In case you didn’t hear the jubilant cry across Tuscaloosa on Sunday, the Crimson Tide is playing in the BSC National Championship. Unfortunately, tickets and hotel rooms for the game are becoming more expensive and harder to come by.

If you can’t make it to New Orleans for the game, you can still enjoy the fun of the game-day atmosphere at several of Tuscaloosa’s sports bars and restaurants that are gearing up for the game on Jan. 9.

You can enjoy delicious gameday food and drinks at both Wings U in Midtown and Buffalo Phil’s on the Strip. Both restaurants will be showing the game, and Phil’s will be running drink specials during the game. After the Tide’s last BCS victory in 2010, Phil’s even had celebratory champagne.

Copper Top, located at 2300 4th St., will host a free cookout starting around 5 p.m. on game day. They will have drink specials, including 50-cent drafts prior to the game.

For those who can make it to New Orleans, Copper Top will begin selling wristbands about three weeks prior to the game for a party they are hosting at a New Orleans bar in collaboration with Innisfree.

For more BCS championship game day specials, check back closer to the time as many bars are expected to continue making plans as the game nears.