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Bama Uses Gruden As Recruiting Tool
Posted by: | CommentsIf anyone watched Monday Night Football last week, you probably caught this quote from ESPN announcer Jon Gruden about the Crimson Tide: “This 49ers team is as physical on both sides as anyone. They remind me of how Alabama plays.” Being the smart people that they are, Nick Saban and his staff used this to […]
McCarron The Key Ingredient In Tide’s Success
Posted by: | CommentsWhen AJ McCarron was seen limping off the field in the Missouri game two weeks ago, Tide fans around the country held their breath. McCarron being out for the rest of the season may have meant the end of the Crimson Tide’s run to a national championship this season. Since beating out former back-up Phillip […]
College Football Analyst Beano Cook Dies
Posted by: | CommentsAnybody who follows college football knows the name Beano Cook. Before Lee Corso and the crew of College Game Day, Beano Cook was one of the first college football analyst on ESPN. Beano was a huge Notre Dame fan, but he also was a huge college football fan. Cook said once: “On Sundays they play […]
Herbstreit: Bama’s Real Opponent Is Itself
Posted by: | CommentsOne thing that Alabama head coach Nick Saban is trying to avoid with his team is the thought that all the Tide is doing at this point is playing out the string the rest of the season as some experts like ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit seem to think. Herbstreit says at this point, the Tide’s biggest […]
Bama Super Fan Gets Inducted ESPN Fan Hall of Fame
Posted by: | CommentsIf you’ve been watching ESPN, then you know they had a contest to decide who is the greatest fan of a particular school or team. Alabama’s nominee, Emily Pitek Clifford, will be one of three fans inducted into ESPN’s Hall of Fans after winning the network’s online contest. If you follow Alabama softball, then you […]
Saban Discusses Tide Offense On ESPN’s Mike and Mike
Posted by: | CommentsNick Saban made an appearance on ESPN’s Mike and Mike morning show. Saban praised his offense and says he wants to the Tide to be more explosive in the passing game. “AJ McCarron is the kind of quarterback that you can put the game in his hands,” Saban said. […]
ESPN’S Herbstreit Picks Bama To Win The West
Posted by: | CommentsHow big is LSU’s dismissal of Tyrann Mathieu? So big according to ESPN’s college football expert Kirk Herbstreit that it made him change his prediction from LSU winning the SEC West, to Alabama. “We’re kind of in an either-or situation with Alabama and LSU,” Herbstreit said. “They are so much better than everybody else.” “I […]
Tide RPI Still Stands At No. 37
Posted by: | CommentsAlthough the Crimson Tide has struggled at times without the services of JaMychal Green and Tony Mitchell, the Tide’s RPI still stands at No. 37. ESPN “bracketologist” Joe Lunardi still projects the Tide as a No. 10 seed in the NCAA tournament which sounds like the Tide will be one of the last four in […]
Bama Notes
Posted by: | CommentsA-Day has been set for April 14th no time has been set, but more then likely it will be an early afternoon time and will be televised somewhere on ESPN. Normally, ESPN shows the top teams in the country spring scrimmage. The Alabama softball team has been picked to win the West this season. No […]
Where Are They Now? Freddie Kitchens
Posted by: | CommentsMost Alabama fans remember Freddie Kitchens as the heavy set quarterback who lead Alabama to victory over Auburn in Gene Stallings final game as Tide head coach. In the 1996 Iron Bowl, Kitchens would march his team down the field with only seconds to go to defeat Auburn 24-23. Some fans crudely referred to Kitchens […]