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Katherine Webb during media day for the Super Bowl on Tuesday. (AP photo Pat Semansky)

Katherine Webb, girlfriend of Alabama quarterback , is serving as a correspondent at the Super Bowl for “Inside Addition.” Here’s the Associated Press report on her:

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Katherine Webb credits a couple of camera shots of her watching the BCS national title game in Miami with landing her at the Super Bowl in New Orleans.

Katherine Webb gets a break during media day. (AP photo by Pat Semansky)

Otherwise known as Miss Alabama USA and the girlfriend of Crimson Tide quarterback A.J. McCarron, Webb has been hired by TV’s “Inside Edition” to be its game correspondent.

“It’s so exciting and absolutely crazy at the same time. It’s happened so fast. I feel like I’m living on a plane but it’s a great journey,” said Webb, who was making her first trip to New Orleans for her first Super Bowl.

The 23-year-old Webb has been working on a fledgling modeling and acting career in Los Angeles.

“It’s kind of funny how everything kind of lines up to me being at this point,” said Webb, explaining that it all started with meeting McCarron while at home in Alabama late last year.

She was hired to interview players and coaches during media day, but wound up being interviewed herself. A colleague had to cut it short a few times, apologetically explaining that Webb had a job to do.

She said she prepped for the job.

“A.J. is interviewed all the time, so it’s kind of cool to ask him, ‘What do I need to ask and what do I need to stay away from? What annoys players the most to be asked?’ ” she said.

Webb created a buzz at the BCS game when she was caught on camera and play-by-play announcer Brent Musburger enthusiastically remarked that quarterbacks “get all the good-looking women.” ESPN later apologized for the comments.

Webb, however, never thought an apology was necessary.

“Everybody seems to think that I’m offended and I’m not at all,” she said. “I appreciate it. I appreciate the fact that he notices a beautiful woman. Women need to be told their beautiful more often. I took no offense to it.”

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In the Miss America pagent Saturday night, Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron got a brief mention. Miss South Carolina, Ali Rogers, was asked about Brent Musburger‘s comments about McCarron’s girlfriend, Katherine Webb, at the BCS National Championship Game.

Rogers finished first runner-up to Miss New York, Mallory Hagan, an Opelika native who attended Auburn University.

We’ve got video of the moment and Rogers’ response:

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We’re guessing Katherine Webb, shown in the Miss USA pagent June 3, 2012, is well qualified to appear in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. (AP file photo by Julie Jacobson)

Alabama football fans have reason to buy Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit edition when it comes out Feb. 11.

Katherine Webb, the girlfriend of Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron, is slated to appear in the issue.

Webb, the 2012 Miss Alabama USA, gained plenty of attention when ESPN broadcaster Brent Musberger showered her with compliments about her looks during Alabama’s 42-14 BCS win over Notre Dame.

In addition, the Auburn graduate represented herself and our entire state exceptionally well when The Today Show interviewed her, picking up more fans and followers.

Click here to read Sports Illustrated’s interview with her. Here’s a snippet as she talked about having graduated from Auburn but dating an Alabama football player. Again, she really expresses herself well in these interviews.

“Luckily, I graduated in May 2011, so I haven’t had a reason to go back on campus unless it’s been for a football game. I’ve had a little bit of backlash from Auburn, and I understand. Auburn and Alabama have one of the biggest rivalries in all of college football. But I lived in Los Angeles and there aren’t a lot of great guys in L.A., so for me to find someone who has a good, humble heart and who is amazing and treats me so well, that’s a really special find for me. At the end of the day, football is just a game. I don’t care if he’s from Alabama or wherever, I don’t pay attention to the rivalry when it comes to my personal relationship.”

Here’s the video of Webb at the game when Musberger talked about her, and it’s followed by her Today Show interview:

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Katherine Webb, shown in the Miss USA pagents June 3, 2012, says she first connected with AJ McCarron on Twitter. (AP file photo by Julie Jacobson)

TUSCALOOSA, Alabama (AP) — A day after ESPN cameras lingered on her, announcers piled on compliments and at least one pro athlete made an online pass at her, Twitter was still abuzz Tuesday about former Miss Alabama USA Katherine Webb, who is dating Crimson Tide championship quarterback AJ McCarron.

Webb gained tens of thousands of Twitter followers during and after Alabama’s 42-14 win over Notre Dame on Monday to claim its third national championship in four seasons. For her part, the surprised beauty pageant queen isn’t taking it too seriously.

“It’s been actually kind of fun,” the 23-year-old model and Miss Alabama USA 2012 told The Associated Press.

She said at the time it all started, she was oblivious in the stands, sitting near McCarron’s mother. Her iPhone had died so she didn’t know about the attention until friends seated nearby showed her what was happening on Twitter and pointed out that her picture was on TV.

“I just couldn’t believe it,” said Webb, who, according to her pageant biography, graduated with a business degree from Alabama rival Auburn University in 2011. “I was just in complete surprise.”

Dee Dee Bonner, McCarron’s mother, said the two laughed as Webb’s Twitter count grew.

“We were like, ‘Oh my God,’ ” Bonner said. “She said, ‘All I want to do is date your son.’ We’ve been laughing about it. It’s quite shocking.”

ESPN announcer Brent Musburger remarked that Webb was a beautiful woman as the cameras revisited her. “Wow, I’m telling you quarterbacks: You get all the good-looking women,” he said.

Some found the remarks from the 73-year-old Musburger out of line. On Tuesday, ESPN released this statement: “We always try to capture interesting storylines and the relationship between an Auburn grad who is Miss Alabama and the current Alabama quarterback certainly met that test. However, we apologize that the commentary in this instance went too far and Brent understands that.”

But Webb said Musburger’s comments didn’t bother her.

“It was kind of nice,” she said. “I didn’t look at it as creepy at all. For a woman to be called beautiful, I don’t see how that’s an issue.”

As of 6 p.m. Tuesday, Webb had topped 175,000 Twitter followers, trumping McCarron’s 114,000. Before the game, she reportedly had about 2,000.

Webb told the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer that she first encountered McCarron on Twitter, and they met in early December when he attended the Miss Alabama USA pageant in Montgomery. Her biography says she was born in Montgomery and grew up in Phenix City, but now lives in Los Angeles — though Bonner said she is considering moving back to Alabama to be with McCarron.

Before Monday’s game, Webb tweeted a photo of herself wearing a jersey with McCarron’s number, her arms wrapped around him.

Early Tuesday, Webb posted her first tweet to her new followers: “So extremely blessed… (at)10AJMcCarron. Congrats to Alabama and making history! (hash)BCSChamps.”

Webb later said she doesn’t think McCarron minds the attention on her.

But when Arizona Cardinals defensive end Darnell Dockett tweeted Webb his telephone number and suggested they meet after the game, McCarron responded, telling Dockett, “(hash)betterkeepdreaming like the rest of these dudes.”

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MIAMI GARDENS, Florida — Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron celebrates Monday’s 42-14 win over Notre Dame. The Crimson Tide star runs toward the stands and connects with his family and friends, including girlfriend Katherine Webb.

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