there's nick saban in his old stomping grounds! >> you mean there's another game going on tonight?ick saban's number one ranked crimson tide in baton rouge and lacey with the seven-yard touchdown run putting alabama on top early in the second quarter 7-3. but cyrus jones muffs the punt. and it's recovered for lsu, and tigers bomb the alabama 32. they're in striking distance. but lsu would stall out and line up for a 47-yard field goal and it's a fake. a pass to drew olman and man. and look at that one. >> yeah. >> and later on a.j. mccareen on a nine-yard touchdown run puts alabama up 14-3. but in the third quart here, jeremy hill for lsu would take it in from one yard out to cut the lead 14-10 alabama on top right now. >> how about the big 12, oklahoma state/kansas state. let's check in on another heisman front-runner, >> number two on the kickoff, makes a couple of defenders miss and breaks away for an 80-yard touchdown. and within a touchdown of kansas state. the second quarter, lofts that, and his pass is picked off by allen chatman who returns it for the big six, kansas up big

. >> verne: nick saban thinks they held him. spencer ware under center.tch this spot. >> gary: they try to follow number 44 copeland. but i think the play was -- was it dickson that made the stop? >> verne: no 57. >> gary: what a play! >> verne: well, hold your breath if you are an alabama or lsu fan for this measurement. >> gary: i thought they had to get it to the next yardline. i thought it was short by a half yard at least. >> verne: we are about to find out. oh, wow! >> gary: at least! they didn't even gain an inch on the play. les has rolled the dice 4 times. he is 0 for 4. however, it appeared to have spencer ware fumble that snap too. did not catch it cleanly. yes, he does bobble it, doesn't he? >> verne: yes. >> gary: 0 for 4. however, his aggressive transcended to his team. his team is playing hard. road closed? there's a guy. excuse me, sir. hi. glacier point? [ man ] hop in, boy. [ engine turns over ] follow me. ♪ ♪ you see him? i lost him. look! follow me! honey, keep up. keep up. keep up. ♪ look, he's right there! [ dogs barking ] follow me!

. >>> nick saban and top ranked alabama playing host to texas a&m. the aggies with a 23-17 lead. freshman quarterback johnny manziel with time to kennedy. he makes the catch. two-point conversation fails. a&m in front, 29-17. less than two minutes left. they are down by 5. andrew mccarron's pass intercepted. texas a&m in its first trip to tuscaloosa shocks unbeaten alabama 29-24. >> when we come back, we are switching gears and hopeful lit wizards are, too. time to shift into the win column. highlights from the hard wood, next. next. hey! hey, baby. [ starts car ] were you eating smoked sausage in here? no! no. could have gotten me one. i did. try the unmistakable flavor of dunkin' donuts' smoked sausage breakfast sandwich. it's deliciously irresistible. hurry in today. the smoked sausage breakfast sandwich is for a limited time. grab one today.

still ahead on "way too early," a possible shakeup in the sec as a coach not named nick saban is offered big money to coach for one of alabama's rivals. we'll tell you who next in sports. and tonight, the annual lighting of the rockefeller center christmas tree. lewis is on location hugging the tree. >> look how pretty he is with his furrowed eyebrows and that tiny bone structure. >> did he just do a little ballet? >> as dweelicate as a bird. we'll also read your e-mails and tweets. >>> in great britt pin, margaret thatcher discovered political power is not forever. the prime minister of the '80s whitt when she finally realized her own party was abandoning her. [ emily jo ] derrell comes into starbucks with his wife, danielle, almost every weekend. derrell hasn't been able to visit his mom back east in a long time. [ shirley ] things are sometimes a little tight around the house. i wasn't able to go to the wedding. [ emily jo ] since derrell couldn't get home, we decided to bring home to him and then just gave him a little bit of help finding his way. ♪ [ laughs ] [ applause ] i love you

there's nick saban in his old stomping grounds! >> you mean there's another game going on tonight?ick saban's number one ranked crimson tide in baton rouge and lacey with the seven-yard touchdown run putting alabama on top early in the second quarter 7-3. but cyrus jones muffs the punt. and it's recovered for lsu, and tigers bomb the alabama 32. they're in striking distance. but lsu would stall out and line up for a 47-yard field goal and it's a fake. a pass to drew olman and man. and look at that one. >> yeah. >> and later on a.j. mccareen on a nine-yard touchdown run puts alabama up 14-3. but in the third quart here, jeremy hill for lsu would take it in from one yard out to cut the lead 14-10 alabama on top right now. >> how about the big 12, oklahoma state/kansas state. let's check in on another heisman front-runner, >> number two on the kickoff, makes a couple of defenders miss and breaks away for an 80-yard touchdown. and within a touchdown of kansas state. the second quarter, lofts that, and his pass is picked off by allen chatman who returns it for the big six, kansas up big

