publicly known -- doing the choosing. Alabama, with the nations No. 1 defence, won out and will play for its second BCS crown in three years. Oklahoma State, with one of the most potent offences in the country, gets its first BCS appearance as a consolation prize. "We wanted the opportunity to settle the debate that has gone all year about the offence in the Big 12 and the defence in the SEC," Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy said on ESPN. A rematch between LSU and Alabama in the title game seemed almost a foregone conclusion heading into conference championship weekend. But with Alabama idle, Oklahoma State made one last, dramatic statement against the Sooners on Saturday night in Stillwater. And the Cowboys had an impressive resume, beating three teams ranked in the final BCS top 15. Alabama had only one such victory. So instead of Sunday being a coronation there was drama, and another BCS controversy. Working in Alabamas favour was its dominance throughout the season -- all its victories have been by at least 16 points -- and the fact that no other team has challenged LSU this season the way Heisman Trophy contender Trent Richardson and the Tide did. The Tide and Tigers played a hard-hitting defensive slog billed as the Game of the Century. And it was exciting in the way Notre Dame and Armys scoreless tie was exciting in the 1946 version of the Game of the Century. Immediately the talk of rematch started, pro and con. Oklahoma State was in position to keep it from happening. The Cowboys were undefeated and second in the BCS standings heading into a Friday night game at Iowa State, a day after Oklahoma State womens basketball coach Kurt Budke and an assistant coach were killed in a plane crash. But the Cowboys lost 37-31 in double OT to the so-so Cyclones (6-6), missing a potential game-winning field goal at the end of regulation by inches. With no other undefeated teams left from the major conferences, Alabama returned to No. 2 and the debate grew ever-more heated. On one side, Alabama supporters said it was simple: The system is supposed to match the best two teams, regardless of conference, and the Tide have been one of the two most dominant teams in the country. On the other side, Oklahoma State supporters said the Cowboys accomplished more to get to 11-1 than the Tide, playing a tougher schedule and winning their conference. Not enough voters were convinced -- so its Tigers-Tide II. Alabama claims 13 national championships overall and is one of the most decorated programs in the land. Its won seven AP titles since the wire service started its poll in 1936. LSU will be seeking its third BCS championship since 2003 at the Superdome -- the site of its first two. Saban won that title for LSU in 03. Current Tigers coach Les Miles matched his predecessor in 2007, winning a championship with a team that lost two games. These talented Tigers, led by dynamic defensive back Tyrann Mathieu, have rarely even trailed against a schedule that included Oregon and West Virginia. "This team loves the big stage," Miles said. Now Saban and Miles, who have been tussling for supremacy in the SEC West on the field and the recruiting trail, will square off for the ultimate prize. And dont dare suggest to either of them that its for anything less. "I think whoever wins the game should be viewed as the national champion," Saban said, echoing Miles sentiment. 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The 45-year-old Meyer did not lay out a definitive timetable for his time away from the team, but said "I believe in my gut Ill be back coaching next Fall." "I was offered and encouraged to take a leave of absence. After meeting with my players this morning, I decided to accept the offer -- to improve my health," Meyer started as saying. "Having the time this morning -- we practiced in the Swamp -- and staring at those championship banners, watching the guys work -- thats when I called (Florida athletic director) Jeremy (Foley). "It was an offer that was encouraged by the people Im closest with. To step back for a minute. When I saw them (his players) out there today, to not try (and come back) would not be the right thing to do. Not to give it a shot wouldnt be fair." As for the health of Meyer, the coach skirted specifics but revealed hes been dealing with pains in his chest for the better part of four years and that the condition had worsened over the past two years. 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