Tide Tidbits – February 28, 2010
Comments OffAlabama’s Rolando McClain is at head of linebacker class at NFL Combine Ole Miss running back/wide receiver Dexter McCluster has noticed Rolando McClain a few times the past couple of years. How could you not notice him?” McCluster said Saturday with a smirk. In three years at Alabama, McClain received plenty of attention, from the [...]
Tide Tidbits – February 27, 2010
Comments OffFormer Alabama players go under the microscope For the Alabama players who either graduated or left school early for a shot in the NFL, they have moved onto the next step and maybe the most grueling step before the draft, the NFL Scouting Combine. The average fan associates the combine with how fast a player [...]
Tide Tidbits – February 26, 2010
Comments OffAlabama players have special edge Spread offenses and 4-3 defenses are common in college football. Pro-style offenses are so named because they are standard in the NFL, and the 3-4 defense is spreading through pro football. Alabama runs a pro-style offense and a 3-4 defense. Does that give Crimson Tide players an advantage as pro [...]
Tide Tidbits – February 25, 2010
Comments OffESPN will televise A-Day game ESPN will televise the University of Alabama’s annual A-Day spring game on April 17, the school announced Wednesday. The intrasquad scrimmage will kick off at 2 p.m., and admission is free to the public. Last year, despite an ESPN national television audience, A-Day drew 84,050 fans. That figure led all [...]
Tide Tidbits – February 24, 2010
Comments OffAnders, Knight follow different roads toward the NFL You don’t have to go to the NFL Combine to go to the NFL. Alabama alumni Eryk Anders and Zeke Knight are taking the road less traveled toward the league. They share a goal and a whole lot more. They’re friends and former teammates, linebackers who made [...]
Tide Tidbits – February 23, 2010
Comments OffANDREW BONE: Junior Day brings in some of nation’s top prospects The University of Alabama hosted its second Junior Day of 2010 this past Saturday, with several of the nation’s elite prospects in attendance. The recruits spent time meeting with the coaches, touring the campus, checking out UA’s facilities and learning about the academics. The [...]
Tide Tidbits – February 22, 2010
Comments OffCan Greg McElroy Be College Football’s First Undefeated Quarterback? Remember last season about this time when people were saying that Alabama might be a good team, but with a new quarterback they could only go so far. I guess they were right, he could only take them as far as winning the BCS Championship and [...]
