Cooper Bateman adjusts to life at Bama 
February, 8, 2013
Feb 8
1:16
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By
Greg Ostendorf | ESPN.com
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Cooper Bateman keeps getting asked the same question since he enrolled at the University of Alabama. What made a kid from Utah want to come down to the state of Alabama to play football?
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