(http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/9153/lolsabanshit.jpg)
They didn't look like the same team I'd seen all season.
(http://www.brady-quinn.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/ohnowesuckagain.jpg)
at least your team isn't 3-6
Go Auburn!
*ducks*
Actually rolling with the Tide today and it's looking good so far!
Cam who?
(http://www.freelancewritinggigs.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Lovin-ItMcDs_Print.jpg)
Not too happy about turning the ball over deep like we have, but I fully expected to be down by at least three TDs at this point.
A couple of years ago Alabama QB Brody Croyle was sacked five times in the Iron Bowl, prompting the bumper stickers in this area, "Honk if you sacked Brody".
I SO want Cam sacked at least once more. Twice would be awesome.
ESPN Alabama Roll Tide Commercial (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvyknw4VClE#ws)
(http://lh3.ggpht.com/_xBUmmaH5aPA/SprjNBw0TQI/AAAAAAAAESs/sdW_ittSksI/Absofreakinglutely%20Unbelievable_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800)
:haha:
:loloeo:
Some comments from the Michigan State football forum during Alabama's 42-7 drubbing of MSU in the Capitol One Bowl last Saturday.
"Julio takin' us to schoolio"
"why are they allowing Alabama to play with 35 players on defense?"
"I think their punter is currently drinking around the world in Epcot." (from the early 3rd quarter)
"If we played 10 times, they would win 15"
"If Cam Newton costs $200,000 for a season, how much is a 2nd half rental?"
"and now Cousins is dead" (referring to MSU's starting QB)
"If I was our QB I would hire an attorney and sue them for negligence or intentional infliction of physical and emotional distress."
"I'm ready to accept MSU boosters paying for an offensive line. If we get caught I can deal with it."
"This is getting out of hand...an Alabama d-lineman just popped out of my TV and threw me 10 yards behind my couch."
"Do you think this is how Custer felt?"
"We're going to have a wing named after us at Orlando Regional Medical Center by the time this game finishes."
"This is embarrassing. So are we officially a basketball school again?"
"I want to know how many times in the history of organized football that teams have punted on 4th and goal"
"So this is what they mean by team speed"
"if i'm Maxwell, I fake an injury on the way to the huddle" (Referring to the backup QB, who was knocked out of the game three plays later)
"good lord. Their 4th string running back just ran through our entire defense and all we could do was swing our purses at him."
:haha:
Epic beatdown .
If I had a nickel for every time I've heard "Why didn't Alabama play like that all year" I could have afforded Cam Newton.
Quote from: TinkTanker on January 04, 2011, 08:19:28 AM
If I had a nickel for every time I've heard "Why didn't Alabama play like that all year" I could have afforded Cam Newton.
:haha:
Former Alabama player Marcel Dareus
Sport Science: Marcell Dareus (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfXoDQiyaTI#noexternalembed)
You may remember this from last year's Rose Bowl game. Colt McCoy sure does. It was the play that knocked him out of the game.
(http://[url=http://photos.upi.com/topics-Texas-quarterback-Colt-McCoy-is-tackled-by-Alabama-Marcell-Dareus-during-BCS-Championship-game-the-Rose-Bowl-in-Pasadena-California/140d0d11f79b941f5170d53cf2254699/C_6.jpg%5Dhttp://photos.upi.com/topics-Texas-quarterback-Colt-McCoy-is-tackled-by-Alabama-Marcell-Dareus-during-BCS-Championship-game-the-Rose-Bowl-in-Pasadena-California/140d0d11f79b941f5170d53cf2254699/C_6.jpg%5B/url%5D)
I would not want to be hit by him!
Quote from: TinkTanker on April 22, 2011, 06:28:50 AM
Former Alabama player Marcel Dareus
Sport Science: Marcell Dareus (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfXoDQiyaTI#noexternalembed)
You may remember this from last year's Rose Bowl game. Colt McCoy sure does. It was the play that knocked him out of the game.
(http://[url=http://photos.upi.com/topics-Texas-quarterback-Colt-McCoy-is-tackled-by-Alabama-Marcell-Dareus-during-BCS-Championship-game-the-Rose-Bowl-in-Pasadena-California/140d0d11f79b941f5170d53cf2254699/C_6.jpg%5Dhttp://photos.upi.com/topics-Texas-quarterback-Colt-McCoy-is-tackled-by-Alabama-Marcell-Dareus-during-BCS-Championship-game-the-Rose-Bowl-in-Pasadena-California/140d0d11f79b941f5170d53cf2254699/C_6.jpg%5B/url%5D)
The video is racist in that it hates Canuckistanis .
;)
Tink, Tell me the Seahawks made a good pick with Mr. James Carpenter from Alabama.
Everyone is saying this guy should have been a late 2nd early 3rd round pick, but the Hawks desperately need bodies on the OL. I guess they really liked him.
Carpenter is a beast on the OL. If the Seahawks need good folks on the OL, they could do a lot worse. And if memory serves, they've had good luck in the past with former 'Bama players.
http://www.rolltide.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/carpenter_james00.html (http://www.rolltide.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/carpenter_james00.html)
Draft Preview: James Carpenter (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp8wSEAEMP4#ws)
Been reading about him and our local sports radio has been talking to a lot of folks in Alabama that say he's a great kid. Tough (played though a couple of injuries last year), versatile (can play any OL position if needed), athletic, a very hard worker and durable (started every game while at Alabama). Sounds like a WIN to me. If he ends up being the starting right tackle (that's where it seems the Hawks want him) the Hawks will have two very young, very good tackles for years to come (their 1st round pick from last year-Russell Okung- is the starting left tackle).
And yeah, that Alexander kid turned out pretty good. :)
27 straight starts, kid is pretty tough. I know a lot of people (like Nick Saban) were shocked they picked him. Hopefully it pays off for the 'Hawks. Hey, there are as many busts with can't miss prospects as there are diamonds in the rough. I've heard people complain that Mark Ingram was a bad pick for the Saints, they could have got him at any point. Who knows?
BTW, Saban is going to be on Colin Cowherd in a few minutes. I'm sure he'll address Carpenter's draft.
ETA: 8:45 AM PDT
Saban mentioned that when Carpenter switched positions in the Senior Bowl, it showed that he was more of a versatile player and that made an impression on Pete Carroll.
Saban also made a plea for donations to the Red Cross, especially to the west Alabama chapter. He was supposed to act as a commentator for the draft, but decided to opt out. He felt that he was needed more in T-Town.
Spooky, saw this tweeted from the University of Alabama Compliance Department:
James Carpenter calls today at 9:15, the morning after the biggest night of his life. His question: How can I help Tuscaloosa?
Dude's got heart, Spooky.
Along with his athletic skill, I am sure Carol and the front office took his heart to heart and I am sure it is one of the reasons they picked him. As bad a rep as Carol had at USC, he's dumped a lot of bad character guys from the Seahawk's roster (more roster moves than any team last year iirc) and seems to like good character guys. Seattle as a town embraces guys like this as well.
One of the most beloved Seahawks of all time, Walter Jones, retired before last season and was a great character guy (From Alabama - though he played for FS) too. He was a hero in this town and an OL guys too.
Quote from: TinkTanker on April 29, 2011, 12:17:08 PM
Spooky, saw this tweeted from the University of Alabama Compliance Department:
James Carpenter calls today at 9:15, the morning after the biggest night of his life. His question: How can I help Tuscaloosa?
Dude's got heart, Spooky.
A narcissist-free college athlete ?
:clap:
Highlights from the article: Alabama's starting running back (now that Mark Ingram has left to go play for the Saints) at 225 pounds runs a 10.4 100 meter and 4.37 in the 40 yard dash. He benches 465 and squats 600, power cleans 365. Well, the training staff stopped him at those because they didn't want him to strain anything. Averaged 6.2 yards a carry, 145.5 all purpose yards a game. Vertical jump of 36 inches, 6% body fat. Projected to go in the first round to the NFL next year.
http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_/id/42296/tides-richardson-has-few-peers-physically (http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_/id/42296/tides-richardson-has-few-peers-physically)
(http://media.al.com/birmingham-news/photo/83af560a3c1a7e1f290b2f099c0c2656.jpg)
(http://sports.ap.org/college-football/content/preview/2010/20100902/19/40d34a40cd5a530ed50e6a7067003224.jpg)
This is a running back. A running back.
That is one ripped dude .....
:o
Quote from: AdmiralDigby on May 19, 2011, 11:52:24 AM
That is one ripped dude .....
:o
The first shot was from '09 when he was a Freshman, the second from last year when he was a Sophomore. But yeah, dude is ripped. He was hit with the injury bug last year. Hopefully he can stay healthy this season.
Quote from: TinkTanker on May 19, 2011, 11:56:51 AM
Quote from: AdmiralDigby on May 19, 2011, 11:52:24 AM
That is one ripped dude .....
:o
The first shot was from '09 when he was a Freshman, the second from last year when he was a Sophomore. But yeah, dude is ripped. He was hit with the injury bug last year. Hopefully he can stay healthy this season.
Injuries .
Too bad so many of these athletes fail to take advantage of their scholarships to develop a realistic second career to offset not making it big .
:(
Alabama gave up 7 points in the opening drive to Ole Miss, then scored 52 unanswered.
Here's one of Trent Richardson's four TDs. (BTW, the Alabama running back to score four TDs in a single game was Shaun Alexander. Spooky, you may have heard of him.) That poor dumb Ole Miss Db is still smoking from the burn.
Trent Richardson jukes poor Ole Miss DB into smithereens, then scores TD (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wJF6s9MtOM#ws)
Nice move!
The UW Huskies (5-1) may crack the top 25 this week after thumping Colorado 52-24. They have a tough game next week in Stanford so it may not be a long lived ranking.
The turn around of Washington football has been pretty amazing. 4 seasons ago they were 0-12 and then Steve Sarkisian comes to town and gets them to 5 wins in his first year then 7, including a bowl win over Nebraska, in his second year and now they are 5-1 with one of the best young QB's in the nation (Sophomore, Keith Price).
Let's look at that again...
Trent Richardson rush for 76 yards for a TOUCHDOWN. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHbo76L9ga8#ws)
Oh, and who is topping the BCS standings?
Say what you like - great effort by the guy who lost his underwear on that last juke .
O0
Big hits by LSU.
And three big guys for LSU are out.
Still, enjoying seeing the Aubs get their asses handed to them. Hope LSU doesn't repeat that on the Tide in two weeks.
Quoteenjoying seeing the Aubs get their asses handed to them
Me too. :)
I don't know if I am looking forward to the Stanford/Washington game in a couple of hours. Stanford is a very, very good team and Wa. is a very young team, they have some very talented young players who are still learning to play together. They have made strides every game, but the defense may not be good enough to slow Luck and his receivers. Maybe they can keep is close on offense. Wa. QB Keith Price is on his way to putting up a lot of single season Wa. QB records and he's got a lot of good receivers to throw to. Either Wa. gets a drubbing or wins a close shootout. More likely the former.
Now to see Alabama kick the living crap out of the despised Tennessee Vols. I dislike Auburn, I frakkin' hate Tennessee.
Go LSU? :neener:
'Bama ?
LSU ?
Boise ?
Quote from: Spooky on November 05, 2011, 03:27:54 PM
Go LSU? :neener:
LSWho?
I'm afraid Alabama will have their hands full and then some. Anticipating a Bama loss.
What a baseball game!
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/alabama-lsu-sec-showdown-lives-hype-tigers-unanimous-1-ap-coaches-polls-article-1.972940 (http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/alabama-lsu-sec-showdown-lives-hype-tigers-unanimous-1-ap-coaches-polls-article-1.972940)
There seems to be little question these are the two best teams in the country, but a rematch in the BCS title game in New Orleans will be dependent on whether BCS third-ranked Oklahoma State and fourth-ranked Stanford, who are both undefeated, lose a game. Stanford, which defeated Oregon State, 38-14, Saturday, faces its most difficult test next week against Oregon at Palo Alto. Oklahoma State, which rallied to defeat Kansas State, 52-45, must still get by Big 12 nemesis Oklahoma Dec. 3 in Stillwater.
