Julio, Chris Jordan limited in practice

Both were tagged as “day to day” by Nick Saban earlier today, but Julio Jones and Chris Jordan didn’t do much during the brief media viewing period at Monday’s practice.

Jones didn’t appear to be in any major discomfort from the bruised knee suffered Saturday, but he was not running routes with the other receivers.

Jordan, a backup linebacker and special teams player had more of a limp after pulling a hamstring against Florida. See for yourself in the video.

Saban not talking about Dareus, stuttering

Nick Saban faced a few questions Monday about the Yahoo Sports report that indicated then-North Carolina assistant John Blake tried to direct Alabama defensive end Marcell Dareus towards agent Gary Wichard.

He said he was unaware of these allegations and then grew tired of the topic.

“I don’t know anything about this. I haven’t thought about it. It’s not important to me. I’m worried about South Carolina. So if you want to talk about that, we’ll talk about that. But I’m not going to talk about that any more.”

Then it got interesting. Saban even threw in a shout out to his home state.

“I guess I’m not stuttering. Do I stutter? I’m not very clear on how I articulate. Maybe I need to go back to West Virginia and get some more hillbilly slang and maybe everyone will understand a little better.”

The Monday headlines from Tuscaloosa

It’s Monday afternoon again. Time for a quick rundown of the top news in the universe revolving around Alabama football.

• First, the housekeeping. Courtney Upshaw was named SEC defensive player of the week after collecting seven tackles (four for loss) against Florida. Chance Warmack picked up offensive lineman of the week.
• On the injury front, Nick Saban said Julio Jones bruised a knee Saturday and would be day to day. A MRI revealed no major damage. Chris Jordan also earned the ambiguous “day to day” tag by pulling a hamstring.
• Quarterback Greg McElroy got his final application off Sunday for the Rhodes Scholarship that he’s been working on for some time now. More to come on that.
• CBS again exercised its right to delay a decision on game time and television assignments for Alabama’s home game with Ole Miss in two weeks. Kickoff possibilities range from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. (central) and could air on one of three ESPN outlets.