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The 2008 Alabama senior class which featured Julio Jones, Mark Ingram, Courtney Upshaw, Mark Barron, Dont’a Hightower and Barrett Jones, got the ball rolling so to speak for Nick Saban and the Alabama program. This senior class produced a national championship, Alabama’s first Heisman Trophy winner, several All-Americans and four first round draft choices with […]

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Interesting discussion on ESPN the other day about whic one loss team has the best argument to make it into the BCS if LSU or Oklahoma State or if both lose in the coming weeks. Most say (including BCS guru Brad Edwards) says Alabama has the best argument with Oregon not far behind. Listen to […]

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Nov
18

Bama Notes from the Nick Saban Show

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This weekend will be Bama’s last home game of the season against Georgia Southern and senior day.Former Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram will be present for that game and will be an honorary captain. During his weekly radio show, Coach Saban said Barrett Jones and Darius Hanks are questionable for Saturday’s game and more then […]

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Like most fans out there, you may not a lot about Georgia Southern, Alabama’s next opponent. So, in order to remedy that, I’ve compliled a list of things you may not know about the Eagles. *Georgia Southern is located in the small town of Statesboro, Ga which is just outside of Savannah. It is a […]

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Nov
16

Heisman Race Gets Interesting Again

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After this past weekend’s games, not only did the BCS race tightened up, but so did the Heisman race. Quarterback Andrew Luck of Stanford who had a HUGE lead going into to last week, but lost a lot of votes because of his performance against Oregon. Luck not had two interceptions, but his team got […]

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Nick Saban made one thing clear yesterday: he is not worried about the BCS right now. “I don’t really care about that. I’ve been watching enough film in that room. I could care less about that because I don’t understand it to start with.” Now, you know it’s not the truth, but my guess is […]

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Nov
15

Tide Still No. 3 in the BCS

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After another crazy week in the BCS, the Tide remains third in the BCS polls which puts them one step closer to a rematch at least in some people’s minds. I’ve heard some crazy scenarios and the one I heard that kind of set me off was Jerry Palm; he of the Bracktology formula in […]

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For the second time this season, Dont’a Hightower was named the SEC’s Defensive Player of the Week. In Bama’s victory over Mississippi State this past weekend, Hightower had 11 tackles, 2 ½ for losses and 1 ½ sacks. Hightower first earned defensive honors a few weeks ago in the Tide’s victory over Tennessee. The junior […]

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Nov
14

Tide Slaps a Muzzle on the Bulldogs

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It wasn’t pretty but who said it had to be. After coming off a lost to No. 1 LSU last week, Alabama would bounce back to beat Mississippi State 24-7. The game was close throughout the first half, but in the second half the Tide would pull away. Lead by the running of Trent Richardson […]

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The 2010 Alabama-Mississippi State game looked kind of familiar to this upcoming game Saturday. Bama was coming off a tough loss to LSU and was looking to rebound and take out it frustrations on the Bulldogs which they did. Bama would start the game off slow leading only 6-3 at the end of the first […]

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