>> nick saban: probably not. probably not. her side of that is you almost have to look at what return has there been on that investment? >> keteyian: since saban took over in 2007, alabama's profits have nearly tripled, a rare athletic department not drowning in red ink. saban's championship ways have not only earned him a place in alabama lore; today, he and his school are such a valued commodity, they were handpicked for the showcase game in prime time the first saturday of this season, a match-up engineered by espn-- alabama against michigan inside sold-out cowboys stadium in dallas in front of 90,000 diehard fans. each school took home a record $10 million from ticket sales and television rights, an athletic director's dream. >> brandon: this game will sell merchandise. it will create interest for tickets back home. it'll hopefully get other networks bidding for these opportunities for us. >> keteyian: for schools without the pedigree of michigan or alabama, football has become the fastest way to put their universities on t

. >> verne: nick saban thinks they held him. spencer ware under center.tch this spot. >> gary: they try to follow number 44 copeland. but i think the play was -- was it dickson that made the stop? >> verne: no 57. >> gary: what a play! >> verne: well, hold your breath if you are an alabama or lsu fan for this measurement. >> gary: i thought they had to get it to the next yardline. i thought it was short by a half yard at least. >> verne: we are about to find out. oh, wow! >> gary: at least! they didn't even gain an inch on the play. les has rolled the dice 4 times. he is 0 for 4. however, it appeared to have spencer ware fumble that snap too. did not catch it cleanly. yes, he does bobble it, doesn't he? >> verne: yes. >> gary: 0 for 4. however, his aggressive transcended to his team. his team is playing hard. road closed? there's a guy. excuse me, sir. hi. glacier point? [ man ] hop in, boy. [ engine turns over ] follow me. ♪ ♪ you see him? i lost him. look! follow me! honey, keep up. keep up. keep up. ♪ look, he's right there! [ dogs barking ] follow me!

there's nick saban in his old stomping grounds! >> you mean there's another game going on tonight?ick saban's number one ranked crimson tide in baton rouge and lacey with the seven-yard touchdown run putting alabama on top early in the second quarter 7-3. but cyrus jones muffs the punt. and it's recovered for lsu, and tigers bomb the alabama 32. they're in striking distance. but lsu would stall out and line up for a 47-yard field goal and it's a fake. a pass to drew olman and man. and look at that one. >> yeah. >> and later on a.j. mccareen on a nine-yard touchdown run puts alabama up 14-3. but in the third quart here, jeremy hill for lsu would take it in from one yard out to cut the lead 14-10 alabama on top right now. >> how about the big 12, oklahoma state/kansas state. let's check in on another heisman front-runner, >> number two on the kickoff, makes a couple of defenders miss and breaks away for an 80-yard touchdown. and within a touchdown of kansas state. the second quarter, lofts that, and his pass is picked off by allen chatman who returns it for the big six, kansas up big

nick saban and alabama fall 29- 24. >>> stanford still controls its own destiny to get to the rose bowl'll need to beat oregon, ucla and win the pac 12 title game. red shirt freshman kevin hogan at the quarterback for the cardinal. the first quarter all stanford. taylor from the one yard line and 7-0 cardinal. still first quarter off the play fake. hogan rolls out and hits ryan hewitt. hewitt takes it in. stanford with an early 14-0 lead. but the beavers would score 23 unanswered points and they were rolling. vase to marcus wheatton for the touchdown. oregon state by nine. final play of the third quarter, hogan, under pressure. flips one to taylor. and taylor does the rest. check out the stiff arm. stanford cuts the lead to two. the cardinal turn the ball over four times but it was the beavers' give away that proved to be costly. vase loses the football. and josh morrow falls on it. the cardinal take over at the oregon state 29 and from there, it's hogan again. a perfect pass to zach earth. hogan's third touchdown pass on the afternoon. stanford hangs on to win it 27- 23. keeping its ro

