Viewing Options Available For CFP Games
According To ESPN
The College Football Playoff Semifinals -- No. 4 Washington Huskies vs. No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl ( 2 p.m. CT ) and No. 3 Ohio State Buckeyes vs. No. 2 Clemson Tigers in the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl ( 6 p.m. CT ) -- will be televised on ESPN on December 31st.
The College Football Playoff Semifinals highlight ESPN's airing of the New Year's Six, which include the Capital One Orange Bowl on December 30th and the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic, The Rose Bowl Game Presented by Northwestern Mutual and the Allstate Sugar Bowl all on January 2nd.
Here is what the release from ESPN said:
Command Center Telecast (ESPN2): A split-screen with multiple camera views simultaneously, which could include the main ESPN camera angle, the SkyCam view and isolated camera feeds of both head coaches at any given time. Enhanced statistics and real time drive charts supplement the game action.
Finebaum Film Room (SEC Network): Paul
Finebaum - along with analysts Booger McFarland, Jordan Rodgers and Ole
Miss head coach Hugh Freeze take - calls from fans during the
Washington-Alabama game and provide instant analysis.
Hometown Audio (ESPN3): The local radio broadcasts from all four participating teams synched up to ESPN's main telecast.
DataCenter (ESPN3): ESPN's main TV production is
supplemented by statistics, tweets and additional relevant information
for an enhanced real-time experience on one screen.
SkyCam (ESPN3): Permanent view from above the action and behind the offense on most plays.
ESPN Deportes: Kenneth Garay, Alex Pombo and
Sebastian Martinez-Christensen (Peach Bowl) and Lalo Varela, Pablo
Viruega (Fiesta Bowl) on the Spanish-language calls of the game.
ESPN Radio: Steve Levy, Brian Griese and Todd
McShay (Peach Bowl) and Bill Rosinski, David Norrie and Ian Fitzsimmons
(Fiesta Bowl) call the games. The broadcast is available throughout the
country to more than 400 ESPN Radio stations, ESPNRadio.com,
SirusXMRadio, the ESPN app, Apple Music, TuneIn and Slacker Radio.
ESPN Deportes Radio: Eduardo Varela and Pablo
Viruela (Peach Bowl) and Kenneth Garay and Sebastian Martinez
Christensen (Fiesta Bowl) call the matchups.
*State of Alabama Recruits/Commitments
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2017 Football Commitments For Alabama Football
The University of Alabama Crimson Tide football team currently has 25 student-athletes who have committed to furthering their football careers at the Capstone. As new commits are announced the list will be updated and released.
Here is the complete list of 2017 commitments to UA as of 12/23/16:
- Najee Harris, RB (6-1, 210), Antioch, California
- Alex Leatherwood, OL (6-4, 300), Pensacola, Florida
- Chadarius Townsend, ATH, (6-0, 180), Tanner, Alabama*
- Brian Robinson, RB (6-2, 210), Tuscaloosa, Alabama*
- VanDarius Cowan, LB (6-4, 217), Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
- Tua Tagovailoa, QB (6-1, 210), Honolulu, Hawaii
- Elliot Baker, OL (6-7, 295), City College of San Francisco (California)
- Mac Jones, QB (6-2, 185), Jacksonville, Florida
- Markail Benton, LB (6-2, 245), Phenix City, Alabama*
- Brandon Ruiz, K (5-10, 165), Gilbert, Arizona
- Tyrell Shavers, LB ( 6-6, 202), Lewisville, Texas
- Thomas Fletcher, C (6-2, 220), Bradenton, Florida
- Akial Byers, DL, (6-4, 275), Fayetteville, Arkansas
- Jhavonte Dean, (6-2, 189), Homestead, Florida
- Hunter Brannon, (6-4, 290), Cullman, Alabama*
- Jerry Jeudy, ( 6-1, 177), Deerfield Beach, Florida
- Kyriq McDonald, DB (5-11, 185), Madison, Alabama*
- Kendall Randolph, OL (6-5, 290), Madison, Alabama*
- Kedrick James, TE (6-5, 250), Waco, Texas
- Dylan Moses, LB (6-3, 235), IMG Academy, Bradenton, Florida
- Major Tennison, TE (6-6, 230), Bullard, Texas
- Jedrick Wills, OT, (6-5, 318), Lexington, Kentucky
- Christopher Allen, LB (6-4, 234), Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Daniel Wright, DB (6-1, 187), Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- Isaiah Buggs, DL (6-5, 290), Mississippi Gulf Coast
*State of Alabama Recruits/Commitments
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Time Magazine & New America
Rank College Football Teams By Academics
Time Magazine & New America
Rank College Football Teams By Academics
Everyone has seen the College Football Playoffs final poll of the season, and probably most of the other college football polls as well. There's more than enough of them to go around, by the way. The top four get the most attention, it seems, since they will be involved in the CFP semifinal games. Of course they are No. 1 Alabama, No. 2 Ohio State, No. 3 Clemson and No. 4 Washington.
Now Time magazine has paired with NewAmerica.org
to rank the 25 teams in the CFB ranking according to academics.
New America used each program's
graduation success rate (GSR). The GSR is a NCAA measure that, unlike
the federal graduation rate, doesn’t penalize schools for having players
who transfer or leave for the pros provided those players depart in
good academic standing.
The Southeastern Conference has five teams in the Top 25, with the Alabama Crimson Tide ranking the highest, coming in at number seven. The other six are Auburn (10), Florida (18), LSU (19) and Tennessee (24).
Here are the Top 25 teams according to academics:
25 Navy
24 Tennessee
23 USC
22 Oklahoma State
21 Ohio State
20 Pittsburg
19 LSU
18 Florida
17 Western Michigan
16 Washington
15 Colorado
14 Michigan
13 West Virginia
12 Florida State
11 Louisville
10 Auburn
9 Wisconsin
8 Oklahoma
7 Alabama Crimson Tide
6 Utah
5 Virginia Tech
4 Penn State
3 Temple
2 Clemson
1 Stanford
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Celebrity Birthdays
(December 23rd)
Victor Martinez, Baseball player, 38
Kenny Miller, Soccer player, 37
Hanley Ramirez, Baseball player, 33
T.J. Oshie, Hockey player, 30
Eddie Vedder, Rock singer, 52
Corey Haim (1971-2010), Actor
Jackie Radinsky, Actor, 18
Finn Wolfhard, Actor, 14
Martin Kratt, Producer, 51
Reed Alexander, Actor, 22
Holly Madison, Model, 37
Harry Judd, Drummer, 31
Isabella Castillo, Actress, 22
Austin Santos, Reggae singer, 31
Liz Nolan, Reality star, 25
Julia Nolan, Reality star, 25
Susan Lucci, Actress, 70
Jodi Marsh, Model, 38
Danielle Busby, Reality star, 33
Tori Keeth, Actress, 18
Ravi Dubey, Actor, 33
Harry Shearer, Actor, 73
Carla Bruni, Model, 49
Matt Baker, TV Show host, 39
Kat Perkins, Rock singer, 36
