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Tide dominates All-America team

ALABAMA IS No. 1 when it comes to All-Americans. The second-ranked Crimson Tide placed four players on the Associated Press All-America team released Tuesday. Among them was center Barrett Jones, who became a two-time first-team selection.

ALABAMA IS No. 1 when it comes to All-Americans.

The second-ranked Crimson Tide placed four players on the Associated Press All-America team released Tuesday. Among them was center Barrett Jones, who became a two-time first-team selection.

No other team had more than two players selected to the first team. The Tide also led with six players chosen to all three teams.

Notre Dame, Texas A&M, Stanford and Florida were second with four players on the three teams, though linebacker Manti Te'o was the only Fighting Irish player to make the first team.

Alabama faces top-ranked Notre Dame in the BCS championship game Jan. 7.

Texas A&M Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel was the first-team quarterback.

Wisconsin running back Montee Ball and Georgia linebacker Jarvis Jones also became two-time All-Americans.

Nine Southeastern Conference players made the first team, more than any other conference. The Pac-12 was second with six players on the first team. No other conference had more than two.

The team was voted on by a panel of 16 Associated Press college football poll voters.

Manziel is the first freshman to make the first team at quarterback. On Saturday, the redshirt freshman know as Johnny Football became the first freshman to win the Heisman Trophy.

Manziel set an SEC record with 4,600 total yards to rank second in the nation.

Noteworthy * 

Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez will earn $118,500 for returning to the sidelines to coach the Badgers in the Rose Bowl and a win against Stanford will mean a $50,000 bonus.

In a related matter, Wisconsin defensive coordinator Chris Ash has accepted the same position with Arkansas, which last week hired former Badgers coach Bret Bielema to run its program.

* Miami cornerback Thomas Finnie was arrested on charges of grand theft and burglary, and has been suspended indefinitely from the football program.

* Southern Mississippi hired Oklahoma State offensive coordinator Todd Monken as its next coach.

Monken replaces Ellis Johnson, who was fired on Nov. 27 after finishing with a 0-12 record in one disappointing season.