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On the Road to the 14th National Championship: Game 4 Arkansas
Posted by: | CommentsMost 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 […]
On the Road to the 14th National Championship: Game 5 Florida
Posted by: | CommentsWell 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 […]
Men’s Basketball: The Tide Ropes Oklahoma State
Posted by: | CommentsWell, it’s wasn’t the BCS Championship, but Alabama (9-3) did defeat Oklahoma State (6-5), 69-52. The Tide finally got the offense rolling last night making five three-pointers in the first half and for the game making 7-15 three-pointers. The early three’s put Bama ahead by as many as 19 points in the first half. Trevor […]
Former Tider Antonio McDyess Retires
Posted by: | CommentsAfter 17 years in the NBA, former Alabama basketball player Antonio McDyess is retiring. The Spurs waived the 17-year NBA veteran who averaged 12.0 points and 7.5 rebounds per game for his career while also playing for the Denver Nuggets, Phoenix Suns, New York Knicks and Detroit Pistons. The 6-10 forward/center finished his career 66th […]
VIDEO: On the Road to the 14th National Championship: Game 2 Penn State
Posted by: | CommentsThe 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 […]
McElwain Returns to Practice; Thanks Players
Posted by: | CommentsIt 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 […]
Spurrier and Bowden Talk BCS Rematch
Posted by: | CommentsESPN 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 […]
Where are they now? Bobby Humphrey
Posted by: | CommentsBobby Humphrey was the freshman pheonm that came on the scene in the 1980’s. Humphrey took the place of an injured Gene Jelks and never looked on. He went on to amass nearly 3500 yards and 40 touchdowns in his Alabama career and held the Alabama record for most yards in a season (1471) until […]
UA and LSU come together for BCS Community Project
Posted by: | CommentsThe 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 […]
Forty UA Student-Athletes Received Degrees this Past Weekend
Posted by: | CommentsForty University of Alabama student-athletes received their degrees this weekend at winter graduation exercises. Twelve of the 40 came from the football team. That list includes: Undra Billingsley, Jerrell Harris, Robert Lester, John Michael Boswell, Marquis Maze, Brad Smelley, Christopher Jordan, Darius Hanks, Dont’a Hightower, De’Quan Menzie, Brandon Lewis and Brandon Gibson, who received his […]