Auburn claims SEC's fifth straight national title by dropping Oregon on late field go

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    For a brief moment, Michael Dyer stopped running.

    Hold on.

    No whistle. No ref raising his hand.

    So he started running again -- past the tackler who thought he had him down, deep into Oregon territory. A once-in-a-lifetime run, the kind that wins championships.

    Dyer's stop-and-go maneuver set up a short field goal on the last play that sent No. 1 Auburn over the No. 2 Ducks 22-19 in the Tostitos BCS National Championship Game Monday night.

    "All I knew was the whistle wasn't blowing and my coach was saying 'Go!' " Dyer said.

    With his 37-yard run, sure to be preserved in college football's highlight reel, the freshman running back did what most fans thought was impossible -- he upstaged his teammate, Heisman-winning quarterback Cam Newton.

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