Alabama Takes Top Spot in the College Football Playoff Rankings

With each passing week we learn more about the 2014 Alabama football team. We'll spot trends as they emerge and puzzle at both the positive and negative outliers. Blake Sims is a winner – Lot has been written, lot has been said about what Blake is not.

In both Lane Kiffin's and Doug Nussemeir's offenses, the tight end has become almost a forgotten position, particularly as a pass catcher. O.J. Howard is the only tight end that has been somewhat involved in the passing game, but senior Brian Vogler

The instrumental beginning of a C-Murder/Snoop Dogg song was the selection when the Alabama defense would take the field before a possession. A video shot from the crowd shows the reaction of the bench and players taking the field. The Ying Yang 

ESPN unveiled the latest edition of the College Football playoff rankings Tuesday night. Alabama jumped from No. 5 to No. 1 after beating previously undefeated and last week's No. 1 Mississippi State over the weekend.

It seems odd to me that most of the post-game coverage of Alabama's overtime win over LSU was centered around Blake Sims. Granted the Tide quarterback threw the winning touchdown but overall, he had a less-than-stellar