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Nick Saban Has Alabama Atop SEC Recruiting Race Again

In the final push toward National Signing Day 2011 on Feb. 2, FanHouse will examine the recruiting efforts of a major conference in twice-weekly notebooks. As always, recruiting is an always-changing landscape -- and there are several high-profile players who remain uncommitted. Here is FanHouse's review of the...

Which SEC Team Will Extend the League's Streak of BCS Titles?

After five consecutive championships -- and seven undefeated appearances in the BCS title game in 13 years -- it's clear that a Southeastern Conference team will win the BCS title for the 2011 season. I've written before that if you'd started gambling on the SEC to cover the spread back in 1998 when Tennessee notched the...

Ricky Williams Rips Tony Sparano, Dolphins Teammates on Way Out Door

DAVIE, Fla. -- Miami Dolphins running back Ricky Williams lit a match to any and all bridges connecting him to the team during his weekly radio show on Monday. In the process, Williams revealed to anyone paying attention just how much of a hypocrite and a fraud he really is, while at the same time inflicting some...

Mark Ingram Likely Ends College Career With Win Over Former Favorite Team

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Mark Ingram grew up in a Michigan State home. The bed sheets, the blankets, the bean bag chair in his room, even the cups he drank milk from in the kitchen, all were adorned with Michigan State logos. So were the clothes he often wore. His father starred there in football. His mother graduated from there....

Alabama vs. Michigan State: Capital One Bowl 2011

The Alabama Crimson Tide will take on the Michigan State Spartans in the Capital One Bowl on Jan. 1, 2011 at 1 p.m. ET in Orlando, Fla. It's a matchup that features closely tied head coaches, as Nick Saban was once head coach at Michigan State -- and current MSU head coach Mark Dantonio was an assistant under Saban....

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06/02/12 Miners hand Butler first loss Source: The Register-Herald - Beckley WV West Virginia jumped to a 3-0 lead in the third inning and held on for a 5-2 Prospect League victory over Butler Friday night.
06/01/12 The stain of scandal is hard to erase unless you're... Source: Alabama Football on AL.com From the immaculate academic reputation of the North Carolina Tar Heels to legendary Penn State coach Joe Paterno and the Alabama football program, one thing is certain -- there is no quick fix when it comes to collegiate athletics and a scandal.
06/01/12 Stewart Mandel: Three-and-one model could appease all... Source: Thief River Falls Times - Thief River Falls MN Leave it to college football's power brokers to turn the seemingly simple premise of a four-team playoff into a needlessly brain-bending political stalemate.
05/31/12 How the SEC Would Look If Universities Determined... Source: Bleacher Report As reported by ESPN , this week South Carolina head football coach Steve Spurrier further advocated his belief that all SEC football players should receive a yearly stipend or salary.
05/31/12 SEC coaches want top four teams in playoff Source: Sports Illustrated Of all the SEC's football coaches, LSU's Les Miles has the most reason to fall out of lockstep with his colleagues with regard to which teams will make the four-team playoff conference commissioners have busied themselves creating.

Background on nick saban

Nicholas Lou "Nick" Saban (born October 31, 1951) is an American college football coach and the current head coach of the University of Alabama Crimson Tide football team.

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