Alabama wins recruiting national title

Rivals.com ^ | Feb 6th, 2008 | Jeremy Crabtree

[bamahead]

The Tide came rolling in on National Signing Day. After an impressive flurry of commitments in the past 48 hours, and thanks to a solid recruiting foundation that was laid in the spring and summer, Alabama has been crowned by Rivals.com as the recruiting national champions for the class of 2008.

The Crimson Tide finished with an amazing run in Nick Saban's second recruiting class in Tuscaloosa. Saban and his staff landed three five-star players and 18 four-star recruits, giving them enough of a push to edge Notre Dame and SEC rival Florida.

As of 3 p.m. EST, the Tide was sitting with 2,819 points, just ahead of Notre Dame, Florida, Oklahoma and Georgia. The rest of the Rivals.com top 10 consisted of Miami at No. 6, Florida State at No. 7, Ohio State at No. 8, Michigan at No. 9 and USC at No. 10.

There are several uncommitted players who could cause some shifts in the top-10, but nobody has enough left on the board to knock the Tide from their perch.

THE TOP 10

1. Alabama 2. Notre Dame 3. Florida 4. Oklahoma 5. Georgia 6. Miami 7. Florida State 8. Ohio State 9. Michigan 10. USC

[bamahead]

1 Alabama
2 Notre Dame
3 Florida
4 Miami
5 Oklahoma
6 Georgia
7 Florida State
8 Ohio State
9 Michigan
10 USC
11 LSU
12 Clemson
13 UCLA
14 Texas
15 Colorado
16 Texas A&M
17 Minnesota
18 Virginia Tech
19 Oregon
20 Auburn
21 Arizona State
22 South Carolina
23 Ole Miss
24 Illinois
25 Washington

[bamahead]

NCAA Football ping!
/gloat :)

[petitfour]

RTR!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now let’s see what we can do with ‘em!

[CholeraJoe]

Er...exactly how many Iron Bowls has the Tide won this century? One. Yes.

War Eagle!

[bamahead]

Check out this kid Julio Jones’ highlight reel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7djgR4tDSg

Should fill DJ Hall’s shoes nicely.

[bamahead]

[KeyesPlease]

Actually, those numbers will be final at 6pm EST. Miami is number 3.

[petitfour]

Hopefully with less attitude. RTR

[Martin Tell]

National championships? Get over it. Bear's a corpse and has been for some time.

Congrats on your #1 recruiting rating. Better hope the NCAA's not too interested. May be the death penalty the next time you're caught.

[bamahead]

Hope not.
I think Saban proved that he doesn’t tolerate bull this year...hopefully the leaders ‘got it’.

RTR.

[sweet_diane]

Roll TIDE ROLL!

[sweet_diane]

Hubby loved the graphic. Then he made a joke about a Sociology degree from Auburn, but I won’t go there. lol

[GOP_Raider]

The FR College Football Ping List FReepmail GOP_Raider to be on or off this list

[rockthecasbah]

Congrats - now go make Bear proud and win the SEC!

[southernerwithanattitude]

Now if Nick can get them to play up to their billing.

[PAR35]

4 from the SEC West, and just 3 from the East. A bit surprising to see Ole Miss on, and Tennessee off the list.

[Dog Gone]

The numbers are skewed a bit by the number of recruits. Alabama had a lot of recruits, but in the top 10, the average quality of the recruits was highest between Notre Dame and USC.

[bamahead]

A bit surprising to see Ole Miss on, and Tennessee off the list.

Not really. Houston Nutt is a good closer.

[N3WBI3]

And on the other end are my belovid bulls

110 Buffalo 20 0 0 0 2.00 60

Given that the staples of the offense are all seniors this coming year this doe not bode well..

[FreeAtlanta]

They signed 33. They must expect a lot to not qualify.

Last year, UGA had all their signees qualify! Maybe classes should be rated based on how many are on campus in the fall. :-)