BCS is full of crap
An exclusive club that keeps certain schools away from any hope of a championship because they're not from the right conference(s)
Boise is undefeated as well - wouldn't know it from the article though .
If you like defense, you loved that game. Some smartass complained about the anemic offenses of the two teams when they should have focused on the blood-sucking defenses. Coming into the game, both teams averaged 39 points a game. And yes Bama's kicking is atrocious. But Cade Foster was a 4 star #3 rated kicker in the country when they signed him. Still, I would not be surprised to see these kickers 'processed' out soon.
Quote from: AdmiralDigby on November 06, 2011, 06:18:19 AM
BCS is full of gao se
An exclusive club that keeps certain schools away from any hope of a championship because they're not from the right conference(s)
Boise is undefeated as well - wouldn't know it from the article though .
From Boise's website, it looks like they played one ranked team this year, then #19 Georgia.
When you make your schedule up playing Tulsa, Toledo, Fresno State and the like, strength of schedule comes into play. Boise hasn't played anyone.
Oh , I know .
I just like saying "Boise"
:D
Latest BCS shows LSU 1, Okie State 2, Bama 3. If Oklahoma beats Okie State and Bama wins out, rematch.
Quote from: TinkTanker on November 06, 2011, 05:37:49 PM
Latest BCS shows LSU 1, Okie State 2, Bama 3. If Oklahoma beats Okie State and Bama wins out, rematch.
I suspect the BCS will do everything in its power to see that happens - don't get me wrong , from what I've gleaned , the two top teams this year are 'bama and LSU .
I'm just one of those guys who wants a playoff system .
Well, Stanford has to lose as well. They are playing Oregon in a few weeks, so we will have to see. But based on the BCS standings, if Oklahoma and Stanford lose and Alabama wins out, it is Bama and LSU II on January 9th. If not, Bama will probably play Boise in the Sugar Bowl on January 3rd. Either way, it looks like Bama will be play in New Orleans in 2012. Just when and for what remains to be seen.
Quote from: AdmiralDigby on November 06, 2011, 08:43:27 AM
Oh , I know .
I just like saying "Boise"
:D
I just like saying they lost. :neener:
ROLL DUCKS ROLL
Quote from: TinkTanker on November 12, 2011, 04:10:45 PM
Quote from: AdmiralDigby on November 06, 2011, 08:43:27 AM
Oh , I know .
I just like saying "Boise"
:D
I just like saying they lost. :neener:
ROLL DUCKS ROLL
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=313160068 (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=313160068)
But you can't judge a team on a missed kick !
;)
Saban on BCS "I don't care. You figure it out and come and tell me. I could care less about that, cause I don't understand it to start with."
Quote from: TinkTanker on November 14, 2011, 10:51:18 AM
Saban on BCS "I don't care. You figure it out and come and tell me. I could care less about that, cause I don't understand it to start with."
Follow the money
That said - how hard would it be to pick the top four schools ?
Have a semi and then a final .
LOL Chokie State!!!
Acadia raced out to a two TD lead and ended up getting 'sploded by McMaster 45-21 in the Uteck Bowl .
:P
#2 Chokelahoma State lost Friday night
#4 Oregon Lost tonight
#5 Chokelahoma lost tonight
#7 Clemson lost tonight
From the looks of things, LSU will be #1, Bama #2, Arkansas #3 tomorrow. LSU and Arkansas play Friday, if Arkansas beats LSU, Bama might go the SEC Championship Game (but probably not). At any rate, everything that had to happen for a rematch has fallen into place. Now it is up to the voters.
Houston is #10 and undefeated, but they haven't played anyone.
Former Alabama player and soon-to-be former Raiders play Rolando McClain arrested in 'shooting altercation'
(http://i.usatoday.net/communitymanager/_photos/game-on/2011/12/02/mcclainx-large.jpg)
Rolando McClain will have to answer to a host of charges after being arrested yesterday in an incident where police in Decatur, Ala., allege the Oakland Raiders linebacker held a gun beside a man's head during an altercation.
And in the court of public opinion he'll also have to answer for this photo taken during his arrest.
McClain elected to smile broadly for the camera as John Godbey of the Decatur Daily caught the moment.
McClain was released on $2,000 bond and faces charges of assault, menacing, reckless endangerment and firing a gun inside the city limits.
McClain's attorney Billy C. Burney II said the linebacker "asserts his innocence" and that, "We are confident that Mr. McClain will be cleared of all charges."
The Decatur Daily also has a transcript of the 911 call from when the incident was phoned in to police.
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gameon/post/2011/12/raiders-rolando-mcclain-flashed-big-smile-during-arrest/1 (http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gameon/post/2011/12/raiders-rolando-mcclain-flashed-big-smile-during-arrest/1)
Honest to God, that is his arrest picture. I know it looks like something from The Onion, but it ain't faked.
If the dude was scowling he's be "thuggish" and if he hid his face he'd be "cowardly" .
To be honest what is the appropriate "arrest face" ?
???
Dude looks like Eddie Murphy on steroids (which would explain a lot, actually).
Quote from: TinkTanker on December 02, 2011, 07:00:59 AM
Dude looks like Eddie Murphy on steroids (which would explain a lot, actually).
:spitdrink:
:haha:
( and yeah , first thing I thought was "this is shopped, having seen many shops before."
:D
He looks like a smartazz thug to me.
Quote from: Phyll33 on December 02, 2011, 07:40:18 AM
He looks like a smartazz thug to me.
Well, yeah, but he was a total gentleman when he played at Alabama. ::)
Quote from: TinkTanker on December 02, 2011, 07:47:55 AM
Quote from: Phyll33 on December 02, 2011, 07:40:18 AM
He looks like a smartazz thug to me.
Well, yeah, but he was a total gentleman when he played at Alabama. ::)
Uh huh. I think the Raiders just got a big Christmas present not having to pay this loser millions. They
would have been bailing him out every other week with some kind of trouble.
Oh sorry I see he is already their player, well I'm sure he can't walk out the door fast enough for them.
On the field, he was a great player. And until this, he'd never had much in the way of character issues. Hell, the Raiders should love this stuff, it fits right in with their image.
Raiders should love this stuff, it fits right in with their image.
:PSA:
ESPN Sport Science: Trent Richardson
Sport Science: Trent Richardson - ESPN Video - ESPN (http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=7338531)
Not another FG fest. Please!!!
Quote from: Spookrys Blackfrye on January 09, 2012, 06:16:27 PM
Not another FG fest. Please!!!
As long as Bama wins the FG Fest, I'm happy! :headbang:
At the half: Bama 225 yards, LSU 45. AJ 18/25 and Jefferson 6/7. Bama 16 rush attempts 69 yds, LSU 10 for 17 yds
Half-time! MORE FIELD GOALS!!!
Thing is, LSU's offense ranks 12th in the nation, Bama's 17th. Aside from the Nov. 5th game, both teams average ~40 points a game. They just both have killer defenses (Bama #1, LSU#2).
UGH! Dudes knee was trashed!!! Hope it was just a dislocation instead of being all tore up.
There has got to be a young HS kicker out there somewhere thinking he's got a lock on a scholarship to Alabama.
Congrats Tide fans!
When I compare the Tide's D to my Husky's D I have to :rofl:
The Tide held LSU to under 100 yards and my Huskies gave up 777 to Baylor. :rofl:
BCS title will help 'bury the pain' for Tide's Tinker, other tornado victims
NEW ORLEANS -- About 20 minutes after Alabama defeated No. 1 LSU, 21-0, in the BCS title game, a group of reporters crowded around diminutive Jeremy Shelley. The 5-10, 165-pound junior had just set a BCS title game record with five field goals, which is one more than he said he had ever even attempted in any game.
Not bad for a guy who was part of the Tide kicking tandem that went 2 for 6 on field-goal tries in Alabama's 9-6 loss to LSU in the first meeting of these teams back in November.
Shelley's best friend on the team, his long snapper Carson Tinker, stood, still in his pads, 2 feet away, on the other side of an overstuffed garbage can in the back corner of the steamy Crimson Tide locker room, just beaming as he watched his pal hold court.
"I'm just going to watch Shelley," Tinker said, watching his friend get asked about his great night. "He deserves it."
By then, Tinker had fielded more than his share of questions after the game, too. Usually, long snappers are the most anonymous guys on their teams. Well, if they're good long snappers -- and Tinker is very good. He said he hasn't botched a snap in years.
But Carson Tinker isn't just another long snapper, or just another 'Bama player. His story became one of the faces of catastrophe last offseason when tornadoes ripped through the state of Alabama and devastated Tuscaloosa on April 27.
As one massive tornado barreled toward the town, Tinker huddled in a closet with his girlfriend Ashley Harrison. The tornado ravaged the house, shredding it, and in the process, sucked Tinker, Harrison and everyone else there up, shooting into the sky. Tinker's body landed some 50 yards away from where their house had been. When he awoke hours later in a hospital, he learned Ashley didn't survive after having been ripped from his arms.
The devastation from that tornado and others that ripped apart the area took the lives of more than 250 people in Alabama. Fifty-two of those were in Tuscaloosa.
In the aftermath of the devastation, the entire state of Alabama pulled closer together over the weeks and months since. 'Bama coach Nick Saban often spoke about how his team would be part of the healing, offering to help in any way they could. For everything that Tinker was dealing with, he became only that much closer to Shelley and his teammates, knowing they would be there for him.
The camaraderie that can build within these teams is truly one of the best things about sports. Not just about what it can mean to these 18- and 19-year-olds, but also the faith and trust they can feel from those around them who invest so much energy and passion into supporting them.
About 84 hours ago, Tinker was there to have the back of Shelley and sophomore Cade Foster, the other Tide kicker, who went 1 for 4 on field-goal attempts against LSU, as the team participated in Friday's media day. Tinker knew how invasive being on the other side of people's curiosity can be.
When I visited with Tinker on Friday morning, one of the biggest things on his mind, he said as we chatted, would be how his buddies would get treated by the media, probing about their psyche. Tinker said he was very protective of them. He knew all about the hate mail the kickers had received.
"Jeremy and those guys mean more to me than words can truly explain," Tinker told me.
Said Shelley of Tinker's support and friendship: "It means so much to me. I've been fortunate enough to be by his side through all of this.
"It really stinks that things happen to the nicest and greatest of people, but I'm just happy that I can be there for him."
Foster explained after the game that the kickers knew they "were going to get grilled" at media day after their misses in the first game against LSU. "We just talked about staying positive through all the interviews," Foster said.
Of course, that is often easier said than done.
And that is why the way things unfolded Monday night made this championship only that much sweeter, that much more meaningful for Tinker, Shelley, their teammates and the folks back in Alabama.
After Alabama returned to its locker room after the game, Saban told his team, "We buried the pain tonight." One of the Tide staffers in the locker room speculated that exactly what Saban was referring to in regards to that "pain" was probably a combination of things, ranging from last year's gut-wrenching loss to archrival Auburn in Tuscaloosa -- where Alabama squandered a 24-0 lead -- to that loss to LSU in November, to the overwhelming big-picture tragedy of the tornadoes.
"The same thing happened with [Hurricane] Katrina and the Saints going on to win the Super Bowl," Foster said. "After I get home, I'm going to do more back in the community to help. I want to make them [the people of Alabama] feel like they were a part of this, because they were."
Shelley was asked about the hate mail and if the venom that spewed toward him after the LSU loss in November had prompted him to steer clear of social networking sites, where players are so accessible. It hadn't, but the kickers' struggles also sparked a wave of support, too. "That helped me a lot," he said. "I don't even know some of these people, and they had faith in me."
The kicker acknowledged that he had gone from "the lowest of the lows to the highest of the highs."
