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Mal Moore Nominated as Athletic Director of the Year
Posted by: | CommentsWho could not agree to this nomination? University of Alabama athletics director Mal Moore has been nominated among five finalists for Athletic Director of the Year as presented by Street & Smith’s SportsBusiness Journal and SportsBusiness Daily. Mr. Moore will be up against Gene Smith (Ohio State University), Gene Bleymaier (Boise State University), Dan Guerrero (UCLA), […]
Aubie Men’s Basketball Coach Gets The Ax
Posted by: | CommentsJeff Lebo, the one-time promising young mens basketball coach, was unceremoniously fired Friday. The coach led his Aubie round ballers through a glorious 4 losing seasons in 6 years. Unfortunately, Alabama was not much better and in fact had lost 6 in a row to the toomers until the last game of the season. Nevertheless, the feeling […]
Obama Meets Bama – Great Speech! Watch Video!
Posted by: | CommentsI appreciate the great speech and wonderful attitude of the president as he greeted Bama in the east room of the White House today in Washington DC. Watch the video to hear his speech. Here is the full text of President Obama’s full speech about the 2009 Crimson Tide’s National Championship year. “Hello, everybody! Please, have a […]
SEC Names Alabama Basketball Player Freshman of The Week
Posted by: | CommentsAlabama’s freshman basketball player, Tony Mitchell, earned SEC Freshman of the Week for his efforts against South Carolina and Auburn in back to back wins. The young freshman was impressive in his performance by averaging 14.5 points and 8.5 rebounds in both games. In addition, Mitchell recorded his second double-double of the season as he […]
Obama Meet Bama!
Posted by: | CommentsWhether you love him or hate him…he is still the president of the United States & it is a great honor to meet him. The University of Alabama football team and all the staff, a fairly large crowd of about 175, descends upon the nation’s capital today to meet President Obama in the east room […]
Alabama Beat Auburn Today In Basketball!
Posted by: | CommentsThe Alabama Crimson Tide basketball team get sweet revenge today as they defeated the Auburn Tigers 73-61 in gaining its first back-to-back SEC wins since last year. Coach Nick Saban accepted the Iron Bowl trophy for beating the “University of auburn” (uncapitalized on purpose). Listen to the video as the crowd of 15,383 roared out […]
Alabama A-Day Will Be Televised on ESPN!
Posted by: | CommentsFor those of you that didn’t know already, Alabama is going to be televised on ESPN on it’s A-day spring practice game, April 17. Kick off is set to that Bryant Denny Stadium begin at 2 PM. Don’t let the fact that the game is on television keep you from coming out to Tuscaloosa for […]
Sad News – Ole Miss Player Dies After 1st Team Workout
Posted by: | CommentsIt’s moments like this, when we all need to reflect on just how fragile life is. In the prime of youth, playing a game he loved & thoroughly enjoyed, University of Mississippi football player Bennie F. Abram, 20, died following a team football workout in Oxford, Mississippi on Friday. It was the first day of team […]
Saban.. He Is Worth Every Penny!
Posted by: | CommentsNot only is it the pride of two states playing for the #1 ranking in the country and a chance to take home a beautiful crystal football trophy, but there’s a lot of money on the table for the coaches to take home. For both coach Mack Brown & Nick Saban. When Nick Saban came to […]
Another Texas Alabama Game Connection Besides Major Applewhite
Posted by: | CommentsIt is well known that Major Applewhite is a former Alabama offensive coordinator, but there is another assistant coach that knows Alabama football quite well. He is Mike Tolleson, one of Texas’ top assistants who is the coordinator the defensive tackles/special teams is an Alabama native. Mike Tolleson comes from the North Alabama area, specifically […]