Tide Tidbits – January 24, 2009
Comments OffSaban asks pledges not to visit UT Alabama coach Nick Saban has no problem with current Crimson Tide commitments visiting other campuses before National Signing Day on Feb. 4 – so long as that other school is not Tennessee. In the wake of former Alabama recruiter Lance Thompson’s abrupt departure last week for Tennessee, two [...]
Tide Tidbits – January 23, 2009
Comments OffHow good will Alabama’s recruiting class be? Nick Saban speaks! “I think that when the signing day comes, if we get some of the players that we have committed right now and a few more to complement them, it’ll be an outstanding class for us in terms of what we need,” Saban said. “We don’t [...]
Tide Tidbits – January 22, 2009
Comments OffSwinney ready to take Clemson to new heights For six weeks last fall, Dabo Swinney had no idea what his future would be. The former University of Alabama coach and player was named interim head coach at Clemson University halfway through the 2008 football season after Tommy Bowden resigned, but didn’t know what would happen [...]
Tide Tidbits – January 21, 2009
Comments OffThree UA commitments named Parade All-Americans Foley lineman D.J. Fluker, Andalusia linebacker Nico Johnson and Pensacola, Fla., running back Trent Richardson — all verbal pledges to Alabama’s expected 2009 signing class — have been named to Parade Magazine’s All-America High School Football Team. Richardson was rated as the nation’s No. 1 running back.
Tide Tidbits – January 20, 2009
Comments Off‘We’ve moved on’ He’s the head coach of the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars and, this week, the head coach of the South team for the Senior Bowl. Yet he stood there in near anonymity at the end of Monday’s practice while a thick, U-shaped huddle of notepads, microphones and cameras waited to engulf somebody else. Such [...]
Tide Tidbits – January 19, 2009
Comments OffOfficial visits… Who doesn’t love official visits? Eight official visitors took in the lovely scenery in Tuscaloosa (A little Chuck’s Fish, some Bryant-Denny, etc.), including six UA commits. Oh, and some guy named Rueben Randle spent his time hanging out with Julio Jones. Trent Richardson after his Florida visit: “They were recruiting me real hard. [...]
Tide Tidbits – January 18, 2009
Comments OffPress-Register Super Southeast 120 1. WR Rueben Randle, Bastrop, La., 6-3, 195. A big, athletic receiver who makes tough plays look routine. He played quarterback his senior year, throwing for 2,461 yards and 20 touchdowns and adding 683 yards and 12 scores on the ground. Offers include LSU, Alabama, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State.
