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Tide rookie Dre Kirkpatrick was widely considered to be the top college recruit in the state last year .

Alabama players will take a couple of weeks off from football to concentrate on fall semester exams before beginning preparations for Texas in the BCS National Championship Game in Pasadena, Calif.

From left, Alabama's Marquis Johnson , Chris Rogers , Javier Arenas , Roy Upchurch , Tyrone King and Marquis Maze celebrate after winning the SEC title Saturday.

DeterminA ation was the mindset. Domination was the goal. Delirium was the result.

Alabama's Chris Rogers, shown celebrating after the second-ranked Crimson Tide's close win against Auburn on Thursday, hopes to show the - No.

TUSCALOOSA -- Cory Reamer saw it as a new challenge, but he admits there were some concerns among Alabama players when Nick Saban was named head coach in January 2007.

Saturday is Senior Day at Bryant-Denny Stadium. It isn't the seniors' last game, of course.

How much pride is there in leaving a college football program in a better position that you found it? Alabama senior cornerback Chris Rogers thought on that for a moment.

Alabama's football team doesn't have one reason to get up for today's perceived snoozer against UT-Chattanooga. It has 27.

2 ALABAMA 11:21 a.m. Saturday Bryant-Denny Stadium, Tuscaloosa TV: SEC Network So there isn't much to tell you about this one that you probably don't already know.

Just when it looked as if Alabama had solved its problems on kickoff coverage, along came Mississippi State.

TUSCALOOSA -- The first three kickoff returns appeared normal, but whether it was halftime adjustments or a simple breakdown in coverage, Mississippi State's kick return unit found holes in Alabama's coverage last Saturday.

In an Alabama senior class full of overachievers, one name kept coming up when classmates were asked who they thought was the Most Improved Player over the last four or five years.

Starting 'Jack' linebacker Eryk Anders is one of the Alabama's seniors set to be honored before Saturday's home finale .

Four more. Forlorn offenses are counting it down, as four games remain for more opA portunities to behold an AlA abama defense for the ages.

Alabama linebacker Jerrell Harris and defensive back Chris Rogers smother LSU's Ron Brooks on the opening kickoff of Saturday's showdown at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa.

The Alabama Football program must sense the urgency to finish well this year and get to the National Championship game.

Earlier this week, South Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier accused Alabama holder P.J. Fitzgerald of committing an uncalled 5-yard penalty four times in the Crimson Tide's 20-6 victory over the Gamecocks.

Nick Saban and his staff have gotten plenty of credit for their recruitment of high school prospects the last two years, but they have been equally efficient in their evaluation and recruitment of junior college players.

TUSCALOOSA --Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin said he wanted to turn back the clock in the Alabama-Tennessee rivalry by having both teams wear their home jerseys but Alabama refused to allow the Volunteers to wear their orange jerseys.