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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Jeremy Pike is a 37-year-old native and resident of Tuscaloosa, Ala. Like all proper fans of the Alabama Crimson Tide, he maintains an abiding hatred of Southeastern Conference rivals Auburn and Tennessee. But there is a third member of his unholy fan trinity, and always has been. "Oh, I hate Notre Dame," Pike said. "I never pull for them." On Nov. 3, Pike and about 50 other Alabama fans were in Louisiana getting ready to watch the Tide play LSU – the most anticipated game of the year. But before the game, they were glued to...

Notre Dame Fans Continue To Trash Alabama With Offensive National Championship T-Shirts Andrew TredinnickDec. 27, 2012, 12:43 PM In the month leading up to Notre Dame's first trip to the national championship game in more than two decades, Irish faithful have created a series of T-shirts bashing their opponent, Alabama. Notre Dame is winning the trash-talking battle with the series of racy shirts, but the last thing Notre Dame needs is to provide a feisty Crimson Tide team and fan base with any source of motivation before the game. Maybe Alabama will take the shirts for their comedic value. Eleven...

The 2012-13 bowl season starts in Albuquerque, N.M., and ends in Miami. Here's a look at the schedule from the Gildan New Mexico Bowl on Dec. 15 to the Discover BCS National Championship Game on Jan. 7 in Miami's Sun Life Stadium.

Top 10: 1: KSU2: Oregon3: Notre Dame4: 'Bama5: UGA6: UF7: LSU8: TAMU9: The Other USC10:FSU

Top 10: 1: 'Bama2: KSU3: Oregon4: Notre Dame5: UGA6: UF7: LSU8: The Other USC9: Louisville10: FSU The highest ranked Big 10 = 12 bowl eligible team is Nebraska at #16.

Top 10: 1: 'Bama2: KSU3: Notre Dame4: Oregon5: LSU6: UGA7: UF8: The Other USC9: FSU10: LouisvilleHighest ranked Big 10 = 12 Bowl Eligible Team is Nebraska at 20.

Top 10: 1: 'Bama2: UF3: KSU4: Oregon5: Notre Dame6: LSU7: the OSU with the cute mascot8: OU9: USC10: UGA The highest ranking bowl eligible Big 10 = 12 is UM at number 22

Top 10: 1: 'Bama2: U Florida3: Oregon4: KSU5: Notre Dame6: LSU7: The Other USC8: The OSU With Cute Mascot9: OU10: USC

Top 10: 1: 'Bama2: Oregon3: The Other USC4: WVU5: U Florida6: Notre Dame7: KSU8: LSU9: OSU with the cute mascot10: UGA

Top 10: 1: 'Bama2: Oregon3: LSU4: FSU5: The Other USC6: UGA7: Notre Dame8: Kansas State9: West Virginia10: Florida

Top 10: 1: 'Bama2: Oregon3: LSU4: Florida State5: UGA6: Stanford7: The other USC8: Kansas State9: Notre Dame10: Florida

Top 10: 1: 'Bama2: LSU3: Oregon4: Stanford5: UGA6: OU7: The other USC8: FSU9: Clemson10: Notre Dame

Top 10: 1: 'Bama2: LSU3: Oregon4: USC5: UGA6: OU7: MSU8: The other USC9: KSU10: FSU

The crystal football Alabama won for beating LSU in the BCS championship game in January was shattered on A-Day when it was accidentally knocked off a display by the father of a current player.

Cops arrest man in lewd post-BCS video NEW ORLEANS -- An Alabama man was arrested late Thursday in connection with a video appearing to show someone in a University of Alabama jacket abusing an unconscious Louisiana State University fan after Alabama beat LSU for the BCS football championship. Brian Downing, 32, of Smiths Station, Ala., was booked on charges of sexual battery and obscenity. He was videotaped Jan. 9 "placing his genitals on an LSU fan's face. The LSU fan appears to be heavily inebriated and practically unconscious," a police statement said. That videotape, the last minute of which shows...

Link only as per posting guidelines: USA Today Gist of article: Ratings for title game down 8 percent from last year; barely (by 0.3 percent) above all time low; all BCS games down 12 percent from last year

Alabama Ties Notre Dame With Most National Titles In Poll Era Cork Gaines Jan. 10, 2012, 9:43 AM If you want another reason why the poll system in college football is absurd, just try to figure out how many national championships Alabama has after winning last night's BCS Championship game. Alabama claims it is their 14th national title. But according to the NCAA, Alabama has actually been recognized with 18 titles. The problem, of course, is that the NCAA does not have a system to determine the national champion on the field. Even with the BCS system, the NCAA still...

Alabama just intercepted a pass at the LSU 32 with 7:00 left in the third quarter.

Most of Southern Louisiana is currently covered by rain showers that are headed eastward to New Orleans. The concern should be that by the end of the game tonight severe weather may be over the Superdome. With all the probable drinking and celebrating, this may make for a bad combination. It will not be Chamber of Commerce weather for this event. This weather was on the Texas border this morning, and has been moving Eastward all day...

For the first time since the BCS held its first "national championship" game after the 1998 season, there won't be any bowl game that can realistically be portrayed as a "national championship" game. This year's game can only be considered as giving the University of Alabama an opportunity to avenge its loss against Louisiana State University(LSU). The two schools can only play for the championship of the western division of the Southeast Conference(SEC). Alabama cannot even claim the championship of the SEC from a victory because that would require Alabama to defeat eastern division champion , the University of Georgia....