Reasons Why Tide Defense Will Be Just as Effective
By Jimmy McMurrey, Bleacher Report: Alabama’s defense in 2011 is already the stuff of legends. Such a defense will likely not be seen again in quite a while—even at Alabama. But the 2012 defense will be just effective at doing their job. At Alabama, the defense’s job to win games, as well as championships. The [...]
Saban Tells Big Ten’s Delany To Not “Be So Self-Absorbed”
By John Pennington, Mr. SEC: Well, it was only a matter of time. Yesterday we told you that Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany had said that he doesn’t “have a lot of regard for that team,” when asked about a hypothetical national champ that didn’t win its own division. ”That team” was an obvious shot [...]
Why Tide’s 2-Headed Monster At Running Back Works
By Sanjay Kirpalani, Bleacher Report: No school in college football has had more success with running back tandems since Nick Saban took over at Alabama. After having the top running back selected in the last two NFL drafts, Alabama has become a haven for elite prep ball carriers to step in immediately and carve a [...]
SEC Format Is Best For College Football Playoff
By Scott Terrell, TucsonCitizen.com: College football’s postseason future will soon be decided and everyone has an opinion on the best format. There’s the model endorsed by the Big Ten commissioner, the format preferred by the SEC’s strongest coaches, and variations in between. As an admittedly biased citizen in Pac-12 country let me make this very [...]
Alec Morris Fired Up To Compete For Backup QB Job
By Andrew Gribble, al.com: If he’d have known he would be playing college football at a place like Alabama — or anywhere for that matter — Alec Morris might have started down the path toward early graduation at the beginning of his junior year. At that point, Morris, Alabama’s newest freshman quarterback, was just trying [...]
Moore Inducted into Alabama Sports Hall of Fame
From RollTide.com: Some don’t realize that he was once a backup quarterback out of the small town of Dozier, Alabama. Others are simply unaware that he was one of the players who helped Paul W. “Bear” Bryant win his first national championship in 1961. But Saturday night, the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame will take [...]
Richardson And Smelley Bring A Culture Of Winning
By JEFF SCHUDEL, The Morning Journal: Life has gone pretty smoothly for Brad Smelley so far, so there is no way he wants the good times to end now. Smelley grew up in Tuscaloosa, Ala. He never missed an Alabama home game because his parents owned season tickets. Then when he was a junior at [...]
