Joe Posnanski: In strange, unexpected game, Newton fights his way to title

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GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Football games are so rarely what you expect them to be. This was the thought as Auburn's Cam Newton lined up for a play with 10 seconds left and the Tigers tied with Oregon at the odd score of 19-19. This game had been nothing at all like we thought, but maybe we should have known that. This is the nature of football. This is the nature of matchups. Football games are almost never what you think.

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