Tide Tidbits – February 14, 2009
Comments OffOrlando Sentinel: Coach Kiffin leaves rotten impression How bad is it when an entire city is now protesting your college football coach? And how bad is it when even your own athletic director essentially calls your football coach a liar? Just ask University of Tennessee fans. In the last week, new coach/pathological liar Lane Kiffin [...]
Tide Tidbits – February 13, 2009
Comments OffSaban urges students to value integrity Self-discipline is painful, but without it, there is always the pain of disappointment, Nick Saban told a crowd of students Wednesday. “You’ll never accomplish what you’re capable of if you don’t have discipline,” Saban told students at the final event of Capstone Creed Week at the University of Alabama.
Tide Tidbits – February 12, 2009
Comments OffSome SEC signees we might see early Here’s an early (keep in mind, really early) stab at some of the newcomers in last week’s SEC signing classes who are most likely to play next season. The players are listed alphabetically: OT D.J. Fluker, Alabama: Hey, Andre Smith started from the time he set foot on [...]
Tide Tidbits – February 11, 2009
AJC: Vols’ bright young coach dim to SEC The Evil Genius talked big, too. The difference was, Steve Spurrier had already won something before he arrived in the SEC. (Like an ACC championship —- at Duke.) Lane Kiffin’s record as a head coach is 5-15. And yet he has, in two-plus months at Tennessee, managed [...]
Tide Tidbits – February 10, 2009
Looking North to Knoxville: UT in a Football Perspective I’ll readily admit, it’s been a truly entertaining week. When it comes to an offensive play caller, you always want someone that isn’t caught up in the moment. You want a mentality that looks to the future, considers the proverbial “ying and yang” of every move, [...]
Tide Tidbits – February 9, 2009
Comments OffAlabama Recruiting Class of 2009 Swings Talent Disparity in Tide’s Favor We’ve all seen the statement. Whether it was something personally said or it was a point made by a rival fans over the last decade, Alabama fans have faced the reality that the talent fielded by teams in the SEC, and the NCAA as [...]
Tide Tidbits – February 8, 2009
Comments OffNo place like home for Bama signees Alabama had the smallest senior class in America this past year, but that didn’t stop Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban. With just nine departing seniors, it would be impossible to duplicate the success of the 2008 recruiting class that was ranked No. 1 in America. Impossible for most [...]