As more reporters and more cameras gathered around Shelley, his larger teammates started to file out of the cramped locker room. A few did like Jesse Williams, 'Bama's 319-pound defensive lineman did. "Shelley, you're my hero," Williams yelled, while passing by.
Tinker said one of the great things about Shelley is that he's such "a cool cat."
The long snapper from Murfreesboro, Tenn., is, too.
"I'm just one of the guys who was affected [by the tornadoes]," he said. "I do hope the people of Alabama can feel this [joy]. I wish they could hold that crystal trophy up just like me. It's for everybody that was affected."
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/story/16803929/bcs-title-will-help-bury-the-pain-for-tides-tinker-other-tornado-victims (http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/story/16803929/bcs-title-will-help-bury-the-pain-for-tides-tinker-other-tornado-victims)
And the best headline goes to...
http://www.whosay.com/darrenrovell/photos/115008 (http://www.whosay.com/darrenrovell/photos/115008)
(http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn288/JakeMongoose/hb.png)
Seven FGs ?
Outstanding defense pitches a shut out ?
Congratulations 'bama .
:clap:
Well, five FGs, one TD w/ missed point after.
LSU held to 92 yards of total offense. Five first downs. LSU only crossed the 50 once, and then not until the fourth quarter. First shutout in BCS history.
Also, Bama had one five yard penalty. Saban went apeshit when it happened.
I only saw bits and pieces - it was 15-0 when I went to bed .
Still - RESULT !
:bender:
BTW, Nick Saban mentioned Red Tails in his post-game press conference. He said there was a line in the movie --- 'from the last plane to the last bullet to the last minute to the last man, we fight, we fight, we fight'. He said that's what the team took away from the movie and into the game.
Like I said on FB, maybe that helped inspire them.
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/story/16803454/king-him-saban-system-leads-to-yet-another-championship (http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/story/16803454/king-him-saban-system-leads-to-yet-another-championship)
/movie looks hella good, must see.
'from the last plane to the last bullet to the last minute to the last man, we fight, we fight, we fight'.
Luca$ steals a current team chant-style and drops it into a WWII film .
In a pilots' huddle no less .
It's stuff like this that makes me pause over this movie .
The aerial scenes look awesome but I dread the ensuing historical accuracies .
Yeah , stick in the arse ? I has it when it comes to this stuff - especially when I see Luca$ on Jon Stewart pronouncing that "No one knows this story" ( I do and have since I was a kid ) and giving the impression that this will be some sort history lesson for today's movie goers .
Heads up - the 332nd Fighter Group did loose bombers under their escort ( they did however , still have the best record at protecting their wards ) not a single pilot became an Ace ( several had four kills ) they did shoot down some Me-262s that weren't taking off/landing which all sorts of amazing .
O0
http://acepilots.com/usaaf_tusk.html (http://acepilots.com/usaaf_tusk.html)
"No one knows this story" ( I do and have since I was a kid )
Yeah, but you are a history buff. I dare say your are the .1% ;)
Quote from: TinkTanker on January 10, 2012, 08:01:59 AM
"No one knows this story" ( I do and have since I was a kid )
Yeah, but you are a history buff. I dare say your are the .1% ;)
:haha:
That's why I tell snot-nosed kids that Alexander the Great invented the telephone when he crossed the Alps with elephants during the Boar War to free the slaves in Manitoba .
( gotta keep them in the 99% )
;)
LSUFreak makes killer gifs in this part of country. perhaps his best:
(http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn288/JakeMongoose/Crystal_Tossup.gif)
:haha:
It's funny 'cause it's true.
Quote from: TinkTanker on January 11, 2012, 10:59:38 AM
LSUFreak makes killer gifs in this part of country. perhaps his best:
(http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn288/JakeMongoose/Crystal_Tossup.gif)
I'm sorry , what the hell is #9 doing ?
???
Throwing the National Championship away. :D
(http://jjsoh.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/ncf_a_bcs-trophy01_576.jpg)
http://jjsoh.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/ncf_a_bcs-trophy01_576.jpg (http://jjsoh.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/ncf_a_bcs-trophy01_576.jpg)
I know that .
But what is he doing ?
Was the blocker supposed to be a receiver ?
Was there another guy cropped out of the frame ?
Did some some guy with a squashed nose visit his mother ?
I think he wanted to get it to #11, who was clearly facing him as the the trophy was thrown, but #11 probably thought he was going to run it and turned to block for him and the 'Bama dude said TY very much, sir!
Quote from: AdmiralDigby on January 11, 2012, 11:51:12 AM
Quote from: TinkTanker on January 11, 2012, 10:59:38 AM
LSUFreak makes killer gifs in this part of country. perhaps his best:
(http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn288/JakeMongoose/Crystal_Tossup.gif)
I'm sorry , what the hell is #9 doing ?
???
In the play, the LSU QB was (poorly) executing a shuffle pass to #11, who thought #9 was going to run with the ball and he was going to block for him.
The play in question is about at the 6:00 mark.
BCS Championship Highlight - LSU vs. Alabama (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvYWBh9BfmQ#ws)
I forgot that that was the play were the dudes leg got jacked up. Nasty!
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Looks like he's going to be OK. Just had his hip pop out.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1018114-cj-mosley-injury-lbs-avoidance-of-serious-injury-keeps-alabama-in-bcs-picture (http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1018114-cj-mosley-injury-lbs-avoidance-of-serious-injury-keeps-alabama-in-bcs-picture)
Sorta what I figured .
Massive FAIL
Bobby Hebert's right - why not send in the other guy ?
( doesn't play up here btw .. )
Bobby Herbert doesn't have to worry about Les Miles blowing him off from any more pressers... Hebert's press credentials have been pulled by LSU.
Quote from: TinkTanker on January 11, 2012, 02:12:31 PM
Bobby Herbert doesn't have to worry about Les Miles blowing him off from any more pressers... Hebert's press credentials have been pulled by LSU.
That'll go over well .
Spooky, what's the word on Doug Nussmeier? ESPN says he's on the short list (of three) to be Alabama's OC.
Quote from: TinkTanker on January 12, 2012, 07:53:43 AM
Spooky, what's the word on Doug Nussmeier? ESPN says he's on the short list (of three) to be Alabama's OC.
I think he's done a good job while at Washington as QB coach and O Coordinator. He's had two pretty good QB's in Jake Locker and Keith Price and has been able to tailor the offence to their abilities. He's part of the staff that has turned an 0-12 program into a program that has gone to bowl games the last two years.
His current QB, Keith Price, ended the year as the #8 ranked QB in the country as a sophomore and Nussmeier was able to help the Huskies to 7 wins despite the team having the 94th ranked defense. If this team had any semblance of a defense the offence would have had more touches and easily been in the top ten ranked O's IMHO.
I hope he decides to stay here. :neener:
I hope he decides to stay here.
That's about as good an endorsmant one can get .
Bama has a suffocating defense (and as the old adage goes, defense wins championships), but apparently the public wants to see football games be more like basketball games. Trade scoring opportunities and go from there. Hopefully Alabama will get another OC and sling it down the field and rack up 7-800 yards a game hold their opponents to less than a hundred and give the nation even more reason to hate us. O0
Quote from: TinkTanker on January 12, 2012, 08:39:52 AM
but apparently the public wants to see football games be more like basketball games. Trade scoring opportunities and go from there.
The public must have loved the Washington/Baylor game then. That was an obscene offensive showdown.
I don't really like 9-6 games any more than I like 58-54 games. What I do like is 58-6 games where Bama hangs 58 on folks, see the opposing team driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their cheerleaders.
Quote from: TinkTanker on January 12, 2012, 08:39:52 AM
Bama has a suffocating defense (and as the old adage goes, defense wins championships), but apparently the public wants to see football games be more like basketball games. Trade scoring opportunities and go from there. Hopefully Alabama will get another OC and sling it down the field and rack up 7-800 yards a game hold their opponents to less than a hundred and give the nation even more reason to hate us. O0
:haha:
Quote from: TinkTanker on January 12, 2012, 08:55:30 AM
I don't really like 9-6 games any more than I like 58-54 games. What I do like is 58-6 games where Bama hangs 58 on folks, see the opposing team driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their cheerleaders.
(http://cdn.costumesupercenter.com/csc_inc/images/items/343x432/IC5424.jpg)
As expected, Alabama players Trent Richardson, Dont'a Hightower, and Dre Kirkpatrick will leave for the NFL. Coach Saban scored points with mommas and daddies by making Richardson & Kirkpatrick promise they will return at some point to get their degree. Both are very close; Hightower is a graduate with one more year of eligibility. Saban scored points with prospective recruits by calling a presser to show three of his players leaving early to make millions in the NFL.
Richardson mentioned that it was a difficult decision, but he had to put his daughters first. They live in Pensacola with their mother. Richardson has their names tattooed on his arms to remind him what he is working for. Growing up in a housing project, Richardson swore his children would not be so burdened.
The talking heads project Richardson might be headed to Cleveland. Mike Holmgren had a bit of success with another Alabama RB, Shaun Alexander. Hopefully Trent will be even better.
Good stuff !
:like:
And since we were speaking of Bobby Hebert, oddsmaker Danny Sheridan Tweeted that one of the reasons Hebert was so pissed was that he was on the wrong side of a sizable wager (with his son on the LSU team). Hebert was scheduled to be on the Finebaum radio show at this time, but Finebaum said that Hebert was called into a 'meeting with management' with his bosses at WWL.
Quote from: TinkTanker on January 12, 2012, 12:17:12 PM
And since we were speaking of Bobby Hebert, oddsmaker Danny Sheridan Tweeted that one of the reasons Hebert was so pissed was that he was on the wrong side of a sizable wager (with his son on the LSU team). Hebert was scheduled to be on the Finebaum radio show at this time, but Finebaum said that Hebert was called into a 'meeting with management' with his bosses at WWL.
Bobby shat in his own backyard ......
President Obama Wondering Why He Always Has To Initiate Phone Call With NCAA Champions
WASHINGTON—In the moments following Alabama's 21-0 victory in the BCS National Championship Monday, President Barack Obama asked several advisers why he always has to be the one to call the winning team's coach. "This happens every year. The guys obviously know I want to talk to them, but still I sit here and wait around until finally I'm forced to do the dialing," Obama said before groaning and asking his secretary to find him Nick Saban's phone number. "They are national champions. I'm president of the United States. Am I crazy to think that one of the first things they'd want to do is call me? I'd just like to know I'm on their minds for once." Despite Obama's disappointment with always having to initiate calls with national champions, he did add that he wishes the MLS champion L.A. Galaxy would stop calling him.
http://bit.ly/z2IkG1 (http://bit.ly/z2IkG1)
:haha:
Saban's 1PM press conference was about 20 minutes late today because Saban was on the phone "with the president". I just assumed they meant the University of Alabama president Robert Witt, but no, it was *the* President.
LSU highlights from the BCS Championship Game
lsualabama.mov (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnmhTxCYogQ#)
Harsh
:loloeo:
Well, Spooky, you might have to start looking for a new OC...
Speculation increasing that Nussmeier could be headed to Alabama
While most of the coaching speculation about UW lately has been who will fill the last spot on defense, the Huskies could also soon find themselves in need of an offensive coordinator.
Due in part to events surrounding some of the other candidates, speculation is increasing this morning that Doug Nussmeier may soon be named the new offensive coordinator at Alabama.
Nussmeier was reported last week to be one of three candidates for the job along with former Arizona State and Boise State head coach Dirk Koetter and longtime NFL assistant Brian Schottenheimer.
Koetter, however, was officially hired this morning by the Falcons while Schottenheimer is in talks with the Rams, among a couple other options.
Unless there's another candidate, that has some surmising that Nussmeier will be the man for Alabama, including this report this morning from CoachingSearch.com. UW coach Steve Sarkisian said in an interview on KJR-AM on Friday that Nussmeier had interviewed and that there was mutual interest and that there was a chance Nussmeier would be on the move.
