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Will Tucker editor-in-chief [email protected] Ashley Chaffin managing editor Stephen Dethrage production editor Mackenzie Brown visuals editor Daniel Roth online editor magazine editor Melissa Brown news editor [email protected] Lauren Ferguson culture editor Marquavius Burnett sports editor John Brinkerhoff opinion editor Ashanka Kumari chief copy editor Shannon Auvil photo editor Anna Waters lead designer Whitney Hendrix lead graphic designer Alex Clark CW | Austin Bigoney community manager By Marquavius Burnett Even Nick Saban That’s not a shot at the great of the Irish stood no chance. the rest of . Sports Editor admitted this was his least tal- Paul “Bear” Bryant and his “We’ve got to get physically But Notre Dame fans ADVERTISING ented team of the Tide’s recent legacy, it’s only the truth— In stronger, continue to close the shouldn’t be discouraged. The MIAMI GARDENS, Fla – national championship runs. this day of college football, gap there and just overall you SEC does this to everyone. The Will DeShazo When the dust settles and the But once the lights were on, Alabama’s run is nothing short need to see what it looks like,” league beats up one another 348-8995 smoke clears from the six- it was clear the Tide was in a of spectacular. 2009 and 2011 said Notre Dame coach Brian each week, making one anoth- Advertising Manager month barrage that is the col- class of its own. were expected, but this wasn’t. Kelly of the difference between er look vulnerable and expos- [email protected] lege football season, only one “We came with the mind- No one thought Alabama was the Irish and the Tide. ing weaknesses. That’s fool’s Tori Hall team can truly celebrate. set of trying to be legendary,” four better than The Irish got a look at it all gold. Territory Manager 348-2598 Monday night, that team freshman receiver Amari Notre Dame. night. In a scene similar to Anyone who watches the Classified Manager 348-7355 was once again the Alabama Cooper said. Alabama’s offense epito- the SEC Championship Game, SEC knows there could be at Coleman Richards Crimson Tide as the Tide Alabama is now in that rare mized balance. The Tide’s Alabama lined up and ran right least one team in the title game Special Projects Manager crushed Notre Dame, 42-14, to air of winning three national attack racked up 529 yards of at the Irish defense, welcoming every year, even with the play- [email protected] win back-to-back BCS National championships in four years. total offense, 265 rushing and contact. Only this time, there off. Championships, their third in Not since Nebraska’s run in 264 passing. Running backs was no back and forth action Alabama shows no signs of Natalie Selman the last four years. the 1990s has this been accom- and T.J. Yeldon necessary. slowing down and are, in fact, 348-8042 The Tide seemed to take the plished. Some teams struggle took turns battering what was Defensively, Alabama stifled getting stronger. With the Creative Services Manager fight out of the Irish early and to make the game, others win a supposed to be a vaunted Notre Notre Dame all game. The Irish return of key veterans such as Robert Clark 348-8742 never let up. championship and regress, but Dame front seven. abandoned the running game AJ McCarron and C.J. Mosley, Emily Diab 348-8054 The ending was fitting for Alabama continues to churn AJ McCarron shredded the early, finishing with 32 yards Alabama will be in the mix at this particular Alabama team. out championships – turning Irish secondary for four touch- on 19 carries. Quarterback the end of next season. The Chloe Ledet 348-6153 This bunch was chosen as Tuscaloosa into Title Town. downs. It could have been Everett Golson never found his return of such players only Keenan Madden 348-2670 the second-best team in the “For a program that has six if not for a few missed rhythm throwing the ball and gives Alabama time to look John Wolfrom 348-6875 ’s been criticized for clinging too opportunities to Cooper. was constantly under pressure. ahead and recruit or nurture Western Division behind LSU tightly to the good old days, I’m Notre Dame’s defense forgot Everywhere Golson turned the next crop of champions. Will Whitlock 348-8735 at the beginning of the season. sure those days were good, but the No. 1 fundamental of tackle there was a Tide defender. “We have such a great cul- Amy Metzler The loss of talent on the defen- Alabama people should recog- football: tackle. Heisman can- Linebackers and defensive line- ture here from top to bottom,” [email protected] sive side of the ball and the nize that these days for them didate Manti Te’o whiffed on a man made open field tackles Doug early departure of a Heisman are better,” ESPN studio host few attempts to bring down the on Golson and the Irish’s skill Nussmeier said. “Everybody Jake Morrow finalist running-back left major [email protected] and Alabama graduate Rece Tide’s dominant duo of backs. players, showing the speed dif- buys in from day one, and that holes and major questions. Davis said. With Te’o struggling, the rest ference between the SEC and is why we are successful.”

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FOOTBALL Alabama excels in National Championship rout

BY THE NUMBERS 1|Alabama rushed for 265 and passed for 264— a one-yard difference. 5| Alabama put together five drives of 70 yards or more.

| Notre Dame had only allowed two rushing touchdowns during their entire regular season, a mark Alabama matched 4 seconds 2into the second quarter.

|fans attended the National Championship Game, breaking the attendance record for any event in Sun Life 80,120Stadium history.

CW | Austin Bigoney Yeldon and McCarron during Monday’s game. |When Notre Dame scored a touchdown on quarterback Everett Golson’s scramble in the third quarter, it marked 108:07the first time Alabama had been scored on in a National Championship Game since the fourth quarter of the 2009 game against Texas - a shutout streak of 108 minutes and 7 seconds.

POSITION GRADES Offense The Tide offense gained 529 yards of total offense, scored 42 points against Notre Dame’s defense and made it look easy. The offensive line created gaping holes for Eddie Lacy and T.J. Yeldon, while AJ McCarron threw four touch- A downs, two to . Defense The defense held the Irish in check, allowing only 31 rushing yards. The team contained Notre Dame quarterback A Everett Golson and made it difficult for him to find a rhythm. Congratulations Special Teams Tide! A Notre Dame rarely had decent starting position, in large part due to touchbacks and well-placed punts. Tide! Coaching Located on The Strip 205.752.2990 Nick Saban and his staff proved again why they are the best in the country with time to prepare. No one saw this 1218 University Blvd. locker-room.biz A beating coming, but Alabama’s preparation and game plan took the fight away from Notre Dame early. Page 4 | Wednesday, January 9, 2013 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Lacy, Mosley named Most Outstanding Players Lacy bounces back from injury to lead tide rushing attack Mosley leads Tide defense, will return for senior season

