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Scab even gets that Bama will be (if not already) the center of college football world.

By Kevin Scarbinsky -- The Birmingham News
April 25, 2010, 5:30AM

Alabama's Nick Saban coaches one of his two 2010 NFL first-round draft picks, Kareem Jackson, in this August 2009 photo. (The Birmingham News / Michelle Williams)Now that the NFL Draft is done, it’s fair to say that Nick Saban’s domination of college football, coming and going, is not complete.

Not yet.

Sure, he’s got two recruiting national championships at Alabama, which led to one actual national championship, which may be just the first in a series, but he’s still searching for a draft national championship.

Alabama finished tied for second this time, just behind a school that knows what’s coming when it sees crimson in the rearview mirror.

Final score: Florida 9, Alabama 7, Oklahoma 7, USC 7.

Which one of those programs is on the rise?

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My "sources" indicate this is about what Alabama is attempting to do with their schedule. It appears trips to Dallas may be in the works with a couple of higher profile teams. Perhaps teams that hired new coaches this year.

By Gentry Estes, Mobile Press-Register
April 30, 2010, 10:35PM
Alabama's future two-year football series with Georgia Tech has been postponed by agreement of the two schools, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution is reporting tonight.

The original deal called for the schools to meet on Sept. 14, 2013 and Sept. 13, 2014. Make-up dates have not been announced.

Alabama has played Georgia Tech 52 times in school history, winning 28, but the schools have not played since 1984.

The Tide is set to host Penn State this season and return the trip in 2011. Alabama is also down to host Michigan State in 2016 and visit Spartan Stadium in 2017.

Wonder what schools were quoted in this?

April, 23, 2010 Apr 232:44PM ETEmail Print Share By Chris LowDuring my travels around the league this spring, I've had several administrators at schools tell me they didn't see any way the SEC schedule would be changed next season in order to give Alabama some relief from having to face six teams coming off byes.

Two different athletic directors told me they flatly refused to move games.

Nonetheless, SEC associate commissioner Charles Bloom says the league has not closed the door on being able to make a couple of changes for the 2010 season and is still exploring different scenarios.

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