Published on: 1st July, 2011
In 2009, Alabama's run to the BCS national championship began with a back-and-forth, intense season opener against the Virginia Tech Hokies at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. Alabama managed to pull away in the fourth quarter and win 34-24 after a hard-fought contest.However, Virginia Tech will have its shot at ...Published on: 8th November, 2010
Nick Saban always talks about mental intensity and playing ball for all 60 minutes.Why, then, has Alabama gone 200 percent for one half of a game and 50 percent for the other so many times this year?For the majority of the season, the first half has been the worst. In ...Published on: 11th October, 2010
Nick Saban isn’t a man to forgive and forget. Just ask Florida. In 2008, the Gators defeated Saban’s Alabama team in the SEC Championship Game in Atlanta. The Gators cruised to a national title afterwards, but last year ‘Bama beat UF down so bad it made Tim Tebow cry. The Tide continued avenging ...Published on: 17th September, 2010
As of right now in SEC football, it's Alabama and everyone else. The Tide scored at will against a traditionally fearsome Penn State defense and look to remain enthroned as the best the SEC has to offer. But in the tradition of any great conference, the SEC should have more ...Published on: 25th August, 2010
When you're at the top, there's nowhere to go but down. For the Alabama Crimson Tide, that is the unfortunate lot. The polls tend to choose the previous year's national champ to stay at No. 1 going into the next year. Should this be the case for the Tide? While the Tide ...Published on: 11th August, 2010
During Alabama's preseason practice, it is common for backup and new players to get experience at multiple positions. So far, no player has switched positions as much as Blake Sims, though. The versatile freshman opened practice at defensive back, then joined the quarterbacks through Monday. Tuesday, he was with the ...Published on: 6th August, 2010
This season, every unit on Alabama's team will play an important role if the Tide wants to post another great season. Fortunately, in the past couple of years, Alabama has built crucial depth and stacked every position on the field. Here is a ranking of how I think Alabama's units will ...Published on: 26th July, 2010
Good Quarterback/Runningback combos are tough to defend. Defenses can't tighten up on either the passing or running coverage without the other suffering. If you look behind a successful college football team, there are usually a good QB/RB combos. The SEC boasts many such dangerous backfields. Here is my top ...Published on: 16th July, 2010
Sometimes Greg McElroy looks out of place on the football field. Indeed, if you saw him on the street you wouldn’t guess he was a star QB for the defending national champion Alabama Crimson Tide. He is a smart student who makes good grades and received the Paul W. Bryant ...Published on: 5th July, 2010
How many people could have predicted Tennessee would have given Alabama such a fight last year? Experts thought the 12-10 'Bama game would be a blowout. Indeed, if former Alabama DT Terrence Cody hadn't blocked Tennessee's final field goal, Alabama would have lost. Now, the reigning national champions must watch their ...