Alabama DE: Richt, others taking notice of Tide

Athens — Here’s what Alabama defensive end Lorenzo Washington of Loganville told the Birmingham News about playing Clemson in Atlanta this past weekend.

“I saw Coach [Mark] Richt there at the game,” Washington said. “My friends who were at the game said he was texting the whole game and had [scouting] stuff written up on his arm. People are starting to think about us.”

For the record, Richt said he could barely see the field from a suite high above it and watched most of the game on the television.