Tide Tidbits – October 19, 2009
Tide 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 numbers, [...]
Tide Tidbits – October 18, 2009
Crimson 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 was [...]
Tide Tidbits – October 17, 2009
Tide’s homecoming game could hinge on Saban’s offense vs. Spurrier’s defense
A familiar face from a different place will pace Bryant-Denny Stadium’s east sideline tonight. Remember Steve Spurrier? Wore a visor? Used to be a villain? Beat Alabama more often than not? Across the field from the fifth-year South Carolina coach will be a coach with [...]
Tide Tidbits – October 16, 2009
Tide’s resilient Reamer disrupts the competition and dismisses the doubters
A twice-injured knee was mending. The Alabama coaches who recruited him were gone. Impressive new players were arriving. Cory Reamer could have thought he was doomed. Nick Saban was in as the Crimson Tide’s head coach. Mike Shula was out. And, oh, did we mention that [...]
Tide Tidbits – October 15, 2009
Tide Football Has Tough Preparation
What does a team that is 6-0 and ranked second in the nation do as it prepares for its seventh game of the season? Nick Saban’s Alabama Crimson Tide has a tough week or preparation. That should surprise no one who has been paying attention. “We ended a pretty tough work [...]
Tide Tidbits – October 14, 2009
Rhetoric heats up in appeal
A strongly worded appeal from the University of Alabama was met with even stronger verbiage from the NCAA Committee on Infractions that levied textbook sanctions against the Crimson Tide. The COI called UA a “serial repeat violator” with an “abysmal infractions track record” and an “extensive recent history of infractions cases [...]
Tide Tidbits – October 13, 2009
Now that Tide’s Harris can play, Nico Johnson might stand in the way
The “wait” of the world has been lifted from Jerrell Harris. He missed six games while his Alabama teammates played. For most of the past three games, he was missed after standout inside linebacker Dont’a Hightower suffered a season-ending knee injury. Now that [...]
Tide Tidbits – October 12, 2009
Tide topples Texas for No. 2 spot in AP poll
Alabama’s steady rise in the rankings has left the Crimson Tide with a clear view of No. 1 Florida. Alabama jumped Texas into second-place behind top-ranked Florida in the AP Top 25 on Sunday, giving the Southeastern Conference the Nos. 1 and 2 teams in the [...]
Tide Tidbits – October 11, 2009
This is the best defense I’ve seen
Houston Nutt has seen a lot in nearly three decades in the coaching business, including 16 years as a head coach. But the coach of the Ole Miss Rebels has never seen anything like the third-ranked University of Alabama’s defense. “This is the fastest defense, if you went [...]
Tide Tidbits – October 10, 2009
Tide meets media darling Ole Miss
No sooner had Alabama ended its football season a year ago, Crimson Tide fans circled the game of Oct. 10 against Ole Miss on the 2009 schedule. After all, the Ole Miss Rebels reeled off six straight wins to close the 2008 campaign, including a 47-34 pasting of eighth-ranked Texas [...]
Tide Tidbits – October 9, 2009
The ball is in safe hands of Tide’s explosive offense
On the one hand, the football is a grenade. Pull the pin. Tick, tick, tick. Toss it and – boom! – a defense splatters. On the other hand, the football is a fragile porcelain egg. Handle with care. Drop it and an offense shatters. In both [...]
Tide Tidbits – October 8, 2009
Make no Miss.-take — stick with ‘Bama
With quarterback issues at Florida, and Texas more or less being untested, it’s hard to even say how good those teams are right now. Which leaves us, of course, with Alabama. In a season filled with drama and surprises, the Crimson Tide — perhaps fueled by their awful end [...]
