By Shane from Centerpoint I am told by my source that Jimmy Rane, Pat Dye and Jay Jacobs are going to choose the asst. coaching staff. Gene Chizik is the only candidate who would agree to this type of deal, thus he got the job. He also said they are bringing Rodney Garner back. If [...]
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Shane: 2008 Alabama Season Summary
By Shane from Centerpoint Alabama exceeded every pundit’s expectations during Nick Saban’s second stage of the “Processâ€. Even the most optimistic predictor (that would be me), who picked Alabama to finish 9-3, could never have imagined that the Crimson Tide would run through the nation’s toughest league and produce an undefeated regular-season record, while making [...]
College football’s last gasp in Birmingham
By Hunter Ford Are you getting nervous yet, college football fans? If you are a college football junky, the bowl season is a great time. Yet it causes pangs of withdrawal because the season will soon be over. Two more college games remain to be played at Legion Field in Birmingham before the door slams [...]
SEC: The real national championship
[poll id="7"] By Shane from Centerpoint Kirk Herbstreit’s opinion isn’t something I usually agree with. However, when he followed my daily call to Paul Finebaum with the opinion that this SEC championship game is the “true†national championship, Kirk reiterated my earlier take. For me, as a longtime observer from the South, to make that [...]
‘The Tubby Watch’ is toast
By Shane from Centerpoint I just recently applied to trademark the phrase, “The Tubby Watchâ€, a descriptive nickname I came up with awhile back for the annual back and forth threats between Auburn head football coach Tommy Tuberville and the clueless Auburn University administration during contract negotiations. I guess that idea is “toastâ€, because the [...]
Tubs out: The Tide is high!
Hunter Ford Tommy Tuberville was a giant thorn in the ass of Alabama fans and I’m glad he’s gone. I’m glad the prick has no more digits to throw up in our faces. We can extend a big “Number One” middle finger to him as he exits. But Auburn is foolish to send him packing. [...]
Hueytown should be a destination for race fans
Hunter Ford A little bird told me that Hueytown might be in position to build a new race track. This wasn’t some tweeting jaybird either, it was a wise owl professing what should be. And it should be. But it shouldn’t stop there. A racing museum perhaps, some new hotels, more restaurants. Hueytown could be [...]
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 [...]
Shane: Defense
Iron Bowl 2008 coverage at the Capstone Report is made possible by: By Shane from Centerpoint This is the reality of the situation. Recent comparisons to the vaunted, championship caliber “Red Wall†defense from 1992 have begun to make the rounds. In reality this 2008 Crimson Tide stop-unit is posting the same type of numbers [...]
Ford: Thankful to be Bama fan
Iron Bowl 2008 coverage at the Capstone Report is made possible by: By Hunter Ford It’s Turkey Day eve and Iron Bowl week. I’m thankful to be an Alabama fan and not a cud chewing fan of that cow college in southeast Alabama. Whereas Alabama is a champion show dog of college football and always [...]
The Rivalry
Iron Bowl 2008 coverage at the Capstone Report is made possible by: By Shane from Centerpoint Once again the time of year has come for cross-state rivals Alabama and Auburn to settle the “bragging-rights†issue. Actually, for the past six years there hasn’t really been an issue concerning who’s had the best program. Tommy Tuberville [...]
Mark Gottfried is a disgrace
By Intheknow72 Nick Saban doesn’t have time to watch basketball. He’s too busy breaking down game film, breaking down opponents, and breaking up coaching staffs around the SEC. But if he did have a free minute and happened to turn on the ole TV tonight to take in the basketball version of the Crimson Tide, [...]
Nothing fancy, aight!
Iron Bowl 2008 coverage at the Capstone Report is made possible by: By Shane from Centerpoint Some say the world has become a very difficult, complicated place – a place where complex solutions are required to remain competitive and progressive. If that statement were applied to college football, Alabama head football coach Nick Saban would [...]
Credibility
By Shane from Centerpoint Webster’s dictionary defines credible as deserving confidence. Using that definition as a standard it is difficult to acknowledge that the opinions of “talking heads†like ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit and CBS’s Gary Danielson really mean anything more than the average Joe sitting in his lounge chair at home playing analyst. I realize [...]
You’ve seen the future of Tide football
By Intheknow72 It’s absolutely amazing. Some may call it unfortunate. Others just downright annoying. But with each and every win for the 2008 University of Alabama football team, they become decreasingly significant. The national pundits, who make their living incessantly running the hole just beneath their noses, continue to search for a team they can [...]
The state of the Crimson Nation
By Hunter Ford On the historic Tuesday night that saw the election of the first black American president, ABC news anchor Charlie Gibson had Alabama football on his mind. One of Gibson’s fellow newsmen was displaying some foreign newspapers that showed support for Barack Obama. A headline from Great Britain read “Yanks a lot” for [...]
