Every Crimson Tide fan should checkout installment #2 of the Crimson & White Roundtable. Just like last week, you can read interesting and insightful comments on Alabama football. And yes, they didn’t kick me out after last week. We’ll just have to see about next week! Advertisement: (Story continues below)
Archive | June, 2007
How dare Riley ask people to pray!
Gov. Bob Riley has asked the public to pray for rain to end our serious drought. You would think such a request would provoke little criticism. You would be wrong. Today, clever bloggers and political opponents deride Gov. Riley’s request. Why? Because they cannot conceive why anyone would want to pray. It is just some [...]
Not another media post
Yes, I’m going to tackle the issue of the media again, but it has nothing to do with Alabama football, so feel free to skip this post! OK. You were warned. What is wrong with the newspaper business? You could start with the self-important writers at the Wall Street Journal. About 200 Wall Street Journal [...]
Kines to speak at Faith Night
According to a press release from af2, former Alabama football coach Joe Kines will speak Saturday at the Alabama Steeldogs 2007 Faith Night. Advertisement: (Story continues below) Birmingham—Former University of Alabama Football Coach Joe Kines will speak at the Alabama Steeldogs 2007 Faith Night this Saturday at the BJCC Arena. Kines will give an inspirational [...]
Five things you should know about the iPhone
Who wants to think about football or grade scandals when Apple is releasing a new electronics product tomorrow. Here are a few things you should know about the new iPhone. And yes, I plan on getting one. Probably not on release day though. I don’t like standing in lines. 1. It is made by Apple, [...]
A plea for the quick kick
Quick kicks can be a useful, according to this sports writer. He makes a great point. Football is all about field position. You can gain field position either through a potent offensive attack that moves the ball with precision, or you can gain field position with cunning. When you lack talent or can’t execute, cunning [...]
Wednesday links
A few items of note from around the net… Football Athlon and Lindy’s don’t like Alabama or Auburn. The Tigers rank 21 and 23 respectively, while Alabama isn’t ranked in either preview magazine’s top 25. What would the week be like without a Scarbinsky scare column. This week
Must Read Hoover Analysis
Eight In The Box has an excellent analysis of Hunter Ford’s Monday appearance on the Paul Finebaum radio show. He softened his analysis a bit, but there is a palapable sense of frustration over the manner in which the story has unfolded. Another good read is over at Alabama Gameday. Here the blog takes a [...]
More reflections on Propst allegations
UPDATE: Rick Karle of Fox6 played a recorded interview his station conducted with Rush Propst. Ford’s response was that Propst did not deny it. Another question just occurred to me, has Ford failed to even talk with Propst about the specifics of his investigation? Sitting in my office talking about the Propst allegations, and the [...]
Ford vs. Propst
UPDATE: Philip Propst, brother of Rush Propst, called in to the Finebaum program with a lawsuit threat against Ford. He said he was tired of his family name being drug through the mud. Finebaum’s radio show started with an interesting conversation with fired Hoover Gazette reporter Hunter Ford, and Finebaum’s recapitulation of his talk with [...]
Ford set for another Finebaum appearance
Hunter Ford is expected to be on this afternoon’s Paul Finebaum radio show beginning at 2 p.m today (Monday). Advertisement: (Story continues below)
Where most sports writers are fired…
It is Monday, so time for another installment of the Hoover drama on the Paul Finebaum Radio Network. I know my radio will be tuned to the show this afternoon—where else would we get to listen in on someone getting fired? So much for reality television. Finebaum is reality radio. But how does Finebaum top [...]
Hoover now a national story
Blogs and other news outlets around town and the nation have reported the Hoover story. Here are a few of them: Hoover Two-A-Daze scandal continues “Two-A-Days” Hoover High School Plagued in Scandal Coach Propst is gettin’ two-a-day…Reporter gets canned in the process Subject of Two-A-Days plagued by scandal Advertisement: (Story continues below)
Lack of Institutional Control?
Hoover’s football program and Coach Rush Propst run amok—that is the story du juor. And it just got worse for Hoover, as the Birmingham News reported that Hoover High School failed to self-report two distinct violations of AHSAA rules. First, the school knew about, but failed to report the JV football team played two ineligible [...]
Salacious Propst allegations
UPDATE 2: Owner of Hoover Gazette explained reason for termination was due to Hunter Ford spreading a story without substantiation. “I told him not to make statements he was not able to substantiate. My concern is that I don’t want my newspaper or my son’s newspaper to be spreading rumor.” UPDATE: Hoover Gazette Publisher fires [...]
