re: Realistically, how fricked is Bama?

Agreed. Based on the information that's out there now, these people talking about coaches leaving or titles being vacated are living in a fantasy land. It'd be different if coaches or administrators were accused of wrong-doing by either taking part or simply knowing about the payments from the agents. I don't see any of the three schools getting into serious trouble. Tennessee has to be the most careful though, since Couch is still eligible and on their team. They can't play him until it's cleared up, which I'm sure is why he came down with "heat exhaustion" today and won't play Saturday, per Butch Jones.