Nussmeier has been UW's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach since Sarkisian's arrival prior to the 2009 season. However, Sarkisian calls the offensive plays and also has a big hand in helping guide the quarterbacks. Sarkisian acknowledged that one reason Nussmeier would be interested in going elsewhere would be to have more responsibility.
Nussmeier's hire at Alabama would also make for a rather seamless transition at Alabama as Nussiemer would be replacing the same man he replaced at Fresno State in 2008 --- Jim McElwain, now the head coach at Colorado State.
As for Tosh Lupoi, nothing new on that front, though ESPN.com's Greg Biggins Tweeted last night that he heard that Cal plans "to take care of'' Lupoi to keep him there.
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-F1rrLCazK2M/TYorP3asE2I/AAAAAAAADnE/FM_avM4Bp8E/Doug+Neidermeyer.jpg)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/huskyfootballblog/2017246561_speculation_increasing_that_nu.html (http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/huskyfootballblog/2017246561_speculation_increasing_that_nu.html)
Turncloak!
Quote from: Spookrys Blackfrye on January 15, 2012, 01:11:51 PM
Turncloak!
Word is that Coach Nussmeier has accepted the offer to be Alabama's new OC and QB coach within the last hour.
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(http://www.threadbombing.com/data/media/43/i_see_what_you_did_there.jpg)
I'm sure he never gets called that. 8)
Mark Metcalfe's played some memorable characters over the years .
OK - him and the old vampire guy .
And some Trek , I'm sure ....
But they're memorable darn it !
And at least one pretty decent music video.
We're Not Gonna Take It [Extended Version] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9AbeALNVkk#noexternalembed)
I remember those guys !
Quote from: TinkTanker on January 15, 2012, 01:14:43 PM
Quote from: Spookrys Blackfrye on January 15, 2012, 01:11:51 PM
Turncloak!
Word is that Coach Nussmeier has accepted the offer to be Alabama's new OC and QB coach within the last hour.
UW just stole a coach from Cal. I guess he's a great recruiter as well as good coach. UW also lost Nick Montana, looks like he's going to a JC.
Brock Huard will be on the local jock sniffer show in the AM telling tales on Doug Nussmeier.
I like Brock. He's got a local sports radio show (Brock and Salk) and it's funny as hell.
What's the deal ( on Fark ) regarding LSU's coach pissing off his team ?
Les Miles's nickname is The Mad Hatter, because he A) always wears that cap because he's going bald and B) is batshiat crazy with his play calling. He had almost got the fans to buy into his antics (crazy like a fox, sorta) but after getting spanked, they have turned against him. I've all kinds of rumors about what happened in the locker room, both pre- and post-game. The rumors in TFA were mild compared to what I've heard. I've heard that blows were exchanged between players, players and coaches. Off to read the Fark thread.
Jan. 25, 2012
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The University of Alabama placed 56 student-athletes on the 2011 Fall Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll, the second highest total in the conference, SEC Commissioner Mike Slive announced Wednesday.
The Crimson Tide's total included a league-best 38 football players. Overall, South Carolina led the way with 66 honorees followed by Alabama and then Georgia with 51.
The 38 members of Alabama's 2011 National Championship football team that earned a place on the honor roll was eight more than the next closest school and included a dozen starters. Among those earning the academic accolade were Trent Richardson, Mark Barron, Barrett Jones, Marquis Maze, Jeremy Shelley, Brad Smelley and Jesse Williams.
The Alabama soccer team placed 14 on the SEC Academic Honor Roll, including eight starters from the squad that advanced to the NCAA Championships last November, including senior All-SEC goalkeeper Justine Bernier. The Tide volleyball team had four players earn a place on the team, including All-SEC junior Kayla Fitterer.
To earn a place on the honor roll, a student-athlete must earn a 3.0 or better grade point average for either the preceding academic year or their career and be a sophomore or better in academic standing. The Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll is based on the 2011 spring, summer and fall terms. Any student-athlete who participates in an SEC championship sport or a student-athlete who participates in a sport listed on his/her institution's NCAA Sports Sponsorship Form is eligible for nomination to the Academic Honor Roll.
The conference will release a winter and spring honor roll in the months to come and recognizes its first-year student-athletes based on grades from the fall and spring semester with an honor roll that is released in June.
Watching Alabama South Carolina right now .
Quote from: AdmiralDigby on January 25, 2012, 06:14:32 PM
Watching Alabama South Carolina right now .
That's one of those sports that isn't football, right?
Quote from: TinkTanker on January 25, 2012, 07:00:25 PM
Quote from: AdmiralDigby on January 25, 2012, 06:14:32 PM
Watching Alabama South Carolina right now .
That's one of those sports that isn't football, right?
'bama lost , so it must be ...
Basketball coach Anthony Grant was hired to bring Alabama basketball 'to the next level' and he hasn't delivered so far. He's getting paid just under $2M a year and he may not have that much longer before they cut him loose. Saban was involved with his hiring, telling Grant (and presumably other candidates) that he wanted a dynamic, electric atmosphere at the games. Not so much for the sake of basketball in and of itself, but Saban wanted to have something to show the football recruits when they come to visit. And if basketball looks bad, it makes Saban angry.
FWiW the game was good .
I'm not a roundball guy , but can watch NCAA and enjoy March Madness ( on account of the gambling ) .
I despise NBA .
Today is National Signing Day, where high school student athletes sign and fax in their letter of intent, committing to their college of choice.
A couple of years ago, Alabama had a "fax cam girl" where a hottie would retrieve the faxes and post their names on the board. This was a huge hit, and other schools whined about Alabama doing this because they didn't think about it first.
So Alabama had to stop it, but other fans sites continued the tradition.
(http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/3086/fax2.jpg)
http://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/2012/alabama-fax-girl-2012/ (http://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/2012/alabama-fax-girl-2012/)
"Commando Cam-Girl" FTW !
>:D
I know this is a highlight reel and it shows the best of the best plays over a year or two, but just damn.
Reggie Ragland Highlights (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdGi7x222G4#)
Can New Orleans have Reggie after 'bama's done with him ?
:D
Quote from: AdmiralDigby on February 01, 2012, 09:19:05 AM
Can New Orleans have Reggie after 'bama's done with him ?
:D
Sure, why not? Hope he works out better than Mark Ingram. Turf Toe's been a bitch.
Quote from: TinkTanker on February 01, 2012, 09:10:15 AM
I know this is a highlight reel and it shows the best of the best plays over a year or two, but just damn.
Indeedy.
Quote from: TinkTanker on February 01, 2012, 09:22:54 AM
Quote from: AdmiralDigby on February 01, 2012, 09:19:05 AM
Can New Orleans have Reggie after 'bama's done with him ?
:D
Sure, why not? Hope he works out better than Mark Ingram. Turf Toe's been a bitch.
Ingram'll be fine .
They have the luxury of not having to rush any RBs back from injuries .
Proper healing = better results .
:)
(http://thebiglead.fantasysportsven.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/aCk7TvMi-594x464.jpg)
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Uh... what were we talking about? :o
Quote from: Spookrys on February 01, 2012, 12:20:13 PM
Uh... what were we talking about? :o
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Quote from: AdmiralDigby on February 01, 2012, 09:29:31 AM
Ingram'll be fine .
They have the luxury of not having to rush any RBs back from injuries .
Proper healing = better results .
:)
MI just tweeted that today is the last day on crutches, so yay.
Looks like stupid Alabama has the #1 rated recruiting class. Stupid Alabama!
Quote from: Ned "Spookrys" Ryerson on February 02, 2012, 09:47:19 AM
Looks like stupid Alabama has the #1 rated recruiting class. Stupid Alabama!
Fourth time in five years, baby! :headbang:
Bama snagged 13 of the ESPN 150 players. In comparison, this is more than the rest of the SEC West
combined.
I am happy that UW is ranked between 20 and 25, depending on what list you look at.
There are tons of players that are highly ranked that never pan out. But take a look at Bama's 2008 signing class, considered then and now to be among the best classes signed.
Take a look:
Mark Ingram, Heisman trophy winner, New Orleans Saints
Terrence Cody, Baltimore Ravens
Marcel Darius, Buffalo Bills
Mark Barron, projected first round pick in the draft this year
Don'ta Hightower, projected 1st or 2nd round
Julio Jones, WR Atlanta Falcons
Courtney Upshaw, projected 1st round pick
As good as the 2008 class was, this year is considered to be even better.
Alabama's ice hockey team the "Frozen Tide" won the South Eastern Conference Ice Hockey Championship this past weekend. In other news, Alabama has an ice hockey team. (My hand to God, I had no idea.)
(http://lh3.ggpht.com/-06OlA9qk-Fg/T0ucbXZeVQI/AAAAAAAAC8I/Cmm5F93evYA/image%25255B6%25255D.png?imgmax=800)
http://www.ibleedcrimsonred.com/2012/02/bama-hockey-defender-brimming-with.html?spref=tw (http://www.ibleedcrimsonred.com/2012/02/bama-hockey-defender-brimming-with.html?spref=tw)
Just out of curiosity I Goggled UW Huskies Hockey and low and behold the University of Washington has a hockey team as well and I had absolutly no idea.
http://www.huskyicehockey.com/ (http://www.huskyicehockey.com/)
I can see you guys having an ice hockey team, because y'all have actually winter. We get a dusting every couple years or so, but this winter I can count on one hand the number of times it has dropped below freezing at night.
When Nick Saban runs college football ... wait, he does
The press conference was scheduled for 11:30 a.m., but with a plane running late and Nashville traffic being Nashville traffic, we soon learned that we were operating on Saban time.
The press conference would begin when Nick Saban decided it would begin. And it would end when he decided it would end.
Join the club. These days, college football operates on Saban time.
It's good to be the king. With two national championships in the last three years and three in the last nine, Saban is the undisputed most powerful force in college athletics. Alabama pays him $6 million a year to coach football, and he's worth twice that.
He is far and away the best at his chosen profession. Why? For one thing, he's the best recruiter in college football. For another, he's the best strategist in college football. And it doesn't hurt that he employs the best staff in college football.
Other than that, search me.
Saban is a notorious control freak, so much so that non-coaches in the Alabama athletics department know better than to make eye contact with him in the hallway. No wonder the college game suits him better than the NFL, which he tried for two forgettable seasons with the Dolphins in 2005-06 before beginning a quest to out-Bear the Bear.
"I think my passion for young people is what makes college a better fit for me," Saban said on Tuesday prior to an appearance at a fundraiser for the Jason Foundation. "That doesn't mean that it's better than the NFL. That just means it's better for me.
"Maybe my experience in the NFL sort of educated me about myself. I like having the opportunity to see young people grow, personally and athletically."
He didn't mention recruiting. He didn't have to. Saban likes the fact that he can control his roster through hard work, contacts and a sales pitch instead of depending on the draft and free agency.
The NFL is about parity. Saban spends 24 hours every day trying to obliterate parity from college football.
Consider the old line about a superior coach: He can take his team and beat you with it, and he can take your team and beat you with it. Saban prefers to stock his team with so much more talent than yours that he doesn't have to worry about switching sides to prove a point.
That's why he scoffed at the suggestion by some that only conference champions should be eligible for any of the proposed playoff systems. In case you missed it, Alabama did not win the SEC last season and thus would not have played for the national championship under a gotta-win-your-league amendment.
"There are conferences that are in the BCS that if they played in the SEC, their champion may be in fourth or fifth place," he said. "... If you're one of the best two teams, you should be able to play in the game.
"We were fortunate to have the opportunity to get back in the game this year, and I think we proved with our performance that we should have been in the game."
Of course, he's right. He usually is.
Saban is a notorious control freak, so much so that non-coaches in the Alabama athletics department know better than to make eye contact with him in the hallway.
I despise people like that .
Saban is a great coach, perhaps the best in college today. He does great things for charities. His people skills leave much to be desired.
