AP: Defending national champion Alabama is No. 1 atop the USA Today preseason coaches’ poll. Boise State will begin the season ranked No. 5. The Broncos, like Alabama, finished last season 14-0. They beat TCU in the Fiesta Bowl. The Crimson Tide got 55 of 59 possible first place votes. The other four went to [...]
Archive | August, 2010
Jones: Moore owes Saban a BIG one
Sports In Paradise By Dale Jones If I were Mal Moore, I would think long and hard before selecting Nick Saban’s Christmas gift this year. Thanks to Saban and Saban alone, Mal Moore is now enjoying the monetary benefits of a Championship athletic program. On Wednesday, the University of Alabama trustees offered Moore a three-year [...]
NCAA releases grades for coaches
AP: Former Trojans coach Pete Carroll, at the center of another Southern Cal recruiting scandal, topped 925 all six years, including a 971 in the 2008-09. Nick Saban, coach of national champion Alabama, had a 972. Mack Brown, whose Texas team lost to Alabama in the BCS title game, had a 959. Powered by Mochila
Report: Blake Sims to join Alabama Crimson Tide
The Tuscaloosa News reports, “University of Alabama signee Blake Sims has been certified by the NCAA Clearinghouse and will join the team Thursday, just in time for an evening practice, according to his father.” The report suggests that Alabama will likely use Sims on the defensive side of the ball at safety, but the possibilities [...]
Expansion: Fight song revision
Conference expansion has shifted not only the landscape of college football, but its tunes too. According to the AP, Kansas will change its fight song to edit out references to old Big Eight foes Nebraska and Colorado. According to the AP, “If they’re not in our conference, they’re not in our fight song,” said KU [...]
Alabama football: Crimson Tide opens Fall Camp
The football season rapidly approaches. The Alabama Crimson Tide hit the practice field Thursday. You can watch some video of the practice session above, and read the official release on the practice below. Notice that Alabama football players already are talking about Nick Saban’s drive to keep complacency away from this year’s team. Alabama Football [...]
Dispatches from Alabama’s first practice session
Want to know what is going on during Alabama’s first practice session? Here are tweets from some of the beat writers.
Andre Smith slowed by foot
AP: “The former first-round draft pick has yet to get on the practice field with his Bengals teammates. He’s working out on his own, trying to get in shape and get beyond foot problems that held him back as a rookie. There’s no telling whether he’ll be ready to start the season.” Powered by Mochila
Alabama football: Nick Saban previews fall camp
Alabama Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban met with the press to preview fall camp. You can watch the press conference with this video from the Tuscaloosa News (above), or read the transcript below. Alabama’s Nick Saban Press Conference Transcript – August 4 courtesy of Alabama Athletic Media Relations Opening comments by Alabama Crimson Tide football [...]
Bryant-Denny’s official seating capacity announced
The Alabama Crimson Tide announced the official seating capacity for the expanded Bryant-Denny Stadium. Here is the official release. BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM’S OFFICIAL SEATING CAPACITY WILL BE 101,821 FOR 2010 SEASON TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – When the University of Alabama football season opens on September 4 against San Jose State, Bryant-Denny Stadium will be the fifth-largest stadium [...]
Anyone remember this game?
“Told he was too small and too slow all the way back in high school, all he did was set national records. Then he went to the University of Florida — as a backup. His first start came on the road against a ranked Alabama team and all he did was set the school’s single-game [...]
Expansion: Big Ten chief talks championship game
From the AP, He also said teams will likely play nine conference games instead of eight in the future to help preserve rivalries. “I think there’s a real consensus among our athletic directors to do that,” Delany said Monday at the league’s football media days. “How quickly we can do that? We can’t do that [...]
Expansion: Big Ten talks title game
From the AP: Big Ten football sessions begin, coaches abuzz about divisions, tradition, possible title game Powered by Mochila
Alabama’s Mark Barron on Thorpe Watch List
Alabama Crimson Tide defensive star Mark Barron is on the Jim Thorpe Award Watch List. You can read all about it in the official press release below that just arrived via email. Mark Barron Named to Thorpe Watch List Alabama junior defensive back Mark Barron was named to the 2010 Jim Thorpe Award preseason watch [...]
Knee braces for linemen?
NFL coaches like Chan Gailey and Bill Parcels have instituted knee-brace policies in an effort to protect linemen. Read more about the linemen and knee injuries in the story embedded below. Powered by Mochila
Jackson a frontrunner to start with Texans
Former Alabama Crimson Tide defensive star is in the running to start for the Houston Texans. This AP story gives a picture of the young football player, “The 5-foot-10 Jackson said his transition to the pros has been eased because of the Texans’ defensive scheme resembles what the Crimson Tide run under Nick Saban, a [...]
Player commits to Auburn over Alabama
The headline says it all. There’s something electric about the phrase that ignites fans on both sides. And the media knows it. Motivated by website clicks, newspaper sales and ratings, our friends in the media like to pepper their blogs, articles and sports segments with the phrase. But is the information sometimes disingenuous? Family factors [...]