Here are the stories making the rounds in Tuscaloosa as of midday Monday:

  • Alabama is the nation's pick to claim this year's recruiting title, according to a Sportsnation poll on ESPN.com.
  • The University of Alabama decreased its recruiting expenses by nearly 5% in 2011-12, but still spent close to one million dollars.
  • Alabama football commitment Tyren Jones had his jaw broken in a locker room altercation and will have surgery to repair it Monday.
  • This updated mock draft has two Alabama players in the top ten and three in the first round.


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