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Saban: McClain should be ready for BCS title game
Powered by Mochila From the AP: Ailing LB Rolando McClain should be able to play in BCS title game Alabama coach Nick Saban expects All-American linebacker Rolando McClain to be ready for the BCS championship game against Texas. Saban said McClain and backup defensive back Rod Woodson were both feeling better Wednesday after being limited [...]
Winning defines both McCoy, McElroy
AP: This may be the era of Tim Tebow in college football, but it will end with either McCoy or McElroy leaving the Rose Bowl with a career-defining victory. Other than Texas roots, winning is the one thing McElroy and McCoy have in common. No college quarterback has won more games as a starter than [...]
No. 1 Alabama on Top Because of Multi-pronged Attack
As Alabama approaches the BCS Championship Game, the Crimson Tide offense has more than just a Heisman Trophy Winner to rely on. The AP’s John Mone reports on Alabama’s unselfish offensive approach. Powered by Mochila
VIDEO: McCoy to Shipley Is Quite a Texas Tandem
AP: The No. 2 Texas Longhorns head into Thursday’s BCS Championship game against top-ranked Alabama with an offensive attack that features the prolific pass and catch combination of Colt McCoy and Jordan Shipley. Powered by Mochila
Colt McCoy is the ‘complete package’
The Boston Globe: “‘He’s the complete package,”’ said Crimson Tide defensive coordinator Kirby Smart, whose defense found a way to contain Tebow in the Tide’s 32-13 romp over Florida in the SEC title game. “He can run and he can throw. He can beat you in so many ways. He’s the best we have played [...]
Tide wraps practice for Texas
BCS Practice Report (courtesy of UA) COSTA MESA, Calif., – The No. 1-ranked Alabama football team wrapped up preparations for No. 2 Texas with its last full practice on Tuesday at the Costa Mesa High School Sports Complex. The Crimson Tide practiced for two hours in shells for the second consecutive day under great Southern [...]
BCS: Athletes play for pride, coaches get bonuses
AP: The players at Texas and Alabama will compete Thursday night for the chance to be called national champions and for a beautiful crystal trophy to be placed outside their locker room. Their coaches have even more at stake. Mack Brown of Texas stands to make $450,000 if he leads the Longhorns past Alabama in [...]
Alabama’s Rolando McClain sick
According to ESPN’s Joe Schad via twitter: “Rolando McClain (stomach) sick and not at media day.” MORE from twitter: “Dont’a Hightower, McClain’s best friend: ‘Rolando wasn’t in my room this morning. If it’s up to him he’ll play, stomach virus or not.’” UPDATE 2: McClain sickness due to something he ate; expected to be fine [...]
Television ratings increase for first 2 BCS games
From the AP: Television ratings are up for the first two BCS games. Tim Tebow’s final college game appeared to boost ratings for the Sugar Bowl. Florida’s 51-24 win over unbeaten Cincinnati on Friday on Fox earned an 8.5 fast national rating and 15 share. … The rating was up 9 percent from last season’s [...]
What does this mean for football coverage?
Birmingham News has a new publisher. From the AP (read the entire story embedded below.) Powered by Mochila
Vols get serious about guns & drugs. Sort of.
The University of Tennessee Volunteers will get serious about guns and drugs. Next time. No the Vols are serious. They are against armed robbery. (That is if you aren’t a star defensive back.) The Vols are against having illegal guns and drugs. (That is if you aren’t going to contribute lots of points and rebounds.) [...]
Alabama’s Mark Ingram inspires from Flint to Tuscaloosa
Powered by Mochila AP: Mark Ingram plays for Alabama — and so much more. He plays for a father who watches his games from jail. He plays for a family that has stayed strong and close during hard times. He plays for the people in his hometown of Flint, Mich., a city whose residents have [...]
Smiley: Saban is underrated; Tiffin will win it
Former Alabama offensive lineman Justin Smiley thinks Nick Saban is underrated and predicts a Leigh Tiffin kick will win the National Championship. Smiley shared his thoughts about the National Championship game on PlayMaker Mobile, a new mobile application that allows top professional athletes connect with fans in real time. Smiley’s post is below. Justin Smiley: [...]
Jones: Leach will land on his feet
Sports In Paradise By Dale Jones Where do I begin? I guess by saying that I have never been a huge Mike Leach fan. As a football coach, I think he is talented and somewhat innovative, but as a person, well, I never really felt like he had it all together. Leach, who won three [...]
