Tide Tidbits – May 24, 2009
Comments OffMeyer tops SEC coaches list, but Saban 5th? 2009 rankings of SEC football coaches. As always, worst ones first. 12. Gene Chizik, Auburn: Quite possibly the easiest last-place selection since Ed Orgeron. 5. Nick Saban, Alabama: When I first started running through these rankings a couple of weeks ago, I had Saban up in the [...]
Tide Tidbits – May 23, 2009
Comments OffWhy 2009 Could Be Alabama’s Year Coming into 2009, Alabama has high expectations, and they should. Bama has most of its players returning from last year—including sophomore wide receiver Julio Jones, running back Mark Ingram, and hopefully a healthy Roy Upchurch and most of its defensive starters are returning. Yes, they do have to replace [...]
Tide Tidbits – May 22, 2009
Comments OffAlabama to kick off season in prime time again Alabama opened last season on college football’s biggest stage and will get a chance to do so again in 2009. The Crimson Tide’s matchup with Virginia Tech in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game on Sept. 5 will be televised nationally by ABC and kick off at 8 [...]
Tide Tidbits – May 21, 2009
Comments OffNick Saban Gets Closer To Magic Number With Help From Reality People have often criticized Alabama Coach Nick Saban for signing more players than he actually has slots to offer. Yet somehow it all works out by kickoff day. It seems things will work out this year too. With the transfer of Prince Hall, who [...]
Tide Tidbits – May 20, 2009
Comments OffNick Saban: Why He Is Part of ‘Bama Nation He was relaxed, smiling, and not the “Iceman” the press often paints him as. When he was told I was into writing now, he looked me directly in the eye and asked, “A writer, huh? What’s the worst thing you’ve ever written about me?” Without hesitation, [...]
Tide Tidbits – May 19, 2009
Comments OffFinebaum: Fans blindy support of Saban, Meyer “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.” That is one of the most famous quotes in the history of global politics, uttered by Lord Acton in 1887 in a letter to Bishop Mandell Creighton. Which brings us to Urban [...]
Tide Tidbits – May 18, 2009
Comments OffSEC hurt by sniping in football Southeastern Conference Commissioner Mike Slive will have a captive audience of coaches and athletic directors when the league conducts its annual spring meetings in Destin, Fla., in two weeks. Something about controlling the string on a purse bulging with close to $200 million to be doled out at the [...]
