Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron led the Crimson Tide with four touchdown passes en route to the team's second-straight BCS National Championship, but it was his girlfriend - an Auburn grad - who stole the show.
Katherine Webb, who is also Miss Alabama, was shown during the first quarter of ESPN's telecast of the national championship game.
The cameras showed Webb along with McCarron's mother Dee Dee Bonner. 73-year-old broadcaster Brent Musburger commented, well, swooned over Webb, comments for which ESPN later apologized.
Webb garnered all sorts of interest after her brief cameo. Her Twitter account, which had about 2,000 followers before the game, shot up to more than 223,000 as of Wednesday morning.
Now she's making the rounds with the media. In a telephone interview with al.com's Carol Robinson, Webb commented on Musburger's controversial statement.
"He was complimentary, not creepy," Webb told the paper. "I think it's unfair that people are giving him a hard time."
And about that whole Auburn grad dating the Alabama quarterback thing? Well, sometimes attraction trumps allegiance.
"I grew up watching Auburn football," Webb said. "I had no idea who AJ was. But I thought he was cute."
Webb even received a job offer from Donald Trump on Tuesday.
"We are going to ask Katherine Webb to be a judge at the Miss USA Pageant coming up in Las Vegas," Trump tweeted.
Webb also appeared on Wednesday's cover of the New York Post, with the paper declaring her the "REAL winner of college football's title game."
It's hard to determine who had the better night - McCarron, who threw for 264 yards and four touchdowns, or Webb, who is receiving national fame.
It's safe to say Webb provided more competition for McCarron than Notre Dame.
But Webb is taking all the attention in stride, and told the "Today" show the attention should be redirected toward the Alabama football team.
"I'm honestly really shocked that it really took off like that," Webb said. "I think that we need to draw back our attention to who the real winners are and that's the Alabama football team. They won their second national championship and that's such an accomplishment."
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