Tide Tidbits – October 24, 2009
Comments OffKiffin sees UT’s future in Alabama Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin looks at Alabama’s top-ranked team and sees what will become of his own program. “Alabama has a great team, very well-coached, extremely talented, great special teams, great on offense, great on defense,” Kiffin said. “I love the style that they play with. I think they [...]
Tide Tidbits – October 23, 2009
Comments OffArenas expected to play against Volunteers Alabama cornerback Javier Arenas has practiced all week and should be available Saturday against Tennessee, according to Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban. “I think he’s going to be fine for this game,” Saban said Thursday night on his weekly radio show Arenas was a late scratch before last weekend’s [...]
Tide Tidbits – October 22, 2009
Comments OffLance Thompson makes first trip back to Bama Lance Thompson was up late Monday night, watching video of the University of Alabama’s offense and hard at work in coaches meetings, but it all looks familiar. The touch that Greg McElroy has on the deep pass? He saw it in person on the Thomas-Drew practice fields [...]
Tide Tidbits – October 21, 2009
Comments OffMcElroy looks to regain results of early wins There’s been no finger pointing, no panic, no cause for alarm just yet. But it’s clear things are not quite the way they were when Greg McElroy took the field a month ago. If there is concern in the mind of head coach Nick Saban, there is [...]
Tide Tidbits – October 20, 2009
Comments OffTide’s defense ranks No. 1 in nation To illustrate the difference between Alabama’s defense of two years ago and today, defensive end Lorenzo Washington points to his side. “In 2007, I broke my ribs in the Tennessee game,” Washington said. “I played the whole second half of the season with broke ribs. There was nobody. [...]
Tide Tidbits – October 19, 2009
Comments OffTide rises to No. 1 in AP poll Alabama’s football team climbed atop The Associated Press poll on Sunday and gained ground in the other major rankings, leaving the Crimson Tide a solid second in the season’s first Bowl Championship Series standings. Defending national champion Florida (.989) was ahead of Alabama (.953) in the BCS [...]
Tide Tidbits – October 18, 2009
Comments OffCrimson Tide making its case It may not have looked that great, perhaps didn’t even feel that great, to the Bama Nation. But there’s a lot to be said for Alabama’s 20-6 victory over South Carolina Saturday night. That includes the notion that Alabama is No. 1. No, it wasn’t a pretty win, but it [...]
