Greetings, all my cold-climate peeps, from sunny South Florida. You're on-the-ground correspondent is reporting in on all of the festivities surrounding the national championship game tomorrow night between Notre Dame and Alabama.
- Reports of ticket demand among the Notre Dame faithful are being supported by the overall presence of Notre Dame fans, as measured by adornment of licensed apparel, here in Miami and Fort Lauderdale. Reports from the Miami Herald indicate that 95% of available hotel rooms are booked for the weekend.
- A reported 50,000 Notre Dame fans attended the Irish pep rally last night on South Beach.
- The Notre Dame team hotel is The Diplomat in Hollywood; the Alabama team hotel is the Fontainebleau in South Beach.
- There is one more BCS national championship game, in 2014, before the new four-team college football playoff kicks off at the end of the 2014 regular season. Next year's BCS championship game will be held at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA.
- While this year's game has been a boon to South Florida, there is concern here about the ability of the region to attract future national championship games. The playoff's championship game will move, year-to-year, from venue-to-venue based upon host markets who bid for the right to host the game. South Floridians are concerned about the size of Sun Life Stadium, compared to other venues, as well as the aggressiveness of other regions who may be willing to offer larger subsidies in order to host the event.
- Favorite t-shirt to date: "Catholics vs Cousins."
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