Published on: 21st December, 2010
The Capital One Bowl is not where the Alabama Crimson Tide wished it would be come January, 2011.The hopes for the team were that the desert and a Fiesta Bowl national championship repeat was in store.That was not to be this season. Yet, the game the Tide will play and ...Published on: 20th December, 2010
The 2011 Capital One Bowl, pitting the Alabama Crimson Tide against the Michigan State Spartans, may be one of the most interesting match ups of the bowl season.Both teams were in the mix this year for BCS bowls at some point in the season; MSU finished No. 8 in the ...Published on: 24th November, 2010
It's the duality of it all, isn't it?Alabama-Auburn. Us-Them. Good guys verses the bad guys.No matter what side you're on.That's the way it is with rivalry games. Passions, emotions, history, and then, from the mists of all those games, a new set of heroes emerges.Or a new set of goats.So ...Published on: 13th November, 2010
The Mississippi State Bulldog team that swaggered into Tuscaloosa Saturday evening left a few hours later a chastened cur after being whipped by the Alabama Crimson Tide, 30-10. The Bulldogs came into the contest the winners of seven straight and hoping to meet a 'Bama team that was reeling from a ...Published on: 1st November, 2010
Few coaches in recent history have stirred up as much hatred among a rival team's fan base as Nick Saban has among LSU Tiger fans.When Saban bolted Baton Rouge for the NFL, he angered many in the Bengal Nation, certainly.But it was when he was hired by the hated Alabama ...Published on: 31st October, 2010
After the fall from grace suffered this past weekend by previously unbeatens Missouri and Michigan State, the University of Alabama football team is primed to seriously contend for a BCS bowl and, possibly, the national championship game. For the Tide, it is really now a four-game season. Beat LSU in Baton ...Published on: 30th October, 2010
It seems that nobody wants to represent the SEC East in Atlanta come December. The best record—the absolute best—an SEC East team can carry into the championship game against the western division's foe features at least two losses. After Saturday's games, the East looks like this: South Carolina is first ...Published on: 23rd October, 2010
On Saturday evening, the Alabama Crimson Tide ran over and through a determined but young Tennessee Volunteer squad, 41 to 10 in front of 102,000-plus rabid UT fans.It was a tale of two halves, really.Oh, it looked a bit worrisome early, as the Vols struck on a long touchdown run, ...Published on: 17th October, 2010
A week ago, 'Bama fans were left wondering what had happened to their boys, the returning national champion and SEC powerhouse, after the 35-21 thrashing at the hands of South Carolina. That feeling is so last week. The important thing to the over 100,000 fans at Bryant-Denny Saturday evening was that ...Published on: 13th October, 2010
In his weekly remarks to the press before facing the eighth ranked Alabama Crimson Tide this coming Saturday, Ole Miss head coach Houston Nutt made comments that might give even the most ardent Rebel fan some pause.Regarding the SEC Western Division crown, Coach Nutt said his team can possibly go ...