Alabama, LSU Preview
Comments OffSixth-ranked Alabama and No. 12 Louisiana State will meet in a Southeastern Conference football showdown on Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010, at Baton Rouge, La. CBS will telecast the 3:30 p.m. EST game. Alabama (7-1 overall, 4-1 SEC) has won two straight since a 35-21 loss to South Carolina ended its 19-game winning streak. Coach Nick [...]
McElroy and Jones are on record-setting paces
Comments OffAlabama senior quarterback Greg McElroy and junior wide receiver Julio Jones are on pace to set several single-season school records. McElroy is averaging 222.6 yards passing per game. If he remains at that pace and Alabama plays 14 games — that is, if it goes to the SEC championship game — he would become the [...]
Julio Jones is Tide’s MVP
Comments OffAfter watching Alabama come alive and dismantle the Volunteers on Saturday there is a sense of excitement heading into the bye-week and the rest of the season. The game started frustratingly enough – Alabama couldn’t seem to find much momentum early on despite a few positives – but ended with a bang. It would be [...]
SEC taking action on hard shots to the head
Comments OffThe NFL sent the message last week that it wouldn’t stand for dangerous shots to the head of unprotected players and would start suspending and fining violators much quicker. The SEC followed suit this week, and most league head coaches didn’t mind that the league suspended State freshman Chris Hughes on Tuesday. He will miss [...]
Julio Jones not letting injury affect his performance
Comments OffThe more likely setting for Julio Jones to explode for a career-best game might have been a home game, perhaps against a softer non-conference opponent, and certainly at a point in the season when the University of Alabama wide receiver was fully healthy. As it happened, his 12-catch, 221-yard performance Saturday came with none of [...]
Tide Ready For Bye week
Comments OffIt was hardly a typical Monday in Tuscaloosa this week. No practice. No meetings. No news conference. For the first time in eight weeks, the schedule called for a quiet day at the Alabama football complex as the bye week arrived after beating Tennessee 41-10 on Saturday night. The plan called for film study on [...]
Tide enters bye week with momentum
Comments OffLast year, Alabama limped into its bye week, grateful to have survived Tennessee’s upset bid and grateful that Mount Cody wore crimson. The Tide is probably more banged up this year, but Saturday night’s 41-10 victory over the Vols sent them into the bye week with some momentum. Alabama coach Nick Saban said he was [...]
