Tide Tidbits – March 17, 2010
Comments OffNick Saban’s influence spreading back into the NFL? A theme is developing since this year’s national title for Alabama: People throughout football are lining up to try to emulate Tide coach Nick Saban. Just for starters, there’s Georgia’s new defense to go along with new overall coaching approaches at Florida State and Tennessee. Yes, Saban’s [...]
Tide Tidbits – March 16, 2010
Comments OffMal Moore Finalist For AD Of The Year University of Alabama Director of Athletics Mal Moore is among five finalists for the Athletics Director of the Year Award in the 2010 Sports Business Awards presented by Street & Smith’s SportsBusiness Journal and SportsBusiness Daily. Mal Moore has been athletics director at The University of Alabama [...]
Tide Tidbits – March 15, 2010
Comments OffWhy Alabama Can Claim 13 National Championships – Part 1 Any college football national championship, by its format alone, can easily be debated. We saw a number in the ’90s, such as the exclusion of Penn State in ’94 from the news services polls and the awarding of a national championship to FSU over Notre [...]
Tide Tidbits – March 14, 2010
Comments OffChampions back to work Alabama got to relive its 2009 national championship one final time last Monday when the football team was honored at the White House. By Friday, a new chapter was under way as the Crimson Tide began spring practice. Alabama is expected to be the solid preseason No. 1 just as Florida [...]
Tide Tidbits – March 13, 2010
Comments OffAlabama begins spring football work Marcell Dareus is Exhibit A for why Alabama’s fourth-quarter conditioning program was particularly intense this offseason. Dareus, remember, was the most outstanding defensive player in the national championship victory over Texas. After Alabama’s first spring practice on Friday, Dareus still struggled for words when asked about his game-breaking interception and [...]
Tide Tidbits – March 12, 2010
Comments OffBama begins spring practice today Five Alabama questions need to be answered The past two months have been a dream for any supporter of Alabama’s football program. What started with confetti falling and coach Nick Saban raising a crystal football in the Rose Bowl continued earlier this week with a trip to the White House [...]
Tide Tidbits – March 11, 2010
Comments OffMcClain says he has Crohn’s disease Just after completing a tough agility drill at the University of Alabama’s Pro Day on Wednesday afternoon, standout linebacker Rolando McClain dropped to a knee and took a moment to gather himself. After the workouts, McClain revealed to reporters that he has Crohn’s disease, an incurable, autoimmune disease that [...]