By Marc Torrence “He said, ‘All right. As long Assistant Sports Editor as you give me good blocking, SEASON STATS By Zac Al-Khateeb [of] plays.” we’re going to get it.’” Staff Reporter And make plays Mosley did. SEASON STATS MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. - It And get it they did. • 204 carries In one play for the Tide, didn’t take much searching His first score came on the Alabama junior linebacker Mosley stuffed Fighting Irish • 107 tackles to find the matchup everyone first drive of the game. Lacy • 1322 yards C.J. Mosley stood front and Theo Riddick was talking about ahead of took a hand-off from quarter- center on the podium. Battle- in the running lane before • 4 sacks Alabama’s national champi- back AJ McCarron, gashing • 17 touchdowns worn and weary, C.J. didn’t slamming him to the ground • 8 tackles for loss onship game clash with Notre through the gaping hole his • 6.5 yards per carry even look excited as he hoisted in a tackle that could be felt Dame. line had made for him, cut- the crystal trophy above his in the stands. On another, he • 2 How would the Crimson ting around an Irish defender head, celebrating Alabama’s contained scrambler Everett Tide’s offensive line fare and sprinting 20 yards for the 15th national title. Golson en route to forcing him • 1 touchdown against the vaunted front game’s first touchdown. at crucial times.” After all, the game’s defen- to throw out of bounds. And on seven of the Fighting Irish? “It makes you look a whole Once Lacy hit the circle but- sive Most Outstanding Player another, he laterally pursued From the opening kickoff, lot better than what you ton, Notre Dame got up and recipient had just played lights- Riddick once again, knock- production chart on defense, where Notre Dame deferred really are,” tight end Michael turned off the Playstation. out in one of the biggest games ing aside a would-be stiff arm he’s pretty consistently the guy to Alabama’s offense, this was William said about blocking “I think the thing that prob- of his life. The linebacker, hail- before using perfect tackling that’s getting the most points answered emphatically. for Lacy. ably I appreciate most about ing from Theodore, Ala., had technique to bring him down. game-in and game-out,” Saban The Crimson Tide ran the His second score may have Eddie is Eddie has probably made himself known to the That’s what has made Mosley said. “So I think his consis- ball almost at will in Monday’s been the most spectacular of had to overcome a lot more world on a national stage for so successful at Alabama, not tency and performance is what 42-14 victory as Alabama’s ter- his Crimson Tide career. adversity, have a lot more his performance against Notre only in the championship game makes him a special player, rifying offensive line took one This time, Lacy took a screen resiliency, be a little more Dame. but the entire season. His com- and it really doesn’t matter last curtain call before some of pass from McCarron, cut up patient,” head coach Nick Mosley finished the game bination of speed, power, con- who we’re playing against. He them head for the NFL, paving field and executed a spectacu- Saban said. “You know, he’s leading the defense with eight trol and cover skills makes him always seems to make a lot of the way for 265 rushing yards. lar spin, his signature move, to had to overcome, battle a lot of total tackles – five solo – and Alabama’s most valuable line- plays. He had a great game last 140 of those yards came from make two Irish defenders miss injuries. But he’s never, ever tied for second with a tackle for backer, if not its most versatile. night.” running back Eddie Lacy, the and walk into the end zone. lost sight of the focus, the goal loss. Mosley’s statistics in the But even more impressive Saban wasn’t the only one game’s offensive MVP. “That’s why he’s called of what he wanted to accom- game certainly weren’t gaudy, than Mosley’s versatility this impressed with the perfor- “We knew we had to be circle button,” guard Chance plish and what he wanted to but he was constantly involved season has been his consis- mance Mosley put on in the physical up front, and we did,” Warmack said. “Because do— continue to improve and in the Alabama defensive tency. In fact, the impressive championship game either. guard said. he makes those spin moves get better.” success all night and all year. game Mosley put together Senior linebacker “It paid off tonight.” “C.J. played consistently well against Notre Dame wasn’t also said he was impressed Lacy, a junior, is expected to CW | Austin Bigoney for us all year long,” Alabama even Mosley’s most impressive with his fellow linebacker’s declare for the NFL draft as Top: Junior running back Eddie Lacy is expected to declare for the head coach Nick Saban said. “I performance on the year. It was level of play. well. 2013 NFL Draft, but fi nished the 2012 season with two touchdowns don’t really feel like he ever had simply the latest in a string of “C.J. has played great all What may be the last two in the BCS National Championship Game. a bad game. I think he loves to incredible games for him this year long,” Johnson said. “And games of his college career play. He’s a very active player. season. I just try to keep him motivated were most certainly his best. Bottom: Alabama’s offensive line paved the way for Lacy’s success. He’s very athletic, very instinc- “When you look at the pro- to understand that he’s always After playing in the shadows tive, always seems to make a lot duction, which we have a got room for improvement, no of winner matter how good things are or Mark Ingram and Heisman CW | Austin Bigoney how bad things are. And that’s finalist , Junior linebacker C.J. Mosley played a critical role in containing Irish what happened. Lacy stepped into the spot- quarterback Everett Golson. Even after winning two national champi- “I’m just thankful he was a light and proved he deserved onships at Alabama, Mosley said he will return for his senior season. part of the team this year.” to be mentioned in the con- Of course, Mosley didn’t versation of great Alabama achieve all his success in the running backs. game and the season without “Having that type of con- a little help. Senior defensive fidence,” right tackle D.J. lineman Jesse Williams, who’s Fluker said, “he’ll probably go devoured more than his fair down as one of the greatest share of double teams to open running backs in history.” lanes up for Mosley, has played Lacy’s road to Monday night a huge role in Mosley’s success. was not the most ideal for a Still, Williams said he was running back, however. happy knowing he had a guy He spent much of the offsea- like Mosley behind him to fin- son nursing a turf toe injury ish up the work he started in that kept him out for spring the trenches. practice and parts of fall camp. “I’ve been grateful to be able Lacy opened the season still to take double teams so that he hobbled by the setback, not can be able to make plays the ever appearing 100 percent. past couple of years,” Williams Alabama leaned heavily on said. “But he’s a great guy and freshman T.J. Yeldon after fur- deserves everything he got.” ther attrition struck the run- Of course, Williams won’t ning back position with inju- be around for Mosley’s senior ries to and Jalston season at Alabama, a sea- Fowler. son in which he could prove Yeldon was more than reli- himself to be one of the best able, picking up where Lacy linebackers in the nation. left off, but there was still a Both Williams and Johnson feeling that Lacy hadn’t fully expressed how important he’ll taken over like he knew he be to Alabama’s success next could. season, as well. Enter Monday night. “He’s going to be a real head- Fluker challenged Lacy ache,” Johnson said. “Because before the game on the team next year, he’s going to play bus as the Crimson Tide rode more faster. He’s going to get to Sun Life Stadium. bigger in the offseason. He’s “I said, ‘If you can get two or going to have fun more than he three touchdowns, we’ll win ever had, and he’s going to give the game,’” Fluker recalled. them problems.” NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Wednesday, January 9, 2013 | Page 5

