Archive | December, 2008

Can Auburn learn from Alabama?

SEC Championship Game coverage at the Capstone Report made possible by: Bragging Rights Shirt: Auburn got their seventh loss It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls.—Aristophanes, The Birds What cannot be learned through discussion is usually learned through disaster. Alabama 36 Auburn 0. Iron Bowl [...]

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Former Tide player to coach Clemson

AP: Interim coach Dabo Swinney will become Clemson’s permanent coach, according to a school official close to the football program. “I could tell there was something special about Dabo as far as being a coach,” Stallings said last week when he visited Clemson’s practice. (Read the entire AP report below). Powered by Mochila

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AP Video: Tide #1 for five straight weeks

AP: The SEC has played a conference championship game since 1992, but there has never been one like the one we are about to see in Atlanta. The SEC Championship game pits #1 Alabama against #2 Florida. This video shows AP writer Ralph D. Russo talking about the big game. Powered by Mochila

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Shane: The Elephant Stomp

SEC Championship Game coverage at the Capstone Report made possible by: Bragging Rights Shirt: Auburn got their seventh loss By Shane from Centerpoint Tommy Tuberville got off the bus flashing seven. He entered Bryant-Denny stadium with that trademark smirk pasted on his face and left without eighteen bowl practices, with a staff upheaval in the [...]

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Scandal: Langford arrested

UPDATE: AP story on the situation included below Reuters story The international wire service Reuters has moved this story on Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford. You have to love the positive press generated by this line of the story: “Mayor Larry Langford was arrested as part of an investigation into corruption surrounding Birmingham’s sewer bonds, which [...]

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Recruiting: Alabama lands commitment from #6 pro style QB Cooper Bateman

Alabama needed a quarterback in the next recruiting class, and it landed a commitment from one of the top pro-style [...]

Leadership the Nick Saban Way: How to rally after a loss—four lessons from Alabama’s BCS National Championship

Leadership lessons from Alabama football coach Nick Saban: Turning a loss into an opportunity for growth The Alabama football team [...]

Conference expansion paid off for the ACC; What looms for the SEC?

The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) raided the Big East in an attempt to improve its position during the conference realignment [...]

ALABAMA FOOTBALL: The leadership keys to Nick Saban’s success

I love studying leadership. I confess that my favorite book on leadership is Machiavelli’s The Prince, but there are many [...]

SEC FOOTBALL: Alabama coach Nick Saban, LSU coach Les Miles and South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier are top three coaches in the conference

See why some think Alabama Crimson Tide Coach Nick Saban is the best coach in college football.

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. [...]