Tide Tidbits – February 28, 2009
Auburn’s Offense Is Headed for Another Trainwreck in 2009
Remember last year’s Auburn fiasco, the spread offense? Well, that ended up spreading Auburn’s wins out to other teams across the SEC and spreading both offensive coordinator Tony Franklin and head coach Tommy Tuberville to different unemployment offices. Here’s this year’s trainwreck you can see coming around [...]
Tide Tidbits – February 27, 2009
Morning Brew: Cocky coaches fill the SEC
Your football program is one bad season away from becoming totally irrelevant. It’s on the brink of cementing its place as the fourth-best program in a six-team division. So what does the coach do? He starts talking trash. He makes false allegations. He masks his lack of experience with [...]
Tide Tidbits – February 26, 2009
The Astonishing Truth Regarding What Conference Is Best
Take Oklahoma out of the Big 12 and Southern Cal out of the Pac-10. Look at the past 50 years. What league has the most National Championships? Remove Alabama from the SEC and Ohio State from the Big 10. What conference has the most championships? So, in effect, [...]
Tide Tidbits – February 25, 2009
The NFL Combine wrap up, along with an Andre Smith tidbit…
Four days spent glued to the NFL Network are over. The Alabama guys seemed to do pretty well. Four out of five did, at least. Now, I’ve scoured the Internet to try to find times and stats, so forgive me if some are unofficial. I’ll [...]
Tide Tidbits – February 24, 2009
Rashad Johnson, on his increased size at the NFL Combine: “I haven’t lost any of speed.”
Let’s see what’s up with former Alabama safety and two-year captain Rashad Johnson. He showed up at the Combine bulked up and ready to go.
Tide Tidbits – February 23, 2009
Alabama enters the chase for Joe Montana’s quarterbacking son
When does an early scholarship offer become genuinely newsworthy at such an early stage in the recruiting game? When the target happens to be the son of one of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history. Alabama’s football program has officially entered the recruiting race for Westlake Village, [...]
Tide Tidbits – February 22, 2009
A lot on the line for big guys as NFL combine continues
Andre Smith has the highest profile among offensive linemen at this week’s NFL’s annual scouting combine. Herman Johnson still carries more weight. Smith, the tackle, and Johnson, the guard, are two of the top rated players at their respective positions and could plug [...]
Tide Tidbits – February 21, 2009
John Parker Wilson, on if he belongs at the NFL Combine: “Without a question, yeah.”
Time for another stop by the NFL Combine in Indianapolis to see how another Alabama player is doing. The three-year starting quarterback from Hoover met with the media today. Today, it was John Parker Wilson’s turn. Here is his edited transcript:
Tide Tidbits – February 20, 2009
Auburn’s Gene Chizik Has a Plan?
After meeting with a group of reporters this week, newly hired Auburn football coach Gene Chizik has announced he “has a plan for retaking the state of Alabama” in terms of recruiting. Over the past two years, the Auburn program has found itself virtually locked out of the recruits that [...]
Tide Tidbits – February 19, 2009
Eleven Bama players have off-season surgery
Nick Saban disclosed on National Signing Day that Julio Jones had offseason surgery. The wide receiver wasn’t alone. Ten other players had minor surgeries to clean up nagging injuries. Most of the players will be ready for spring drills, which are tentatively scheduled to start March 23. Two players will [...]
Tide Tidbits – February 18, 2009
What to Expect from SEC Coaches This Year: East and West
Nick Saban- In 2009 Nick Saban will take 14 days off from recruiting to attend University of Alabama games. It may kill him to take this time off, but contractual obligations being what they are, he will attend the games. Saban spends millions investing [...]
Tide Tidbits – February 17, 2009
Finebaum: SEC spring bash may be must-see TV
As part of ESPN’s new 15-year, $2.25 billion agreement with the Southeastern Conference, a little known provision includes live coverage of the league’s spring meetings in Destin — plus gavel to gavel broadcasting of the closed-doors sessions between the school’s 12 head football coaches. Well, not really. But [...]