Coach Killers
By Shane from Centerpoint Coming off of an SEC championship game appearance last year, the 2008 college football season was supposed to be a big year for Tennessee and Coach Phil Fulmer. Meanwhile, Clemson head coach Tommy Bowden – with his team (pre-season) ranked inside the top ten – was optimistic about his chances for [...]
The team nobody wants to play
By Shane from Centerpoint I remember the first time Nick Saban made the statement. He said that he wanted Alabama to be a team that opponents feared – a physically dominating team that would literally beat others into submission. He wanted a team that could exercise its will on the field. It was never more [...]
It seems like old times
By Hunter Ford It seems like old times and everything is new again. My nine-year-old son is collecting Star Wars toys and loving Indiana Jones movies. Texas, Alabama and Penn State are at the top of the college football polls. It’s great to be a fan of any of those schools right now, but for [...]
Shane: Tubby’s last stand
By Shane from Centerpoint Some people know when to walk away – some don’t. Thomas Hawley Tuberville tried at the end of the 2007 football season, but he was unable to finish the deal. As a result, the past has come back to bite him. In 2004 he cut a swath of revenge across the [...]
From the archives: Football and family
By Hunter Ford I posted this last year after the Tennessee game. I can’t think of the Tennessee game, win or lose without thinking about my grandfather. It was a glorious autumn scene- clear blue skies and a gentle breeze with just enough nip in the air to justify wearing a sweater outside on a [...]
Shane: Ranking the SEC at the midpoint
By Shane from Centerpoint There isn’t a pundit on earth – not even Danny Sheridan – who could’ve come close to predicting the bizarre outcome of the first half of the 2008 college football season. The Southeastern Conference has been especially wild and unpredictable. From Vanderbilt’s leading the SEC’s eastern division to “Bama’s back†becoming [...]
Profile: Rick Karle & Fox 6 Sideline
Karle’s Fox 6 Sideline a community effort By Hunter Ford It’s a Friday night during football season and Rick Karle, sports director for Fox 6 TV in Birmingham, is doing a dozen things at once. Karle has been a fixture on local TV since 1989, and the high school football highlight show he anchors each [...]
Shane on the AU situation
Will the real Tommy Tuberville please stand up? By Shane from Centerpoint The recent flip-flop decision by Auburn head football coach Tommy Tuberville to fully endorse offensive coordinator Tony Franklin one day and fire him the very next is embarrassingly indecisive at best. Suddenly, a man known as the Riverboat Gambler – because of his [...]
Told you so…
My Predictions Came True By Intheknow72 If you’ll check me, on August 23rd, just seven days before this year’s nightmare began for the “Ahw-buhn Fambley,” I wrote an article on here that made two distinct predictions. 1.) Auburn would severely miss Brandon Cox 2.) Auburn would also miss their old offense Man, was I right. [...]
‘We’re running out of players’
By Shane from Centerpoint Tommy Tuberville told the truth. As he sat before the Birmingham News writers and the rest of the media after Saturday night’s disaster, at the hands of the Vanderbilt Commodores, Tuberville made the weakest statement of his career. “We’re running out of players,†Tuberville said. Tubby sounded like Custer on the [...]
Target on their back
By Shane from Centerpoint Now that the Crimson Tide has laid siege to Athens and totally destroyed the 3rd ranked Georgia Bulldogs a new challenge begins to surface, one totally unfamiliar to the recent Alabama football program. Instead of progressing along under the radar, the Tide now has to perform with a huge target on [...]
Off topic: Pet blessings
I thought Alabama fans might consider reading this article as a repentence for all the abuse our favorite team has handed out to Tiger’s, Hawg’s and Dawg’s so far. We’ve got some more Tigers and Bulldogs to whip this year. Perhaps South Carolina fans should take a hard look, seeing as their mascot and nickname [...]
State title most coveted for this Tide fan
By Hunter Ford At least for this Alabama fan, a state championship this season would mean more than any other title the Tide could earn. Alabama has leaped in the polls after mauling Clemson to begin the year and, last Saturday, blacking the eyes of the dark-shirted Georgia Bulldogs. Don’t get me wrong, I’m as [...]
Auburn fans pull the covers over their eyes
By Intheknow72 Right now, if you’re an Aubie, this can’t be happening. Every week, your sure-fire, fast-paced, high-octane offense is struggling just to crank. Your super stud QB has been replaced by a division I-AA middle-of-the-pack hack. Your super stud QB gets in the game and does nothing. There is racial dissension on the team [...]
Cam Newton defense doesn’t work for everyone; NCAA enforcement discriminates
The NCAA is arbitrary and capricious. It persecutes who it wills and rewards others. The case of Georgia’s Kolton Houston [...]