Tide selected to win SEC by media
Comments OffAlabama and Florida, who have faced each other in the last two Southeastern Conference Championship Games, are favored to make it three in a row. Media at this week’s SEC Media Days picked the Crimson Tide and Gators to return to Atlanta — with Alabama to win a second straight league title. “Obviously, Alabama is [...]
SEC Is Getting Top Heavy
Comments OffAlabama (1) and Florida (2) have won three of the last four SEC and BCS titles. They’ve filled both spots in the last two SEC Championship Games as the No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the nation. It’ll be an upset of Louisiana-Monrovian proportion if they don’t meet on the first Saturday in December [...]
Saban and Meyer took shots at agents
Comments OffCount Alabama coach Nick Saban among those who has seen enough, as problems with unethical agents have crept into the Southeastern Conference this offseason. “How are they any better than a pimp?” Saban said during Wednesday’s SEC media days. “I have no respect for people who do that to young people.” Florida coach Urban Meyer [...]
Alabama investigating Dareus involvement in Miami party
Comments OffUniversity of Alabama athletic department officials are investigating whether junior defensive lineman Marcell Dareus attended an agent’s party in Miami earlier this summer, and, if so, how the trip was funded. UA is interested in whether any NCAA rules were broken by Dareus, who was named first-team Preseason All-Southeastern Conference by league coaches Tuesday, or [...]
Alabama has talent, coaching and experience
Comments OffThe defense that led Alabama to the 2009 national title is gone. Make no mistake about it, the Crimson Tide — thanks to a combination of graduation, the NFL draft and suspension — is now missing 10 starters from that unit. However, this isn’t your usual mass-loss situation, as any Alabama fan will quickly point [...]
The State of the SEC
Comments OffThe SEC meetings are right around the corner so this is the perfect time to start breaking down the nation’s top conference in my yearly SEC preview. The SEC continues to dominate the college football landscape on the field, in recruiting and in media attention. After Alabama won last year’s BCS Championship game, the leagues [...]
New year, new ballgame
Comments OffAlabama coach Nick Saban has expressed several times this year that armies defend forts but college football teams don’t defend national championships. Saban believes that what happened last season — the Crimson Tide capping their first 14-0 record with a 37-21 win over Texas in the BCS title game — stays in last season. Yet [...]