nick saban and alabama fall 29- 24. >>> stanford still controls its own destiny to get to the rose bowleed to beat oregon and ucla and win the title game. hogan for the cardinal. first quarter was all stanford. taylor bangs his way in from the 1 yard line. 7-0 cardinal. still first quarter, off the play fake, hogan rolls out and hits ryan hewitt. hewitt takes it in, stanford with an early 14-0 lead. but the beavers would score 23 unanswered points and we're rolling. cody vase to marcus wheatton for the touchdown. oregon state by nine. final play of the third quarter, hogan, under pressure. flips one to taylor and taylor does the rest. check out the stiff arm. stanford cuts the lead to two. the cardinal turn the ball over four times on the day. but it was the beavers' give away that proved to be costly. loses the football and josh morrow falls on it. the cardinal take over and from there it's hogan again. a perfect pass to zach earth. hogan's third touchdown pass on the afternoon. stanford hangs on to win 27-23 keeping its rose bowl hopes alive. taylor becomes the first player in stanfor

nick saban, mack brown and bob stoops.iles, by the way, has a record 85 wins and 20 losses in eight seasons with lsu. >>> coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe," no, they're not letting me do that, today mitt romney lunches at the white house as he and president obama sit down for the first time after the election. we'll kick this around with a "morning joe" crew. whether we come back here, we'll huddle around the water cooler where there is more evidence you can see just about anything in new york city. i'm proof. in this case, it's a pony and a streets. >> natalie wood was found dead today. los angeles county officials can only confirm the 43-year-old miss wood drowned by nothing further on the circumstances. [ male announcer ] it's that time of year again. time for citi price rewind. because your daughter really wants that pink castle thing. and you really don't want to pay more than you have to. only citi price rewind automatically searches for the lowest price. and if it finds one, you get refunded the diff

coaches -- nick saban can't win every single game. >> right. >> why not? a tribute to the a&m coaches. they came in with a game plan. they executed it. and this quarterback, johnny football, baby, here's hoping he gets drafted by the jets next year. i don't want to face him again. >> get him out of the league. mike florio, thanks so much. we'll see you. >>> up next, "mika's must-read opinion pages." keep it on "morning joe." is what drives us to broadcast the world's biggest events in 3d, or live to your seat high above the atlantic ocean. it's what drives us to create eco-friendly race tracks, batteries that power tomorrow's cars, nearly indestructible laptops, and the sustainable smart towns of the future. at panasonic, we're driven to make what matters most better. just another way we're engineering a better world for you. try running four.ning a restaurant is hard, fortunately we've got ink. it gives us 5x the rewards on our internet, phone charges and cable, plus at office supply stores. rewards we put right back into our business. this is the only th

. >> what is brian kelly and nick saban doing watching this.om/at & t for the at & t player watch hosted by charles davis. coming up next, your late local news except on the west coast. tomorrow, start your day with the fox nfl sunday pregame show. jimmy johnson reveals the keys to the saints turn-around and we catch up with game changers from tampa who aren't finished battling for a playoff berth plus all the action around the league starting at noon eastern, 9:00 a.m. pacific on fox. we all witnessed another great fox college saturday that ended with the sooners coming to morgantown for the first time ever and handing the mountaineers their fifth consecutive loss. it turned into a back and forth battle late. but oklahoma prevailed. that will do it for us in los angeles. on behalf of eddie george, joey harrington, i'm erin andrews. good night, everybody.  >>> one teenager is dead, nine others under arrest after a disturbing attack at a metro station last night. tonight, we talked to a metro passenger who was just feet from the suspec

