What they're saying around the SEC on Thursday (links)-al.comGet the latest on all 14 teams around the league with our Thursday edition of SEC links.
10 Continuous Hours to Start the 2013 College Football Season: Reporters Embedded at 13 Schools; 17 On-Air Player Commitments;Guest Studio Analysts Gene Chizik and Derek Dooley
Back at home, Alabama's Robert Lester embraces an all-too-familiar spotlight at Senior Bowl-al.comThe former Alabama safety is one of four Crimson Tide players who will participate in Saturday's Senior Bowl.
SI.com NFL Draft expert projects Alabama to land program-record 5 players in 1st round-al.comAlong with Chance Warmack, Dee Milliner, Eddie Lacy and D.J. Fluker, SI.com's Don Banks projects nose guard Jesse Williams to come off the board
Crimson Tide BCS victory bragging rights extend to halls of Congress-al.comBoasting extends to the halls of the U.S. Capitol, where the newly-elected senator from Indiana today made good on a friendly wager with Alabama Congresswoman Terri Sewell
Kids want to know: 'Are you better than AJ McCarron?' (video)-al.comRyan Nassib probably has had to handle hard-hitting questions from reporters as Syracuse's record-setting quarterback. But a student in Julie Brunson's class at Rockwell Elementary School in Spanish Fort put him on the spot this afternoon.
Scarbinsky: About time the NCAA gave itself the death penalty-al.comSeems the enforcement staff broke the rules while investigating whether Miami broke the rules.
Football fans seeking Senior Bowl autographs at the Coca-Cola Meet the Players and Press-Register Senior Bowl Experience events on Friday at the Mobile Arthur R. Outlaw Convention Center will get a bonus if they're there between 2 and 3:30 p.m.
Although All-America center Barrett Jones is leaving the Crimson Tide, his younger brother, Walker Jones, is joining the team. Walker Jones is slated to play linebacker, but he wasn't a bad fullback for Evangelical Christian School. Jones helped ECS finish runner-up in the Tennessee Division II-A state playoffs to Webb School of Knoxville.
Nico Johnson shows he can play pass defense too (w/ video)-al.comAlabama linebacker, looking to prove he can play in space, caps week of practices with interception on Thursday.
The saga of Muscle Shoals (Ala.) High School defensive lineman Dee Liner took a rather expected turn on Jan. 14, when the 4-star defensive tackle de -committed from the Auburn Tigers and opened his recruitment back up...