Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current, January 08, 2014, Page 7, Image 7

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ship game of the NCAA BCS National Championship football game against Auburn at the Rose
Bowl in Pasadena, Calif.
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(AP) — After a regular season filled with
blowout victories and easy fourth quarters, Jameis
W inston and Florida State showed they could
close like champions, too.
No. 2 Auburn wobbled the top-ranked Semi-
noles by jum ping out to an 18-point lead in the first
half, and then put Florida State on the brink of
defeat for the first time this season.
W inston responded with the drive of his life and
a game-winning touchdown pass with 13 seconds
left that topped everything else he has done in one
of the most sensational debut seasons a college
quarterback has ever had.
The Heisman Trophy winner led the Seminoles
80 yards in the final 79 seconds, flicking a 2-yard
TD pass to Kelvin Benjamin to give No. 1 Florida
State a 34-31 victory against Auburn in the last
BCS championship game Monday night.
The Bowl Championship Series went out with
a bang, too, with one of the best title games in its
16-year history, right there with Texas 41, USC 38
at the Rose Bowl in 2006. That night it was Vince
Young leading the Longhorns and capping a
comeback by scooting into the end zone with 19
seconds left.
Now Winston is the Prince of Pasadena.
Next season the BCS will be replaced by a
four-team playoff. Winston and the Seminoles
should be contenders again after snapping the
Southeastern Conference's seven-year national
title streak.
Florida State, which played in the first BCS
championship games but had not been back since,
was voted a unanimous No. 1 in the final AP Top
25. Auburn finished second.
W inston struggled much of the night but was
near perfect when the Seminoles (14-0) needed
it most, going 6 for 7 for 77 yards on the last drive.
W inston was 20 for 35 for 237 yards and two
fourth-quarter touchdown passes on his 20th
birthday. He zipped the Seminoles down the field
on the final drive, with a 49-yard catch and run
from Rashad Greene.
"I was ready," W inston said. "I wanted to be in
that situation because that's what great quarter­
backs do. That's what the Tom Bradys, Peyton
Mannings, Drew Brees, that's what they do."
Florida State also got help from Auburn. A pass
interference penalty in the end zone on Chris
Davis on third-and-8 from the 10 gave Florida
State a first down at the 2.
On the next play Winston threw high to the 6-
foot-5 Benjamin for the touchdown.
There was no miracle finish this time for the
turnaround Tigers, who went from 3-9 to SEC
champions in their first season under coach Gus
Malzahn. They tossed the ball around on one final
play, but it ended with Florida State jum ping on a
fumble, and the Seminoles sprinting onto the field
under a storm of garnet and gold confetti.
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