But he's said he is so focused on football that he doesn't have time to be distracted by minutiae. Minutiae like going on the rubber chicken circuit in the off-season or even learning the names of secretaries who are not his own. He does not like to be approached because he typically works 18-20 hours a day and stopping for even five minutes to chat it up is a distraction. Especially when you do it twenty times a day. Hell, he has a remote control on his office door so he doesn't have to waste time getting up to open and close it. If you are in his office and your time is up, the door opens and he smiles and thanks you and is on to the next task at hand within seconds. I've talked to someone who was 'shown the door' that way and he said it was kind of intimidating but awesome at the same time.
When he came here, he said there is one voice for the football team, himself. He does not allow assistant coaches to talk to the press except under very limited situations. This is one of the reasons Alabama was able to keep quiet news that Greg McElroy was playing with broken ribs going into the 2009 SEC Championship game and how Trent Richardson had a bad knee (which eventually required surgery) during the entirety of the past national championship game.
Bluntly, Saban's an Chuckhole. But he's our Chuckhole. Alabama people tolerate his crap because he wins. He wasn't hired to smile and kiss babies and as long as he wins, that's great.
And a lot of the terrible stuff about him is overblown. He's softened a lot over the past couple of years. I've even seen he smile on occasion. Sure his team had just won its second national championship in three years, but still.
(http://bluntly,%20saban's%20an%20Chuckhole.%20But%20he's%20our%20Chuckhole.%20Alabama%20people%20tolerate%20his%20gao%20se%20because%20he%20wins.%20He%20wasn't%20hired%20to%20smile%20and%20kiss%20babies%20and%20as%20long%20as%20he%20wins,%20that's%20great.)
I totally understand that .
But the whole "don't make eye contact" stuff you hear about Alphas is ( in my mind ) pathetic .
Tom Cruise ?
Jennifer Lopez ?
They're famous for it .
At least Mr Saban actually works for a living .
Anyways - that one line from the article leaped out at me .
That's all
Truthfully, I don't like it one bit either. And I'm not sure it is longer correct. I know he used to have that rep, but I seem to recall it being said that's no longer the case.
Anyway, I'm just glad I don't have to work for the guy.
Got a little dusty in here...
Richardson Goes To Prom - ESPN Video - ESPN (http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=7815808)
That was wonderfully dusty .
:like:
Nice to know there are people like Trent. Gives you hope.
Quote from: TinkTanker on April 17, 2012, 05:37:05 AM
Nice to know there are people like Trent. Gives you hope.
I'm surprised she was dateless to begin with .
She seems nice isn't at all unpretty .
Then again - people often get scared of sick people . It's psychological , but it's there .
Alabama defensive lineman Jesse Williams benched 600 pounds the other day, which is like two Auburn cheerleaders or the entire Auburn offensive line.
http://alabama.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1389309 (http://alabama.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1389309)
Quote from: TinkTanker on July 30, 2012, 05:43:36 PM
Alabama defensive lineman Jesse Williams benched 600 pounds the other day, which is like two Auburn cheerleaders or the entire Auburn offensive line.
http://alabama.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1389309 (http://alabama.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1389309)
(http://www.thecornernews.com/images/cornered5/auburn-clemson_0288.jpg)
Those guys aren't that big ...
Interesting stat: Alabama has not been a dog in the past 28 games.
How Saban Turned the Tide
With all due respect to the 123 other schools that play major-college football, the sport's foreseeable future boils down to one question: Can anyone stop Alabama?
The Alabama Crimson Tide, college football's defending national champion, has become the game's "it" team, an all-powerful and impervious Death Star of a program. Alabama has won two of the last three national titles. Its coach, Nick Saban, won another one while he was at Louisiana State—meaning he has won the title in three of the past seven college seasons he has coached.
The Tide is a 14-point favorite Saturday over No. 8 Michigan—repeat: a two-touchdown favorite against a top-10 team—in its season opener. The last time Alabama was an underdog was 28 games ago, against Tim Tebow and Florida in the 2009 Southeastern Conference championship game. Result: Bama 32, Florida 13.
The stunning volume of victories and championships and NFL draft picks has Alabama redefining college-football success as we know it. How, exactly, does the Tide do it?
Recruiting is paramount. Saban sets aside time every day for assistant coaches to make phone calls, write letters and discuss the country's best blue-chippers. His system focuses on collecting reliable, exhaustive information on players—not always easy to find when NCAA rules forbid coaches from measuring players' vertical leaps or timing them in the 40-yard dash.
To make up for those restrictions, Alabama's coaching staff is as strict as any in the country about gathering information, recruiting experts say. Crimson Tide coaches consult track times and encourage prospects to add the sport in the football off-season. Coaches invite prospects to attend Alabama's summer camp, since they tend to offer scholarships to high-schoolers they have seen in person and not just on highlights.
And before Alabama recruits a player in earnest, coaches produce a comprehensive report on everything from whether he fits their preferred physical prototypes—a cornerback should be about 6 feet and 185-190 pounds—to his ankle, knee and hip movement. If a lineman's heels are raised when he is crouched in a stance, he is probably too inflexible for Alabama.
Finally, coaches talk to family, friends and others to go "seven-deep into a guy's life" to gauge his mental strength, said former Alabama offensive coordinator Jim McElwain, who is now the head coach at Colorado State.
Saban also embraces technology for his multipronged pitch. He started using videoconferencing as a recruiting tool several years ago—early enough in the software's life that some players spoke to him using equipment at their local libraries. CoachSaban.net, Saban's website, plays a Crimson Tide-themed hip-hop song called "4th Quarter" from the Tuscaloosa group 63 Boyz that features the lyric, "Since we landed Saban in T-Town, it's hard to go unnoticed."
Even Saban's current players are foot soldiers in college football's recruiting war. Cooper Bateman, a top-ranked quarterback from Utah, took a tour of SEC schools in the spring before he committed to Alabama. What stood out to his family during his visit? All of Alabama's players made sure they took off their hats when meeting his mother.
The allure of Alabama, of course, isn't just Southern charm. "In no way for the players who may end up playing in the NFL do I want to limit their exposure or opportunity to do that," Saban said in response to emailed questions.
Since Saban's arrival in 2007, Alabama has produced 11 first-round NFL draft picks, by far the most in the country. Since 2003, only four colleges have churned out more first-rounders than Alabama has since 2009. Three of those programs—Miami, Ohio State and Southern California—have had NCAA rules-related scandals. The fourth school is LSU, which Saban coached from 2000 to 2004. He signed nine of the Tigers' 12 first-round draft picks.
While some programs limit access for NFL scouts, Saban rolls out the crimson carpet for them. "I've always said you could call Alabama and say, 'The only time I can come to Tuscaloosa is at 3 a.m.,' and they would let you in," said Phil Savage, an analyst for Alabama's radio network and the former general manager of the Cleveland Browns.
Saban is the rare college head coach who returned to the NCAA from the NFL of his own volition. Previously the coach at Michigan State and LSU, he worked as the Browns' defensive coordinator with New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick in the 1990s, and he was the Miami Dolphins' coach in 2005 and 2006. Alabama's playing style reflects Saban's experience: The Crimson Tide's pro-style offense and defense contrast with more gimmicky college schemes. "So once they get there, it's not like a shock," McElwain said.
The son of a service station and Dairy Queen franchise owner—the coach likes banana milkshakes—Saban, 60, once aspired to own a car dealership. "I can hear the jokes right now," he wrote in "How Good Do You Want to Be?", his 2004 book. But recruiting specialists and Saban's former stars say he is less of a used-car salesman in a recruit's living room than his peers.
"He's incredibly honest in the recruiting process," said former Alabama quarterback Greg McElroy, the starter on the 2009 national-title team who now plays for the New York Jets. "He tells kids, 'Hey, you're going to come in and redshirt. Look, you're going to do this. You're going to do that.' He tells them exactly what he thinks. I think a lot of people respect that because so much of the recruiting process is an unknown."
Alabama is what Scott Kennedy, director of scouting for the recruiting site Scout.com, calls "a team of exceptions." As a high-school senior in 2007, for example, Mark Barron was a 6-foot-2, roughly 210-pound running back and linebacker. Not at Alabama. Baron played safety, where he became a first-team All-American and the No. 7 overall pick in April.
It all adds up to the most basic reason Alabama boasts two of the last three titles: Saban has the pick of the recruiting litter. In short, he gets freaks and makes them even scarier.
In recent years, college football's rule-makers have targeted recruiting strategies employed by Alabama. In 2008, the NCAA banned head coaches from making off-campus recruiting visits during the six-week-long spring evaluation period. The concept was to prevent coaches from "bumping into" recruits while observing them, and some dubbed it the Saban rule because of his frequent recruiting travel.
Last year, the SEC capped the number of players a program can sign at 25 per year. That curbed the practice known as "oversigning"—signing more than the annual NCAA maximum of 25 players that programs can admit, giving them a larger pool from which to build a team.
Nevertheless, Alabama keeps winning. Its momentum has turned it into college football's premier program, a title once held by Southern California under Pete Carroll, and then Florida under Urban Meyer. As long as Saban sticks around, he shows no signs of relinquishing it. He said after his two-year stint with the Dolphins that the field-leveling nature of the NFL made it difficult to gain a competitive advantage.
And with an annual compensation of $5.3 million, the highest in the sport, Saban shows no signs of leaving. "I am very happy with the position that I am in right now," he said.
—Mike Sielski contributed to this article.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444914904577617521477347562.html#articleTabs%3Darticle (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444914904577617521477347562.html#articleTabs%3Darticle)
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Wolverines!
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Alabama defeats Michigan, 41-14: SEC, 'Bama still dominating college football landscape
ARLINGTON, Texas—Cover your eyes, everyone. This is going to be a little harder than we thought.
If this was the benchmark of what could be in the race to catch the big, bad SEC, the rest of the field was just lapped. And it's just Week 1.
That was defending national champion Alabama flexing its muscle Saturday night, the team with the brand new defense, and same old nasty, physically overwhelming Michigan in the first litmus test after an offseason of everyone clamoring for someone to break the SEC stranglehold on the game.
Michigan, please report to rehab. Who's next?
"We're not the complacent team people were expecting," said Alabama center Barrett Jones. "We're hungry, and we're looking for another national title."
Just how ridiculously easy was Alabama's 41-14 rout of the Big Ten favorite Wolverines? Suddenly, Nov. 3 can't get here soon enough.
That's when Alabama and LSU meet in Baton Rouge for Round 3 of Everyone Is Chasing Us. The bar has been set.
"I would think," said Michigan coach Brady Hoke, "we're on the short end of the measuring stick."
Actually, they were on the wrong end of a clubbing. But what did they expect? Teams can talk about knocking off the king of all pigskin, about finding a way to that elite level. Then they hit the field, and the carnage ensues.
If this was Alabama at its most vulnerable; if this was everyone's best shot at the Tide with the uncertainty of nine new starters on defense and life without star tailback Trent Richardson, well, the rest of college football is in a whole lot of trouble.
Maybe we can just allow the SEC to secede from college football, take its Waterford crystal ball and go home. Because if any of you think anyone is beating Alabama or LSU—other than possibly another SEC team—you're nuts.
Look, I know USC has a handful of potential NFL first round picks on offense, and the Trojans can make it look fun and exciting. But at some point, you've got to line up and trade blows.
At some point, you have play Big Boy football at the line of scrimmage and gut out third and short or protect on third and long. You have to, in no uncertain terms, stop the train that's headed your way.
This is what Michigan found out Saturday night in the most anticipated game for Big Blue since Michigan and Ohio State played that classic in 2006 for the right to lose by 27 to the SEC Champion in the BCS National Championship Game.
Alabama's A.J. McCarron looked impressive against Michigan. (AP Photo)
They all say they can compete with the SEC in big games, but no one knows what it's really like until they're in the barrel and it's 31-0 before you cross midfield—and well before the end of the first half.
"This team has the challenge of creating an identity of how they play," said Tide coach Nick Saban. "The expectation we have and the standard we want to play to is about who you are."
