Tide Tidbits – January 17, 2010
Comments OffHERE’S TO THE WINNERS The sound of Frank Sinatra’s ballad “Winners” flowed through the loudspeakers and likely right over the heads of most of the current generation of Crimson Tide fans packed into Bryant-Denny Stadium for the University of Alabama’s national championship celebration Saturday. As fans filed in before the festivities began, highlights of the [...]
Tide Tidbits – January 16, 2010
Comments OffTide to celebrate national champs The University of Alabama will honor its 2009 national championship team in an hour-long celebration at Bryant-Denny Stadium beginning at 2 p.m. today. Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban will address the crowd along with several players and athletic director Mal Moore. In addition, the celebration will include new videos [...]
Tide Tidbits – January 15, 2010
Comments OffLance Thompson took a chance on Lane Kiffin and got taken Lance Thompson has said it before, and he repeated it Thursday from war-torn Knoxville. He left Alabama for Tennessee a year ago for different reasons. One of them was Monte Kiffin. Thompson learned a lot in the 12 months he worked with the legendary [...]
Tide Tidbits – January 14, 2010
Comments OffPlayers in title game like BCS system With the BCS ramping up efforts to improve its public image, it might want to consider bringing in Alabama nose guard Terrence Cody as a spokesman. The 350-pound All-American is no fan of the idea of a major college football playoff. “That’s stupid,” Cody said earlier this week. [...]
Tide Tidbits – January 13, 2010
Comments OffThat’s the sweet sound of success in football WHAT WAS that sound we heard just after the Alabama Crimson Tide finished hooking the Horns in the BCS National Championship game? No, not “Roll Tide!” It sounded more like this: Ca-ching! Cash registers across Alabama started ringing even before Coach Nick Saban and his players took [...]
Tide Tidbits – January 12, 2010
Comments OffAlabama All-American linebacker Rolando McClain decides to skip senior year, head to NFL The teammate closest to Alabama junior linebacker Rolando McClain didn’t just advise him to enter the 2010 NFL draft. Sophomore Dont’a Hightower essentially ordered it. “He told me he’d be mad (at me) if I stayed, actually,” McClain said. “He said I [...]
Tide Tidbits – January 11, 2010
Comments OffGeorgia Looks To Bolster Football Staff; Woos Alabama Assistant he rebuilding Bulldogs have reportedly offered Alabama defensive coordinator Kirby Smart the same post in Georgia. Smart, 34, has not yet made a decision as of Sunday morning, ESPN.com reported. According to reports, Smart has been offered more than the $400,000 he is now receiving at [...]
