THE READ OPTION: Hello again, Braxton Miller-to-Alabama rumors

If you can’t beat ‘em, steal from ‘em. Noted sports radio-turned-TV personality Paul Finebaum says there’s “a chance” Ohio State quarterback Braxton Miller could end up at Alabama for the 2015 season.

That would be a blockbuster. Miller has thrown for 5,292 yards and 52 touchdowns in his Ohio State career, with 3,054 and 32 on the ground. He was a Heisman contender in 2014, but after a season-ending injury and the emergence of J.T. Barrett and Cardale Jones, Miller might not have a starting job in his final season.

Because he has already graduated, he’s free to transfer and play right away. Enter Alabama?

Senior Jacob Coker and redshirt freshman David Cornwell are competing for the Tide, but neither has the track record. There are concerns over the QB situation, but if Miller were to swoop in, those would evaporate.

As EDSBS explains, it would be great for everybody, maybe even Ohio State.

Asked on Tuesday, Nick Saban offered no specifics, but did say:

If there was somebody out there that I thought could help our team, we have a spot or two available that we could probably ... but it would have to be the right person in the right place that could make a contribution, because that would be something that would have to be good for that person. And it would have to be good for us.

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It’s not good. That’s what Bill Connelly says about the situation at South Florida in his big preview of the Bulls. USF is 14-34 over the last four years, and Bill C. doesn’t see much hope.

Should the Big 12 add a title game? The debate of the offseason now involves the coaches. Bill Snyder’s for it, so what are we waiting for?

CROOTIN’! After a busy weekend nationwide, the biggest commit of Tuesday goes to ... Duke! Four-star QB Chazz Surratt bumps the Blue Devils into the 247Sports Composite top 10 for 2016.

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HAIL STATE. Today, be more like the Mississippi State student who George Foreman’d bacon in class.