It will be well into Tuesday afternoon when Alabama and LSU kick off the BCS championship game.
At least that’s the case for those in Australia wanting to watch Alabama defensive end Jesse Williams and LSU punter Brad Wing. Williams grew up playing rugby and soccer in Brisbane, while Wing played Australian Rules Football in Melbourne.
“I don’t know if this has happened before, and I’m not sure if it ever will again,” Wing said. “It’s good for our country, and a lot of people back there are following it. We’ve got one at LSU and one at Alabama, and we’re both playing in the biggest game in American college sports.”
Wing, a 6-foot-3, 184-pound redshirt freshman, had a 73-yard punt in LSU’s 9-6 win at Alabama and averaged 50.4 yards in eight punts during the 42-10 rout of Georgia in the SEC title game. He was named a first-team All-American by the Associated Press, and he made NCAA history by becoming the first player to violate the new rule on taunting.
The holder on field-goal attempts, Wing ran in a fake from 44 yards out against Florida but had the score negated.