CW | Austin Bigoney Coach Nick Saban speaks at a press conference following a win against Notre Dame that earned the Tide several top awards on Tuesday, Jan. 8th at the Harbor Beach Marriott, Ft. Lauderdale, Fl. Saban wins 4th trophy on national stage

By Marc Torrence game when he wrote “Team challenge, the next recruit. He what you choose to do.” Assistant Sports Editor Dinner” on a piece of paper He’d won a national championship [at LSU in 2003], and I wanted to sees his championship rings You could put a sign in his during the celebration. “him to have the opportunity to do it again at Alabama, and has he ever as only a way to woo the next yard that reads, “The best col- Nick Saban stood on the Or maybe he saw a spot performed. hotshot high school prospect lege football coach in the world podium at midfield of Sun or blemish on the gleaming to his university so he can lives here,” and you wouldn’t Life Stadium after winning crystal trophy. It’s perhaps — win another. be wrong. Like the Sistine his fourth BCS National the most realistic possibility, “Be the best you can be,” he Chapel or Shakespeare’s writ- Championship game, his as Saban has made his living always says. You can almost ing, Saban has left a distinct third as coach of the Alabama on his ability to find the little Saban,” athletic director Mal minutes remaining in the blow- hear his father drilling that mark on his profession and will Crimson Tide. imperfections, even in seem- Moore said after the game, out victory . into Nick as he worked at a ser- be remembered as an all-time ESPN’s John Saunders had ingly perfect situations. “He’d won a national cham- “Their reaction to each other vice station in West Virginia. great. finished the trophy presenta- Saban, 61, unquestionably pionship [at LSU in 2003], and was an indication that they’re “If you’re going to be a He doesn’t like to pause tion, and the crowd roared entered the pantheon of all- I wanted to him to have the still out there competing and street sweeper, be the best and think much about it, but around them. Saban paused for time great college head coach- opportunity to do it again at playing like you’d like for them street sweeper you can be,” Monday he did. Whether he a brief moment and stared at es Monday night. No one has Alabama, and has he ever per- to,” Saban said Tuesday. he said. “Sweep the streets did for a second on that stage, the crystal football that lay in ever been able to accomplish formed.” He was also asked Tuesday like Michelangelo paint- for two hours like he told Tom his hands before raising it tri- what he has in the BCS era, Much is made about Saban’s what he does with his champi- ed the Sistine Chapel, like Rinaldi he would before the umphantly above his head yet where winning a championship relentless pursuit of perfection, onship rings. Certainly wear- Shakespeare wrote literature. game or for 24 hours like he again. is harder than ever: four titles never letting even the most ing four rings would become a Let them put a sign up right told the media, Saban undoubt- Maybe he finally considered, at two different schools and minute detail go unaddressed. burden after some time. here that says, ‘The best street edly enjoyed number four. for just an instant, the magni- now two back-to-back. He praised senior center “I just put them on the cof- sweeper in the world lives right “Whether I look it or not,” tude of what he and his team came the clos- and junior quar- fee table for the recruits to look here.’ a weary Saban said after the had just accomplished. Maybe est, winning in 2006 and 2008 terback AJ McCarron when at,” he said. “And if you can do that, you game. “I’m happy as hell.” he had remembered something with Florida. But Saban’s run the pair got in a scuffle about a That’s Saban in a nut- do the best there is in life, And then the moment important for later as he did stands alone in the modern era. protection call that forced them shell. Always thinking about knowing you did your best to be passed, and it was back to work after the SEC Championship “When we hired coach to burn a timeout with five the next game, the next the best you could be, no matter on number five.

WELCOME BACK! Page 6 | Wednesday, January 9, 2013 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Historic year erases doubts about offense orchestrated record-setting season in fi rst year as Tide’s offensive coordinator

