SEC SPORTS REPORT

Through the end of July, here are the verbal commits for 2012:

1) LSU Tigers 18

2) Alabama Crimson Tide 14

3) Miss State Bulldogs 14

4) Auburn Tigers 13

5) Arkansas Razorbacks 12

6) Ole Miss Rebels 8

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ALABAMA

Ha’Sean Clinton-Dix, S: Alabama boasts one of the best safety tandems in the league in Mark Barron and Robert Lester, but the 6-foot-1, 203-pound Clinton-Dix has the size and skill set to come in and make the Crimson Tide even stronger on the back end of their defense.

Cyrus Kouandjio, OT: One of the top offensive tackle prospects in the country last year, Kouandjio could provide some immediate depth. The Tide were already looking at moving All-SEC guard Barrett Jones to left tackle. 
 

 
LSU

Jarvis Landry, WR: If the Tigers are going to make a run at a national championship in 2011, they’re going to need a lot more production from their passing game than they got a year ago. Landry is dynamic in the open field and should complement Rueben Randle and Russell Shepard nicely.

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THE BIRMINGHAM NEWS--While Auburn no longer can suspend a large chunk of Chizik's pay during an investigation, the school still can suspend him without pay or fire him if he or anyone on his staff gets busted.

That's hardly "Auburn bankrupting Chizik's contractual obligation to NCAA rules," as SportsbyBrooks wrote.

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SPORTS BY BROOKS-  A recent financial audit by Sports by Brooks of payments made by Auburn University to student football recruiting hostesses since late 2009 revealed that the state-funded institution paid out tens of thousands of dollars to the student “Tigerettes” charged with escorting football players during recruiting visits to the school.

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OPELIKA NEWS-  Sunday night many former and current Tigers tweeted out photos of their brand-new BCS National Championship rings.

Players actually received three rings Sunday: One for winning the SEC Championship and two for the national championship.

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