but i think if you give nick saban a second chance to redeem his season with that quarterback, i think alabama will win the game against notre dame. >> i think so, too, which makes me think that notre dame still finds a way. you know, it all lines up against notre dame, and they just find a way. >> good karma, the tight end's good. if the quarterback plays well, he'll do a good job in preparation. so if the quarterback goes and plays well, notre dame's got a chance. >> when that defense gets in tight spaces, it rises to a new level. >> alabama needs to watch out for georgia. their secondary's a weak spot. georgia has a pretty good passing attack. i'll tell you, i think we'll handle notre dame if we get there. but that's a big if. georgia is going to be a real challenge. >> the other danger is everyone in the country's already talking about notre dame/alabama. alabama still has another game to play on saturday. >> i guarantee you saban's not. you see saban at the end, they're up 49-0 against auburn, and he's screaming like he's down 50 points. he's crazy in all the right ways. >> and on

raised in new york city, and honestly, coming off a month that we've just seen where mitt romney, nick sabannd phil jackson have all had some blows dealt to them this week, i've just got the fever. so to see the new england patriots go down as well will just be too much for words for me. >> well, that's just hateful. >> i know. hey, that's part of what sports is. i've got to say what i'm most excited about is the resurgence of adrian peterson. nobody is talking about this enough. i was at fedex field last year when adrian peterson's knee was turned into coleslaw. this was last christmas. it was a one-year rehab. he is leading a very mediocre nfl team, the vikings, into the playoffs. an amazing running back. he is doing in-season rehab on his knee while he's leading the nfl in rushing. no one's ever seen anything like it before. and to see him come back stronger than ever is a sight to behold. >> and who's on his way to being coach of the year? >> oh, rex ryan. no, i'm just kidding. not really. i mean, i do think you've got to look at -- it's a really good question. i think that mike smith wi

nick saban. >> a.j. mccarron, this kid -- >> the heisman.e was 1 for 7 until they woke up, but you wake up at the right time. >> that's the amazing thing about him is, you knew even going into the last series that it didn't matter. he's like one of these guys, and yeah, i turned to a friend, i said, you know what? the kid's like ben hogan. he's got ice water in his veins. he doesn't remember anything that happened. and there was a minute, what, 1:20 left. >> that emotion was great. >> eli manning. it's that eli manning mentality. you forget about everything that's happened, you block it out and you just go get it done. >> make a prediction, who are the last two teams standing for the bcs title game? >> you just feel there's a way notre dame is going to finagle their way into this. >> come on, irish. we want to see you in miami, baby! >> i'd like to see that 62-point oregon offense against alabama's defense. mike florio, thanks, mike. good to see you. >>> when we come back, richard wolffe joins us for "mika's must-read opinion pages." keep it

3.7 million bucks a year but arkansas's offer would make him the highest paid coach even ahead of nick sabanent has denied reports of that offer. the razorbacks have a history of shelling out big upon for their coaches. bobby petrino was making $3.6 million -- >> bought himself a motor siegel. >> motorcycle built for two. >> would you pay les that? i kind -- i kind of like les because he lets us win. with a lot of his calls. >> i think he's getting a raise at lsu. i think that's what this is about. i don't know why you leave lsu to go to arkansas unless it's just coldly about money. arkansas is a mess. >> arkansas is a mess but you got -- at lsu, you got to win a national championship every year or they're booing you at arkansas, 10-2, go build a program and you're beloved. >> can we talk about -- >> it's an important thing. >> let's change the face of sports. >> david wright. >> in that case, never mind. >> world historical figure. >> he's going to be back. everything is wonderful. so let's talk about mr. marvin miller. now the late marvin miller died a couple of nights ago on tuesday actua

agreement with the tigers still makes him the fourth highest paid coach in college football behind only nick sabanwn at texas and bob stoops at oklahoma. miles has a record 85-20 in his 8 seasons with lsu. >>> and one final plea, if you're with the gator bowl and you're watching this right now, invite vanderbilt to the game. we all want to go. everyone who ever went to vanderbilt will come to jacksonville, florida, to root on the team in this game. on the gator bowl. >> with joe not being here, aren't we tired of alabama being in the championship game? >> they'll be there again, my friend. >> and take a whooping. >> that means you're tired of them winning. >> we will not go over the fiscal cliff, and notre dame will beat alabama. i can't wait for joe to get here to put it in his mug ahead of time. >>> the science of e-mail fund-raising. how the obama campaign mastered the art of asking for money over and over again. bloomberg businessweek's josh green joins us next with an exclusive first look at his new piece on "morning joe." >>> beautiful picture of the sun coming up over washington. joining us