Monday, November 30, 2009 Alabama Press Conference Transcript; Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban talks about the SEC Championship Game between the Florida Gators and Alabama Crimson Tide Alabama Head Football Coach Nick Saban’s Weekly Press Conference Transcript (courtesy of UA Media Relations) Opening Comments: “Well just very quickly, its seems like old news now, but [...]
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SEC: Alabama players on the SEC Championship Game
ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE PLAYER QUOTES (courtesy of UA Media Relations) Some comments from Rolando McClain, Colin Peek, Javier Arenas, Greg McElroy, Mike Johnson and Mark Ingram. Alabama Junior linebacker Rolando McClain On Florida: “They’re obviously a very good team, well coached with a lot of good skill guys. They’re a good team because they do [...]
AP: Tide’s Ingram ‘definitely’ will play vs. Gators
Powered by Mochila AP: Alabama RB Mark Ingram says he will ‘most definitely’ play against Florida in SEC title game Mark Ingram said his bruised hip is fine and he will “most definitely” be ready for the Southeastern Conference championship game against No. 1 Florida. No. 2 Alabama’s tailback was injured in the fourth quarter [...]
Alabama’s Arenas, McElroy & McClain talk Florida
An Interview with: ALABAMA Crimson Tide players JAVIER ARENAS, GREG McELROY and ROLANDO McCLAIN (transcript courtesy of SEC Media Relations) THE MODERATOR: We’ll start with Javier Arenas. Could you talk about the upcoming match up? JAVIER ARENAS: It’s a great opportunity that me and my teammates have to compete in the SEC Championship once again. [...]
Florida’s Tebow, Haden & Dunlap talk Alabama
An Interview with: FLORIDA’S JOE HADEN, TIM TEBOW AND CARLOS DUNLAP (transcript courtesy of SEC Media Relations) THE MODERATOR: We’ll have Florida with us from right now until 12:30 Central, where we will have Alabama join us. We do have the Florida student athletes with us. We’ll be speaking with Tim Tebow, Joe Haden and [...]
SEC ALERTS FANS OF COUNTERFEIT TICKETS
Buying SEC Championship Game tickets? Watch out for counterfeits. Here is the official release from the SEC: BIRMINGHAM– The Southeastern Conference reminds fans to be precautious when purchasing SEC Football Championship tickets on the secondary market. Tickets for the December 5th match-up between Alabama and Florida are sold out. With many fans obtaining tickets through [...]
Alabama’s players of the week
Here is the official release: Rolando McClain Named SEC Defensive Player of the Week; Eight players tabbed by coaching staff as players of the week Alabama junior linebacker Rolando McClain has been named the Southeastern Conference Defensive Player of the Week following his performance in the Crimson Tide’s 26-21 win over Auburn last Friday, the [...]
Monday links
Here is a roundup of some links about the SEC Championship game, and lingering commentary over the 2009 Iron Bowl. And before we get to the links, someone asked that I post this so Alabama fans could be sure to point it out to all those Moral Victorians on the Plains. Someone sent this scoreboard [...]
Shane: The Iron Bowl—it is what it is
By Shane from Centerpoint I’ve got to give the Auburn “family†a great deal of credit. The coaches, the players, and the fans invested every ounce of their hearts trying to upset their ultimate rival Alabama. I have no doubt that Pat Dye – Auburn’s former head coach and current top spokesman – is proud [...]
SEC Championship Briefing: coaches talk & more
The SEC championship game coaches participated in a teleconference Sunday afternoon. You’ll find links to the transcripts of Alabama Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban and Florida Gators coach Urban Meyer in this post. Also, find a very interesting link to a story in the Austin American-Statesman; the story examines some of the reasons Alabama fans [...]
SEC: Nick Saban talks championship game
An Interview with: Alabama Crimson Tide COACH NICK SABAN (transcript courtesy of SEC Media Relations) THE MODERATOR: Coach, if you could start us off with some general thoughts on the upcoming match up with Florida and the SEC Championship game. COACH SABAN: It’s a great opportunity to represent our division in the SEC, which is [...]
SEC: Urban Meyer talks championship game
An Interview with: COACH URBAN MEYER (transcript courtesy of SEC Media Relations) THE MODERATOR: Good afternoon. Welcome to our SEC Championship game football coaches teleconference as we kick off the SEC Championship game week. We will begin today with Coach Urban Meyer. Our coaches will be with us for up to 30 minutes. Coach, if [...]
Alabama’s Ingram should be ready for SEC Champ
Alabama Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban said Mark Ingram should be ready for the SEC Championship Game. “We feel like he’ll be fine for the game,†Nick Saban said Sunday during the SEC teleconference. Saban said the injury happened late in the ballgame, so there wasn’t a chance for Ingram to return. He said these [...]
Alabama vs Florida is 1 vs 2
Powered by Mochila AP: For the second straight season the SEC championship game will be a No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup. Again, it’ll be Florida against Alabama, but this time the Gators will be on top. Florida extended its lead in the AP college football poll Sunday, receiving 46 first-place votes after routing rival [...]
