Chapman is one tough hombre.  He'll be OK once his knee heals.

That, and Bray probably paid her a pretty penny for the damage.

The "another guy" probably means Saban is still evaluating who will be the second RB.  Hart and Fowler definitely fit the mold of "different characteristics", though in opposite ways, and Yeldon could cause some serious issues for defenses, due to his sheer athleticism and versatility.  I think Lacy returns as the starter and has similar characteristics to Richardson, with an added spin move. 

Yahoo sports has Bama on Brian Gaia's list of schools coming out of H.S.  He played both OL and DL.

About the only player I see Bama looking at is backup QB Rob Bolden.  The guy was the 4th rated QB nationally coming out of HS as a dual-threat QB, has playing experience, and would fill a huge hole Bama has at QB.

Yep, mostly focus on senior starters.  The one guy I can see Bama looking at is QB Rob Bolden, who is a junior and not the team's starter.  Bama has a glaring need at backup QB, and this guy would be a good addition.

Yes, that's true.  

I'd be surprised to see Bama pursuing any of these players, as we have a full roster already, altough a backup QB is the one area where Bama has a huge need, and it would be nice to keep him away from the Barn.

Georgia only has 75 scholarship athletes, so they have room to grow.

Bama, on the other hand, has a full roster, and I think it unlikely that Saban will go after any PSU players.

He has to know that he's next -- they've already indicted those working under him on this matter.  And yes, he's desperate.

I hear Penn State has a pretty decent RB...

But Jerry has deeper pockets.

SMU got the death penalty in 1987.  They only had one winning season over the next 20 years.  SMU previously had posted a record of 45-5-1 from 1980–1984, which was the highest win percentage (0.892) in Division 1-A over that span.  SMU did not make a bowl game after the sanctions until 2009 when it played Nevada in the Hawaii Bowl.   SMU was in the Southwest Conference, but did not receive an invitation to join what is now the Big12, so ended up in the WAC, then Conference USA, and finally the Big East next year.  The NCAA has not used this punishment since.

So I do feel that the death penalty would have a bigger impact than scholarship reductions and bowl bans on a team's ability for future success, especially since these other sanctions accompanied SMU's punishment, and also likely would be included with the death penalty. 

Still, we likely won't see PSU return to prominence in the next few decades, if ever.  While these other types of sanctions have not decimated a school's football program to the same extent as the death penalty (USC doesn't seem to have missed a beat, Miami mostly came back, and Bama is on top of the college football world right now), the Big12 is also looking into sanctions.  PSU's conference affiliation might be in jeopardy, now or in the future, and that could be the final blow.

I think about the only other thing left was the death penalty.

35 to 3?

Well of course they have more wins; they've been coaching longer.  Saban and Spurrier are probably the best of the SEC, in that order, followed by Miles and Pinkel.  Smith is a space filler.