Tide Tidbits – March 24, 2010
Comments OffSmart 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 [...]
Tide Tidbits – March 23, 2010
Comments OffWith 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 [...]
Tide Tidbits – March 22, 2010
Comments OffAlabama 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 [...]
Tide Tidbits – March 21, 2010
Comments OffFour 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, [...]
Tide Tidbits – March 20, 2010
Comments OffTide 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. [...]
Tide Tidbits – March 19, 2010
Comments OffJackson’s stock soaring, Tebow still looking at 3rd or 4th round Alabama cornerback Kareem Jackson’s NFL draft stock has risen steadily since he posted a 4.48 40-yard dash at the NFL combine. Count ESPN draft analyst Todd McShay among the believers. McShay, who held a teleconference with media members on Thursday, rates the 5-foot-11, 192-pound [...]
Tide Tidbits – March 18, 2010
Comments OffWhy Alabama Can Claim 13 National Championships – Part 3 Continuing the discussion of years that Alabama has a case for at least a share of the national championship but was overlooked (See Parts 1 & 2), one additional year jumps out and that is 1977. In 1977, the Crimson Tide was ranked #3 going [...]
