Will Alabama or Texas win BCS title game?

Why the Longhorns will win

As far as underdogs go, the Longhorns have a lot going for them. Colt McCoy has won more games than anyone in the history of major- college football, Jordan Shipley is as dynamic a playmaker as Alabama has seen this season, and Will Muschamp’s defense not only is well-designed, it’s oozing with talent.
Running the ball will be difficult, if not impossible, and it’s true that McCoy struggled at times to find a rhythm in 2009. But he’s taken control of big games before, and UT might be able to find a difference-maker even if he doesn’t.
That difference-maker could be someone like Shipley (11 receiving touchdowns, two punt returns for scores) or D.J. Monroe (two kickoff returns for TDs), or it could be someone on the defense.
The Longhorns lead the nation with 11 non-offensive touchdowns this season. If they can get a 12th at the right time — maybe on a punt return, maybe on an errant throw by Greg McElroy — a repeat of four years ago in Pasadena isn’t so far-fetched.

Why the Crimson Tide will win

What Alabama lacks in flash it makes up for in menace.
On offense, the Tide grind, grind, grind with a solid run game and play-action passes. On defense, Bama not only contains opponents, it delivers a blow. Alabama, while playing within the rules, hurts people.
The Tide are led by one of college football’s great teachers, Nick Saban, who also is one of its most inquisitive students. He learned from last year’s disappointments, losses to Florida in the SEC title game and Utah in the Sugar Bowl, and set about ensuring he wouldn’t be outmaneuvered again.
Alabama has already driven Tim Tebow to tears, and who knows what the Tide might do to Texas. Bama is too conservative on offense to suffer breakdowns in every area of play, and its defense is too good — and Texas’ offense too one-dimensional — to lose control of field position.
Texas’ last two games in Pasadena produced 75 points (38-37 over Michigan in 2005) and 79 points (41-38 over USC in 2006). This one may not produce half that number.

Source:http://www.chron.com