That's the thing with the SEC. We can act like the meatgrinder league is a fabrication of media hype, or easy non-conference scheduling or oversigning or any other nonsensical argument.
It's about players and preparation. And right now, no one does it better than Alabama.
It's more than the national championships—although two in three years (could be three in four but for Tim Tebow) is impressive enough—it's a killer instinct Saban has created with his "organization."
That's why 2010 was so frustrating— and why it became the blueprint for what not to do this fall. The Tide was clearly the most talented team in the nation in 2010, yet lost three games when selfish goals became more important than team goals.
No wonder Saban was obsessive this offseason when declaring 2012 would not be 2010; that this Tide team simply would not let it happen. After the Massacre of Michigan, is there any doubt?
I get the feeling Alabama plays so hard, remains so focused in big games, because they play in fear of You Know Who. How else can you explain it?
The Tide had a substitution infraction on the first defensive series of the game—a miniscule five-yard penalty—and Saban nearly lost his mind on the sideline. After that, it was merely 20-something minutes of near perfection.
They've got four tailbacks—freshman T.J. Yeldon is clearly the best of the group— who can play for anyone; five offensive linemen who will play in the NFL and a brand spanking new defense of elite recruits who waited their turn to play.
And they've got Saban's never-wavering, always-enveloping "process." The standard of who you are, and where you want to be.
"This is just a starting point," said Alabama safety Vinnie Sunseri. "It doesn't set the tone."
Heaven help us all when it does.
http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-football/story/2012-09-01/alabama-defeats-michigan-aj-mccarron-denard-robinson-nick-saban#comments (http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-football/story/2012-09-01/alabama-defeats-michigan-aj-mccarron-denard-robinson-nick-saban#comments)
Fail Room a Win for Alabama Football
September 2, 2012 — When the Western Kentucky football team arrives at Bryant-Denny Stadium on September 8 to take on the University of Alabama, neither history nor psychology will be on their side. Like every other team that has visited Tuscaloosa over the course of the past three seasons, the Hilltoppers will be up against an imposing Nick Saban-led football team, as well as the psychological challenge of being labeled a failure. In December 2008, the visitors' locker room at Alabama's home field was christened "The Fail Room" (in honor of benefactor James M. Fail), and Crimson Tide opponents have experienced precious little success in the years since.
In fact, visiting teams lost 19 of 21 games between 2009 and 2011, the only victories authored by Auburn (in which soon-to-be NFL #1 draft pick Cam Newton brought the Tigers back from a 24-0 deficit), and a #1-ranked Louisiana State team (which escaped Tuscaloosa with a 9-6 win thanks to Alabama's four missed field goals).
In the nineteen losses, the visitors have been outscored by an average of 28.7 points a game, outcomes that were likely influenced by the Fail Room, says California native Dr. Rosanna E. Guadagno, a social psychologist who became a Crimson Tide fan after landing a job at the university and experiencing the excitement generated by the team. "There is some psychological theory that suggests we should see a difference in home games as a result of the Fail Room," she contends.
Guadagno is referring to labeling theory, which posits that if you label somebody — by calling them shy or geeky, for instance — it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. With the help of graduate students at Alabama, she is currently working on an archival study of the psychological impact of the Fail Room; in other words, an applied demonstration of labeling theory.
"We're going to examine whether we have better home games as a result of the Fail Room, which I think we do," she concludes, noting that she still roots for the Crimson Tide, despite having moved on to a job with the National Science Foundation in Arlington, Virginia.
"We are calling our visitors failures and suggesting that they are going to fail. I think it is detrimental to the psychological mindset of those who come to play at Alabama," continues Guadagno, who argues this has more impact than, say, painting the visitors' locker room pink, as the University of Iowa has done at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City.
A quick comparison of home and road results suggests Guadagno may be correct. From 2009-2011, Alabama won its road and neutral site games by an average margin of 23.2 points (5.5 points fewer than at home), and that figure discounts a pair of road losses, a 14-point defeat at South Carolina and a three-point loss at LSU.
No doubt Fail — who graduated from the university in the late 1940s and passed away in early 2010 after a long career in the financial industry — would have been delighted to learn of his contribution to Alabama's home field success. At the dedication of the Fail Room, Fail confessed that he didn't expect to live to see anything named in his honor. "After all," he said, "who would want anything with the name 'fail' on it?"
But when the Athletic Department asked if he was interested in purchasing the naming rights to the locker room, he didn't hesitate to make a "generous gift" to the Crimson Tide Foundation, a non-profit that serves as the charitable arm of the school's Athletic Department. He said: "I figured it was the most appropriate opportunity I would ever have to use my name."
Read more: http://failuremag.com/feature/article/fail-room-a-win-for-alabama-football/#ixzz25KmYEC1i (http://failuremag.com/feature/article/fail-room-a-win-for-alabama-football/#ixzz25KmYEC1i)
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I'll just leave this here...
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/ncaa/polls/ap/ (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/ncaa/polls/ap/)
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My poor team has to play LSU, OR, USC and then Stanford (all top 25 teams) in the next 5 weeks. At least they have Portland State as a breather after LSU.
I'm liking the Doug Nussmeier offense.
Watched the game this weekend. They looked good.
Quote from: TinkTanker on September 04, 2012, 09:56:15 AM
I'm liking the Doug Nussmeier offense.
UW fans say, You are welcome.
Saturday Alabama will face the Arkansas Razorbacks. This is why drinking and YouTubeing is never a good idea.
RAZORBACKS United We Stand by lizhoney in the style of Brotherhood Of Man.flv (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ1BO0vAUD8#)
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SEC is a special kind of crazy, but that's de-luxe crazy.
Quote from: TinkTanker on September 11, 2012, 09:47:04 AM
Saturday Alabama will face the Arkansas Razorbacks. This is why drinking and YouTubeing is never a good idea.
RAZORBACKS United We Stand by lizhoney in the style of Brotherhood Of Man.flv (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ1BO0vAUD8#)
That's kinda awesome
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She's back.
Razorbacks Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now (cover) by lizhoney in the style of McFadden Whitehead .flv (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTEVqGA4C0A#)
You might wanna check out the Wa St/OR game. Looks like the lowly Cougs are giving the Ducks a fight.
Flipping over now. :like:
Well, I think it's over now.
Too good not to share...
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Trivia time: On this day in Crimson Tide History...
10/19/1935
Playing with a broken bone in his left leg, Paul Bryant stars in Alabama's 25-0 win over Tennessee in Knoxville. The Atlanta newspapers doubting the story of the injury request to review x-rays, which indeed revealed a broken fibula, before using the account of Bryant's handicap in its features on the game. Alabama's first touchdown came on a pass to Bryant who then lateralled to Riley Smith. A key block by Bryant after the pitch to Smith enabled him to score.
Pics or it didn't happen. ;)
Quote from: Spooky on October 19, 2012, 11:47:56 AM
Pics or it didn't happen. ;)
http://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/2009/04/stanley-cup-legends-bobby-bauns-broken.html (http://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/2009/04/stanley-cup-legends-bobby-bauns-broken.html)
With 10 minutes left in the sixth game of the 1964 finals between the Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings, Bobby Baun fearlessly sacrificed his body, sliding down onto the ice to block a Gordie Howe shot. The heavy shot bounced off Baun's foot at exactly the worst spot, breaking a bone in Baun's ankle. He was carried away on a stretcher and he should have seen his season to come to an end.
But he didn't.
In one of the most courageous and famous moments in hockey history, Baun returned to the lineup in the very same game. The game had gone into over time, and Baun refused to go to the hospital. Instead he was given painkillers and had his ankle taped tightly, and returned for the extra period of play.
Just a couple of minutes into the over time, Baun became a hero of legendary proportions. Baun picked up a failed Detroit clearing attempt at the blueline and directed a shot on the Detroit goal. It deflected off of Detroit defenseman Bill Gadsby and over Terry Sawchuk and into the net, forcing game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals!!
There was no way Baun would miss game 7. He refused to allow doctors to examine his ankle. He suffered in severe pain but knew if doctors looked at it he would be forced to sit in the biggest game of a professional hockey player's career. He didn't miss a shift that game as the Leafs won 4-0 and tasted champagne from Lord Stanley's Cup.
After the game the doctor's finally x-rayed Baun's ankle. It was revealed that he indeed had a badly broken ankle.
It's Meltdown Time! | Week Eight
http://www.rollbamaroll.com/2012/10/23/3541494/its-meltdown-time-week-eight (http://www.rollbamaroll.com/2012/10/23/3541494/its-meltdown-time-week-eight)
Every week, this site collects some of the funniest Tweets or board comments during games. Language is NSFW and some references probably won't make sense, but pretty much epic funny.
Week Nine of Meltdown Time
Our weekly revel in the misery of others features Mississippi State, Auburn, Florida, and Tennessee. Point and laugh!
http://www.rollbamaroll.com/2012/10/30/3573802/its-meltdown-time-week-nine (http://www.rollbamaroll.com/2012/10/30/3573802/its-meltdown-time-week-nine)
3rd 14-10 are you nervous?
How often did you hold your breath?
Quote from: Spooky on November 03, 2012, 08:49:14 PM
How often did you hold your breath?
Just started back.
An ugly win is better than a pretty loss, but Alabama cannot play like that against A&M.
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Ugly wins add character
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Hee :)
And I'm totally happy if Bama doesn't bring their A-game next weekend :)
Through Paul Bryant, Alabama and Texas A&M have been connected like brothers
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama – Like people, schools have relationships. Often they are described in familial terms, such as sister institutions and sibling rivalries.
Alabama and Texas A&M seem more like brothers. Not twins, mind you, but close.
These schools have met only four times in football, yet they seem to share DNA.
What explains the strong connection? Jackie Sherrill points to the patriarch.
"You'd have to say Coach Bryant," he said. "That's the biggest connection."
But hardly the only one.
Paul Bryant played at Alabama and later coached at Texas A&M (1954-57) before returning to Alabama in 1958.
Gene Stallings played for Bryant at Texas A&M, coached for Bryant at Alabama, then went on to be the head coach both at Texas A&M and Alabama.
Sherrill played for Bryant at Alabama and later was the head coach at Texas A&M.
Dennis Franchione had no connection to Bryant and attended neither school, but he was the head coach at Alabama (2001-02) and Texas A&M (2003-07).
This is just the beginning of a long list of people who have ties to both schools.
Now Texas A&M, in its first year in the Southeastern Conference, is preparing for its first visit to Bryant-Denny Stadium. The No. 15 Aggies (7-2, 4-2 SEC) will meet top-ranked Alabama (9-0, 6-0) at 2:30 p.m. CST in a game that will be televised nationally by CBS.
Tonight, at the Paul W. Bryant Museum, Paul Bryant Jr. is playing host to a reception that will welcome more than 30 former Aggies who played for his father.
One of those is the only player who also played for Bryant at Alabama.
Darwin Holt is the only man who played for Paul Bryant both at Texas A&M and Alabama.
"Uniqueness has been my whole life," said Darwin Holt, who was a freshman for the Aggies in 1957.
Bryant's departure at the end of that season was a jolt.
"I came to A&M to play for him, not because it was A&M," Holt said. "I decided I was going to get out of there. The first big reason, after he left, was there were no girls there."
A&M now has more than 50,000 students, but it was a small, male military school then.
Holt talked to Bryant about transferring to Alabama.
"He said, 'If you come here, you'll win a national championship,'" Holt recalled.
Holt went to a junior college in 1958, then played at Alabama from 1959-61. A knee injury his first season led to a medical scholarship. He was the signal caller on a defense that allowed 56 points in 1960 and a national championship team that allowed 25 points and shut out six of 11 opponents in 1961.
Stallings was Holt's position coach. Stallings was one of the famous "Junction Boys" who survived Bryant's brutal preseason camp in the broiled summer of 1954.
Freshmen such as John David Crow didn't go to Junction, Texas, for that ordeal. But he went on to become Bryant's and A&M's only Heisman Trophy winner in 1957, despite playing in only 7½ of 10 games. Bryant had said if Crow didn't win the award, they should stop giving it.
