Tide Tidbits – June 24, 2009

Chiefs to retire number of former Alabama star linebacker Derrick Thomas
The Kansas City Chiefs will retire the number of the late Hall of Fame linebacker Derrick Thomas during a ceremony Dec. 6. Thomas, a star linebacker at the University of Alabama before being drafted as the fourth pick in the 1989 NFL draft, wore No. 58 during his 11 seasons with the Chiefs. He died in February 2000 of injuries from a car accident. He’ll be inducted into the Hall of Fame on Aug. 8 in Canton, Ohio.

Perfect Ten: Alabama
In the “Perfect Ten” series, members of the SouthernPigskin.com Staff will rank the ten best players at each school since 1975. First up, Alabama. 1. Cornelius Bennett, LB (1983-1986) – Was named a three-time first-team All-American for the Crimson Tide. You just don’t see that anymore in college football. Won SEC Player of the Year honors and the Lombardi Award as a senior. One of the toughest defenders of all time.

Alabama Crimson Tide 2009 Preview
With the ‘09 season of college football fast approaching, it’s time to take a look at a little preview of what to expect. The stakes were definitely raised after last season. No one, not even Alabama fans, expected the Tide to go undefeated in the regular season last year. This was done, lets face it, without the best talent that could’ve been found in the country. That’s not to say that the players who are now gone were not talented, just that there was more talented teams out there that couldn’t win all 12 games.

UA mourns the passing of Bert Bank
Retired Major Bert Bank one of the state’s most prominent figures as a radio pioneer, state senator and civic leader, died Monday night in Tuscaloosa. He was 94. Bank was a survivor of the Bataan Death March and 33 months captivity in a Japanese Prison Camp in the Philippines in 1942-45 during World War II. “Bert Bank was a great American war hero, a dedicated servant to his country and state, and a loyal fan and friend of the University of Alabama,” Alabama athletics director Mal Moore said. “Few individuals have had the impact on the University like Bert. He knew every football coach, dating back to Wallace Wade, on a first name basis. He saw the first game ever played in Denny Stadium.

Recruiters tweeting ahead of NCAA rules
Instead of hastily drafting legislation specific to Twitter, the NCAA has opted to apply an existing Division I recruiting rule that equates a tweet to a fax or an e-mail. Such electronic transmissions, unlike instant messaging or text messaging, are permissible. Direct messaging via Twitter — like Facebook, another popular social networking Web site — is allowed by the NCAA, provided the prospect has reached the permissible year in school.

Why Alabama May Make a Run for the Title
Let’s face it, the 2008 Alabama Crimson Tide football team was the biggest surprise in college sports last year. In 2009 expectations will be higher, and the hunters will become the hunted. The 2009 Crimson Tide will start the season, yet again, against a top-10 ranked Atlantic Coast conference team. This round, though, they will take on the Hokies of Virginia Tech. The Orange Bowl champions versus the Sugar Bowl losers. The main point of this article is that the Tide do have a chance to win the title this coming season because of their schedule. The Tide will play Virginia Tech, LSU, and Ole Miss who will all be ranked going into the 2009 season.

Roll Tide!

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