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No. 3 ranked Alabama used long drives, quick strikes and a stifling defensive effort to defeat Mississippi State 31-3 and improve to 10-0 on the season in front of a Davis Wade Stadium record crowd of 58,103. Sophomore Mark Ingram rushed for 149 yards on 19 attempts including a pair of touchdowns.

Star running back Anthony Dixon found it tough to run against Alabama last year in a 32-7 loss to the Tide.

No. 3 Alabama's Mark Ingram is earning the attention of the Heisman Trophy crowd, while Mississippi State's Anthony Dixon is putting up similar numbers with a fraction of the hoopla.

One of the best college football players in America knows what he would do if he had a Heisman Trophy ballot this year.

Alabama middle linebacker Rolando McClain , the leader of the nation's fourth-ranked defense, is one of eight semifinalists for the Lott IMPACT Trophy.

The first week after assuring a spot opposite top-ranked Florida in the SEC title game, third-ranked Alabama gets a preview of the Gators' quirky offense during Saturday's 6 p.m. game at Mississippi State.

TUSCALOOSA -- It was yet another display of incredible athleticism by Alabama line backer Rolando McClain, but the junior shrugged off his tack le of LSU receiver Terrance Tolliver in the first quarter.

Every once in a while, we get a glimpse of old school. Who's tougher? Who wants it more? "We must play," LSU safety Chad Jones said, "very violently." You can smell it and feel it in the air.

It starts with the mountain in the middle. There's a moat in front of the goal line, a brick wall at the line of scrimmage and barbed-wire fences in the secondary.

Alabama linebacker Rolando McClain knocks the ball away from South Carolina's Kenny Miles in the Crimson Tide's win earlier this season.

Linebacker Rolando McClain and Alabama's defense has wrecked havoc on opposing teams this season.

LSU football coach Les Miles made his team decelerate somewhat at Wednesday's practice as the Tigers prepared for No.

Alabama tailback Mark Ingram is one of the few people in America who sees little difference in the 2008 LSU defense and the 2009 LSU defense.

Just another game. Or a top-10 showdown that could help set up a one-game playoff with Florida for a shot at the BCS national championship.

Practice after practice, day after day, Dont'a Hightower pedals away while his Alabama football teammates pound each other around.

Who are Mike, Will, Sam and Jack, and what are they doing on the football field? It seems like they play for every team all across the country every Saturday and Sunday.

Alabama is unbeaten on the field -- thanks in large part to its swarming defense -- so might the coaches at Tennessee and South Carolina be trying to get in the Tide's heads with off-the-field distractions? This is how dominant Alabama football has apparently become.

Alabama's football team has a chance to do something during the next six weeks that hasn't been accomplished in 35 years in the Southeastern Conference.

Cody, Tiffin Named SEC Players of the Week TUSCALOOSA, Ala. A- Alabama seniors Terrence Cody and Leigh Tiffin were named Southeastern Conference Players of the Week following their performance in the Crimson Tide's 12-10 win over SEC rival Tennessee last Saturday in Tuscaloosa, the league office announced Monday.

A few minutes before entering a room reserved for interviews with the media, Tennessee place-kicker Daniel Lincoln watched a replay of the decisive field goal attempt.