"That's the reason I got it," Crow said.
After an 11-year pro career, Crow served three years on Bryant's staff at Alabama. In that last season of 1971, Crow helped the Tide switch to the wishbone offense. Alabama went 11-0 before losing to Nebraska in the Orange Bowl.
A few years later, John David Crow Jr. played halfback in that Alabama wishbone offense.
The pipeline between the schools still is going strong, long after Bryant's death in 1983.
Doug Walker, Alabama's associate athletics director for athletics communication since 2006, is a Texas A&M graduate and worked for his alma mater early in his career. Milton Overton, Alabama's senior associate athletics director for technology advancement, previously worked seven years at Texas A&M. When Alabama looked for a director of performance nutrition, it hired Amy Bragg in 2010. She had worked six years at Texas A&M. Second-year track and field coach Dan Waters was an A&M assistant for seven seasons.
The connection continues in other ways. Crow has had grandchildren attend both A&M and Alabama.
Crow eventually served as A&M's athletics director. He's retired and lives in College Station, Texas.
"Of course, I'm an Aggie, and I'll be pulling like crazy for us Saturday," he said. "But Alabama is a close second to me. If we're not playing, I'm pulling for them."
Holt's allegiance is to Alabama, but he still has feelings for Texas A&M. "Once an Aggie, always an Aggie," he said.
Besides Bryant and his disciples, the common denominator between the two schools is a fan base with a passion for football.
Holt settled in Alabama. He'll testify to the fact that former players aren't forgotten.
"I live in Birmingham, and every day that I'm here, it's the greatest ego trip that you could possibly have," Holt said. "It is so nice. Everybody loves you. Everybody knows you. It's just unbelievable. You're ready to go every day, because you're going to see someone that knows football and knows you. "
http://www.al.com/alabamafootball/index.ssf/2012/11/through_paul_bryant_alabama_an.html (http://www.al.com/alabamafootball/index.ssf/2012/11/through_paul_bryant_alabama_an.html)
I'm sneaking out of house arrest to go see Skyfall this morning, but my butt will be back in time to watch this game. Good luck :)
Gig 'em Aggies... Just not today!
Of all the teams that are on the top right now I have no rooting interests. Any sane Washington fan wants Oregon to lose. I only root for Alabama at times because of Tink. I could care less about ND. I have rooted for K State from time to time as my stepdad is an alum. I guess I want it all to sort out so that K State is one of the teams playing for the title.
The Aggies are looking tough.
Not a fan of these all white uniforms. :( I am a fan of how we're playing. For the most part ;)
Johnny Manziel is a slippery snake.
Congrats on playing a near-perfect game. Great win, the Aggies are one hell of a team. I said weeks ago that this game scared me more than LSU and you can see why now. I have nothing but respect for A&M, always have, always will.
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Congrats on playing a near-perfect game. Great win, the Aggies are one hell of a team. I said weeks ago that this game scared me more than LSU and you can see why now. I have nothing but respect for A&M, always have, always will.
Back at y'all. It was a good game and we were also lucky. My heart breaks for that guy who got that last penalty--his life is going to be miserable for a while.
It's meltdown time, the Alabama edition.
Very NSFW language, carpet-bombing with f-bombs.
http://www.rollbamaroll.com/2012/11/13/3637412/its-meltdown-time-week (http://www.rollbamaroll.com/2012/11/13/3637412/its-meltdown-time-week)
Geo, this is for you:
I bet Mack Brown is relieved he doesn't have to deal with A&M over the next few years.
Then again, Mack Brown might not have to deal with anyone over the next few years.
There's a lot of talk about us playing them in the Cotton Bowl. Right now, they're bringing the butthurt because last Saturday was the second-highest rated game this year and no one is clamoring for the Longhorn Network.
http://outkickthecoverage.com/texas-vs-texas-am-a-battle-for-future-of-lone-star-state.php (http://outkickthecoverage.com/texas-vs-texas-am-a-battle-for-future-of-lone-star-state.php)
You know you've been watching too much college ball whe you see a headline reading "How the SEC almost shut down Wall Street" and you wonder what in the heck Saban et. al. have done now ;)
Bama and Notre Dame for the BCS title?
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Bama is playing really sloppy. :wall: :veryangry:
Let me just catch my breath here for a moment...
Heh.
This sums up the game in a single shot.
Alabama is a beast. I think A&M may be in the mix next year.
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Alabama is a beast. I think A&M may be in the mix next year.
One odssmaker's picks on the 2013 season:
Alabama 5/1
Oregon 8/1
Ohio State 17/2
LSU 12/1
Texas A&M 12/1
Florida 14/1
http://kegsneggsblog.com/2013/01/08/2014-bcs-national-championship-odds/ (http://kegsneggsblog.com/2013/01/08/2014-bcs-national-championship-odds/)
LSU & TAMU tied for fourth. I hope that Bama can figure out a way to stop JFF; right now I think TAMU is Bama's biggest roadblock.
On another note, I was
really pleased to hear the talking heads give props to Doug Nussmeier for his offense during the game last night. In fact, this was Alabama's most prolific offense ever.
- 542 points scored on the year
- AJ McCarron 211-314 2,933 yards 30 TD 3 INT
- Eddie Lacy 1,322 yards 6.5 YPC 17 TD
- T.J. Yeldon 1,108 yards 6.3 YPC 12 TD
- Amari Cooper 59 receptions 1,000 yards 11 TD
I wish UW had stepped up and paid Doug Nussmeier so he would have stayed. The UW defense made a great improvement over the year before, but the offense was not as good.
After the TAMU loss, the pinheads on the message boards were calling for Coach Nussmeier to be fired. Now, they are grudgingly giving him some respect.
There were two loooong passes that McCarron threw that were maybe 18 inches away from TD receptions. I really hope that AJ comes back for another year. I don't think he is really ready for the NFL right now. Another year under Coach Nussmeier will really help his stock, should he go pro.
BTW, Yeldon and Cooper are both true Freshmen, both with 1000 yard or greater seasons.
Quote from: TinkTanker on January 08, 2013, 09:58:24 AMI really hope that AJ comes back for another year. I don't think he is really ready for the NFL right now
After the success of the three big rookie QB's in the NFL this year, I think a lot of college QB's may get the impressing that they can make it in the NFL right now, but it will probably bite them in the ass if they come out early. This year is an aberration as far as rookie QB success goes. I have a feeling a lot of young QB's will be heartbroken after the final cuts in the NFL preseason next year.
Saban tells his Juniors to go pro if he thinks they have a good shot in the pros. He has enough contacts to have a pretty good idea where they could wind up. I'd hope that AJ looks at Greg McElroy holding a clipboard for the Jets instead of thinking he can be in the same class of RG3 and Luck and Wilson.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/one-bcs-computer-still-ranks-notre-dame-no-185628284--ncaaf.html (http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/one-bcs-computer-still-ranks-notre-dame-no-185628284--ncaaf.html)
You saw the BCS Championship Game, right? Well, at least the parts that mattered before turning to something more interesting, most notably Alabama rolling to a huge lead over Notre Dame and ESPN showing A.J. McCarron's girlfriend.
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So you know that Alabama is the best team in the nation. Nobody in their right mind would pick Notre Dame ahead of Alabama after witnessing the carnage that was 42-14 on Monday night.
Oh, but the BCS has a computer that still prefers the Irish. So let the BCS bashing continue.
The Colley Matrix, one of the six computer systems used by the BCS, has Notre Dame ranked No. 1 and the Crimson Tide No. 2. Notre Dame's final ranking was 0.973997 to Alabama's 0.961139. Notre Dame had an edge in strength of schedule. Alabama won more games against top 25 teams in the rankings. Margin of victory is not part of the calculations. No matter how the computer spit out that reading, it's worth mentioning again: An entity the BCS uses still prefers Notre Dame to Alabama.
They're not going to make Alabama give back the trophy over it or anything, and it's just one of the many rankings the BCS uses to determine who plays in the final game (not who is awarded the championship) but it just shows once again that there are flaws in the process.
ESPN's Brad Edwards, who has become a foremost BCS formula expert, offered this on Twitter after pointing out the Colley Matrix's interesting final output:
We're all sure to find something new to rail about when the playoff system is implemented for the 2014-15 season. But at least we can be sure that there won't be such an egregious issue like a team winning 42-14 in the final game, but a component of the system picking the losing team No. 1 anyway ... right?
Here you go, Tink.
(http://i.imgur.com/qSpNbXsh.jpg)
:jumpjoy
Three Alabama football players charged with 2nd-degree robbery; another charged
Three Alabama football players were arrested Monday for second-degree robbery while another was charged with fraudulent use of a credit card.
Freshman linebacker Tyler Hayes, 18, freshman safety Eddie Williams, 20, redshirt freshman D.J. Pettway, 20, were each charged with two counts of second-degree robbery while redshirt freshman H-back Brent Calloway, 20, was charged with one count of fraudulent use of a credit card.
Williams, who was also charged with fraudulent use of a credit card, was arrested Sunday on a separate gun charge.
According to arrest warrants, Pettway, Williams and Hayes attacked and robbed two UA students, Samuel Jurgens and Caleb Paul.
The trio is accused of physically attacking Jurgens with "punches to the head and face" and kicks to the ribs and back and stealing his backpack, which contained an Apple MacBook Pro. Jurgens was knocked unconscious and was treated for several cuts, a mild concussion and severe swelling.
Both Hayes and Williams confessed to committing the crime, according to the arrest warrant.
In a separate incident, Williams physically attacked Paul with "punches to the head and face" while Hayes and Pettway waited in a car "with knowledge of Williams' intent." Williams came away with Paul's wallet, which contained cash, a UA student action card and various credit and debit cards.
Williams later used Paul's UA card and debit card to purchase snacks from a vending machine on the first floor of Bryant Hall.
With knowledge that it was stolen, Calloway, who was not involved in the robberies, admitted to using Paul's UA card for numerous purchases.
Williams, a former five-star recruit from Panama City, Fla., did not play in 2012.
Hayes, a Thomasville native, played in 13 games as a reserve and had 14 tackles.
Pettway (Pensacola, Fla.) redshirted the 2011 season before playing a prominent role as a pass-rushing defensive end in 2012. He had four tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks this past season.
This is Calloway's second arrest since he signed with Alabama in 2011. The former Russellville standout was charged with second-degree possession of marijuana in Oct. 2011. After redshirting his first season at Alabama, Calloway played primarily on special teams in 2012.
http://www.al.com/alabamafootball/index.ssf/2013/02/four_alabama_players_arrested.html (http://www.al.com/alabamafootball/index.ssf/2013/02/four_alabama_players_arrested.html)
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Dumbasses all. Kick them off the team and make room for somebody who wants to play.
Idiots. You were getting a free college education. You were given an opportunity to better yourself and your future, an opportunity many would love to have. Idiots.
Saban constantly refers to his football philosophy as 'the process' (what you have to do day in and day, working hard to achieve your goal, conditioning, practice, learning the plays, everything). Saban is also criticized for oversigning recruits, bringing more on board than the scholarship limits allow. Some how, some way, the number always end up just right. Whether a player transfers, is given a medical redshirt, doesn't qualify academically, whatever. Alabama's rivals derisively refer to this as 'getting processed', as in 'getting processed off the team' to made the limits.
Look for at least two of these assclowns to get processed. All four should be gone, but at least two will be gone.
Also, this is why you do oversign. Because even though this is by far the most egregious example of players breaking the law/team infractions, it does happen.
All four have been 'indefinitely suspended'. To the best of anyone's recollection, no player has ever returned from 'indefinite suspension' under Nick Saban.
Saban was praised on Twitter for creating 'orangeshirting'.
How much talent was on the field in the 2011 BCSNCG? A lot.
Here is a list of the players from Alabama and LSU who played in the 2011 BCSNCG who have been drafted into the NFL. And both teams still have players still playing this season, so more to come.