By Marc Torrence the group of coaches we have wear-you-down offense of The second freshman is wide Championship Game and were runs – Alabama had a Assistant Sports Editor on offense has been an out- Alabama’s past. receiver Amari Cooper, who Nussmeier has played off of four-point lead. standing experience – great, “I think if you look at col- gives Nussmeier a dynamic that success and sustained it And when the Crimson MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. - It great coaches, a lot of expe- lege football in general, that’s wideout that can burn a defen- into 2012. Tide needed one more score, didn’t exactly look bright for rience. Working with Coach a growing trend – no-huddle sive back down the field on a Through the first 13 games, Nussmeier cooked up a for- Alabama’s offense after the Saban, the way he structures offense, speed, hurry-up,” fly route, make a spectacular he threw for almost the same mula that looked all too famil- 2011 season. everything, the attention Nussmeier said. “As any game leaping catch over an unsus- number of yards as he did in his iar for Saban’s teams. With the The Crimson Tide lost run- to detail, you just can’t say you play, the ability to change pecting defender or a catch 13 games last year, but his pass- defense almost com- ning back and Heisman trophy enough about it. Everything is the tempo of the game offen- over the middle, holding on er rating went up by almost 30 pletely selling out to stop the finalist Trent Richardson after process-oriented.” sively or defensively can cre- while being hit. points. He didn’t throw his first run, McCarron faked the hand last season’s national cham- Nussmeier’s offense, while ate a competi- Cooper led until the Texas off instead and hit Cooper over pionship victory. It lost its prolific, has had its share of ups tive advantage Alabama in A&M game in week 10, ending the top for the game-winning top three wide receivers and and downs. It is built around an for you if it’s We’re going to have a balanced receiving by a school record streak of 289 score. H-back. Its offensive coordina- efficient quarterback, a pair of useful in the “ more than 500 passes without an interception. The running game wore tor Jim McElwain left to take a stud freshmen and an offensive game you’re game plan. We’re going to go yards, and And, like Cooper, he shined down the Bulldog front, and head coaching job at Colorado line with a terrifying combina- playing.” into every game with the ability his 11 touch- brightest on the biggest stage, with one-on-one coverage, State. tion of size, speed and smarts. The prob- not only to run it but to throw it downs were by tossing four touchdowns and Nussmeier trusted his play- Naturally, Alabama respond- But scheme-wise, it isn’t lem facing far the most no interceptions Monday. maker to create a play. ed with one of the most prolific much different from the same Nussmeier — Doug Nussmeier on the team. “He’s brought a bunch of “We were able to create big, offensive seasons in Crimson formula that has worked for when he And on the different plays, also a differ- explosive plays in the running Tide history. Saban since his arrival in installed his biggest stage ent type of mindset to this game, and there was really not Despite losing starters at Tuscaloosa – a steady diet of a system cer- in Monday’s offense than we had last year,” a need to do anything else at nearly every skill position, physical running game, mixed tainly wasn’t talent. But most national championship game, McCarron said of Nussmeier. that point in time,” Nussmeier Alabama set single-season in with short throws and deep of that talent didn’t have Cooper hauled in more than “But I know personally he’s said. “So we’re going to have records for points scored (542) patterns usually set up by the experience playing week in, 100 yards receiving, two touch- helped me tremendously. I was a balanced game plan. We’re and offensive touchdowns play-action. week out. Ultimately, it was downs and was a centimeter actually talking to my dad the going to go into every game (68) in 2012. Quarterback AJ “As far as the hand print that two freshmen who stepped up away from adding a third. other day, and it was kind of with the ability not only to run McCarron set the program I personally put on the offense, and gave Nussmeier the speed “You know, when you get a crazy. I have less pass attempts it but to throw it, have play- record for touchdown passes in when I got here at the end of and skill he needed to run wide receiver of his caliber, than what I did last year but actions that come off our runs, a season and broke the career last year and Coach hired me, his offense. and to have the big play capa- better numbers all the way all those type of things.” record Monday. it was very important for me Eddie Lacy was entrenched bility he has, obviously the around, and I think that shows His last challenge of the 2012 Alabama saw its first pair to really dive into the offense as the No. 1 starter at running big challenge early on is not a big part of his coaching abil- season came Monday in the of 1,000-yard rushers and the that was here,” Nussmeier back, but the field behind him to give him too much to where ity and the way he’s helped me BCS National Championship offense set a record for most said. “And look at the things was wide open. A series of inju- he’s playing slow,” Nussmeier grow, not only as a leader but Game against Notre Dame, total yards in a season. that our players had done and ries opened up an opportunity said. “So we really started as a quarterback this year.” where his powerful offense At the center of the Tide’s done well, and then find things for T.J. Yeldon, who enrolled in with a small package for Coop, It was Texas A&M that pushed around the Notre offensive explosion is the most- that maybe I had done in the January 2012. Yeldon took full and it’s kind of evolved as it’s provided Nussmeier with a Dame front seven that came in ly anonymous offensive coordi- past that I could bring to help advantage, going more than gone, and now he has the abil- glimpse of what can happen if with so much hype. nator Doug Nussmeier, hired fit into this system, so to say.” 100 yards in the season-open- ity to do a lot of different things he becomes too reliant on the Nussmeier was hired to in January to run head coach The biggest change er – the first time an Alabama for us. pass. With the ball six yards add an extra dimension to the Nick Saban’s offense. Because Nussmeier has brought is a freshman had done so. “And that’s just any young away from the end zone, and Crimson Tide offense. He’s of Saban’s strict media policy – faster tempo to Alabama’s Yeldon finished with 11 player getting into a system, needing a touchdown to take done just that, while learning freshmen and assistant coach- attack at times. In its last two touchdowns and exactly 1,000 learning, but obviously his a late lead, three of Alabama’s to stick with the game plan es do not speak publicly during games – Auburn in the season yards rushing. ability to create big plays in four plays were called passes, that has brought Alabama so the season – Nussmeier usu- finale and Georgia in the SEC “He grew old early,” the passing game for us this the third of which was inter- much success in the past. ally stays behind the scenes. Championship Game – the Nussmeier said of Yeldon. season, it’s been a huge part of cepted, sealing the Crimson “It’s been an outstanding But Thursday before Crimson Tide opened with a His presence beside Lacy our success.” Tide’s fate. experience,” he said. “You can the game, Nussmeier held no-huddle look, featuring a lets Nussmeier swap the two Running the ball has been Three weeks later, fac- anticipate what it’s going to be court with reporters in Ft. three-wide receiver set. It also out interchangeably without and continues to be Alabama’s ing an 11-point deficit in the like, but I don’t think you ever Lauderdale and discussed his likes to sprinkle in the hurry- losing a step. When one gets bread and butter, but the pass- SEC Championship Game, really know until you’re there. whirlwind first season calling up style when the offense hits tired the other comes in as a ing game has seen the most Nussmeier all but abandoned This place is really special, and the shots for the Tide’s attack. a lull. fresh spell, while the defense strides under Nussmeier. the pass, going almost exclu- I just feel very fortunate that “Pleasant surprises,” he said It’s a literal change of toils away, trying to stop McCarron showed flashes of sively to the run. Twelve offen- we’ve been able to be a part of the season. “Working with pace from the grind-it-out, the pounding. brilliance in the 2011 National sive plays later – 11 of which of this.” NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Wednesday, January 9, 2013 | Page 7 waiting on perfect opportunity Alabama looking for right job, wants to lead program with which he can win

