The system that caused so much controversy in life is causing just as much in its death throes.
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Alabama pulled off a come-from-behind win at LSU on Saturday night and a potential stumbling block comes to Tuscaloosa this week in the form of Johnny Manziel and the Aggies. Could Texas A&M play spoiler?
C.J. Mosley moved his crutches as quickly as he could toward the podium to catch the trophy presentation for last season's national championship. He had suffered a hip injury in the third quarter of the 21-0 win over LSU, but by intercepting Jordan Jefferson on the same play he got hurt, he deserved some camera time. As he approached the steps to the elevated platform, a sobering reminder caused him to stop.
Tide! Ducks! Doug Martin! Mike Smith! Yes, Mike Smith gets an exclamation point in this week's Monday Morning Jones, which recaps the weekend that was in sports.
Alabama radio play-by-play broadcaster Eli Gold did some of his best work Saturday in the last minutes of the Tide's 21-17 win over LSU. Some kind fan has put the radio soundtrack with the television pictures for the last 2:30 or so of the game. We've got the video, so you can judge for yourself. My favorite line: "Man, if I didn't already have gray hair, I would've turned pure white-headed by now."
"It obviously was a good drive in the two-minute," Alabama coach Nick Saban said. "We've never really had to use the two-minute." Even so, the Tide practices it regularly each Thursday inside its indoor practice facility. The players say it's ready when needed, such as the last game against LSU or maybe Saturday's home game against No. 15-ranked Texas A&M. Recorded crowd noise fills the facility, and the first-team offens...
Each week during the 2012 season, BOL highlights five freshmen -- either redshirt or true -- who are making strong contributions for the Crimson Tide