The five college football All-America teams officially recognized by the NCAA have been tabulated, with four Alabama players leading the way and three players named unanimous All-Americans for the second straight year.
It's hard to imagine the son of a WCW great ending up anywhere but the SEC.
The top players, biggest surprises and more in the SEC this season.
The fans have spoken and it appears that numbers really never lie, as Alabama's defense was picked by our readers in our SportsNation poll as the best the SEC had to offer in 2012.
The question arises each year, “who played the toughest schedule?” At the end of the season, the NCAA usually releases a rating of each team’s schedule based on their opponents’ win/loss record. This is a good method but it does have its obvious flaws including the fact that a 6-6 FCS team is counted the same as a 6-6 Michigan State team that lost 5 games by a combined 13 points this year and 12-1 Northern Illinois is counted the same as 12-1 Alabama.What makes my Toughest Opponents Faced rankings far superior to the NCAA method is that mine takes into account 9 sets of power ratings, combines them and factors in every team’s schedule this year. I also take out the team’s own record from their opponents stats so the numbers only reflect only how their opponents did against other teams. For example, Notre Dame’s opponents are listed as 83-50 (62.4%), if you add Notre Dame’s record they would be 83-62 (57.2%). I did this for all the NCAA teams & found out which teams played the toughest schedules this year.
Notre Dame without two backups for BCS-al.comReserve linemen Ronnie Stanley and Matt Hegerty each had surgery earlier this month and will not be available for the BCS National Championship, Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly says.
How will Jeremy Pruitt's departure affect Alabama on the recruiting trail?-al.comWith reports surfacing over the weekend that Alabama assistant Jeremy Pruitt has been hired as the new defensive coordinator at Florida State, the recruiting landscape could be in for a dramatic shift.
The four new head coaches in the SEC are busy finalizing their staffs, and a few assistants are simply changing addresses within the league. Below is a snapshot of what the new staffs look like to this point. Tennessee’s Butch Jones is the only one of the four who’s completed his staff:
Former Notre Dame QB Jimmy Clausen tweets photo of 'Catholics vs. Cousins' t-shirt-al.comFormer Irish star Jimmy Clausen, a backup quarterback for the Carolina Panthers, tweeted a photo of a t-shirt he received from a fan that declares the January 7th matchup to be "Catholics vs. Cousins"
Tiger Stadium's south end zone scoreboard is down and gone forever as LSU presses on with a6,900-seat expansion. The project cost is an estimated $85 million and will put capacity just short of 100,000 in time for the 2014 football season
Notre Dame wide receiver DaVaris Daniels poised to return from clavicle injury for BCS title game-al.comThe sophomore is third on the Fighting Irish with 375 receiving yards.
Rested and (almost) refreshed, Notre Dame's Manti Te'o shifts focus to Alabama-al.comThe Fighting Irish linebacker won seven national awards, but his focus is locked on Alabama.
NFL Report: Julio Jones reaches milestone in Atlanta’s victory over Giants (video) The performance gave the Atlanta wide receiver 69 catches for 1,071 yards and nine touchdowns this season. Last year as a rookie, Jones caught 54 passes for 959 yards and eight TDs. Mark Barron’s rookie struggles will come into focus against Drew Brees Early…