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Bama Notes from the Nick Saban Show
Posted by: | CommentsThis weekend will be Bama’s last home game of the season against Georgia Southern and senior day.Former Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram will be present for that game and will be an honorary captain. During his weekly radio show, Coach Saban said Barrett Jones and Darius Hanks are questionable for Saturday’s game and more then […]
What you Did Not Know About Georgia Southern
Posted by: | CommentsLike most fans out there, you may not a lot about Georgia Southern, Alabama’s next opponent. So, in order to remedy that, I’ve compliled a list of things you may not know about the Eagles. *Georgia Southern is located in the small town of Statesboro, Ga which is just outside of Savannah. It is a […]
Heisman Race Gets Interesting Again
Posted by: | CommentsAfter this past weekend’s games, not only did the BCS race tightened up, but so did the Heisman race. Quarterback Andrew Luck of Stanford who had a HUGE lead going into to last week, but lost a lot of votes because of his performance against Oregon. Luck not had two interceptions, but his team got […]
Saban talks Georgia Southern, NOT BCS in Press Conference
Posted by: | CommentsNick Saban made one thing clear yesterday: he is not worried about the BCS right now. “I don’t really care about that. I’ve been watching enough film in that room. I could care less about that because I don’t understand it to start with.” Now, you know it’s not the truth, but my guess is […]
Tide Still No. 3 in the BCS
Posted by: | CommentsAfter another crazy week in the BCS, the Tide remains third in the BCS polls which puts them one step closer to a rematch at least in some people’s minds. I’ve heard some crazy scenarios and the one I heard that kind of set me off was Jerry Palm; he of the Bracktology formula in […]
Dont’a Hightower SEC Player of the Week
Posted by: | CommentsFor the second time this season, Dont’a Hightower was named the SEC’s Defensive Player of the Week. In Bama’s victory over Mississippi State this past weekend, Hightower had 11 tackles, 2 ½ for losses and 1 ½ sacks. Hightower first earned defensive honors a few weeks ago in the Tide’s victory over Tennessee. The junior […]
VIDEO: Bouncing Back – 2010 Alabama-Mississippi State Game
Posted by: | CommentsThe 2010 Alabama-Mississippi State game looked kind of familiar to this upcoming game Saturday. Bama was coming off a tough loss to LSU and was looking to rebound and take out it frustrations on the Bulldogs which they did. Bama would start the game off slow leading only 6-3 at the end of the first […]
Ex SEC Coaches: Bama Better Than LSU
Posted by: | CommentsMike Griffith of The Knoxville News Sentinel reported that a number of ex-coaches voting in the Scripps Legend Poll still think Bama is the better team. “I think if they played the game 10 times, Alabama would win seven of them,” said former Bama head coach Gene Stallings. “The best team doesn’t always win.” Former […]
Ex-Tide Kicker Tiffin shows Sympathy for Foster
Posted by: | CommentsIf anyone knows what it’s like to have the whole world on your shoulders after a loss it’s former Crimson Tide kicker Leigh Tiffin. Tiffin posted this on his site Tiffinkicking.com: “Kicking is a strange position,” he said. “It’s unlike any other in all of sports. I’ve often described it as trying to play golf […]
Bama Players Want Rematch With LSU
Posted by: | CommentsDespite losing Saturday to LSU, Bama players said after the game on Saturday they welcome a rematch against the Tigers. “We are still the best team in the country,” Alabama wide receiver Marquis Maze said. “If we played them again, we wouldn’t lose.” Darius Hanks backed up Maze’s comments. “Alabama is still the better team.” […]