Published on: 15th September, 2010
Larry Burton (Syndicated Writer) Alabama will beat Duke with or without Mark Ingram, and everyone in America knows that, including the Duke Blue Devils.So why play him at all?Because he has to come back sometime and he needs the carries and stats for an upcoming entrance into the NFL. That ...Published on: 12th September, 2010
Larry Burton (Syndicated Writer) Earlier in the year, Bama fans were worried a whole host of issues and though it's still early, they can be addressed and put away, at least until they start the bulk of the SEC schedule. Special Teams Losing your punter, long snapper and kicker in one season ...Published on: 12th September, 2010
Larry Burton (Syndicated Writer) Week one saw Ole Miss lose to a sub division team leaving some worried about the strength of the SEC as a whole, but this week, all teams managed to win their out of conference opponents. Weeks like this show why a one loss SEC team may ...Published on: 7th September, 2010
Larry Burton (Syndicated Writer)When Alabama had a game with Oklahoma a few years back before Saban and while we still weren't that great, I was impressed by the outstanding class showed by the Sooners. We didn't take our band because of the high cost in doing so, yet when the ...Published on: 7th September, 2010
Larry Burton (Syndicated Writer)Last week old Bacardi and I had the right recipe for our smart cookies but a big ol’ Nutt from Mississippi caused us to go 11-1 and miss in our pursuit for pigskin prognosticatin’ in perfection. So this week we’re gonna stick to the same recipe and ...Published on: 4th September, 2010
Replace nine starters on defense? No problem. Heisman trophy winner on the bench on offense? No problem. Freshmen special teams specialists all freshmen? No problem. The Crimson Tide never missed a stride from their winning ways of last season and, except for a couple of good running plays on their first possession and ...Published on: 30th August, 2010
Yes, every team that enters the season as last year's national champion has a bulls-eye on their back but there's a lot more reasons that that for all the targets in Crimson this year.So with being the National Champions as the number one reason they have a bulls-eye on their ...Published on: 30th August, 2010
I'm sure Alabama will go through the motions of getting the team back in the habit of preparing for a weekly opponent by watching some film on this week's opponent, but who are they really preparing for this week? Is it really San Jose State or Penn State that is on ...Published on: 26th August, 2010
Larry Burton (Syndicated Writer) With just a week to go before the first game, in typical Nick Saban fashion, he has declared that there is no depth chart at Alabama. Only this time, it's not because he doesn't want to disclose it, it's more like he doesn't know who will ...Published on: 25th August, 2010
Larry Burton (Syndicated Writer) These are the days that practices are closed but to a few but you can't keep everything shut out when so many hang on everything that happens pertaining to the Crimson Tide. What you should know is: 1. The air defense is coming around. After being trampled by ...