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"The legacy of Alabama football certainly had a void filled,"

"That's what I was concerned about tonight," Saban said. "Maybe by playing all those guys we didn't help Mark in terms of getting what he may very well have deserved, because he shared the burden."

"In some of the spread offenses it's a little bit more difficult to be a dominant runner," Alabama coach Nick Saban said. "In old-fashioned ball, running backs were held in high esteem."

"We felt like we were getting one of the best running backs in the country," Saban said. "Mark's success is no surprise at all. He's a great competitor, a great person and he has tremendous ability."

Collection of quotes from our fearless leader via nytimes, dallas news, and cbs sports

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``I'm really not that into moral victories, to be honest with you,'' he said afterward. ``If we did the things we needed to do, it was a winnable game.''

Anthony Grant: `Not into moral victories'

Coming on the heels of Bama's 73-65 home loss to #5 Purdue. I'm liking this coach the more I hear from him. Perhaps we'll have a little excitement in the off season after all.

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Ingram's Heisman Acceptance Speech

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Alabama vs #5 Purdue Open Thread

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Lets double dip in victory after Mark took home the big hardware.  Alabama plays host to the #5 Purdue Boilermakers at Coleman, ESPN2.  Alabama goes for the second top 25 upset of the year after dropping then ranked #15 Michigan 68-66.

9:00 PM ET, December 12, 2009 Coleman Coliseum Tuscaloosa, AL

Let's see if Alabama Men's Basketball Coach Anthony Grant can keep our guys playing above themselves and push the Boilermakers to the brink.

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Bowden: I'll probably weigh other options than staying at FSU as fundraiser. Probably best if I get away from FSU

Come on home Bobby, It's been far too long.

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MAKE HIS ASS QUIT.

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Record Logjam in the BCS Standings

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Looking at Week 12's BCS Standings I was surprised to see no less than 6 teams able to tout an undefeated record.  I thought this can't be common so I took a look back at previous Week 12 standings since '02.

Here's what I found:

YearUndefeatedsTeams (Rank)
2009 6 Florida (1), Alabama (2), Texas (3), TCU (4), Cincinnati (5), Boise State (6)
2008 5 Alabama (1), Texas Tech (2), Utah (7), Boise State (9), Ball State (14)
2007 2 Kansas (3), Hawaii (16)
2006 4 Ohio State (1), Michigan (2), Rutgers (7), Boise State (13)
2005 2 USC (1), Texas (2)
2004 5 USC (1), Oklahoma (2), Barners (2), Utah (5), Boise State (13)
2003 2 Oklahoma (1), TCU (10)
2002 2 Miami (1), Ohio State (2)

 

The likely expectation here is that 4 of this season's undefeated teams will remain undefeated right up until the 'bowl selection' week of the BCS. Such a jam would match only 2004's Auburn and Utah getting left at the alter.  

Boise State has been undefeated at this point 4 of the last 8 seasons - but this year marks their highest BSC ranking save for the rankings after the win over Oklahoma in '04.  Even so, they're not even sniffing distance from the BSC title invite, what do the Broncos do?  If they had beaten Oregon last week instead of the beginning of the season what would that mean for their ranking?

RTR beat the Mocs!

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ESPN Early Recruiting Rankings

Nothing too surprising.

1.Florida
2.Texas
3.Georgia
4.Alabama
5.Tennessee
6.LSU
7.Penn State
8.Oklahoma
9.USC
10.Ohio State
11.Texas A&M
12.Auburn
13.South Carolina
14.Stanford
15.Clemson

Discuss.

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What we thought we knew: Alabama had too much to replace.
What we know: The Crimson Tide might be the best team in the country.

After losing its last two games in 2008, Alabama entered this season with plenty of concerns. The Crimson Tide lost three starting offensive linemen, including All-America left tackle Andre Smith, along with quarterback John Parker Wilson and leading rusher Glen Coffee.

But through three games, the Crimson Tide look like the team to beat in the SEC West. Quarterback Greg McElroy has been fantastic, and Alabama has four tailbacks -- Mark Ingram, Trent Richardson, Roy Upchurch and Terry Grant -- who would start for a lot of teams. The offensive line has held up pretty well, and Alabama's defense might be the best in the country.

Alabama also has the easiest road among the SEC West contenders. It plays at No. 4 Ole Miss on Oct. 10, but gets No. 7 LSU at home Nov. 7. The Tide do not play Florida or Georgia, the two best teams in the SEC East.

What we thought we "knew" and what we know now - Mark Schlabach

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It just felt like a low blow ... If he had a problem with me or anything like that, you'd think he'd tell it to my face. I had plenty of opportunity to talk while I was wearing that uniform. It just was like, all right, now that I'm wearing another one, why would he come out and say that?

ESPN - Church upset with Manuel comments

After Mets third baseman David Wright was hit in the head by a 94 mph fastball last weekend, causing a concussion, Manuel said Wright was a "different animal" than Church, who missed much of last season with New York following a pair of concussions.

"From the outside looking in, the smartest thing to do obviously was to go on [the DL]. But for me, I was trying to just get back and play. I mean, they were telling me if I would have went out there and got another one, my career would have been over. And that didn't really sink in. And it wasn't like anybody was telling me, no, don't do it, go on the DL," Church said.

Looking back now, he knows it was unwise.

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