By Marc Torrence Assistant Sports Editor “ That’s completely a hypothetical. I think Alabama is a special, special FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. place, and it’s obviously a great place to coach. But as far as anything – There may not be a hotter outside of that, I’m just worried about this game and being successful at head coaching candidate than Alabama. Alabama defensive coordina- tor Kirby Smart. He has led — Kirby Smart one of the top defenses in col- lege football while working for a head coach who is consid- While it’s unknown Alabama job and waiting for it ered the best in the sport. exactly why Auburn passed on to open up. So why hasn’t Smart left Smart for Malzahn – “I’ll just “Well, I’m like Coach Saban, Alabama for an opportunity at leave that to us and them,” I don’t get into hypotheticals,” the helm of a program? Smart said – the job is a good Smart said. “That’s completely He said he’s waiting for the example of one Smart is wait- a hypothetical. I think Alabama perfect opportunity. ing for: a major program with is a special, special place, and “I have the best non-head- a lot of resources that can it’s obviously a great place to coaching job in the country, win right away. coach. But as far as anything period,” Smart said in a rare Chris Low, who covers the outside of that, I’m just worried interview appearance Friday SEC for ESPN.com, sees two about this game and being suc- before the championship schools that fit him perfectly. cessful at Alabama.” game. “I’ve got a great admin- “Alabama, if Saban leaves Smart said he had one thing istration; we’ve got a great or retires, or the Georgia on his mind during his inter- facility. I want to be where I job,” Low said. “He’s sort of view session Friday – beat- can win, and I know you can just waiting to see what hap- ing Notre Dame. His defense win at Alabama. I think that’s pens. He’s not going to go held the Fighting Irish offense so important.” somewhere where he doesn’t to 302 yards, most of which But that doesn’t mean he think he can win a cham- came when the game was far isn’t looking around. Smart’s pionship in the first couple out of hand. name is always floated around years. And I don’t blame him; The job search can wait for when an FBS job becomes I wouldn’t either.” another day. available. He interviewed at in- Smart played defensive back Smart’s ultimate goal is state rival Auburn University for the Bulldogs from 1995-1998, a head coaching job – why after was let go as and it is widely believed that wouldn’t a coach of his caliber head coach. he would jump at the oppor- strive for the top of his pro- Smart didn’t get a job offer tunity to lead his alma mater. fession? But he’s in no hurry – the Tigers opted for former Current Georgia coach Mark to leave Alabama, where he offensive coordinator Gus Richt had 8- and 9-win seasons can continue to win at a high Malzahn – but said the experi- in 2009 and 2010, turning up the level, while learning from ence was priceless. temperature of his seat in the one of the best. “I think the interview pro- ever-competitive SEC. “I think I just turned 37. I am cess is beneficial for you But Richt responded with so worried about Notre Dame, because you find out a lot more two straight SEC Eastern I don’t know my age,” Smart about the people you’re talking Division titles and came within said. “I don’t worry about to, and you also find out a lot four points of Alabama of play- where I’m going to be in three more about yourself and you ing in a national champion- years or ten years. I think if you get better experience doing ship this season. For now, it win, that takes care of itself, that,” Smart said. “I certainly appears that Richt is safe and and I’m not in such a hurry to think it’s a benefit. And Coach sound in Athens. run off and do anything that I Saban has been extremely sup- As for Alabama, Saban, 61, don’t have a pressing issue. If portive of me in that process has shown no sign of letting up. I was 47, I might feel different- and has told me on a number He signed a contract extension ly. But most important thing of occasions that he knows that in the spring that will have him to me right now is winning I’m going to have opportuni- in Tuscaloosa until 2019. championships and developing CW | Austin Bigoney ties, and he’s happy for me for Smart dismissed any notion young men into better players Defensive Coordinator Kirby Smart celebrates with his son following the National Championship game those opportunities.” of having his eye on the and better people.” win. Page 8 | Tuesday, January 9, 2013 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Despite being in the minority, cheers from Alabama fans were the only ones heard in Miami

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CW | Austin Bigoney Safety Robert Lester (left), defensive tackle Jesse Williams (top) and offensive lineman Chance Warmack (right) helped the Crim- son Tide to three national championships in four years. The 2012 senior class ends this season as the winningest class in school history.

By Zac Al-Khateeb This class was present for the for the Tide. also recognition as one of Staff Reporter resurgence of Alabama as it But the one thing all these the greatest senior classes skyrocketed back to the pin- players had in common was in college football. MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – nacle of college football and their ability to step up and lead Of course, Alabama faced Forty-nine wins in four years. built a modern-day when their senior year came. more challenges than the Sixty-one wins in five. A 4-1 nearly from the ground up. Saban said he challenged the Fighting Irish on their way to record against Auburn. Two When reflecting on the senior class to become more sealing itself with that moni- Southeastern Conference accomplishments his class than just role models on and ker – they also had to compete Championships. Three BCS has achieved, Jones said he off the field, but active lead- with their own successes. National Championships. never thought the success he ers in helping the underclass- “Coming into the season, That is the résumé boasted and his fellow seniors have men, so that Alabama can con- I told Coach Smart that in by the 2012 senior class of experienced would be as vast tinue its unbelievable string the linebacker meeting, it’s the . as it is. of success. hard for me to go out and It’s not just impressive, it’s “Who could have known “They’ve certainly been play the right way,” Johnson historic. This year’s senior that we would have so many an instrumental part of the said. “Because I’ve played for class – headlined by center opportunities to accomplish success that we’ve had, and two national championships Barrett Jones, linebacker Nico such great things?” Jones I think the thing that people and one SEC Championship Johnson, offensive lineman said. “That being said, we need to understand is their already. And to have another Chance Warmack and safety don’t really worry about lega- roles have constantly changed to fight for a third one, at the Robert Lester – has cement- cy and dynasties and that sort as they’ve grown up in the time, was very difficult.” ed itself as the winningest of thing.” program,” Saban said. “They The seniors and their team- program in school history. Alabama head coach Nick started out being young play- mates rose to the occasion, Of course, the success of Saban said the most impres- ers who needed to mature… though, beating Notre Dame this senior class isn’t limited sive thing about the 2012 And now their role has com- to win their third champion- to just their sheer of number senior class was how they’ve pletely changed to where ship and immortalize their victories: They’ve also joined been able to mature over the they’re the leaders that set names in the lore of college the ranks of the 1997 Nebraska years. Players like Warmack the examples and embrace the football. But, in true fashion Cornhuskers and the 1949 and Lester, who have been at challenges.” for a Saban-coached team, Notre Dame Fighting Irish as Alabama their entire careers, And of course, the final chal- the seniors reveled not in the only teams to win three were forced to wait and learn lenge for this senior class was the accomplishments they national titles in four years. behind some of the best play- to guide their team to a level attained at Alabama. Rather, The 2012 senior class has ers at their respective posi- of success no other Alabama they reveled in what earned seen more than their fair tions. Other players who came team had before: winning the them that success: playing to share of success on the field, to Alabama from the junior third championship in four a standard of excellence. but their achievements tran- college ranks had the added years, thereby earning it “That ’08 class, they bought scend merely winning football difficulty of being a heavy con- not only the title of the best into it,” Johnson said. “They games and championships. tributor earlier in their career team in Alabama history, but set a standard for everybody.”

