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After a tough road tested victory against No. 23 Penn State, the Tide came back home to face the Mean Green of North Texas. The Tide had no problem defeating North Texas 41-0. The story of this game was running backs Trent Richardson and Trevor Lacy. Both racked up over a 160 yards rushing with […]

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Dec
23

Bama Gets Surprise Commitment

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Bama got an early Christmas surprise from junior college cornerback Travell Dixon of Miami, Florida. Dixon chose the Tide over Florida State. According to the Dothan Eagle, the 6-foot-2, 200-pounder is expected to enroll early and go through the fourth quarter conditioning program and spring practice. The obligatory youtube video!

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Practice this week has gone well so far according to Coach Nick Saban. Saban says he has been pleased with the players with the response so far this week. “We have had good work for three days now,” he said after Wednesday’s two-plus hour drills in full pads indoors. “As we told the players when […]

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Funny Christmas story Coach Saban told the other day about his Christmas memories. Saban says as a child, he didn’t fear clowns, he feared Santa Claus. “I was actually sitting in church on Sunday — actually on Saturday night — and (thinking) how when I was a kid you think of all the things that […]

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Most college football experts pointed to this game with Arkansas as game that would show us which team was ready to compete for the national championship. Even though they were undefeated, this would be Arkansas’ first real test of the season against Alabama. The Hogs, their fans, and coaches were making this game their national […]

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Well now that Alabama took care of the Razorbacks, its next test would be against the Florida Gators or so we thought. The Gators came into the game fired up and ready for the Tide. Florida would start the game with a huge touchdown pass from quarterback John Brantley and at one point lead the […]

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The last few seasons, the Tide has opened up on the road with Clemson and Virginia Tech in the Georgia Dome; this year, the Tide waited until the second game of the season to go on the road to play Big 10 foe Penn State. Penn State came into this game with one of the […]

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It was an emotional moment Monday for new Colorado State coach and Alabama offensive coordinator Jim McElwain. This was the first time McElwain was able to address his players since he took the CSU job. According to the Dothan Eagle, McElwain got chocked up. “He told us we put him in that position to have […]

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Dec
21

Spurrier and Bowden Talk BCS Rematch

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ESPN the Magazine did any interesting piece on the BCS Rematch between LSU and Alabama from the prospective of Steve Spurrier and Bobby Bowden who of course faced each other in a rematch for the national championship back in the mid-90’s with Florida blowing out the Seminoles, 52-20. “I’LL TELL YOU EXACTLY what playing someone […]

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The Alabama Athletic Department announced that Students and alumni from both UA and L S U will come together for a project in the New Orleans community at the Allstate BCS National Championship Service Project on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012. Representatives of the two universities will work to improve the facilities of the Boys and […]

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