Most of Tuscaloosa woke up in a daze Dec. 2. Alabama's Iron Bowl meltdown was still fresh two days later, but Crimson Tide linebackers coach Lance Thompson was up early that Monday morning.
There was no time to sulk. A small nine-seat private plane was waiting for him at Tuscaloosa Regional Airport. It departed at 7:37 a.m., bound for Elizabethtown, Ky., where Thompson would meet with five-star defensive lineman Matt Elam.
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