Two-a-days are over, and the worst injury period has passed with the Tide unscathed. The safety position is one less deep tonight though, as we have other departure news to report:
Nick Saban on Forbes Cover
This is why you hire a guy like Nick Saban and pay him what you do. He’s Sports’ Most Powerful Coach, according to Forbes Magazine. This type of exposure is ridiculous for a college football program.
“Hey Coach!” Begins Thursday Night
We let you know a couple of days ago about the new location for the Tide’s weekly coaches call-in show “Hey Coach!”
The Buffalo Wild Wings era of “Hey Coach!” begins this Thursday (Aug 14th) at 6:30 p.m. This week’s show will include Tide Volleyball Coach Judy Green, new Soccer Coach Todd Bramble & new Assistant [...]
Former Tider Star Mo Williams Traded
Former Alabama basketball star Mo Williams was a part of a blockbuster trade in the NBA today. Mo goes from perennial bottom feeder Milwaukee to title contender Cleveland, where he’ll play along with superstar Lebron James.
After struggling through a rookie season in which he didn’t play much, Mo has steadily become one of the league’s [...]
Position Profile: Quarterbacks
Who are the players at the position?
John Parker Wilson - #14 – SR – 6-2 – 211 – 2 Varsity Letters
Greg McElroy - #12 – SO – 6-2 – 220 – No Varsity Letters
Nick Fanuzzi - #18 – FR – 6-3 – 207 – Redshirt
Star Jackson - #2 – FR – [...]
Olympics Update
We gave you a run down of all of the folks with University of Alabama ties competing in the Olympics in this post. Some of them have had a chance to compete already, and this is what they’ve done:
Fall Camp: Day 13 - Practice 1
Alabama held its first practice of the day this morning at 9:30 in full pads. Tonight’s shells practice at 7:30 will mark the final 2-a-days practice of the year for the Tide. Here’s what you need to know from this morning:
Preseason BlogPoll Ballot is Ready
We’ve been asked to participate in the BlogPoll by the folks at mgoblog. We’re excited (and genuinely honored - we’re pretty new).
Here’s our first pass:
Tide Twitter
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- Alabama & Mercer tied at 33 at the half. about 3 days ago from txt
- McClain expected to play - Upchurch dressed and available about 4 days ago from txt
- Tide #1 in USA Today poll 09:21:01 AM November 02, 2008 from txt
- BCS out - Bama second to Texas 01:27:14 PM October 19, 2008 from txt
- I don't know what to think about this. If we hold, there will be first place votes. 06:11:16 PM September 27, 2008 from txt