1-3 Browns RB T. Richardson 2012
1-7 Buccs S M. Barron 2012
1-17 Bengals CB D. Kirkpatrick 2012
1-25 Patriots LB D. Hightower 2012
2-35 Ravens LB C. Upshaw 2012
5-136 Colts DT J. Chapman 2012
5-146 Chiefs CB D. Menzie 2012
7-247 Browns TE B. Smelley 2012
1-6 Cowboys CB M. Claiborne 2012
1-14 Rams DT M. Brockers 2012
2-63 Giants WR R. Randle 2012
3-73 Chargers S B. Taylor 2012
4-124 Bills CB R. Brooks 2012
1-6 Browns DE B. Mingo 2013
1-18 Niners S E. Reid 2013
2-45 Cardinals LB K. Minter 2013
3-67 Eagles DT B. Logan 2013
3-69 Cardinals DB T. Mathieu 2013
3-95 Texans DE S. Montgomery 2013
5-138 Seahawks CB T. Simon 2013
5-142 Titans DE L. Edwards 2013
6-194 Seahawks RB S. Ware 2013
1-9 Jets CB D. Milliner 2013
1-10 Titans OG C. Warmack 2013
1-11 Chargers OT D. Fluker 2013
2-61 Packers RB E. Lacy 2013
4-99 Chiefs LB. N. Johnson 2013
4-113 Rams OG B. Jones 2013
5-137 Seahawks DT J. Williams 2013
5-157 Niners DE Q. Dial 2013
7-211 Lions TE M. Williams 2013
Alabama
RB T. Richardson
RB E. Lacy
OG C. Warmack
OT D. Fluker
OG B. Jones
TE M. Williams
TE B. Smelley
DT J. Chapman
DT J. Williams
DE Q. Dial
LB D. Hightower
LB C. Upshaw
LB N. Johnson
CB D. Milliner
CB D. Kirkpatrick
CB D. Menzie
S M. Barron
LSU
RB S. Ware
WR R. Randle
DT M. Brockers
DT B. Logan
DE B. Mingo
DE S. Montgomery
DE L. Edwards
LB K. Minter
CB M. Claiborne
CB T. Mathieu
CB R. Brooks
CB T. Simon
S E. Reid
S B. Taylor
Holy smokes !
That's crazy right there. It's like the SEC is the NFL's minor leagues.
Looking forward to seeing how Mr. Williams fits into Seattle's talent loaded defensive line.
Just checked and my Washington Huskies had 3 players total drafted in 2012 and 2013.
Quote from: Spooky on May 02, 2013, 10:58:26 AM
Just checked and my Washington Huskies had 3 players total drafted in 2012 and 2013.
Warren Moon is a football god up here
:squee:
He is here is Seattle too, not only did he play for the Huskies, but he was a Seahawk too. He's part of the Seahawks broadcast team.
Quote from: Spooky on May 02, 2013, 11:04:05 AM
He is here is Seattle too, not only did he play for the Huskies, but he was a Seahawk too. He's part of the Seahawks broadcast team.
:beercheer:
Quote from: Spooky on May 02, 2013, 10:58:26 AM
Just checked and my Washington Huskies had 3 players total drafted in 2012 and 2013.
It has been within the last ten years that Alabama only had 2 players drafted in a three year period. That's how much Nick Saban has meant to the program.
Looks like this year's play-in game for the BCSNCG just might be played in College Station on September 14th.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/college-football/news/20130507/post-spring-top-25/index.html (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/college-football/news/20130507/post-spring-top-25/index.html)
That should be a fun game to watch. Might be tough for the Tide if the Johnny Football and the Aggie offense is clicking.
Quote from: Spooky on May 07, 2013, 10:20:16 AM
That should be a fun game to watch. Might be tough for the Tide if the Johnny Football and the Aggie offense is clicking.
Saban has a history of coming back after a thumping. He's had a year to prepare for JFF and I think (hope) this game will be different. More than any other game on the schedule, this one has been circled for a year.
The thing about last year's game is that after T&AM blistered Alabama with 20 points in the first quarter, Alabama outscored A&M 24-9. Bama did make adjustments, but too little, too late. Not making excuses, final score was A&M 29-24, they won, deservedly so.
60ish days or so...
Carson Tinker displaying his bling.
(Tinker literally had his girlfriend ripped out of his hands in the 2009 Tuscaloosa tornado)
That's a lot of bling!
Alabama has an anti-gravity treadmill.
http://www.al.com/alabamafootball/index.ssf/2013/08/check_out_the_alabama_football_4.html (http://www.al.com/alabamafootball/index.ssf/2013/08/check_out_the_alabama_football_4.html)
PED. I call for a ban on Alabama football. :neener:
Tink, how are you feeling about Alabama so far this year?
Quote from: Spooky on September 24, 2013, 09:19:51 AM
Tink, how are you feeling about Alabama so far this year?
They're probably the worst 4-0 team ranked #1 in the nation. :neener:
Srsly, they are down this year. The O line suffered a lot from three first round drafts and IMHO, the team is complacent. I don't see them beating LSU, but I didn't see them beating TAMU either. The team is driving Saban nuts, he looks like he's ready to choke someone.
The couple of times I've watch them play this year, I find myself still impressed with the number of elite athletes they have on the team. That can be factor in keeping a team in a game. The LSU game will be a big test for sure.
I am not surprised that UW is 4-0, but they have Stanford and Oregon for their next two games, so it's going to be tough for them to remain undefeated. I'd be happy with a split. but I wouldn't be surprised if they lost both those games (kind of expecting it).
Quote from: Spooky on October 01, 2013, 08:12:37 AM
The couple of times I've watch them play this year, I find myself still impressed with the number of elite athletes they have on the team. That can be factor in keeping a team in a game. The LSU game will be a big test for sure.
I am not surprised that UW is 4-0, but they have Stanford and Oregon for their next two games, so it's going to be tough for them to remain undefeated. I'd be happy with a split. but I wouldn't be surprised if they lost both those games (kind of expecting it).
I'll be pulling for UW in both games, Oregon for sure. :D
Quote from: TinkTanker on October 01, 2013, 08:34:21 AM
Quote from: Spooky on October 01, 2013, 08:12:37 AM
The couple of times I've watch them play this year, I find myself still impressed with the number of elite athletes they have on the team. That can be factor in keeping a team in a game. The LSU game will be a big test for sure.
I am not surprised that UW is 4-0, but they have Stanford and Oregon for their next two games, so it's going to be tough for them to remain undefeated. I'd be happy with a split. but I wouldn't be surprised if they lost both those games (kind of expecting it).
I'll be pulling for UW in both games, Oregon for sure. :D
If UW can keep Bishop Sankey rolling (he's currently the Y/PG rushing leader in the NCAA) then they will have a fighting chance.
http://instagram.com/p/fMZ7ijhwjO/ (http://instagram.com/p/fMZ7ijhwjO/)
Couldn't get the picture to pop up.
:clap:
Trent Richardson needs to give Marshawn Lynch a call in the off-season and ask for some pointers. He's got the physical build that would allow him to run like Lynch and it bugs me that he doesn't seem to know it.
I'd hoped that Trent would have picked up the offense a bit more, but hopefully it will click for him soon.
Bonus: Manning lost and so did the Patriots.
It's Hate Week in Alabama, AKA Tennessee Week. Like the guy says, we dislike Auburn, but we can live with them. But I despise Tennessee. Vols wear orange so they can go to the game on Saturday, hunting on Sunday, and back to work picking up garbage on Monday and never have to change clothes.
I Hate Tennessee (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt2BAfhUHX0#)
Bryant-Denny Stadium was rocking last Saturday night.
http://instagram.com/p/ghSSCWv2OH/embed/# (http://instagram.com/p/ghSSCWv2OH/embed/#)
People said they thought the stadium was actually swaying in the fourth quarter. Sure looks like it to me.
Quote from: TinkTanker on November 11, 2013, 06:31:02 AM
Bryant-Denny Stadium was rocking last Saturday night.
http://instagram.com/p/ghSSCWv2OH/embed/# (http://instagram.com/p/ghSSCWv2OH/embed/#)
People said they thought the stadium was actually swaying in the fourth quarter. Sure looks like it to me.
Wow!
Quote from: TinkTanker on November 11, 2013, 06:31:02 AM
Bryant-Denny Stadium was rocking last Saturday night.
http://instagram.com/p/ghSSCWv2OH/embed/# (http://instagram.com/p/ghSSCWv2OH/embed/#)
People said they thought the stadium was actually swaying in the fourth quarter. Sure looks like it to me.
Crazy! That's like Century Link Field registering on seismic monitors during the Marshawn lynch run against the Saints in the playoffs a couple of years ago. I've never experienced anything like it. My teeth were vibrating and I wasn't even in the stands, but standing on solid ground in the back of the end-zone. Such an odd sensation.
Nick Saban on 60 Minutes
Nick Saban on 60 Minutes (HD) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEp47-kX6jg#ws)
Alabama's strength and conditioning coach, Scott Cochran
Alabama Workout Program (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WZd6AyDZFs#)
That's a tough loss.
I felt bad about this game all week. And I had said early on that I thought Bama would lose two games, minimum. I thought they'd be to A&M and LSU, but it was only fitting that Auburn would snap Alabama's streak.
That was probably the most exciting finish to any game, ever. Irony of ironies, fighting to get that last bit of a second put back on the clock, going for the impossible field goal, and having Auburn run it back. Someone commented that if they had Foster to try again, he would have shanked it too far to the left for it to have been returned. I hate it for the guy, he's won us some games, but some Alabama assholes forced him to delete his Twitter account with their idiotic comments.
Tough loss? You bet. But life goes on. Auburn outplayed us, Malzahn outcoached Saban and his staff. They wanted it more and deserved to win.
Now that Sark left for USC, Nussmeier may get lured back to Washington. I thought UW DC, Justin Wilcox, would be a good choice, but it seems he is going with Sark to USC. Top rumors are Nussmeier and Jim Mora, Jr..
I've been impressed with Nussmeier. People here are looking for scapegoats and any time Bama doesn't win a billion to nothing, they want to blame Nussmeier. When he's one hell of a good OC. They just don't want to blame Saban, when it was largely his fault. He made some severely boneheaded decisions. Then again, had they worked, we'd be praising the guy fro being a genius who isn't afraid to take chances.
Class act? Class act.
http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-Sports/2013/12/11/George-W-Bush-Alabama-Kicker-Cade-Foster (http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-Sports/2013/12/11/George-W-Bush-Alabama-Kicker-Cade-Foster)
"Another 43".
That's awesome.
I heard Bush got booed when he showed up and Mandela's funeral. Several years ago even far-lefty Bob Geldof admitted Bush has done more for Africa than previous presidents (or something like that).
Dusty room warning
AJ McCarron's Friendship With A Cerebral Palsy UA Student (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcNptrOVmv8#ws)
(http://www.quickmeme.com/img/a6/a62a93f93010826d4e3a662fe93e68677cc9c4eefa491f0bd4910b6801792f08.jpg)
Doug Nussmeier to Michigan to be their new OC.
Word is that Lane Kiffin will come to Alabama to run the offense.
Lane Kiffin
(http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images_root/slides/photos/003/305/539/hi-res-156915739_crop_650x440.jpg?1376511523)
Layla Kiffin
(http://zdeaconblue.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/lk1.jpg)
Nussmeier will be a head coach sooner rather than latter. I say two years if he doe well at Michigan.
As I've said in the past, I really never had a problem with him as a coach. Under Nuss, Alabama had its highest average score per game and AJ McCarron became Alabama's best QB, based on percentage of wins, yards passing, so forth. Bama's biggest problem is trying to figure out how to deal with the up-tempo offenses like Auburn and Texas A&M run.
There are some soreheads who are looking for anyone to blame for five loses in three years. The boss thinks the blames goes squarely on AJ & Nuss. Whatever.
>:D
(http://i.imgur.com/d6M3NJA.jpg)