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By Allan Joseph Editor-in-chief for The Observer, Notre Dame’s student newspaper “Our guys clearly know what it looks like,” Kelly said. “[The Crimson Tide] MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — are back-to-back national champs. So that’s what it looks like. Measure It wasn’t pretty, and it was a yourself against that, and I think it was pretty clear across the board what deeply unsatisfying end to a we have to do. storybook 2012 season. But once you step back from the chaos and the heartbreak, — Brian Kelly some bright spots emerge — not just in the big picture of the 2012 campaign but in the invaluable experience against a One of the biggest reasons 42-14 loss. There aren’t many fantastic Crimson Tide defense the loss in the BCS National to highlight, but those that are — and played well. Barring any Championship is still a bright suggest the Irish will be back major upheaval, he should be spot, however, is the entire for more next fall. able to go into spring practice program, from Kelly down to By far the best thing about focusing on improving his spe- the walk-ons, saw exactly what Notre Dame’s title game per- cific weaknesses, not on com- it takes to become a national formance was the play of soph- peting for the starting job. champion. It takes top-to- omore quarterback Everett “His motivation in the off- bottom athleticism. It takes Golson. His stat line wasn’t season is going to be to get the ability to peak at the right phenomenal (21-of-36 for 270 back to this game,” Irish coach time. It takes dominance at yards, one touchdown and Brian Kelly said. “And the every position. And while the one frankly unlucky intercep- experience that he is able to Irish aren’t there yet, they’re tion), but the young quarter- take from this game, you can’t on their way. back played one of the best duplicate it if you’re sitting “Our guys clearly know games of his career. After [at] home or playing in a bowl what it looks like,” Kelly said. more than 40 days of prepara- game. When you’re playing for “[The Crimson Tide] are back- tion, Golson had more control a national championship, that to-back national champs. of his pre-snap reads, better stuff doesn’t leave you.” So that’s what it looks like. footwork and better timing Daniels and Jones were Measure yourself against that, with his receivers than at any also bright spots for the Notre and I think it was pretty clear point this season, save per- Dame offense. Both showed across the board what we have haps the second half of the their ability to do more than to do. Oklahoma contest. run their routes and to impro- “We all now know what we He missed a few long vise with Golson to find a way have to do to move from where throws, but he was accurate to get open downfield. They we are, which is a 12-0 foot- when finding T.J. Jones and will become true weapons ball team, pretty darned good DaVaris Daniels on curl and next fall. football team, but not good out routes. He saw Alabama’s Not enough can be said enough.” safeties playing in the middle about junior nose guard Louis Kelly should know. When he of the field to take away Tyler Nix and the effort he put forth. first took Grand Valley State to Eifert’s seam routes and knew Despite being somewhat wind- a national championship game that meant he had one-on-one ed and somewhat injured, Nix in 2001, his Lakers lost. But in coverage outside — so he took went up against All-American 2002, he took them back and advantage, earning the major- center Barrett Jones admira- won the title before doing it ity of his yards outside the bly all night long and proved again in 2003. hash marks. equal to the future first-round- The Irish were not close Golson didn’t rush the ball er. Given Nix’s incredible moti- to Alabama. But there was very much, but he did repeat- vation (dropping 50 pounds, more to be happy about than edly extend plays with his as he’s done since he arrived first appeared. It’s not just scrambling ability, all the at Notre Dame, is no easy that Notre Dame exceeded all while keeping his eyes down- task) to go from very good expectations for the 2012 sea- field. Perhaps the best part of it to dominant, he will wreak son. It’s that, if you look close- CW | Austin Bigoney all, though is Golson got truly havoc in 2013. ly, 2013 might be even better. Despite a championship game defeat, Notre Dame fans are optimistic about the future of the Fight Irish.

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COLUMN Despite all the hype, Notre Dame didn’t belong on the fi eld with Alabama