The Crimson & White Roundtable
No respectable Alabama fan should miss the inaugural installment of The Crimson & White Roundtable. I was amazed at the profundity on display by these wise bloggers. Yes, they included me in the roundtable. I told you they were wise! Advertisement: (Story continues below)
Nick Saban the teacher
One thing you hear from players is that Nick Saban actively tries to help the players improve. Sometimes players may not like his methods. After all, Saban has made a professional player cry, and just recently the backup quarterback left Alabama allegeing Saban was mean. But for every bad story you read regarding Saban, you [...]
Dealing with loss & getting ready for Fall
One of the best sports writers in the state examines losing—giving us a chance to bethink ourselves on our long winter of discontent. When I read this column and Memphis Tider’s game memories, I’m both depressed and buoyant. The losses sting, but with Saban hope is renewed. Two other items worth reading as the mercury [...]
Weis, Saban & reality
Nick Saban and Charlie Weis have a lot in common, if you believe Wendell Barnhouse of the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram. The coaches earn millions, and they are both part of the Bill Parcels-Bill Belichick coaching tree, and accoring to Barnhouse, both have a problem telling the truth. Starved for some football? CSS to televise Alabama-Mississippi [...]
Mooning Saban
Josh Moon’s latest column is a lame attempt at an I-Told-You-So to Alabama fans. His premise is he warned us every little bad story would be taken up by the national media thanks to Saban’s lack of social graces. Of course, Moon has been taking shots at Saban since April with column after column attacking [...]
DRAMA:Barnes treated…badly?
Is it a case of a California kid not able to take real football instead of Shulaball? Or is it the case of Nick Saban being a big meanie? Jimmy Barnes father alleges Saban did not respect players dignity. OK. Some football players disagree with the Barnes family: “One thing he (Saban) is really big [...]
Trustees get Saban’s contract
The UA Board of Trustees is expected to approve Nick Saban’s contract at its meeting today. The contract would make Saban the highest paid coach in college football history. “We worked together to complete this agreement even as we proceeded with recruiting, spring football practice and adjustments in the coaching staff, and we are pleased [...]
History:Don Hutson
Don Hutson was once the highest paid in his league. He earned $15,000 in his last year pro. These and a few other interesting facts are available from the southbendtribune.com’s feature on Hall of Famer’s. If you love the history of college football, this is a nice read with some multimedia available. Advertisement: (Story continues [...]
Saban contract coming soon;Expansion years away
It has been said constantly since January, and Mal Moore said it again Sunday, Nick Saban’s contract will be finished soon. Moore’s remarks seem more upbeat than mine. I still see the lawyers and some administrators as a major problem for UA. These are the same people who messed up the Franchione negotations with unrealistic [...]
SPRING PREVIEW: Georgia to win East
SEC PREVIEW EAST 1. Georgia 
The Bulldogs will be much better in 2007 because of improved offensive play and a decline from its two main Eastern division rivals. The offense should be mostly settled with seven starters returning helmed by Matthew Stafford and including a pair of senior running backs. Geogia has questions on its [...]
Republicans are bad too!
While Republican Gov. Bob Riley tries to clean up the mess in the Alabama two-year college system, one Birmingham Republican is doing more than Paul Hubbert to keep corruption possible—his name is David Byers. Simply put, Byers is against removing legislators who did little or no work from college playrolls. Why? It makes one wonder [...]
Officials: Grade change hard to pinpoint
The Mobile Press Register reported this morning that ten grades were changed during the junior year for a BC Rain student athlete. How coincidental that two future Auburn signees just happened to benefit from grade changes! Unfortunately, prospects for finding the culprit do not look good, according to the Press-Register report. Advertisement: (Story continues below)
Academic woes
First there was the sociology program, and now Auburn’s academic problems stem off campus. Two Auburn signees allegedly had grades changed at their Mobile area high schools. The grade changes appear to have made one, if not both, students eligibile to play Division 1 college football. An investigation has found at least one of the [...]
Gottfried makes staff adjustments
With the 2007 basketball season a disappointment, Alabama basketball coach Mike Gottfried had made staff changes. With Tom Asbury out, Gottfried appointed Jeff Dunlap as director of basketball operations. He promoted Kobie Bker to assistant coach and gave more responsibilities to assistant coaches Philipo Pearson and James Holland, the Tuscaloosa News reported. Perhaps I’m missing [...]
Hoover braces for baseball tournament without Bama
As the Southeastern Conference baseball tournament begins, Hoover businesses are getting ready to feel, well, not much of anything. Since [...]