Archive for SEC football
Saban’s Father Save Him From The Coal Mines
Posted by: | CommentsLessons my father taught me, may be a book Nick Saban will write some day about his relationship with his father and how father saved son from a life of working in the West Virginia coal mines. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch did an in-depth article on Nick Saban that discusses about his days growing up […]
Alabama/Missouri Preview
Posted by: | CommentsMissouri’s introduction to the SEC so far as been less then stellar to say the least. After having a good showing but losing to Georgia, they were blown out by South Carolina and their lowest point may have been losing to Vanderbilt. But that could all change with a victory over the Tide tomorrow. Although […]
McCarron Top 15 Finalist For Unitas Award
Posted by: | CommentsAJ McCarron made the cut to be in the top 15 for the Unitas Award. The Unitas Award, which name for Baltimore Colts Hall of Fame quarterback Johnny Unitas, is given to the college quarterback that is judged upon character, citizenship, scholastic achievement, leadership qualities, and athletic accomplishments. So far, McCarron has thrown for 999 […]
Saban Responds To Tide Fan’s Death
Posted by: | CommentsNick Saban has been called and accuse of a lot of things; today he is being called classy. On September 30, Mike Crowell who is a high school coach out of North Carolina, died. Crowell was a HUGE Alabama fan and the school was trying to get Coach Saban to come to the school for […]
Reports: BCS Computers Have Tide Fifth
Posted by: | CommentsThe coaches’ poll and the AP poll may have Alabama as their unanimous No. 1, but the computers don’t seem to agree. According to reports, the BCS computers have the Tide fifth behind Florida, Notre Dame, South Carolina, and West Virginia. What’s probably hurting the Tide right now is schedule. Besides playing Michigan who was […]
Top 10 Teams Who Can Face Bama In The BCS Championship Game
Posted by: | CommentsThe consensus among most college football experts is that another SEC team, at this point most likely Alabama, will again be in the BCS Championship game this year. The question everyone is answering is against whom? Some say it will be against No. 2 Oregon and their high powered offense. Others think Florida State could […]
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 […]
Pinkel and Saban Go Wayyyyy Back
Posted by: | CommentsWe all know the relationship Nick Saban has with some of his former assistants Derek Dooley and Will Muschamp, but little has been known or said about Saban’s relationship with Missouri head coach Gary Pinkel. Pinkel and Saban both coached and played at Kent State, but unlike today, both said they weren’t close as teammates. […]
Danielson Defends Saban On No-Huddle
Posted by: | CommentsNormally, when we bring up Gary Danielson, it’s because he has said something that we absolutely don’t agree with, but not this time. We haven’t come here to criticize Danielson; we have come to actually praise him. A lot of college football experts were taken aback about Saban’s comments about the no-huddle offense, but Danielson, […]
Former Alabama QB Sims To Start for UVA
Posted by: | CommentsUniversity of Virginia coach Mike London announced that former Bama qb Phillip Sims will make his first start against Duke this weekend. Sims as you all know by now, left the program for “personal reasons.” Although he is excited to start, Sims wants to keep the expectations low. “Nobody’s asking me to go out and […]