Blog: Latest Bama News 5/7/14

kyallie · May 7, 2014

Alabama Crimson Tide Impact Players to Watch in 2014-bamahammer

kyallie · May 7, 2014

SEC lunchtime links-espn

kyallie · May 7, 2014

SEC Headlines 5/7/2014-mrsec

SEC/NFL Draft 1. Over/under on Johnny Manzie’s draft position? Set at 5.5. Jon Gruden: “All I know is I want Manziel.”
2. Johnny Football the next Kenny Stabler? One team apparently not interested in Manziel? The Dallas Cowboys. But what about Jimmy Haslam and the Cleveland Browns? Or Jacksonville?
3. SEC school with the most drafted quarterbacks over the past 40 years? LSU.
4. One projection has LSU with nine drafted players - that would tie a school record set last year.
5. No matter who you read, Alabama’s Ha-Ha Clinton-Dix and C.J. Mosley are consensus first-round picks.
6. If either guy lands in the Top 10, it will be a record sixth straight year for Alabama to have a Top-1o pick.
7. Both Nick Saban and Gus Malzahn will be in Radio City Music Hall Thursday night.
8. Where is Missouri defensive end Kony Ealy seeing interest? “Dallas (16th pick) is really, really interested in me, and St. Louis (2nd and 13th pick first round, 44th second round).”
9. Ealy’s Mizzou teammate Michael Sam wins the Arthur Ashe courage award.
10. This could be the smallest draft class for Georgia since 2000.
11. Arkansas kicker Zach Hocker has worked out for multiple teams.
12. Jadeveon Clowney has arrived in New York and is scheduled to tape an appearance on The Tonight Show.
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13. Tennessee lineman Jason Carr is leaving the program.
14. After being given a contract extension, what’s next for Kentucky coach Mark Stoops? “That’s easy. Win games.”
15. Auburn sending nine players to California to learn leadership from the Navy SEALS.
16. Court date set for Auburn commitment Jason Smith, arrested last month for marijuana possession and two counts of attempting to elude police.
17. A 7-5 season for Ole Miss? ($). “The analysis…is dead-on and worth a read.”
18. Dennis Dodd’s preseason top 25 has Alabama No. 1 and Auburn, South Carolina and LSU in the top 10.
19. For Alabama and Auburn, does it all come down again to the Iron Bowl?

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26. Florida State pitcher Jameis Winston make his first appearance in a game since the crab leg caper.

kyallie · May 7, 2014

In addition to his coaching salary, Nick Saban earned hundreds of thousands of dollars last year from a variety of sources, according to the coach's most recent state ethics form. Among them were book publishing, real estate (in Alabama, Louisiana, and Texas) and a company related to the creation of a new Birmingham-area Mercedes-Benz dealership, according to his 2013 Statement of Economic Interests