The Tebow Worship Must Stop
Watching the FSU-Florida game today, Tebow’s last in the Swamp, was almost unbearable. Never in my years have I witnessed an entire broadcast dedicated to the worship of one player in particular. In a nutshell, our friends Verne Lundquist and Gary Danielson slobbered all over themselves for three and a half hours, pausing on occasion to talk [...]
McClain selected as finalist for Lott Trophy
Here is the official release: TUSCALOOSA – Alabama junior linebacker Rolando McClain was selected as one of four finalists for the Lott Trophy, The Pacific Club IMPACT Foundation announced on Saturday. McClain, a native of Decatur, Ala., leads the Crimson Tide with a career-best 96 tackles, 12.0 tackles for loss (-57 yards), 4.0 sacks (-36 [...]
Saturday links for Alabama
It is a day after the Iron Bowl and that sound you hear is what being on the opposite side of Mike Shula sounded like. Moral victories! The refs cheated us! That is the refrain of the incompetent. And you can’t call Gus Malzahn and Gene Chizik anything but incompetent with that abomination of clock [...]
Florida’s Strong, Vols’ Fulmer on Louisville’s list
AP: Louisville fired football coach Steve Kragthorpe after finishing the year at 4-8, the school’s worst season in more than a decade. …Jurich said a national search would begin immediately. The list of candidates could include Houston coach Kevin Sumlin, Florida defensive coordinator Charlie Strong and former Tennessee coach Phil Fulmer. Head coaching experience would [...]
Capstone Saturdays: Passing Out The Trophies
Editorial Cartoon: Passing Out The Trophies Wow, what a game. We have the FOY Trophy for another year, and the boogs shelve another moral victory trophy. In a hostile environment, back against the wall, vying for its second consecutive perfect regular season…the first back-to-back 12-0 regular seasons in a row in its illustrious history…the Bama offense [...]
Iron Bowl 2009 score t-shirts; Auburn crying again
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Tide beats Auburn 26-21
Powered by Mochila AP: McElroy and Julio Jones took over without him, aided by five runs and a 17-yard catch by freshman Trent Richardson on the 15-play, 79-yard drive that consumed more than seven minutes. McElroy, who has been criticized at times as a weak link in an offense with a powerful running game, completed [...]
Game notes: Alabama wins Iron Bowl 2009
ALABAMA FOOTBALL (notes courtesy of UA) Friday, November 27, 2009 POST-GAME NOTES: ALABAMA 26, AUBURN 21 UPCHURCH’S FIRST CAREER TD CATCH IS A MEMORABLE ONE Senior running back Roy Upchurch’s four-yard touchdown catch with 1:24 remaining in the game gave Alabama a 26-21 win over Auburn. It was the first touchdown reception of Upchurch’s Alabama [...]
Disaster Averted: Thanks Gus Malzahn!
Alabama defeats Auburn; Crimson Tide 12-0 for second straight undefeated regular season. The story of this year’s Iron Bowl is not the inspired play of Auburn’s defense, or the superb job Auburn defensive coordinator Ted Roof (and Gene Chizik) did in putting the Tigers into a position to win the game. None of that stuff [...]
Iron Bowl: Gameday talk, predictions & links
The 2009 Iron Bowl is just hours away. Post your score predictions for the Alabama-Auburn game in the comments section below. Also feel free to post comments during the game here for discussion. There is a poll included in this post because of the Press-Register; the Press-Register suggests Auburn holds the QB advantage because of [...]
Capstone Saturdays: Daddy’s Home.
Editorial Cartoon: Daddy’s Home This week has been a roller coaster ride for me. I hate this game every year because it means so much, and determines so much in the circles that I run in. I have been uneasy about this game, but after some self-introspection, let me tell you why. I found the [...]
Fulmer, Franchione, Tuberville looking for jobs
Powered by Mochila AP: All the former Tennessee coach needs now is a job. But that might be hard to come by this year because relatively few college football teams are likely to be in the market for a coach. And most of the spots that do come open probably won’t meet Fulmer’s standards. “I’m [...]
AGAIN: UPDATED HOTEL INFO LEAKED TO AUBURN
An Auburn blog has posted updated hotel information for the Alabama Crimson Tide football team. Last night what appeared to be confidential hotel information for the Alabama football team was widely distributed to Auburn fans via blogs and Internet message boards; however, late last night the document was deleted. On Auburn message boards threats of [...]
Preview: Iron Bowl & links
Happy Thanksgiving! I hope everyone enjoys today and enjoys the football festivities Thursday-Monday. Since I spent Wednesday hitting Honeybaked Hams, Publix and other assorted errands, I failed to post the regular links. You’ll find tons of links below. Also, enjoy a preview of Iron Bowl 2009. First up: AP College Football Writer Ralph Russo previews [...]
Tony Mitchell’s suspension much needed
As the Crimson Tide takes the floor tonight in basketball’s version of the Iron Bowl (part one, anyway), it’ll do [...]