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SEC signing day capsules – National Signing Day – Macon.com

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Georgia ties: The Crimson Tide locked up eight Georgia players this year, and there is plenty of quality to go with quantity. Five of Rivals’ top 20 players in Georgia are headed to Tuscaloosa. Henry County’s Dalvin Tomlinson, Buford’s Dillon Lee, Cedar Grove’s Brandon Greene and St. Pius X’s Geno Smith are the headliners. Landon [...]

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A very early Top 25 for 2012

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On Wednesday, I offered a very early look at my potential Top 5 heading into the 2012 college football season. Alabama headlines the list, as Nick Saban’s squad will enter the fall as the defending BCS national champions. LSU, Oregon, Oklahoma and USC followed the Crimson Tide. Today, let’s look at the 20 teams that [...]

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Football polls say Alabama clear No. 1

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NEW ORLEANS — Alabama split the games and swept the titles. With a smothering display of old-school football, the No. 2 Crimson Tide blew out top-ranked Louisiana State 21-0 in the BCS championship game Monday night at the Superdome. The Top Twenty Five The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with [...]

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Rematch: LSU, Alabama to square off for BCS Championship

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NEW ORLEANS — Les Miles squeezed out a smile, clenched his left hand nervously and extended his right hand toward Nick Saban. The coaches got in an awkward grasp, forced a bit of small talk, and then posed for the cameras behind the crystal trophy that only one of them can hoist toward the Superdome [...]

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Three ways both LSU, Alabama can score in BCS championship rematch

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Tide, Tigers expect more scoring Source: SI Neither team scored a touchdown when LSU beat Alabama 9-6 in overtime on Nov. 5 in Tuscaloosa. Both teams expect different results this time. Andy Staples found out how each side plans to reach the end zone. NEW ORLEANS — Alabama coordinator Jim McElwain figures he had exactly [...]

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LSU, Alabama dominate All-America

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NEW YORK — LSU's Tyrann Mathieu and Morris Claiborne became the first cornerback teammates to lock down spots on the AP All-America team. Mathieu, a Heisman Trophy finalist, and Claiborne were joined on the All-America team by Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III of Baylor and finalists Montee Ball of Wisconsin and Trent Richardson of [...]

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Bobby Bowden returns to FSU campus for 1st time

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – LSU will have a tough time beating Alabama twice in the same season, former Florida State coach Bobby Bowden said Tuesday night during his first visit back on campus since his departure two years ago. Bowden knows something about rematches of the No. 1 and No. 2 teams. His 1996 club [...]

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The Heisman Award – Most Coveted Trophy in College Football

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Awarding Excellence in Sports The Heisman Trophy, the highest individual award in college football, has been awarded 75 times since it's creation in 1935. It is named after the former Brown University and University of Pennsylvania college football player and coach John Heisman. The trophy is awarded annually to the most outstanding player in collegiate [...]

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Sugar Bowl 2012: The Top 3 Teams To Replace the SEC in the Sugar Bowl

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With the last week of the regular college football season come and gone, we now prepared to head into the college football bowl postseason play, where teams get to come together one more time before we officially head into the offseason to prepare for yet another wild football season. The most anticipated bowls will of [...]

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Top-ranked Tigers in SEC championship…Sorry Suh

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NEW YORK (AP) — It looks like NBA fans will be getting a Christmas present. A person familiar with the deal says NBA owners and players have reached a tentative agreement to end the lockout. The handshake deal that still needs ratification by both sides envisions a 66-game season which would begin on Christmas. BATON [...]

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Roll Tide, War Eagle – sandmountainreporter.com: Colleges

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All eyes in the state and many across the nation will be onJordan-Hare Stadium Saturday afternoon as Alabama and Auburn renewtheir rivalry for the 76th time. Kickoff is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. CBS will televise the 64thconsecutive game in the series. The winner of the Iron Bowl has won the last two nationalchampionships and could [...]