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It's not a good night to be Notre Dame. Not only are the Fighting Irish getting blasted on the field by Alabama in the BCS championship game, they're getting clowned on Twitter too.

Kate Upton knows her sports. She's been on the cover of Sports Illustrated (the swimsuit issue, but still). She's dating Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander. She does the Dougie at NBA games.

[Related: LeBron James wanted Oregon to tag in for Notre Dame at halftime]

And she had an observation on Twitter that managed to rip two teams on Monday night:

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The first half of the BCS championship game needed something entertaining, so enter AJ McCarron's girlfriend Katherine Webb, and Brent Musburger's comments on her.

With the score already 14-0 in the first quarter, the ESPN cameras found Webb, who was sitting with McCarron's mom, Dee Dee Bonner, and this exchange took place with Musburger and Kirk Herbstreit:

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I'm not a scout or general manager, nor do I pretend to be one. But, I do watch a lot of college football. So when Shutdown Corner editor Doug Farrar threatened me asked me to give a quick primer on what NFL Draft prospects will be on stage tonight in the BCS Championship Game, how could I resist?

There are a lot of future NFL stars in this game. Unfortunately for Notre Dame, most of them play for Alabama. But, it's possible that the guy with the best NFL future plays for the Fighting Irish. You've probably heard a little bit about him already.

So here are the key prospects for NFL fans to keep an eye out for tonight:

(USA Today Sports Images)Clichés are clichés for a reason, usually. Like when people crack jokes about Alabama coach Nick Saban being a control freak.

Because, when you think that it may be just a myth, something like this happens:

The stereotype of the pretty boy quarterback probably started with Joe Namath. If it didn't start there, Namath surely perfected it.

So it's fitting that the current Alabama quarterback is following in Namath's fashion footsteps.

While A.J. McCarron isn't going to be wearing a fur coat on the sideline, he likes to look fashionable (and we're not making fun of him for it, considering he's got the whole "dating Miss Alabama" thing going on). That is why he brought a whole bagful of shoes with him to the BCS Championship Game.

How many shoes in the bag? He says there are 30 pairs.

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BCS Championship Game
Notre Dame (12-0) vs. Alabama (12-1)
Jan. 7, 8:30 p.m. ET (ESPN)

Irish's offensive keys: The storyline of Notre Dame's offense changed late in the season. Early on it was all about quarterback Everett Golson's inconsistency, and how Tommy Rees would have to be called in from the bullpen to bail out the Irish. Golson improved dramatically down the stretch, and it can be traced back to Brian Kelly leaving him in the game despite a bad fourth quarter interception against Pitt with Notre Dame trailing. From that point he threw six touchdowns and only one interception, ran for two other scores, and his yards per attempt skyrocketed. His best target is tight end Tyler Eifert, who won the Mackey Award given to the nation's top tight end. Theo Riddick and Cierre Wood are a solid 1-2 combination at running back. They combined for 1,620 rushing yards in the regular season.

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Well, with Kent State putting eyes on the front of its helmets for the GoDaddy.com Bowl, we've pretty much seen it all now.

The Arkansas State players could always feel like somebody's watching them, considering every time they looked up they'd see those eagle eye stickers on Kent State's helmets.

Here's a video of coach Darrell Hazell, whose last game before headed off to Purdue was the GoDaddy.com Bowl, explaining the design of the helmet, which the players didn't see until game day:

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Forget about why Chip Kelly will stay at Oregon for a moment. Maybe he played the NFL interest into a substantial raise funded by booster and Nike co-founder Phil Knight. Maybe he didn't get quite the concessions he wanted from pro teams. Perhaps he didn't interview too well with pro teams. Those details will start to trickle in.

Here's the immediate, obvious impact: This is enormous for the Oregon football program.

ESPN reported that Kelly had turned down the Philadelphia Eagles and decided to return to the Ducks, and The Oregonian confirmed that report through a UO source. It seemed it would take a miracle for Oregon to keep Kelly again. He had an offer from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers last year, and had multiple teams talk to him in the few days since the Fiesta Bowl. Oregon, aware of the possibility of Kelly leaving, had reportedly decided on a successor even before the Fiesta Bowl.

[Also: Everett Golson looks to follow AJ McCarron's path]

But then Oregon hit its Hail Mary. It kept its coach despite strong NFL interest. The Ducks, who have come so close to winning a national title under Kelly, are as schematically sound as any team in the nation, and its recruiting is at an elite level. Maybe that would have continued without Kelly, but Oregon doesn't have to worry about that hypothetical for the immediate future.