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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Not every tree sprouts overnight. Some roots take time to grab hold. Alabama signed a total 26 prospects in 2012, and not everyone made an impact right away. Some didn't make it at all, as Eddie Williams, Tyler Hayes and Travel...

Editor's note: TideNation will use this week to look at the four major positions on the football field and how their outlook has changed post-spring practice. Today we examine the threats in the passing game: Who's leading? AJ McCarron is a hap...

1. Alabama: Nick Saban is equipped with yet another national championship contender. Yes, it would be his third straight at Alabama and fourth in five years. An all-star cast returns on offense, led by veteran quarterback AJ McCarron and topflight re...

Best performance: Alabama's Amari Cooper was already one of the best returning receivers in the college game, maybe the best receiver. He only got better, bigger and stronger this spring and was like a machine when it came to catching passes and maki...

With the new College Football Playoff set to begin in 2014, the SEC is looking to say goodbye to the BCS by saying hello to its eighth straight crystal football. The SEC has won nine of the 15 BCS championships, and it would be fitting for the con...

ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE 2012 record: 13-1 2012 conference record: 7-1 (first, Western Division) Returning starters: Offense: 5; defense: 6; kicker/punter: 2 Top returners QB AJ McCarron, LT Cyrus Kouandjio, RG Anthony Steen, WR Amari Cooper, RB T...

Chris Low talks about the Alabama passing game coming out of the spring....

Forty-eight hours offered enough time to digest Saturday's A-Day scrimmage. TideNation's film review returns with a second look at the finale of spring practice. Offense Blake Sims showed again why he's not a long-term option at quarterback. H...

With spring practice complete and fall camp right around the corner, TideNation's power rankings return with a look at the top 10 Alabama players heading into the offseason. 1. QB AJ McCarron (Last ranking: 2): After three trips to the White House...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Tampa Jesuit linebacker Vincent Jackson has plenty of scholarship offers from all over the country, but two schools he didn't know as much about were Alabama and Auburn. He visited the two in-state rivals over the weekend. Jack...

At this rate, Missouri may go into the summer without knowing for sure who its starting quarterback will be next season. Senior James Franklin and redshirt freshman Maty Mauk have been battling it out this spring, and there wasn't any real separat...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Depending on which way you look at it, Alabama's scrimmage on Saturday was either good or bad for the future of the football team. Good because the offense scored 11 touchdowns and didn't cough the ball up once, and bad because th...

We're getting closer and closer to Sunday at Augusta. Goal-oriented Alabama wide receiver Amari Cooper is bigger and faster heading into his sophomore season. Under defensive coordinator Ellis Johnson, Auburn's defensive scheme is built to play...

Marvin Gentry/US PresswireAlabama is looking to become the first team to three-peat in the Poll era (since 1936).With the college basketball season in the books, College Football Live embarks on its Spring Bus Tour, visiting eight schools over the ne...

Alabama has been successful under Nick Saban without big-play receivers. Now that they have a host of them, the sky's the limit for the Crimson Tide offense.

Chris Low breaks down an Alabama receiving corps that should be the deepest and most talented of the Nick Saban era....