This is an Alabama Crimson Tide focused website. However, for the last couple of weeks, the Rush Propst and Hoover Bucs saga has gripped our attention. And just when you think the story is going to settle down, something else ignites it. This week, the Western Star, owned by Trib Publications, apologized for the July [...]
Archive | July, 2007
Propst story won’t die; Paper backs down
Hunter Ford called into the Paul Finebaum show Wednesday afternoon following what appeared to be the Western Star’s apology for the Hunter Ford column which it ran in its July 4 edition. The column available by clicking here, alleged Hoover coach Rush Propst had an affair. I’m not near a Western Star newspaper box. I’ll [...]
Saban media blitz; responds to NCAA issues
Nick Saban is in the midst of a serious public relations blitz with appearances on Fox SportsSouth and public speeches in Montgomery and Birmingham. This shouldn’t signal a major change in Saban’s openness to the media or the public, but it is more Saban than the public has seen since he was introduced as head [...]
Alabama on satellite radio?
One of our regular readers asked: If Alabama football games will be on XM or Sirius this coming season? I can’t find that info anywhere on the net. A few phone calls and emails, and we found the answer: Alabama will once again be on Sirius radio. According to Sirius’ press rep: “SIRIUS is still [...]
Discipline? We don’t need no stinking discipline!
From Roll Bama Roll:Yamene Coleman Ice Cream Watch: Day 1 Roll Bama Roll’s prophetic post from yesterday when the story broke. Coaches have a difficult job. You must walk the line between supporting your players, and maintaining discipline on the team. You can’t pre-judge someone’s guilt, especially a kid you’ve gotten to know. But when [...]
Alabama’s scandalous utility rates
The Public Service Commission (PSC) is little more than a rubber stamp for Alabama’s big utilities I think most readers would recognize the Capstone Report as politically conservative whenever we’ve spoken on non-football issues. We’ll admit it. We like small government, honest policies, low taxes and a free market. And those core principles are troubled [...]
Saban debut on tv?
Cecil Hurt writes the Alabama-Western Carolina game set for Sept. 1 is being considered for the Lincoln Financial telecast. You can readthe column here. Hurt makes a very good point, the only attractive games for Lincoln Financial in Week One are the Florida-Western Kentucky game and the Alabama-Western Carolina game. With the always festive opening [...]
Hunter Ford’s new column
Hunter Ford posted a new sports column in our comment section. I thought it was a good read, and would be a little easier to read in its own section. You can read where he posted it by clicking here. Mr. Ford is a staff writer with The Western Star in Bessemer. Bessemer is one [...]
Saban on Fox Sports
Fox Sports Net South to air “In My Own Words: Nick Saban” July 14 at 9:30 p.m. See a preview here. Oh, and $aban has casued an increase in UA merchandise $ales, according to the Huntsville Times. Advertisement: (Story continues below) Will players get paid? Former UA offensive coordinator Dave Rader seems to think so. [...]
Predicting the SEC West
Alabama will be better than Auburn. At least if you believe the experts (gamblers). Covers.com released its SEC West predictions with LSU at the top followed by Alabama and Auburn. Covers.com predicts LSU winning the west with a record of 12-0. Alabama runner-up with a record of 9-3, and Auburn in third with a record [...]
Mentoring Nick Saban
What was Nick Saban like before he hit it big? The Decatur Daily provides an insightful look with interviews of three men instrumental in making Nick Saban into the coach he is. The Daily interviews George Perles—Saban was defensive coordinator at Michigan State under Perles. Second, the Daily interviews Jerry Glanville, former Houston Oilers head [...]
C&W Roundtable #3
The third installment of the Crimson & White Roundtable is up, and this week’s host is the Tide Druid. Be sure to check it out as the Internet’s best talk about Alabama’s chances for an upset (and other matters) in the 2007 season. Advertisement: (Story continues below)
Propst exposed
UPDATE: CLICK HERE FOR ENTIRE COLUMN True to his word, former Hoover Gazette reporter Hunter Ford used a column in the Western Star, a Bessemer area newspaper, to expose the personal indiscretions of Hoover’s Rush Propst. I saw the Propst story in the July 4 edition of the Western Star because I buy newspapers in [...]
Changes in Athletic Deptartment?
The Tuscaloosa News reported Alabama’s director of athletic marketing has resigned. The department was in the process of being restructured. Let’s hope the restructuring will be a continuous process in the athletic department, and doesn’t stop here. If only a few more prominent persons were shuffled out the door we could solve most of UA’s [...]
Shameless
In the shameless self-promotion category, the summer is here and with it some free time! So, if anyone needs any graphics work (ie: catalogs, brochures, photography, etc.) my company has time to taken on some additional projects. That means almost any Quark or InDesign type work. If you want more information email us at info@capstonereport.com [...]
And you want more local autonomy?
The Birmingham News, and most other major newspapers, editorialize ad nauseam about the need for more local autonomy. They don’t like the 1901 constitution’s restrictions on local governments. (Read they don’t like the fact local governments can’t raise taxes as easily as they would like.) What type of governments do they want to have more [...]
Another pro football league
The AAFL is getting buzz around the nation as tryouts began for the league, which is set to debut in 2008. According to the Birmingham News, the AAFL may bring players back home. According to the News, six former Alabama players, six former UAB players and eight former Auburn players were at the workouts. I’m [...]
Christmas in July
ESPN columnist Pat Forde finds the football preview magazines a welcome diversion. I wish I could be that enthusiastic. Perhaps it is the heat, but football seems ages away, even with the magazines on the stands. Perhaps when media days arrive, it will feel more like college football is nigh. Until then, we must make [...]
Hey NFL, I’ll risk a concussion if you’ll give me a shot
Would someone reading this please help me? I’ve got a real problem on my hands and I’m out of answers. [...]