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Alabama football: two upcoming weekends to be big for the recruitment of red tide

Alabama expected to climb back in the upper part of the national classification of recruitment, the next two weekends will be big in the build-up towards signing day.

A host of upper secondary school nation is scheduled to make official visits to Tuscaloosa, according to the procurement of services, including one of the biggest names out of Columbus in some time.

Then there is the curious case of running back Dee Hart.

Orlando, Florida, native is committed to Michigan, then Alabama and now apparently is the choice between tide and Florida. It will play in Army USA American game on Saturday, where it is possible a commitment.

Three players who already made a promise to the tide will be played on Saturday in San Antonio, including quarterback Phillip Ely, wide receiver Danny Woodson Jr. and linebacker Brett Calloway.

In Tuscaloosa, the final push is one with some of the biggest names in the country taking a look at Alabama.

Rivals.com says that not. 7 prospect nation, linebacker Tony Steward, visit today, along with four star recruits Jay Rome (tight end), Louchiez Purifoy (athlete) and Gabe Wright (defensive line) and three-star offensive lineman Xzavier Ward.

The prospect of not. 1 nationaly according to Rivals.com, is expected to be in town on Friday.

Defensive end Jadeveon Clowney is inactive to visit together with stars Crowell Isaiah Carver - one of the best in the nation.

Participate in under armour all-American game on Wednesday in St. Petersburg, Crowell lasted nine times 22 yards and returned a kickoff 20 yards, playing for the red team won 24-22 on the white team.

Crowell reportedly is decide between tide and Georgia after a whirlwind of recruitment.

High school start which makes it official on the day of signature, February 2.

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Alabama football: "First class" end of the season of tide

Alabama coach Nick Saban called romp of Capital One Bowl of his team on the Michigan State "principle first-class performance" to end.

It is likely he did not use the same description for red tide season.

Alabama delivered a sharp reminder of what had been declared the favourite to repeat as national champions. The team that manages Saturday 49-7 scourges of Michigan State seemed rather than the 2009 version of the tide.

"We wanted to finish the season on the right track," said Saban. "It was the only opportunity we had left to define this team and show had the heart and the type of a competitive nature to finish".

Mark Ingram, Julio Jones and Marcell Dareus juniors actions provide a look to center it could well be the next season if the stars return instead of heading to the NFL. All three are projected as the best selection of round one.

"Is a difficult decision," said Ingram, the winner of the 2009 Heisman Trophy. "It's a decision that changes the life". "I will go and talk with coach Saban and reunited with my family and things so next week more or less and try to make a decision on what is best for me."

Ditto for Jones, who record Alabama a season with 78 receptions for 1,133 yards. "I will talk to my family and my coaches and we will go from hence", said.

Ingram scored two touchdowns to break record for career of Alabama Shaun Alexander, giving him the 42 in three seasons.

Jones scored on a back of 35 yards and caught three passes for 49 yards. Dareus had a sack, two tackles for loss and three quarterback hurries. It is classified as a possible top 10 pick.

Senior quarterback Greg McElroy will leave to go 24-3 as a starter. After its end, Saban called it "one of the greatest ambassadors that can never be a University".

Left tackle James Carpenter and tight end marked Preston are older people, but most stars at least have the option to return.

This includes security Mark Barron, who lost the game with a torn pectoral muscle, linebackers Dont' to Hightower, Courtney Upshaw and C.J. Mosley and tailback Trent Richardson the All-America.

A lot of young defensive backs also return. Upshaw, certainly seemed a rising star in the last two games, when the Capital a Bowl MVP had collected five sacks and three fumbles.

And Saban got a lot of points in a season when he had to replace nine defensive starters of teaching. Tide looked dominant team when demolish Florida 31-6 October 2, but lost in South Carolina. Alabama fell to LSU by three points on the way and finished the regular season blowing an advantage of 24 points in a loss of 28-27 to not. 1 Auburn.

"We had not put two halves together." When we do this, there are not many teams who can beat us, "said Ingram."

"Only we who are capable of doing when we played our best football." "This demonstrates how fragile a season."

Saban wasn't surprised his team had some growing pains.

"We knew we were going to have a young team is this year and the thing was most proud of these guys improved throughout the year and we have matured far to get better and better and better", said Saban. "There were only four or five plays that would have made a difference in this season compared to what could have achieved this team, and I believe that maturity will help this team in the future."

"I think the leadership that will come from the lessons learned from this season will be beneficial to this team in the future."

Once three junior stars announce their decisions in the next two weeks, the main focus at the battle of field marshal. "redshirt" freshman A.J. McCarron emerged as McElroy backup by the previous season championship game even though he was not needed, then.

He completed all six passes for 51 yards against Michigan State.

Freshman Phillip Sims was one of the signatories of the tide prize a year ago.

McCarron not discount the possibility that the loser of this battle will another school.

"It is certainly possible, I think, but that is not nothing in my mind," said after the game. "I am going to be a leader, will take this team and this role as if it is my team." When we reach the spring us we are hitting the ground running. "I have already spoken with recipients, it held a meeting with Dont'a, we are going to get everything back to the form in which the summer when we won."

