TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Even though they just started official practices, The University of Alabama Gymnastics team has a very busy weekend planned.

In addition to preparing for the 2008 season - coaches Sarah and David Patterson's 30th at the Capstone - the gymnasts will be signing autographs on the Quad Saturday starting at 4 p.m. Of the 15 gymnasts on this year's team, three, newcomers, Kayla Hoffman, Jennifer Iovino and Megan Mashburn, will be making their first public Crimson Tide appearance Saturday.

And later in the day, during halftime of the Alabama-Georgia football game, senior Terin Humphrey and sophomore Morgan Dennis will receive their NCAA Championship rings.

A two-time silver medalist at the 2004 Olympics, Humphrey won her second NCAA Uneven Bars title last season. She is now the fifth Alabama gymnast to win multiple national championships.

Dennis became the fifth Alabama gymnast to win a national title as a rookie, taking home top honors on the floor exercise. Those titles were Alabama's 20th and 21st individual NCAA gymnastics titles.

Last season marked the sixth in a row that Alabama has won at least one individual NCAA title. The Alabama-Georgia game will be broadcast on ESPN and kickoff is at 6:45 p.m. CT.

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