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Barrett Jones was definitely not going there.
Everything about the BCS championship between No. 1 Notre Dame and No. 2 Alabama seems larger than life.
Offensive linemen are usually the unsung heroes, the guys who only get talked about when they screw up.
Johnny Manziel certainly has the statistics worthy of a Heisman Trophy winner. He plays in the powerful Southeastern Conference. He has a signature win _ all things Heisman voters typically look for.
Johnny Manziel and Manti Te'o are in position to make Heisman Trophy history.
Johnny Manziel and Manti Te'o are in position to make Heisman Trophy history.
This is the Era of Optimum Conditions for NFL quarterbacks. If there was ever a time and place to be a QB, it's right here, right now. For one thing, the rules have never been more favorable to the passing game. For another, the receivers all wear gloves — tacky gloves. And if you happen to play for a dome team, well, who loves ya, baby?
Plenty of other coaches do what Nick Saban does. They preach about the process, focus on getting better every day instead of the trophies and championships that await, and want their players to be accountable.
There's a pool of roughly 50 players from which every owner will select in the first four rounds of every draft. Therefore, with the exception of the occasional rube who wastes an early pick on the likes of Robert Griffin III, everyone will have a strong team by the time Round 5 rolls around, making the next few rounds crucial.
Nick Saban rolled out of bed without time even for his daily dose of The Weather Channel with wife Terry.
AJ McCarron tucked the ball into Trent Richardson's gut in an oh-so familiar move. Then he pulled it back and tossed it to tight end Brad Smelley on Alabama's first offensive play.
For Greg Jennings, being able to run again was nice.
Alabama's Trent Richardson wasn't a starter when he arrived on the scene.
Stanford's Andrew Luck is returning to New York as a Heisman Trophy finalist, just not as the favorite.
Andrew Luck, Robert Griffin III, Trent Richardson, Tyrann Mathieu and Montee Ball are the Heisman Trophy finalists.
If it sounds as if Richardson's looking ahead to the NFL and following another Ingram move by skipping his senior season, he says that's not necessarily true.
He said his heavy course load _ 15 semester hours _ this fall leaves him just two or three credit hours from graduating.
