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I am on vacation this week in Puerto Rico getting ready to board a cruise ship for a week, and I missed Mark Ingram's acceptance.

When the 2009 season began, the Stanford running back wasn't part of the Heisman Trophy discussion, not even as a dark horse, let alone a favorite.

No. 1 Alabama will play No. 2 Texas in the BCS national championship game, a second straight Southeastern Conference vs.

Trent Richardson was basking in the spotlight. He had just rushed for 80 yards on 11 carries in the SEC Championship Game against his home state's top university, helping the Crimson Tide earn a berth in the BCS National Championship Game.

Tailback Roy Upchurch is among the UA football players set to receive diplomas this weekend .

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.

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

Expect the Gators to put the chomp on Mark Ingram and the pressure on Greg McElroy.

One quarterback is the face of college football. He has won a Heisman Trophy. He has won two national championships.

TUSCALOOSA -- Alabama went through a two-hour practice session in the Hank Crisp Indoor Practice Facility on Tuesday, getting the players accustomed to the indoor surface of Atlanta's Georgia Dome, site of Saturday's SEC Championship Game.

It was a drive that even stoic Alabama coach Nick Saban could smile about. The No.

It's still one of the proudest statistics owned by Greg McElroy. In the statistics released by the Southeastern Conference every week, it lists the passing statistics of starting quarterbacks for each of the league's 12 teams in both wins and losses.

I clearly remember that day in January 2007 when the entire college football world came to a complete pause.

Alabama defensive end Lorenzo Washington sacks South Carolina quarterback Stephen Garcia to end the third quarter in the Crimson Tide's 20-6 victory on Oct.

For the first time in 12 games, Greg McElroy had to perform without the help of his rushing attack.

Greg McElroy completed 21-of-31 passes Friday for 218 yards and two touchdowns .

If ever there was a Thanksgiving feast, college football may have well delivered its greatest weekend ever to the football fanatics such as myself over the past three days.

Alabama players took Saturday off and will do very little work today in an effort to recharge their mental batteries for this year's Southeastern Conference Championship Game.

Alabama wide receiver Julio Jones, who came up big in the winning drive, tries to break away from Auburn's Desmond Washington early in the game.

Alabama linebacker Rolando McClain applauds after running back Roy Upchurch scored a fourth-quarter touchdown against Tennessee Chattanooga at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Saturday, Nov.