As I go through my daily news searches, I found a very interesting and good article in the Washington Post about Tide offensive lineman Barrett Jones. The article talks about how Jones manages football, academics, and his faith. “I don’t think there’s enough good things that you can say about Barrett Jones,” said Nick Saban. […]

The Alabama defense has been constantly one of if not the best defense in the country this season. But despite how well the defense has played, they have been overshadowed somewhat by the LSU defense. Despite finishing first in most of the major categories, none of the Tide defensive players won any major defensive awards […]

Not every LSU player is looking forward to playing Bama in the BCS Championship. In an interview with ESPN’s Erin Andrews, offensive lineman Will Blackwell and defensive back Morris Claiborne basically said the Tide didn’t earn the right to a rematch. “Traditional it’s been the conference championships that should be in. We really didn’t feel […]

Alabama got another commitment as Davidson lineman Alphonse Taylor who was a Florida State recruit, has now switched to Alabama and will enroll next month. Davidson head coach Fred Riley has a policy with his football players telling them not to commit unless they meant it. “We should change the language,” Riley said. “It’s really […]

Normally when the Tide faces the Vanderbilt Commodores it goes something like this: Vandy stays in the game early before the Tide pulls away; this game no exception. Although the Tide had a14-0 lead at the half lead by passing of one AJ McCarron who had a career high four touchdown passes, the Tide really […]

The Sporting News did a list of the top 10 best teams of the BCS Era, and the 2009 Crimson Tide came in at No. 5. Here is what was said in the Sporting News article about the team: It hardly was a rags-to-riches story for the 2009 Crimson Tide, but they were competing in […]

After a tough road tested victory against No. 23 Penn State, the Tide came back home to face the Mean Green of North Texas. The Tide had no problem defeating North Texas 41-0. The story of this game was running backs Trent Richardson and Trevor Lacy. Both racked up over a 160 yards rushing with […]

Bama got an early Christmas surprise from junior college cornerback Travell Dixon of Miami, Florida. Dixon chose the Tide over Florida State. According to the Dothan Eagle, the 6-foot-2, 200-pounder is expected to enroll early and go through the fourth quarter conditioning program and spring practice. The obligatory youtube video!

Practice this week has gone well so far according to Coach Nick Saban. Saban says he has been pleased with the players with the response so far this week. “We have had good work for three days now,” he said after Wednesday’s two-plus hour drills in full pads indoors. “As we told the players when […]

Funny Christmas story Coach Saban told the other day about his Christmas memories. Saban says as a child, he didn’t fear clowns, he feared Santa Claus. “I was actually sitting in church on Sunday — actually on Saturday night — and (thinking) how when I was a kid you think of all the things that […]