By Marquavius Burnett a whipping. ground. And that spin move Sports Editor The Tide pulled off a rare he pulled to shake two defend- feat of repetition, making three ers for the 11-yard score was MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – national championships in four just nasty. It was the fourth quarter of a years – joining Nebraska of It was unfair from the start game that was well in hand, but the 1990s and Notre Dame of and didn’t get any better. When the star quarterback and domi- the 1940s as the only teams to Notre Dame loaded the box to nant offensive lineman were win three national champion- stop the run, McCarron found fighting on the field. ships in four years during the tight end Michael Williams, AJ McCarron, who left the poll era. Amari Cooper and Lacy for locker room with a boot on But history and tradition touchdowns through the air. his right foot, yelled at Barrett went out the window. It was The Irish’s front seven Jones, who played with torn billed as a slugfest, but only seemed soft. Its secondary was ligaments in his left foot one team brought its right even worse than what most and will need surgery. Jones hook to the fight. From the first expected. And Heisman candi- shoved McCarron. Nick Saban snap, Alabama lined up and date Manti Te’o did nothing to screamed furiously on the side- hit Notre Dame in the mouth, help his draft stock. line at the entire situation. and the Irish had no idea how “We came in with a great So what happened? to respond. game plan and executed “It was an emotional game, It’s a scary thought for the perfectly,” said offensive and we had a snap count differ- rest of the college football coordinator Doug Nussmeier. ence. I was right,” Jones said of world that this was supposed to That makes it seven the situation. “But we love each be Alabama’s rebuilding year, straight for the Southeastern other and gave each other a big especially on defense. Conference. hug after the game.” After losing all of the talent SEC Commissioner Mike Why they yelled at each from last year’s run, new faces Slive gushed over the accom- other or who was right isn’t the stepped in and stepped up to fill plishment and the league he’s point. The point is Alabama’s what looked like gaping holes. run for a decade. football program, from top to The fact that Notre Dame “I can tell you one thing, it bottom, demands excellence. was able to score was major never gets old,” Slive said. “It’s It was on full display in the No. news, because it ended an extraordinary achievement. 2 Crimson Tide mauling of No. Alabama’s streak of 108 min- I know records are meant to be 1 Notre Dame 42-14 to win the utes and seven seconds of broken, but I don’t think this BCS National Championship scoreless time in championship one ever will.” on Monday night. Notre Dame games. Alabama had scored 69 No one knows what the future didn’t belong in the stadium unanswered points dating back holds for Alabama, but with the with Alabama, and it was evi- to 2009. returning talent and Saban at dent from the opening kick. It was so out of hand that the helm, three in a row doesn’t Alabama took Notre Dame at one point Notre Dame line- sound too far fetched. to the woodshed. They were backer Danny Spond attempted “Two days from now, we have like a parent telling a child to to tackle Eddie Lacy, and Lacy to get ready for next year,” CW | Austin Bigoney pick his or her own switch for literally threw him into the Saban said. The Tide consistently dominated the fi eld in the BCS National Championship game. NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Wednesday, January 9, 2013 | Page 13 Tide fans fi nd ways to celebrate outside Miami By Chandler Wright Cochran said. “As far as atmo- play’ commentary,” Cochran and they sing and cheer along,” her friends, especially when I went to the BCS game last Assistant News Editor sphere, one can watch the game said. “By the end of the game, Cochran said. surrounded by fellow fans. year, and I don’t feel like I on three big screens, as well as the person sitting beside you Although many students “There is no comparing get- missed out,” Chappel said. Alabama students who didn’t 21 other flat screens through- has become one of your good watched the game at restau- ting to yell and cheer with “After the game we went to the get to go to the national champi- out the restaurant and bar. We buddies, and people are run- rants and bars throughout your fellow collegiate Bama Strip. The roads were blocked onship game on Monday night also have four dartboards and ning around high-fiving and Tuscaloosa, some students fans that you hadn’t seen dur- off, and it was like a huge block found many places around eight pool tables.” hugging completely random chose to watch the game in a ing Christmas break,” Croon party.” Tuscaloosa to watch the game Cochran said in many cases people…It’s pretty fun to expe- different setting. said. “It’s awesome knowing Croon echoed this sentiment and celebrate the win. the restaurant starts filling rience.” “I watched the game at a that almost everyone in town and said she was glad she was “My favorite part of the expe- up two or three hours before According to Cochran, friend’s house, where we all is watching the same game in Tuscaloosa to watch the big rience was the sense of commu- kickoff for all away games but Wilhagan’s also has some brought something to eat and cheering for our school. game. nity during and after the game. especially for big games like gameday traditions of their and share with everyone,” You can’t say that for any other “I’m so glad I was in There were around 10 people the national championship on own. Rachel Croon, a junior major- town.” Tuscaloosa,” Croon said. “The I watched the game with, but Monday night. “Before and after the game, ing in speech pathology, said. Despite the fact that he didn’t moment the game ended, it felt like I knew everyone in “You look out in the crowd, we always play ‘Sweet Home “The moment the game ended get to go to Miami to watch the everyone ran [to] the Strip the crowd downtown and on and all you see is crimson. Alabama’, ‘Rammer Jammer’ though, we all ran to the Strip game, Chappell said he didn’t and continued to cheer in the the Strip after,” Jon Chappell, During the game, we have and ‘Yea Alabama’ over our to join in the celebration.” regret his decision and had a streets. There’s nothing like a graduate student in business, complete strangers high-fiving loud speakers, and after every Croon said watching the lot of fun watching the game in celebrating a win with hun- said. “And winning wasn’t so each other and talking stats Bama score, we’ll play ‘Yea game in Tuscaloosa was an Tuscaloosa. dreds of other people just as bad either.” and giving their own ‘play-by- Alabama’… The crowd loves it, exciting experience for her and “I didn’t go to Miami because excited as you are.” Chappell spent most of the game at Moe’s Original Bar B Que in downtown Tuscaloosa and said it provided a great environment to watch the game surrounded by fellow stu- dents and fans. “It was an awesome environ- ment,” Chappell said. “They have a lot of TVs that were all showing the game. The whole restaurant would cheer at the same time after we scored. Everyone was in a great mood.” Wilhagan’s Grill and Tap Room was another popular spot for students to watch the national championship game on Monday night. Assistant manager Johnny Cochran said Wilhagan’s was a great stop for sports enthusiasts who didn’t make it to Miami. “We have a lot to offer stu- dents and other Alabama foot- ball enthusiasts…from our food and drinks to our atmosphere. We have one of the largest beer selections in town…especially craft beer and high gravity,” Page 14 | Wednesday, January 9, 2013 NEWS OPINION CULTURE SPORTS Cochran mentors, motivates Tide players Strength and Conditioning Coach Scott Cochran teaches life lessons as well as weight training

By Zackary Al-Khateeb He was simply talking to a get over, you realize that’s just Staff Reporter reporter about his responsibili- Coach Cochran being Coach ties as strength and condition- Cochran.” MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – ing coach. Cochran has made Still, it’s not all fire all the Reporters were milling around a name for himself among the time for Cochran — he has Sun Life Stadium, casually chat- Alabama fandom with such another side to him when ting up Alabama players and fiery displays. He’s presented addressing players that most coaches during media days as himself as a molder of future fans don’t get to see. Despite they prepared for the upcoming football stars and someone some initial intimidation for national championship game. who’s likely to address a com- the younger players, Cochran The game was only two days plete stranger the same way he connects with the entire foot- away, but most of the players would a player. ball team. He spends more time seemed less than enthused with Freshman running back T.J. with them than anyone else on exploring the future site of the Yeldon, a naturally quiet guy the Alabama coaching staff, and championship game and more who lets his play on the field do makes himself someone to con- content to avoid any interaction the talking, said it was a bit of fide in, a giver of advice and all- with the media. Most players a culture shock for him to see around mentor. were comfortable to sit in the Cochran for the first time. “I’ve got 130 players,” stands and make the reporters “He was like a loud guy, and Cochran said. “A lot of them come to them. When they were just kept screaming and stuff are scared to come walk in that interviewed, they answered the when we first got there, when door. But once they do, they’re questions quietly and quickly we worked out,” Yeldon said. going to see a different guy sat back down when they were “But after I got used to it, I than the guy that’s on the floor. CW | Austin Bigoney done. understood why. Just stay work- They’re going to see the real, Players, coaches and fans always talk about Cochran’s intenese demeanor either at practice, during Opposite the players, howev- ing on us, staying on us, getting authentic who I am, what I’m games or in promotion videos. But the rambunctious coach also has a soft side. er, came a loud yell, a fixture on everybody focused.” about.” the sidelines of Bryant-Denny Senior tight end Michael And even though Cochran’s Stadium: “Yeah, yeah, yeah, Williams, who’s gotten a lit- job is to prepare and maintain ‘this is what it’s like in the real weight a player’s able to lift, or the lessons he taught them. yeah!” tle more used to Cochran’s players’ conditioning for foot- world.’ Because to me, college how many of his former players “Those are the things that Alabama strength and con- demeanor in the weight room, ball – a job he’s had much suc- is setting you up. Because if you enter into the NFL, or even his you’re always coaching,” ditioning coach Scott Cochran said his attitude is something cess doing – he said his ulti- miss a class, we’re going to han- three championships his teams Cochran said. “Those are the had let everyone in the stadium younger players get used to as mate purpose as a coach isn’t to dle that. If you miss work, you have earned in his six years at little things that make them know where he was. But he the season progresses. simply beef up his players. His lose your job.” the position. become men you’re fired up wasn’t trying to fire up one of “You have to get used to it,” real job is to prepare them for Cochran said he stresses the For Cochran, true success about. his players, he wasn’t getting Williams said. “You have to a future outside of football, past same qualities that Nick Saban comes when his former players “You can get as many rings riled up with another of the get adjusted to it, because you college. preaches: doing things the right are able to become responsible, as you want, but when you see Alabama coaches. In fact, he walk in the first day, you hear “Every chance I get, I’m going way, all the time. As much as successful men after college, a guy with that, you feel like wasn’t doing anything particu- somebody hollering, you don’t to bring my three kids around Cochran said he loves his job, men with full-time jobs who pro- you’ve accomplished some- larly exciting at all. know who it is. Then once you them,” Cochran said. “I say, he doesn’t count success by the vide for their families by using thing.” Jones assesses ‘big picture,’ refl ects on time here Senior offensive lineman played the last two games of the season with torn ligaments in his foot

