23 signees enrolled for summer Twenty-three of Alabama’s #1 signing class are already enrolled at UA. These 23 are set for summer term classes. But there remains a tight squeeze with the numbers. Additional players could enroll next term, Saban told the Montgomery Advertiser. So far, six players from the signing class will delay enrollment [...]
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‘Proof of Trotsky’s far-sightedness is that none of his predictions have come true yet.’ Phillip Marshall must have flunked logic in school. Honestly, could his arguments be any worse? Take this commentary on recruiting: Some are rated highly by recruiting services and some aren’t, but all were high on Auburn’s list. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have [...]
Trent Richardson commits
Trent Richardson committed to Alabama Monday. And he’s thinking like any Alabama fan. “I think with the (recruiting) class Alabama just had, we can go ahead and win a national championship by my freshman year,” Richarsdon told the Pensacola News Journal. Advertisement: Story continues below How good is Richardson? He’s a four star recruit in [...]
More criticism of ‘Saban Rule’
Another coach has joined the growing chorus of complaints about the ‘Saban Rule’. WVU coach Bill Stewart thinks the new rule stinks, according to WVGazette.com. The purpose of the rule was to punish hard-working, well-known coaches like Nick Saban or Pete Carroll. The result was to hurt lower profile coaches too. It’s one thing if [...]
Report: Alonzo Lawrence cleared
Bamaonline.com reported Alonzo Lawrence has been cleared academically. Lawrence plans to enroll as early as June for the summer term pending approval of the NCAA clearinghouse. Lawrence, a four-star cornerback prospect, had his ACT score flagged and had been awaiting verification. In fact, Jones had been told Lawrence’s earliest possible enrollment at UA would be [...]
Report:SEC coaches FAVOR early signing
UPDATE: MAJORITY NOW FAVORS EARLY SIGNING PERIOD UPDATE:Read an entire story on the early signing period at end of this article. SEC coaches are split on an early signing period. Phil Fulmer and Nick Saban favor the mid-December signing period. Saban advocates the position because it means less time worrying over players who already have [...]
Report: Lewis to Hargrave
Bamaonline.com reported Alabama signee Brandon Lewis is headed to Hargrave. “I missed my ACT score by one point so I will be going to Hargrave this fall,” said Pleasant Grove defensive lineman Brandon Lewis. “The problem was that my ACT score jumped up too much between the first time and second time I took it [...]
Gas prices could limit recruiting travel
Analyst Tom Lemming has predicted high gas prices could deter prospects from taking visits. Lemming was quoted by WholeHogSports.com talking about the impact gas prices. CBS College Sports national football recruiting analyst Tom Lemming believes the high cost of fuel will limit the amount of travel for kids “because a lot of these players come [...]
Lazy coaches of the world unite
Lazy coaches of the world unite. You have nothing to lose because you don’t work… The AP moved a story tonight, which exposes the real reason for the “Saban Rule.†We’ve speculated for weeks the rule was all about punishing hard work. Guess what? Someone confirmed it. Minnesota recruiting coordinator Dan Berezowitz said the so-called [...]
Gerald West gaining popularity
Arkansas is looking to raid the state of Alabama for a corner. According to Wholehogsports.com, Arkansas is working to land Davidson’s Gerald West. West has scholarship offers from Auburn, Alabama, Miss. State and Florida State. West provides great speed at the corner position. His high school coach Fred Riley told WholehogSports that West is the [...]
AJ McCarron commits to Tide
BREAKING: TUBERVILLE PULLS MCCARRON SCHOLARSHIP OFFER…DETAILS TO FOLLOW…(after getting a couple of emails, this little note was intended sarcastically; apologies for not making that clear) AJ McCarron committed to Alabama Saturday evening. McCarron was wanted by Miami, Ole Miss, Oklahoma, Auburn, West Virginia, Florida State, Purdue (hey, it is an engineering school, they don’t care [...]
REVEALED: UT’s recruiting problem
Tennessee’s Phil Fulmer is known for skulduggery. After all, when he couldn’t land players, the first thing that crossed his mind was the other guys had to be cheating. (Often he was right, but that’s beside the point.) Now Fulmer can’t land recruits because he tells players one thing, and when he gets them on [...]
Saban, Zook push recruiting boundaries
While Tommy Tuberville hunts, other coaches are busy recruiting. Nick Saban is chatting via web cam, and Ron Zook is on the road at coaching clinics. So far, the NCAA sees the web cam conversations as good thing—or at least it meets the spirit of the rule change. The NCAA was quoted in the Washington [...]
Tuberville ‘lazy’ rule now in effect
Since Tommy Tuberville prefers duck hunting to recruiting, he and a few other lazy coaches pushed for a recruiting rule change. The rule prohibits coaches from on-site evaluations during the spring evaluation period. It went into effect Tuesday, according to the Tuscaloosa News. Advertisement: Story continues below Saban visited over 100 high schools last spring. [...]
Hoover braces for baseball tournament without Bama
As the Southeastern Conference baseball tournament begins, Hoover businesses are getting ready to feel, well, not much of anything. Since [...]