Tide Offense Shines In First Scrimmage
By · CommentsAfter a two hour scrimmage Saturday afternoon, the Crimson Tide’s offense put up nice numbers Saturday in the team’s first scrimmage. Quarterback AJ McCarron was 19-29 for 222 yards and zero touchdowns. Meanwhile, running back Eddie Lacy rushed for 57 yards on eight carries. Nick Saban seemed to be pleased with his team’s progress. “I […]
Tide Now Odds On Favorite To Win SEC
By · CommentsHow big of a loss is former LSU defensive back Tyrann Mathieu? So big that now Vegas odds makers are saying now that the Crimson Tide is favored to take the SEC. According to betting website Bovada, the Tide who was tied with the Tigers for winning the SEC, has now taken the lead with […]
Tide Suffers Injury at Defensive Backfield
By · CommentsComing into this season, the Crimson Tide’s secondary had at least one thing going for it; depth. But that his taken a couple of blows this week with a departure of one player and injury to another. Jarrick Williams will be out the rest of the season with an ACL injury according to head coach […]
WR Black Out For 3-4 Months
By · CommentsBad news for the Alabama offense, wide receiver Chris Black, who was expected to contribute to the offense this season, will need surgery for his shoulder and is expected to be out for 3-4 months. “He’s going to be an excellent player for us in the future,” Saban said. According to some reports, there was […]
JC Transfer Leaving Bama
By · CommentsJunior defensive back Travell Dixon, who was expected to help the Tide this year in the secondary, has decided to leave the program. Dixon told Andrew Bone of Tidesports.com that “I decided to leave due to family and personal reasons,” “I don’t know where I am going to go.” Dixon informed the Bama coaching staff […]
Nussmeier Looks To Make Mark As Tide’s New OC
By · CommentsAfter last season’s national championship victory over LSU, former Alabama offensive coordinator Jim McElwain left for Colorado State. After four successful seasons as offensive coordinator with two national championships under his belt, the question for many Crimson Tide fans was who could replace him? Nick Saban didn’t waste any time in hiring Doug Nussmeier formally […]
Smart Pleased So Far With Young Cornerbacks
By · CommentsOne of the main questions marks coming into this season is who will replace cornerbacks Dre Kirkpatrick, DeQuan Menzie and Phelon Jones. While the Tide defensive backfield does return senior Robert Lester and sophomore Vinnie Sunseri who played a lot at the end of last season, the Tide still has few holes to fill. But […]
Ex-Tide Wide Out Carter Dismissed From FAU Practice
By · CommentsEx-Crimson Tide wideout Duron Carter who recently left the UA campus to join Florida Atlantic, got kicked out of practice by FAU coaches for lack of effort. Apparently according to reports, Carter’s wide receiver’s coach told the kid to come back when you are ready to make the effort; it must have gotten through to […]
Eddie Lacy Back For Fall Practice
By · CommentsOne of the things that must have pleased Nick Saban yesterday was to see the return of running back Eddie Lacy who sat out spring practice because of injuries. Saban said Lacy did everything he needed to do to get back to the practice field. “He doesn’t have any issues or problems,” said Saban. “He […]
Tide Starts The Season Ranked No. 2
By · CommentsThe USA Today top 25 Preseason College Football Coaches Poll came out the other day and to no one’s surprise the top two teams are from the SEC. LSU took the No. 1 spot in the country, while the defending national champions claimed the No. 2 spot. Although the Tide is ranked No. 2 in […]
