Archive for Alabama Football
ESPN’s Low Talks Richardson and Tide Running Game
Posted by: | CommentsNice article by Chris Low on Tide running back Trent Richardson. Low talks about how Richardson has taken a humble approach to his new role as leader of the Tide’s running backs. “I don’t care if people are trying to shut me down or not. As long as my team is having a good time […]
Arkansas Players Trashing Talking Alabama
Posted by: | CommentsThis Alabama game means everything and I mean EVERYTHING to Arkansas. Bobby Petrino even said so yesterday and his players are buying into this revenge factor as well. Some Arkansas players are saying they have been pointing to this game since they lost it last year so says Arkansas safety Tramain Thomas. “Pretty […]
Danielson Calls Out McCarron on Finebaum Show
Posted by: | CommentsNot everyone seems to be impressed by AJ McCarron’s play with the Crimson Tide; one of the least of them seems to be CBS color commenter Gary Danielson. Nevertheless, Danielson has been impressed by the Tide defense and says they, along with LSU are very good. Unfortunately, Danielson has been overwhelmingly unimpressed so far by McCarron’s play. Danielson made […]
Saban Compares Arkansas Game to NFL Match-Up
Posted by: | CommentsCue the Monday Night Football music “Tonight from Tuscaloosa, Alabama you are about to witness a match-up between two of the best coaches in the country to see who is really best in the West.” It’s the Crimson Tide of Alabama vs. the Arkansas Razorbacks.” That’s how Coach Saban sees this match-up between the Hogs […]
Tide’s Secondary to Be Tested Again by the Hogs
Posted by: | CommentsIzzy Gould of the Birmingham News wrote an interesting article today about the Tide’s secondary. Last year when we played Arkansas in Fayetteville, we took a very inexperience secondary to face Ryan Mallett. As most of you remember, the Hogs torched our secondary in the first half, they settled down in the second half of […]
Petrino Puts Pressure on Team to Win Alabama Game
Posted by: | CommentsIf you think the Alabama game means EVERYTHING to Arkansas’ season, you’d be right. Bobby Petrino pretty much said so in his weekly press conference. Petrino said this: “For our program and for our football team, that’s a win that we need. We have not beat Alabama yet. And we certainly need to do that. […]
McCarron vs. Wilson: Who is better?
Posted by: | CommentsThe biggest match-up that will be talked about most this weekend will be the quarterbacks; AJ McCarron and Tyler Wilson. Let’s look into the numbers. According to the NCAA, Arkansas quarterback Tyler Wilson is 43rd in the country in overall passing with only five touchdown passes. Now Arkansas is known for their passing, so it […]
Saban Press Conference Notes
Posted by: | CommentsCoach Saban had his game face on already for the Arkansas game when speaking to the press today. Saban started off by of course being very complimentary of Arkansas and Bobby Petrino. “Arkansas has a great football team,” Saban said.“Bobby Petrino has done a great job. “This could be the best Arkansas team we’ve faced.” […]
It’s Arkansas Week
Posted by: | CommentsThis is Arkansas week, the game that basically determines how the season will go for Alabama and Arkansas. Normally, a win over the Hogs leads to better things down the line for Alabama; same can be said for Arkansas as well. Last year was one of the few times that Alabama won the game that […]
Top 10 Recruits In Alabama Series
Posted by: | CommentsThe Top 10 Alabama Football Recruits ALCrimsonTide.com has researched the rankings of players within the State of Alabama by many of the leading evaluators in the industry… The Birmingham News Super Seniors ESPN’s top 150 The 5th Quarter The Mobile Press Register’s Elite 18 Rivals.com top 250 Scout.com top 300 247 Sports top 247 Based […]