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the SPORTS is cooking up a win for Lacrosse team looks Scene the Super Bowl 16 to grow at UA 10 Thursday, February 2,, 2012 ServingS i theh UiUniversity i off AAlabamal b sincei 1894 Vol. 118, Issue 81 Bama hauls in high school headliners By Zac Al-Khateeb Senior Sports Reporter [email protected] @ZacAlKhateeb The Alabama Crimson Tide was able to bring in another stellar recruiting class on National Signing Day Wednesday, bringing in the nation’s top-rated recruiting class, according to Rivals.com. Several highly touted recruits lead Alabama’s 26-member class. Alabama’s recruiting class was headlined by athletes Eddie Williams and Cyrus Jones, as well as wide receivers Chris Black and Amari Cooper, to name a few. The class consists of three five-star recruits and 14 four-star recruits. Head coach Nick Saban said he believes this class will have a suc- cessful career at the University. “We’re very, very pleased with the group of players that we were able to attract this year, in this signing class,” Saban said. “…We do feel like these young men were recruited here because we felt that they could be successful at this institution.” Despite Alabama’s addition of a number of productive offensive players, the Tide was also able to haul in some of the best defen- sive talent in the nation to help fill a depleted defensive backfield. Alabama lost six out of eight starters in the defensive backfield but was able to reload at these positions by sign- ing five linebackers and four defensive backs. Of course, Landon Collins, a safety out of Louisiana, was the Tide’s biggest haul of the day. Saban discussed the possibil- ity of Collins playing early in his career. “We feel like Landon Collins is an outstanding player, a fine young man,” Saban said. “We give everybody an oppor- tunity to play as freshmen. The more mature guys that learn more quickly are the guys that have the best chance to contribute as freshmen. Landon’s defi- nitely demonstrated all these qualities.” See SIGNING, page 10 CW | Mackenzie Brown; Images courtesy of ESPN Students remember A painter’s trademark As Alabama’s football legacy advances, so does former TCF chair the legal battle over Daniel Moore’s paintings By William Evans By Melissa Brown Senior Staff Reporter Staff Reporter [email protected] [email protected] Daniel Moore believes in “His class, filled with dusty old movies, taught God, Trent Richardson and me to see the possible and reminded me that the legacy of Alabama foot- an average radio broadcaster from a small ball–all despite an ongoing Alabama town can make it in this industry.” legal controversy. So read University of Alabama student Kyle Moore, a 1976 UA graduate David Pierce’s Facebook status when he learned and sports artist, has cap- of the death of Gary Copeland, a retired depart- tured some of the most his- ment chair and professor in the department of toric moments in Alabama telecommunication and film. football since his first paint- Copeland, who died over the weekend, retired ing in 1979 depicting the in the summer of 2011 following a career of 30 Submitted Photo famous “Goal Line Stand” years at the University. According to the College Students remembered Gary Copeland as helpful that stopped Penn State from of Communication and Information Sciences, he and respectful. crossing the one-yard line in wanted to spend more time with his grandchil- science major,” said Pierce, now a junior study- the 1979 Sugar Bowl. dren, his “first love.” ing telecommunication and film management. To commemorate the “His class was the first media/film class that I Crimson Tide’s victory in the took once I got to college. I came in as a political See COPELAND, page 2 BCS National Championship game against Louisiana State University, Moore will com- plete a two-phased painting by summer 2012. The bottom half, designed as a standalone piece that Stadium cell service, ten can be purchased sepa- rately, depicts the Crimson Tide defense surrounding Hoor on Trustees’ agenda LSU quarterback Jordan Jefferson. In the center, By Taylor Holland Dont’a Hightower is stripping News Editor The addition of the antennas will improve the football from the unsure [email protected] hands of Jefferson. Submitted Photo wireless phone and data reception on game The top half features in The sketch of Daniel Moore’s latest print commemorates the Tide’s The Board of Trustees of the University of days. its center the catch Kevin 14th national championship. Alabama will vote on whether to allow the instal- Norwood made in leaping it was that play,” Moore said. Moore attributes the victory lation of 715 cellular antennas inside Bryant- above the head of LSU defen- “Having Alabama up over the in New Orleans to the strong Denny Stadium this Thursday at their quarterly sive back Tyronne Mathieu. face of LSU means Alabama performance of the Crimson meeting. If approved, Verizon and AT&T will pay for the “If there was one image over LSU, and that’s the right Tide defense. In deciding how The addition of the antennas will improve wire- upgrade, known as the wireless distribution sys- out of that game that visually order for us Alabama fans. to artistically represent that less phone and data reception on game days, you could look at it and you The rest of the painting tells according to Board of Trustees documents. See TRUSTEES, page 5 could tell who won the game, how Alabama won the game.” See MOORE, page 3 cle th ecy is r pa se p a e today’s paper r INSIDE today e WEATHER l • P P P l l e e a a a a Briefs ........................2 Sports .....................10 Partly s s P.O. 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