versatility and talent every dynasty.” season by helping to lead his versatility will not be the most year, turning in playing time But rather than merely wit- team over the No. 1 and No. lasting legacy he leaves at at right guard, left tackle and nessing the unbelievable string 3 teams in Notre Dame and Alabama, however. That will most recently at the center of success Alabama has seen Georgia respectively, all with be how he handled himself as a position. over the last five years, Jones torn ligaments in his foot. Even leader, not just for the offensive In terms of individual has had a hand in creating it. after it was revealed Jones’s line but also for the entire team. awards, Jones has become In all three of Alabama’s cham- injury is the kind that typically Jones, who’d already seen one of the most decorated pionships over the last four ends football seasons, he con- incredible success at Alabama, linemen in Alabama history. seasons, Jones started. He was tinued to play it off. could have easily checked out In 2011, he won the Outland instrumental to the success “Just kind of an annoying for his senior year, unmotivat- Trophy, given to the nation’s of the offensive line in each injury, where the ligaments in ed to continue the kind of suc- best interior lineman at left of those years and is largely the middle of your foot tear,” cess he’d already seen so much tackle, widely regarded as the responsible for the success of Jones said. “There was no way I of. But this year, as a senior, hardest position on the line. In the offense and the team. was missing this game. I wasn’t he was tasked with becoming 2012, Jones has gone on to win And now Jones has finished going to miss it for anything. more of a leader for his team the Rimington, awarded to the off his college career as the You’d have to pull me off that – all the seniors were – and nation’s top center. key component to one of the field. I loved the way I finished has come through with flying And for good measure, he best offensive lines in college it, and it was fun.” colors. also won the academic equiva- football history with a win Such acts of toughness from Case in point: The Thursday lent of the Heisman in the John over Notre Dame, a feat only Jones have earned him the before the game, Jones and the W. Campbell Award, just to one other Alabama team has devotion of the Alabama fan- rest of the seniors called a play- prove he has brain as well as accomplished. dom, as well as the respect ers-only meeting to discuss the brawn. The gravity of the accom- for his teammates, especially lack of explosiveness in team In terms of wins and champi- plishment didn’t escape Jones, his fellow linemen. Of course, practices thus far. Rather than CW | Austin Bigoney onships, only a select number who usually doesn’t allow him- Jones’s toughness isn’t what’s let the problem continue, Jones Senior offensive lineman Barrett Jones started in all three of Ala- of players have come close to self to look at his or his class’s made him a household name and the rest of the senior class bama’s championship wins under Head Coach Nick Saban. the success Jones and his class accomplishments in terms of in Alabama. That would be his addressed the problem. Four have seen at Alabama: 49 wins the “big picture.” natural talent and versatility to days later, that meeting culmi- in four seasons, 60 wins in five “It’s just hard to believe that play any position on the line. nated in a 42-14 beat-down over By Zac Al-Khateeb of these feats, while oth- seasons, and three champion- I’m actually a part of some- Senior guard Chance the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Staff Reporter ers achieve more. Alabama ships in four seasons. thing like this,” Jones said. Warmack, likely to be the first And now Jones has cement- senior center Barrett Jones, But, much like many greats to “Something like three out offensive lineman in the 2013 ed himself as one of the all-time MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – In however, has attained every have played the game, Jones’s of four. It’s just a significant NFL Draft, couldn’t say enough greatest players in Alabama college football, many guide- one in spades. Since 2008, Jones accomplishments haven’t come accomplishment in college about Jones’s importance to football history. No single team, lines exist to determine the has become one of the most cel- without their doubts. football history. I think pretty the team. player or group of player has success of an individual dur- ebrated players in the game by “There’s a Sports Illustrated much teams will pretty much “He’s very smart and very seen the type of success that ing his tenure at school: how doing so. hanging in my room, because always remember what this talented,” Warmack said. “He Jones has during his time at well he played, what he meant He’s consistently been one I’m on it, from 2009,” Jones said. team accomplished over the knows the offense and defense the Capstone. Whether it’s in to his team, number of indi- of Alabama’s best linemen “It says, ‘Dynasty: Can anyone past four years, and it’s pretty very well, and he can adjust at terms of wins, championships vidual awards, number of wins, on the team – and on a team stop Alabama?’ I’ll never forget special to be a part of it.” any position, so he brings ver- or any intangible factor, none number of championships. such as Alabama, that’s say- looking at that thing and won- Jones added to his legacy satility to the offense.” come close to what Jones has Some players achieve some ing something. He’s proved his dering if we really could be a over the last two games of the Jones’s talent and accomplished. HERE. THERE. EVERYWHERE.

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