Shane: SEC bowl results embarrassing
By Shane from Centerpoint SEC Commissioner Mike Slive should send a special thank-you note to Urban Meyer and Houston Nutt. He could add Mark Richt to the list as well. Those three head coaches helped salvage the nation’s perception that the SEC is America’s toughest football conference. He could also acknowledge Gene Chizik and Bob [...]
BCS: Mount Cody wants to take Alabama to summit
Powered by Mochila AP: Mount Cody ready to lead No. 1 Alabama to college football’s summit in BCS title game Terrence Cody’s unyielding presence works best on the football field. The 6-foot-5, 354-pound All-American nose guard specializes in clogging up the middle, drawing double teams and generally being a disruptive force on the interior of [...]
Nick Saban has time for Mickey Mouse & more
Mickey Mouse is more important than the president of the United States. We can say this because Nick Saban once told the president he was busy and couldn’t have dinner with him. And that was preseason. But Mickey Mouse gets to meet with Saban during preparation for the BCS National Championship? And if you doubt [...]
Saban brought momentum back to Alabama
Nick Saban arrived in Alabama to coach the Crimson Tide surrounded by one thing he hated—expectations. Those expectations were stratospheric Wednesday, January 3, 2007, as fans waited on a private jet to land; that Wednesday at about 3:45 p.m., several hundred (note:1) or perhaps thousands of fans clad in Crimson and White surrounded the Tuscaloosa [...]
Alabama holds first practice in California
Football Holds First Practice in California (courtesy of UA) COSTA MESA, Calif. – The No. 1 ranked Alabama football team held its first practice in California in full pads Saturday afternoon at the Costa Mesa High School Sports Complex. The team practiced for two hours under the Southern California sun in preparations for its BCS [...]
BCS: Analyzing Alabama vs. Texas
Powered by Mochila AP: Breaking down No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 2 Texas in BCS championship game With perfect records and plenty of All-Americans, No. 1 Alabama and No. 2 Texas showed few flaws on their way to the BCS national championship game on Jan. 7 in the Rose Bowl. How do they match up [...]
Scarbinsky Loses His Mind
In an effort to generate interest and readership for his dying newspaper (and possibly career), Kevin Scarbinsky slipped further into delusional lunacy today. In a piece entitled “The Chizik-Saban Parallel Continues”, Scarbface attempts to connect the dots between what some desperately hope is happening in Auburn and what HAS happened in Tuscaloosa. You can read the [...]
Capstone Saturdays: Where’s The Bowl Beef?
Editorial Cartoon: Where’s The Bowl Beef New Year’s Bowls Mean Nothing Today Remember when New Year’s Day was a sacred holiday? I do. In the days before cable, my family would gather in the living room, stack television sets on top of each other, and watch multiple bowl games at once. The match-ups were that [...]
Recruiting: Fulton to Bama & other news
According to the State, “Manning defensive back John Fulton is expected to announce for Alabama over South Carolina on Saturday during the Under Armour All-American Game, according to two sources.” Fulton is rated as a four-star prospect by Scout, Rivals and ESPN. [recreading]
Alabama arrives for BCS title game
Citi BCS Championship Game Arrival Quotes (courtesy of UA) COSTA MESA, Calif. – The University of Alabama football team arrived in California on Friday to continue preparations for the Citi BCS National Championship Game. Below are quotes from junior linebacker Rolando McClain and senior left guard Mike Johnson after getting to the team hotel on [...]
Jones: Listening to the heartbeat of Urban Meyer
Sports In Paradise By Dale Jones It is official. Doctors did listen to Coach Urban Meyer’s heart and it sounded something like this…Tebow…Tebow…Tebow. Thinking there might be some mistake, the coach got a second opinion, but once again…Tebow…Tebow…Tebow. Crazy, huh? College football fans, and more importantly, Florida Gator fans, were stunned last Saturday when Coach [...]
BREAKING: Volunteers in trouble again!
On a Hallowed hill in Tennessee Like Beacon shining bright This time it wasn’t Lane Kiffin or the football players embarrassing the University of Tennessee and its fans. This time Bruce Pearl’s guys are doing it. According to Heather Harrington of Knoxville’s Sports Animal (via twitter), “Just confirmed from KPD officials four UT mens basketball [...]
Cheerleaders for New Year’s Day!
Need a distraction from meaningless football games? Here are a few cheerleaders to enjoy. Photo from fOTOGLIF Miami Dolphins cheerleaders perform at the game between the Dolphins and Houston Texans. The Texans defeated the Dolphins, 27-27, at Land Shark Stadium in Miami, Florida, Sunday, December 27, 2009. (C.M.Guerrero/El Nuevo Herald/MCT) Photo via Newscom Photo from [...]
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