Tide Tidbits – October 10, 2009
Comments OffTide 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 [...]
Tide Tidbits – October 9, 2009
Comments OffThe 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 [...]
Tide Tidbits – October 8, 2009
Comments OffMake 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 [...]
Tide Tidbits – October 7, 2009
Comments OffTide dominating its opponents in final period Nick Saban issued a mission statement for the University of Alabama football program when he was hired as head football coach in 2007, spelling out in exact detail what kind of team he wanted to build. ‘What I would like for every football team to do that we [...]
Tide Tidbits – October 6, 2009
Comments OffWhere’s Julio? Tide’s offense rolling without big numbers from Jones Which is the biggest surprise about Alabama’s offense nearly halfway through the 2009 regular season? That the undefeated Tide is averaging 40 points and more than 462 yards per game? Or that star receiver Julio Jones has played only a supporting role in reaching those [...]
Tide Tidbits – October 5, 2009
Comments OffDefense not happy after win For basically the same reason, multiple members of Alabama’s defense were not thrilled with Saturday’s 38-20 victory at Kentucky. “We’re known for stopping the run, and we didn’t do that,” linebacker Rolando McClain said. The Wildcats rushed for 133 yards. While 71 yards fewer than what Alabama posted Saturday, it [...]
Tide Tidbits – October 4, 2009
Comments OffBama shows championship qualities in win Much of Alabama’s 38-20 win over Kentucky Saturday wasn’t pretty. Parts of it were downright ugly. That the Crimson Tide still won it by 18 points says volumes about what this team is made of. Alabama coach Nick Saban said Saturday’s game was “the most physical, toughest game we’ve [...]
