Photos: BCS National Championship

In this photograph taken by AP Images for Allstate, University of Alabama cheerleaders shout "Roll Tide" along with thousands of fans at the Allstate Fan Fest during the school's pep rally in New Orleans, Jan. 8, 2012. Alabama will take on LSU at the Allstate BCS National Championship in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on Jan. 9, 2012. (Cheryl Gerber/AP Images for Allstate)