no computer involved here. ohio state is the national college football champion after winning with the title game over oregon 42-20. tailback ezekiel elliot, zeke as they call him is the mvp. those are the top stories on this tuesday, january 13th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." good morning. we begin this half hour with america on heightened terror alert this morning. >> isis renewing a call to target western nations, including the united states, in the wake of those deadly attacks in paris last week. abc's karen travers has the latest. >> reporter: a rare admission from the white house. >> i think it's fair to say we should have sent someone with a higher profile. >> reporter: the obama administration is taking some heat for not sending a senior official to unity rally in paris. more than 1 million people taking to the streets, including more than 40 world leaders marching arm in arm. the biggest public demonstration in france in a generation. the white house said it wasn't possible for the president to
the buckeyes upset the oregon ducks 42-20. they were led by a third string quarterback. what's the name? that's your cue. >> 16 gauge. now 100 gauge. >> oh, my goodness. >> cardale jones is his name. his nickname is 12 gauge. >> oh, 12 gauge. sorry. i forgot. >> what is a 16 gauge? why do you keep saying 16? >> i was joking 16 gauge. i really said it. i think he is 100 gauge because he gave 100%. >> yes, he did. he had a great game. the mvp of the game was the tail back, ezekiel elliot. don't mess with his name. he had 246 yards and four touchdowns. take a listen. >> we finally did it. this is why we all came here to compete and win the national championships and we did. it is our dream an it came true. ohio state coach urban meyer has three national championships to his credit. other two in florida. he is the second coach to win titles with two different schools. >> espn is not going to call me today, huh?
the buckeyes are number one. >> the ohio state buckeyes are the first national champions of the playoff era. >> reporter: the ohio state buckeyes are the undisputed champions of college football. the first team ever to hoist the playoff trophy. >> a dream come true but unreal feeling. looking at the confetti fall -- >> come here. >> the historic game started with the high-flying oregon offense and heisman winner quarterback marcus mariota scoring first but the game belonged to ohio state including their improbable starting quarterback cardale jones who was only in the game because of injuries. jones connecting on several long passes and coming up with clutch runs leading the buckeyes to a 21-10 halftime lead. oregon cut the lead to one in the second half but jones and runningback ezekiel elliot put the buckeyes back on top for good. elliot finished with 246 yards and four touchdowns. >> we finally did it. this is why we came to compete and win national championships and we did it. it is our dream and it came
the buckeyes upset the oregon ducks 42-20. they were led by a third string quarterback. what's the name? that's your cue. >> 16 gauge. now 100 gauge. >> oh, my goodness. >> cardale jones is his name. his nickname is 12 gauge. >> oh, 12 gauge. sorry. i forgot. >> what is a 16 gauge? why do you keep saying 16? >> i was joking 16 gauge. i really said it. i think he is 100 gauge because he gave 100%. >> yes, he did. he had a great game. the mvp of the game was the tail back, ezekiel elliot. don't mess with his name. he had 246 yards and four touchdowns. take a listen. >> we finally did it. this is why we all came here to compete and win the national championships and we did. it is our dream an it came true. ohio state coach urban meyer has three national championships to his credit. other two in florida. he is the second coach to win titles with two different schools. >> espn is not going to call me today, huh? >> yeah, probably to complain.