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Coach Saban’s post game press conference video after the victory over Ole Miss. Obviously, he seen lots to improve on, but he also said that the “toughness” needed to compete in the SEC was much better. Saban said that Alabama had to “get back to playing with the kind of effort, the kind of toughness, […]

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Who is Wally Pipp anyway? Have you ever heard of NY Yankee’s Lou Gehrig? Mr. Pipp (sounds like a soft drink!) was the starting first baseman for the Yankees when he famously lost his starting job to Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig at the beginning of Gehrig’s record breaking streak of starting 2,130 consecutive games! […]

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Alabama is being covered today at home on ESPN’s Gameday. Alabama is 0-5 with at-home games that have been covered by the show. Now, I am not a superstitious person, but there are folks that beleive it is a “Gameday Hoax”. I find all that talk ridicuous, and more like the thinking of the middle […]

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#1: Defensive Line Domination of The Line of Scrimmage – Alabama’s defensive line needs to physically control the line of scrimmage against Penn State’s huge offensive line. This will free up Alabama’s linebackers to fly to the ball, plug the holes, and run laterally with ease. Losing impact players from last year’s domanant defensive line, […]

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Alabama coach Nick Saban did not sound optimistic Monday when speaking about the return of Heisman winner Mark Ingram, the #1 ranked Crimson Tide running who just came off kenee surgery, for the 6 p.m. game Saturday night versesNo. 19 Penn State. “We just need to see him be able to be himself, be 100 […]

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In Saturday’s cupcake win against San Jose State, Alabama got the chance to see some youngsters play for the first time. Most impressive of them all was CJ Mosley. He not only played good for a freshman, but he was the top tackler on the team with six tackles. It was a very impressive debut […]

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Heisman Trophy award winning running back Mark Ingram will miss the University of Alabama’s season-opening game against San Jose State this Saturday after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his left knee. After that game, it will evaluated on a week to week basis on whenever he can return. “It was a situation where everyone involved thought […]

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The Alabama Crimson Tide placed a time limit of 45 minutes on the autograph session for fan day. I know there are time obligations for the coaches and players to meet, but it seems to me like they should at least clear out a full hour (or really two) in advance to be with the […]

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Talk about a pile driver.. Nick Saban spoke on the topic of NFL Agents on the first day of SEC Media Days.  One of the chief topics of interest was the situation with Marcel Dareus’s possible eligibility problem this year stemming from NFL agent contact.  Speak on the topic, Nick Saban said, “How are they […]

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In Hoover, AL today you may get a sense that Nick Saban is mad… very mad.. so mad he may pile drive in the nearest NFL agent he can find! You know the sleaze bags that are causing players in Alabama to lose an eligibility in games that he needs to win! Can you see […]

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