SEC Football by the Numbers: Southern Miss at Alabama – Amari Cooper in …

Week 3 negated some of Week 1's potential overreactions, slightly solidified a couple names in the four-team College Football Playoff tier and showed that a few power-conference races are going to be tight all year long. To the picks (last week's, 

How much of the $796731.98 Harvey Updyke owes Auburn has he paid? Well, not much. Updyke has reportedly paid just $99 of his gargantuan restitution.

Alabama defensive back Nick Perry (27) checks the signals during the first quarter of the No. 2 Alabama vs Florida Atlantic football game, Saturday, September 6, 2014, at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Vasha Hunt/vhunt@al.com ORG XMIT: 

Making matters worse for me, the Golden Eagle offense averaged 4.62 yards per play and scored 21 points or more only three times the entire season. But, stay with me here, this offense will help Alabama's defense get better.

Alabama quarterback Blake Sims (6) delivers to wide receiver Alabama wide receiver Amari Cooper makes one of his 13 receptions against Florida Atlantic on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2014, at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Vasha Hunt/vhunt@al.com ).