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Alabama football: the Prep Star says Mark Ingram plans to leave early for the NFL draft

The son of an NFL legend spilled the beans on the future of one of the all-time greats of Alabama.

Crimson Tide destination Barry Sanders Jr. recruitment based in Oklahoma City OKBlitz.com said Nick Saban said Mark Ingram was turning pro and Alabama needed more running backs.

"(Saban) told me the leaving Ingram, he probably what public Friday," Junior Sanders, said in an article published on the website of the newspaper of Oklahoma City on Wednesday evening.

A spokesman for Alabama could not confirm the report and said that there is no official plans for a press conference announcing the draft decisions to the host of tide with a weight of NFL juniors.

Sanders Jr., junior school Heritage Hall in Oklahoma City, said it had a brief conversation with Saban, who was visiting the school on Wednesday. The son of former Detroit Lion Barry Sanders is one of the best juniors in the nation.

Ingram rushed for 875 yards as a junior in its follow-up to sophomore Heisman Trophy winner ended in a national championship. Decreased due to an injury of knee early in the season, Ingram appeared to be back to his old form winning 89 all-purpose yards and scoring two touchdowns against his favorite Michigan State of children in the Capital One Bowl on Saturday.

After the party was elusive on the theme of the project of as it has been all season when asked by reporters.

Ingram exit would leave his sophomore Trent Richardson as the upper back and the only player in Alabama with corridor of considerable experience on the depth chart followed by Eddie Lacy.

Julio Jones, Marcell Dareus, Mark Barron and Dont' to Hightower also they projected between possible first-round picks, but labor unrest in the NFL led Saban to change the message normally offered to potential in the NBA Draft.

"In general, if the guys are first-round picks, tell them will it support for the project" Saban said in December. "With the unknown this year, I have kind of reduced that kids that are a top 15 choose or have no opportunity to climb in the future."

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Alabama football: Nick Saban copycat Rob Ezell family celebrates his beloved player

ORLANDO, Florida - it was almost three hours before game time, and 11 members Ezell fan club was in position.

By tradition, enters camps club close to the door of Alabama and the members were not about to change on Saturday morning in Orlando.

After all, it was his last chance to see your favorite player of red tide do this walk of the bus for the costume. The gravity of the moment was not lost in the families of Athens (Alabama) secondary school alum and high Alabama Rob Ezell walk-on by the tide of the deconstruction of 49-7 Michigan State in the Capital One Bowl

Sporting a large button identifying her as the mother of the backup wide receiver, Deb Ezell served as spokesman.

"This is a bitter for us sweet bowl game because this is the end to see Rob in a jersey," he said. "We have been watching it since the seventh grade." We are so proud that he had the opportunity to download and learn with coach Saban. "He sailing ' College gameday' since the age of 4."

Alabama won his 10th game of the year with a balanced offense and defense that held the Big Ten champions to negative-48 yards - the segunda-menor number allowed by a defense of Alabama, missing the record set in 1962 against Houston by only 1 yard.

Alabama dominated the match in the last episode for the fifth year senior quarterback Greg McElroy, and possibly some of his less talented team mates.

There was little hangover from the loss of the de-anticipada fall to Auburn in weekend of Thanksgiving, as the tide won at least 10 games for the third consecutive year, the first time Alabama has made since coach Bear Bryant was in his final years in Tuscaloosa.

Part of that success Sonics unheralded such as Ezell. Never left set aside Saturday, but that's only where figures to spend their days here in place.

Deb Ezell said that "it is ready to learn to be a trainer of University". "This is what has been her dream since he was a small child: to play in a D-I team and become a trainer of University." So it is ready to move to the next phase of his life. When he gets home, we have a lot of fun with him telling stories about players. "

The younger brother of Rob, David Ezell, is fully aware of the inheritance of his brother helped build, while he was behind the scenes.

"We're just happy to be part of one of the largest in the history of Alabama football," said David. "It has been an amazing journey."

It is a journey that involved big brother celebrity realization around the world that your impression of Nick Saban began airing on ESPN and went viral online. The routine involved a four - letter word censored by the broadcast.

"He not talks like that at home mother," Deb Ezell said with a smile. “… "Would have washed his mouth."

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College football recruiting: current commitment to Georgia, Auburn, Alabama, Georgia Tech lists

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Georgia

Name Ht. / Pos school. weight

David Andrews 6-2/275 OL Wesleyan, Norcross, Georgia.

Excellent Bailey 6-5/260 East Hall, Gainesville, Georgia.

Devin Bowman 6-0/175 ATH Ridgeland, Rossville, Georgia.

Chris Conley 6-3/180 WR North Paulding, Dallas, Georgia.

Watts Dantzler 6-7/315 OL Dalton (GA) high

Zach DeBell 6-7/265 OL Tarpon Springs (Florida) high

Love him Herrera 6-1/224 LB North Clayton, College Park, GA.

Christian LeMay 6-2/200 QB Butler, Matthews, North Carolina

Hunter Long 6-3/293 OL Briarcrest Christian, Eads, Tennessee

Wilcox ATH of Nick Marshall 6-2/185, Rochelle, Georgia County.

