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"That target is always on our back," Saban said. "So two days after (winning the BCS title), I called next year’s team together and said, ’You guys are not the national champions. You need to make a commitment to what this team needs to do. A lot of you participated last year and did a great job, but that’s over. We need to look forward and not look in the rear-view mirror at what we did, but what we need to be doing for next year’s team.’"
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This is a copy of a letter written by Bear Bryant to an Alabama player over summer break that has been making the e-mail rounds lately (a larger version is here).It seems legitimate as the stationary matches what was used by the UA athletic department at that time. Chattanoogan sports columnist Roy Exum even did a piece on it last Tuesday.What isn't known is exactly who this letter was sent to as it only has the recipient's first name, "Chris." Our guess is it was for defensive end Chris Meadows in 1982. Here's why...The letterhead includes the 1979 National Championship so it would have to be for a player on the team between 1980 and 1982. Looking at the rosters for those three seasons Meadows is the only Chris on them and he only appears on the 1982 list.Of course that's just a guess. In any case, it's a fantastic piece of Crimson Tide history no matter who it was actually penned for.
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South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier went offense on the recruiting trail earlier this week, adding a quarterback, but he headed into the weekend focused on defense, picking up two commitments on Thursday: Orlando (Fla.) defensive end Devin Washington and Lithonia (Ga.) linebacker David Johnson.

South Carolina adds two commits on defense



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