Tide Tidbits – March 31, 2010
Tide feels good about its D-line
Alabama nose tackle Josh Chapman is known for his eye-popping bench press numbers: In the “high 500s,” in his estimation. But lately, Chapman has actually been lowering the weight he’s hoisting. By increasing the number of repetitions, he’s attempting to build stamina and stay on the field longer as a [...]
Tide Tidbits – March 30, 2010
Crimson Tide gets defensive this spring
Alabama head coach Nick Saban has never been one to get caught up in spring depth charts. He’s even less into them these days. With a defense that returns just one starter from last year’s national title winning team, moving and switching has become a theme of the 2010 spring [...]
Tide Tidbits – March 29, 2010
What Story Alabama’s First Week of Practice Tells About the Team
With Alabama’s first week of full practice under their belt, what does it say about this team and their chances to repeat as national champions? First of all, the man himself, Nick Saban, threw us in the press a curve ball, he didn’t [...]
Tide Tidbits – March 28, 2010
McElroy’s comfort zone
A year older, Greg McElroy doesn’t look much different than he did after last spring practice broke. Still freckle faced and quick with a smile, his personality wasn’t affected by the year gone by.On the field, though, forget it – comparisons end there. Just 12 months after thoroughly beating Star Jackson for the [...]
Tide Tidbits – March 27, 2010
Tide continues spring practice
The Alabama football team continued its spring practice schedule on Friday with a two-hour workout in full pads at the Thomas-Drew Practice Facility. The team will hold practice number five of the 15-practice spring schedule on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. Spring practice concludes on Saturday, April 17, with the A-Day Game at [...]
Tide Tidbits – March 26, 2010
‘There’s always room to improve’
His mind racing just moments after winning the Heisman Trophy last December, Mark Ingram faced three thought provoking questions from Nick Saban. Life will most certainly change, Saban promised on the walk from the theater to a news conference across the New York City street. “Is this going to change you?” [...]
Tide Tidbits – March 25, 2010
Saban ‘disappointed’ appeal failed
University of Alabama coach Nick Saban spoke publicly for the first time Wednesday on the subject of UA’s failed appeal for relief from NCAAA penalties imposed following an investigation into violations related to textbook distribution to student-athletes. His message? No different than it was when the penalties were first announced: While unhappy [...]
Tide Tidbits – March 24, 2010
Smart filling new role this spring
While the changes that most often get noticed in spring football practice have to do with players, the University of Alabama’s coaching staff is trying something different this spring, as well. Defensive coordinator Kirby Smart, UA coach Nick Saban’s defensive backs coach for the past three seasons, is working instead [...]
Tide Tidbits – March 23, 2010
With knee rehab done, Hightower eager to make up for lost time
Whether Dont’a Hightower’s surgically repaired knee is ready for game action isn’t something that needs immediate determination. But the University of Alabama junior, certainly, is practicing as though it is. And he doesn’t even need pads to do it. The Crimson Tide returned to [...]
Tide Tidbits – March 22, 2010
Alabama gets back to practice
The University of Alabama football team returns to Spring practice today after more than a week off for Spring break. But while the Crimson Tide’s week off last season arrived squarely in the middle of a 12-week schedule, the week off this spring came after just one practice. Whistles first blew [...]
Tide Tidbits – March 21, 2010
Four areas Bama seeks to find answers
There aren’t as many questions facing Alabama’s football program as there were a year ago in spring practice. But finding the answers are just as crucial if the Crimson Tide plans to add more hardware to its trophy case this fall. Spring drills resumes Monday in Tuscaloosa. Actually, they [...]
Tide Tidbits – March 20, 2010
Tide football hires Huntingdon’s Derrick Ansley as a graduate assistant
Alabama’s football program has hired Derrick Ansley from the staff at Huntingdon College to be the Crimson Tide’s newest graduate assistant, according to an announcement this evening. Ansley coached defensive backs for the past five seasons at Huntingdon, an NCAA Division III program in Montgomery. [...]