Chris Mayes 6-5/295 DT Spalding, Griffin, Georgia.

Corey Moore 6-1/195 DB Griffin (GA) high

Chris Sanders 6-1/176 ATH Tucker (GA) high

County Mitchell Justin Scott-Wesley 6-1/210 WR, Camilla, GA.

Sanford Seay 6-2/198 WR Lee County, Leesburg, Georgia.

Nathan Theus 6-3/255 OL Bolles, Jacksonville, Florida.

AUBURN

Name Ht. / Pos school. weight

Angelo Blackson 6-5/290 DT red Christian Lion, bear, delete.

Quan Bray 5-11/178 ATH Troup County, LaGrange, Georgia.

Sammie Coates 6-3/170 WR Leroy (Alabama) high

Jaylon Denson 6-3/190 WR Hoover (Alabama) high

Reese Dismukes 6-4/287 OL strong Spanish (Alabama) high

Kiehl Frazier 6-3/212 QB Shiloh Christian, Springdale, Ark..

Justin Garrett 6-2/185 LB Tucker (GA) high

Keymiya Harrell 6-5/235 of County of Dallas, Plantersville, wing.

Chris Landrum 6-2/215 LB fresh water (Alabama) high

JaBrian Niles 6-2/270 Davidson, Mobile, Alabama

Thomas O'Reilly 6-3/313 OL Pope, Marietta, GA.

Greg Robinson 6-5/296 OL Thibodaux (5th centenary) high

Jonathan Rose 6-2/170 DB Leeds (Alabama) high

Anthony Swain 6-3/215 DB Gadsden City, Gadsden, Alabama

Robenson Therezie 5-10/180 DB Jackson, Miami, Florida.

C.J. Uzomah 6-5/230 ATH North Gwinnett, Suwannee, Georgia.

ALABAMA

Name Ht. / Pos school. weight

Shannon Brown 6-2/225 LB Cook, Adel, GA.

Brent Calloway 6-1/210 LB Russellville (Alabama) high

Hasean Clinton-Dix 6-2/190 DB Dr. Phillips, Orlando, Florida.

Daryl Collins 6-0/190 WR Gadsden City, Gadsden, Alabama

Trey DePriest 6-2/231 LB Springfield, Ohio high

CC East of Mississippi, Scooba, 6-6/315 marked Quinton Miss.

Xzavier Dickson 6-3/238 Griffin (GA) high

Aaron Douglas 6-6/280 OL Arizona Western CC, Yuma, Arizona

Plant of the QB Phillip Ely 6-1/186, Tampa, FLA.

Malcolm Faciane 6-6/265 TE Picayune (Miss) high

LaMichael Fanning in Harris County of DT 6-6/285, Hamilton, Georgia

Demetrius Hart 5-8/190 RB Dr. Phillips, Orlando, Florida.

Chris Jones 6-0/185 DB lower, Adamsville, wing.

Ryan Kelly 6-5/270 OL Lakota West, West Chester, Ohio

Isaac Luatua 6-2/299 OL Mirada, California.

D.J. Pettway 6-3/255 of Catholic, Pensacola, Florida.

Marvin Sinn 6-3/177 WR force, Prichard, wing.

Vinnie Sunseri 5-11/193 LB Northridge, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Bradley Sylve 5-11/175 WR S. Plaquemines, port sulphur, 5th centenary

Jabriel Washington 5-11/165 ATH Trinity Christian, Jackson, Tennessee

Jesse Williams 6-4/330 DT Arizona Western CC, Yuma, Arizona

Danny Woodson 6-2/200 WR LeFlore, Mobile, Alabama

GEORGIA TECH

Name Ht. / Pos school. weight

Trey Braun 6-5/270 OL Leon, Tallahassee, Florida.

Darrius Caldwell 6-5/210 MAYS, Atlanta

Bryan Chamberlain 6-4/280 OL Monroe, Albany, Georgia.

Chaz cheeks 6-3/220 East Hall, Gainesville, Georgia.

Jamal Gold 6-0/180 ATH Montgomery (Alabama) high

Jeff Greene 6-6/200 WR Starr Mill, Fayetteville, Georgia.

Jabari Hunt-6-2/226 days LB Hillgrove, Powder Springs, GA.

The County of Wayne Tre Jackson 6-4/290 DT, Jesup, Georgia.

Zach Laskey 6-3/205 RB Starr Mill, Fayetteville, Georgia.

VAD Lee 6-2/193 ATH slope, Durham, North Carolina.

Tyler Marcordes 6-4/231 ATH Normal community West, Normal, Ill.

Shaq Mason 6-2/305 OL' Columbia, Columbia, Central Tennessee

Tremayne McNair 6-2/225 LB White Oak, Jacksonville, North Carolina.

Charlton ATH of Chris Milton 6-0/175, Folkston, Georgia County.

Domonique Noble 6-2/190 DB West Rowan, Mount Ulla, NC.

Broderick Snoddy 5-9/190 RB Carrollton (Georgia) high

Darren Waller 6-5/205 DB North Cobb, Kennesaw, GA.

Airyn Willis 6-2/175 ATH Southwest Guilford, High Point, North Carolina.

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