Published on: 12th April, 2010
Batten down the hatches, there's a storm coming this fall, and the Crimson Tide are sailing right into the middle of it. Though the roster reads well from a raw talent standpoint, it also reads as inexperienced, untested, and unproven, particularly in the secondary. So ...Published on: 29th March, 2010
I remember reports from fall camp about Roy Upchurch. The year was 2005 and highly recruited freshman tailback Roy Upchurch was making some hay in goal line work in fall camp. Shortly afterwards it was announced he needed some sort of surgery and would be out for the rest of ...Published on: 16th March, 2010
Spring training has finally arrived at Alabama and Nick Saban continued his annoying habit of beginning spring the day before Spring break to wet our apatite for information and then send the players off for a week to rest. As with all things Saban I'm sure there is ...Published on: 8th March, 2010
Four years ago, Mike Shula was inking what would be his final class as the Alabama head coach. Four years and a coaching staff removed, where are they now? On that day all attention nationally was focused on super recruit Tim Tebow. Bama lost out to the Florida Gators for ...Published on: 22nd February, 2010
Future success often hinges on the amount of improvement redshirted players make in their year off the field. With spring approaching and 2009 redshirts now foaming at the mouth for playing time, lets take a look at the newly available 2010 players. Starting on offense and at wide receiver Alabama ...Published on: 9th January, 2010
It's funny how in an era of spread offense, and sunny vacation recruiting hot spots like Florida and USC, an Old School program like Alabama beats them all—and they did it the Old Fashioned way. They run the ball, they stop the run, and they play physical. With that in ...Published on: 8th January, 2010
I can already hear it now: Alabama was lucky. Alabama would have been killed if Colt McCoy hadn't gotten hurt. Such is often the cry of losers but in this case there could be some truth to it. So what did we learn in the final college football game ...Published on: 5th January, 2010
With all the hoopla surrounding the national championship game, its easy to forget that recruiting is hot and heavy all over the nation. While certainly the big show has distracted the staff from this most vicious of games you can bet its not far from Nick Saban's “borg like” mind. Unlike Saban's ...Published on: 30th December, 2009
While coaches around the country use the 15 bowl preparation practices for position change experiments and to take a little time to peek at next years lineups, Alabama and Texas must keep their noses to the grindstone. One unfortunate side effect of the BCS system is that only the ...Published on: 23rd December, 2009
California, here we come! Those were the words spoken by Alabama sports broadcaster Eli Gold at the conclusion of the biggest win for Alabama football in a decade. The Tide was California Dreaming! Tide faithful aren't dreaming of Hollywood starlets. We all know the world's hottest women all live in ...