it goes beyond passion...it's a religion in tuscaloosa and it's something that i think has been a verypositive effect on us. >>walker: there are more than 10000 people on a season ticket waiting list right now... >>reporter: meanwhile on a warm saturday morning in atlanta...before another sec game...hundreds of fans have come down to be part of espn's nomadic college gameday programme. last year espn signed a $2 and a quarter billion dollar contract to broadcast sec football for the next 15 years. >>magnus: ...they're the number one conference. you know, their fans are the most passionate, their teams are the most competitive. they've had the last 4 last national champions in a row. >>reporter: add another $825m,15 year deal from cbs and you can see why last year the sec, one of america's 11 major college conferences, could distribute $209m to its 12 member schools...double what it paid out in 2003. >>bloom: there is a large amount of revenue that's being produced but it does cost a lot amount of money to pay for these programmes >>alleva: well it really is a big business. our budget n

through how a man could get educated and they told him about little stillman college which was in tuscaloosa, presbyterian school, so be saved up his cotton and he went off to college in his first year they said so, how are you going to pay for your second year? he said i am out of cotton. they said you are out of luck. and he said how are those boys going to college coax they said you see they want to be presbytery ministered -- minister so they have what is called a scholarship. my grandfather said you know, that is exactly what i wanted to be too. [laughter] my family has been presbyterian and college-educated ever since. [laughter] they were very industrious people but also a little bit ingenious and finding a way to education. >> and that is the republican party as well. a lyrical politics, the party of lincoln. i can't say that it is stated that way but it was pretty much republicans. >> we are pretty much republicans. >> except for me. [laughter] >> in fact my father was republicans were totally instrumental reasons. in the beginning, connie mentioned the horrors of the south and birm

a colored man could get educated, and they told him about little stillman college which was in tuscaloosa presbyteries copiously say so he saved up his cotton and he went off to college, and his first year went great. and after his first year they said so, how are you going to pay for your second you? and he said, i'm out of cotton. and they said you are out of luck. he said how i those boys going to college? they said, you see, they want to be presbyterian minister so that what's called a scholarship. at my grandmother said, you know, that's exactly what i wanted to be, too. that's exactly what i had in mind. [laughter] and my family has been presbyterian and college-educated ever since. [laughter] >> so they were very industrious people, but also a little bit in genius any defining way for education. >> and that's to get republican party as well. the party of lincoln. i can't quite say a stay that way, but, you know. we are pretty much republican spin up except for me. >> except for you. [laughter] >> there was no party that would accept me. spent in fact, my father was the republican a

huntsville, tuscaloosa, we're going to be watching a little light rain. your forecast today, it's a cold start. definitely kansas city, st. louis, chicago, minneapolis, temperatures are in the 20s and 30s. but litter this afternoon, sunshine, we should get into the 40s at least. if you're on the warmer side, you having to to texas. san antonio should be nice, houston, nice. along the gulf, we'll be good. the warm spot, miami at 84. lynn, yesterday those winds were very impressive. even in new york city, they were gusting up to 50 miles per hour at the airport. so anyone that had trouble getting around yesterday, today will be a lot easier flying. >> we like that. thanks, bill. >>> target takes off. new home construction sinks. and g.m.'s big ipo gets ready to hit the road. your first look at this morning's business headlines is ahead. >> reporter: coming up next, one of the worst soccer plays you will ever see. and an nhl goalie scores on himself. [ male announcer ] the next big thing from lexus is not a car. it's the idea that a car that will never have

former alabama head coach, bill curry, guiding his new team, georgia state, in tuscaloosa. 20-0, 'bama. georgia state punting and having issues. it's blocked. brandon gibson scoops it up. eight different players scored for 'bama. a.j. mccarren with a touchdown pass. at least georgia state got 30,000 bucks for playing. >>> to the hardwood. that's the freshman. harrison barnes. tar heels taking on hofstra. early first half, barnes for three. later, tyler zeller, to barnes. he can do it inside, as well. and late in the half, north carolina running away. zeller on the oop. barnes had four threes. 107-63, your final. >>> that's a look at your espn news update. i'm steve weissman. back to you in new york. >> tar heels look good. >>> "dancing with the stars" producers are now defending their voting system after charges that it was all rigged. a blogger claimed to have voted for bristol palin 300 times in just 3 hours. but the show's executive producer says, quote, that is impossible. conrad green says there is a built-in system of checks and balances to ensure that kind of thing simply can't

they need economic opportunities brought to the 7th congressional district, selma, birmingham, tuscaloosag the cbc, my vote will be dependent on what is in the best interest of my constituents. >> let me ask you each what it is like, like the first day of high school when you find where your locker, is giving you a new congressional blackberry, new congressional cell phone, teaching you the rules, what you can, cannot do in a conversation th the lobbyist, where the gift ban kicks in. what's most interesting thing you learn when you go through orientation? >> well, for me it's been -- it's been that there are so many things that bind us. i look forward to joining the next session. i think there are so many commonalities. it's not as, as black and white or democrat/republican as i think the media tries to portray. >> someone said today what you don't know can hurt you. and that's what we need to realize. so it is very important for us to understand the rules that will govern us. we are trying to find a way to restore the american people's confidence and trust in elected officials with the r

penn state looking good, 67 degrees in columbus, ohio, plus mississippi versus alabama and tuscaloosa there, temperatures will be pleasant in the 50s. so with one exception, t.j., arkansas, most places are looking at fantastic weather for this saturday. >> it's fayetteville in the winter time. bonnie, we appreciate you. rick, good to see you as well, as always. quick break, we'll be right back. >>> taking a look now at stories making headlines. aung san suu kyi was released from house arrest after some 15 years. this is picture from this morning in myanmar. the nobel peace prize winner emerges from her house. the president calls her a hero of his. >>> and also cholera spreading at an alarming rate in haiti. the united nations warning this is the most severe outbreak of cholera in the past 100 years. the death toll, more than 800 people, more than 12,000 people have gotten sick. the u.n. says more than 200,000 are at risk. >>> federal officials have increased security with the busy holiday season coming up. homeland security secretary janet napolitano met with travel industry leaders t