Archive for SEC football
Kouandjio Ready To Get Back To Work
Posted by: | CommentsChase Goodbread, who writes for tidesports.com, wrote an interesting article on the return of Cyrus Kouandjio. Kouandjio, who earned a starting position last year on the offensive line, got hurt during the Tennessee game and was out the rest of the season. Kouandjio talks about his injury, rehabbing with his brother and how it feels […]
WR Black Out For 3-4 Months
Posted by: | CommentsBad news for the Alabama offense, wide receiver Chris Black, who was expected to contribute to the offense this season, will need surgery for his shoulder and is expected to be out for 3-4 months. “He’s going to be an excellent player for us in the future,” Saban said. According to some reports, there was […]
LSU Dismisses Mathieu, The “Honey Badger”
Posted by: | CommentsMeanwhile, Bama isn’t the only SEC team with big news today. LSU announced that the “Honey Badger”, Tyrann Mathieu, has been kicked off the team for violation of team rules. We won’t speculate much, but rumor has it, he failed some kind of test; whether it’s school or something else, we’ll leave that up to […]
JC Transfer Leaving Bama
Posted by: | CommentsJunior defensive back Travell Dixon, who was expected to help the Tide this year in the secondary, has decided to leave the program. Dixon told Andrew Bone of Tidesports.com that “I decided to leave due to family and personal reasons,” “I don’t know where I am going to go.” Dixon informed the Bama coaching staff […]
Report: Tide Recruit Transferring Causes Controversy
Posted by: | CommentsDefensive lineman Darius Paige has transferred from Washington High in Pensacola to Foley High School. Why is this story you ask? Well his former assistant high school coach is accusing the one of the Tide’s assistant coaches of encouraged Paige to transfer for academic reasons. Washington High assistant coach George Schellang accused Alabama assistant coach […]
Notes From The Nick Saban Press Conference
Posted by: | CommentsAfter the Tide’s first workout in pads yesterday, Coach Nick Saban addressed the media. Here are just a few tidbits from his news conference. After Tuesday’s practice the coach said he was “pleased” but not “satisfied” with his team yet. As far as the players go, Saban singled out quarterback AJ McCarron and offensive lineman […]
Nussmeier Looks To Make Mark As Tide’s New OC
Posted by: | CommentsAfter last season’s national championship victory over LSU, former Alabama offensive coordinator Jim McElwain left for Colorado State. After four successful seasons as offensive coordinator with two national championships under his belt, the question for many Crimson Tide fans was who could replace him? Nick Saban didn’t waste any time in hiring Doug Nussmeier formally […]
Boston Herald Does Story On Hightower
Posted by: | CommentsThe Boston Herald, which covers the New England Patriots, did a nice feature story on former Crimson Tide outside linebacker Dont’a Hightower. The story discusses Hightower’s beginnings at Marshall County High School in Lewisburg, Tennessee, to him playing football for the Tide and being drafted by the Patriots. It also discusses Hightower’s injury during the […]
Smart Pleased So Far With Young Cornerbacks
Posted by: | CommentsOne of the main questions marks coming into this season is who will replace cornerbacks Dre Kirkpatrick, DeQuan Menzie and Phelon Jones. While the Tide defensive backfield does return senior Robert Lester and sophomore Vinnie Sunseri who played a lot at the end of last season, the Tide still has few holes to fill. But […]
Ex-Tide Wide Out Carter Dismissed From FAU Practice
Posted by: | CommentsEx-Crimson Tide wideout Duron Carter who recently left the UA campus to join Florida Atlantic, got kicked out of practice by FAU coaches for lack of effort. Apparently according to reports, Carter’s wide receiver’s coach told the kid to come back when you are ready to make the effort; it must have gotten through to […]