We popped out our quick hitter on this afternoon’s press conference, and now we’ve had a bit of time to digest the full conference and do a bit of analysis.
Saban opened with some remarks about the nature of the fall camp, saying the focus should be working to “get the details right and create the [...]

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There are several quick nuggets from Nick Saban’s press conference to report:

Prince Hall will serve a three game suspension to start the season.
Will Oakley will miss the first three weeks of practice with a stress fracture in his foot.
Devonta Bolton and Brandon Lewis have enrolled in junior college.
Kerry Murphy still has not qualified. There is [...]

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Nick Fanuzzi - #18 – QB – 6-3 – 207 lbs. – San Antonio, TX – Churchill HS – Redshirt

After a few snaps in garbage time against Western Carolina, Nick had a shoulder problem that held him out of practice for several weeks. That led to the decision to appeal for a medical redshirt, which [...]

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SEC East Preview - 4th Place: Kentucky
The Kentucky Wildcats, like their cellar-dwelling brethren in Nashville, put together a dream season last year. Amassing once in a generation talent like Andre Woodson (QB), Jacod Tamme (TE), Steve Johnson (WR) and Keenan Burton (WR), started off strong, climbing inside the top 10 nationally at one point.
This offseason, [...]

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According to al.com, it appears as though Redshirt Freshman Right Guard Patrick Crump has decided to leave the Alabama football team.
The article by Ian Rappaport indicates that Patrick may have simply lost interest in playing football. That’s always a shame when that happens to a kid, but it’s better for all involved that he has [...]

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Brandon Gibson - #11 – WR – 6-1 – 196 lbs. – Mobile, AL – UMS-Wright – Redshirt
Given Bama’s experienced depth at the Wide Receiver position in 2007 it is not a shock that Brandon redshirted. And with all of the talk of Darius Hanks and Bama’s 2 incoming receivers Julio Jones & B.J. Scott, [...]

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Cecil Hurt reports this afternoon that Dave Hart has been hired as Executive Director of Athletics for the University. According to Hurt, Hart will assist Mal Moore in the day to day operations of the department.
Hart is massively overqualified for this position. He is the former athletics director at Florida State (from 1995 to 2007). [...]

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Demetrius Goode - #6 – RB – 5-10 – 190 lbs. – Chatham, VA – Hargrave Military – Redshirt
Reports from last summer’s early workouts indicated that Demetrius might contend for a spot in the Running Back rotation in 2007. On the first day of actual practice he suffered a torn ACL, which ended his season, [...]

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We finally got our 2008 Alabama football media guide, and some interesting things popped out at us. First some notes, then some new numbers, then some height and weight changes:

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We’ve moved into the redshirt Freshmen class at this point, so everything from this point forward will be mostly speculative - based on the small amount that we were able to see these players on A-Day. There are 12 players who redshirted last year, either for injury reasons or for the fact that they were [...]

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