BCS National Championship Game previews

We come to the end of the line in the 2013 college football season, as Florida State and Auburn meet in the BCS National Championship Game on Monday night in Pasadena (8:30 PM ET, ESPN). Will the SEC win its eighth straight national title, or does a new era of conference parity begin as move into next year’s four-team playoff format? Let’s look at our nine key focal points, the Notebook Nine, drawn from the matchup, history and the view from Vegas…