Tide Tidbits – July 17, 2009
Comments OffAlabama places 9 on SEC preseason coaches’ team Defending SEC and national champion Florida Gators had a league-high 16 representatives on the 2008 All-Southeastern Conference Coaches’ Football Team, while LSU had 10 total selections and defending Western Division Champion Alabama and Georgia had nine each, the league office announced on Thursday. There were only three [...]
Tide Tidbits – July 16, 2009
Comments OffAlabama will win the wild, wild SEC West Alabama will be a different team, especially on offense, but will still find a way to get to Atlanta on Dec. 5. Let’s start with the offense. Last season Alabama could pretty much wear opponents down by steamrolling them with that huge offensive line. This season, behind [...]
Tide Tidbits – July 15, 2009
Comments OffGone are the days when coaches made less than the school prez Paul Bryant knew a thing or two about winning. After all, he did it 323 times. In 38 years as a head coach, he had only one losing season. And by the time his 25-year run at Alabama was done, the Bear had [...]
Tide Tidbits – July 14, 2009
Comments OffLooking at quarterbacks and the No. 12 Sometimes one number equates to success at a certain position on a football team. With the University of Alabama, that number is 12 and the position is quarterback. This year a new No. 12 will lead the Crimson Tide at the signal caller position, inspiring the question: How [...]
Tide Tidbits – July 13, 2009
Comments OffHightower, Jones taking bigger roles for Alabama The white-hot days of summer conditioning continue on campuses around the country, including in Tuscaloosa. While special attention will be paid at Alabama to finding a new quarterback, filling holes in the offensive line and developing a free safety to anchor a defense that returns nine starters, it’s [...]
Tide Tidbits – July 12, 2009
Comments OffSEC Preview: Alabama Nick Saban thinks things will be different this year. That’s not a threat or a promise regarding the success of his Alabama Crimson Tide football team. Saban, beginning his third year as Bama coach, said the difference this year is that Alabama will have a target on its back. “Last year no [...]
Tide Tidbits – July 11, 2009
Comments OffCollege Football List Week: 5 Toughest Coaching Jobs in the Country 1. Alabama – A fanbase that borders on psychotic. With no pro football, basketball or baseball teams, there’s no competition (other than some occasional ankle biting from Auburn). ‘Bama’s football coach, it could be argued, is the most powerful man in state, and if [...]
