Wednesday is the first real day of two-a-days for the Alabama football team. Technically the Tide practiced twice last Friday, but no player practiced more than once. That's not the case today, where the full squad worked this in full pads this morning, and will work again tonight.

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The University of Alabama football team practiced in full pads for the first time on Tuesday afternoon. It's a bit of a joke to say that the Tide caught a little bit of a break weather-wise when the heat index was 97. But that's nearly five degrees cooler than on Monday.

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The University of Alabama football team began week two of their 2011 fall camp on Monday. The practice was held in shells, and featured a giant moving water mister to help keep the players as cool as possible during another 100 degree Tuscaloosa afternoon.

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The University of Alabama football team held its second full unit practice of the 2011 fall camp on Sunday. The practice, held in shells (shorts, shoulder pads, and helmets) was held in front of a roaring crowd at Bryant-Denny Stadium. It was fan day at the Capstone, and lots of folks weathered the blistering afternoon heat to get a peak at the 2011 Tide.

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The University of Alabama football team practiced for the first time as a full unit on Saturday. The afternoon practice, held in shorts, jerseys, and helmets was held in the blistering 100 degree afternoon heat in Tuscaloosa.

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The Alabama football team held its second practice of its first if fall camp for the 2011 season on Friday night. The split squad practice was made up of mostly under classmen and newcomers, and due to rain in Tuscaloosa, was held inside the Hank Crisp Indoor Facility.

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The Alabama football team held its first practice of the year on Friday morning. The split squad practice was held in shorts, jerseys in helmets.  It was a cloudy morning in Tuscaloosa, giving the players a break from the 90 degree temperatures that we've been seeing that early in the morning.

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The University of Alabama football team will officially begin its 2011 Fall Camp at 9:30 on Friday morning with its first practice. As in year's past, the morning practice will consist of roughly half of the squad, with all of the players being returning guys. The other half of the squad will practice at 7:30, and will be the first practice for all of the new players. Coach Saban is expected to meet with the media between practices.

The first summer term has started at the University of Alabama, and that means that the football roster is beginning to take shape for the fall of 2011. There are still two members of the Tide's signing class that haven't made it to campus yet, and there are a handful of players whose status for the upcoming season has yet to be determined.

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We continue to suffer through unbearable heat in Tuscaloosa. At least it's so hot and dry my grass won't grow - I sure don't want to cut it in this heat. It's nearly too hot already for me to post some quick morning notes:

Corey Grant and Petey Smith are both transferring out (and these guys are - no surprise - losing their religion about it). Neither of these guys was going to see the field in a meaningful role anytime soon, and they've both apparently decided they'd rather play college football elsewhere than watch it with great seats here. It happens lots of places, and it is what it is (you'd be surprised how often that's the case). Smith is reportedly headed to junior college, while Grant may be headed to Auburn. Stay tuned on that one.

Alabama at Penn State has a kickoff time - 2:30 pm CST. That's good news for folks who can't find a place to stay in State College, PA - you can easily drive from further out both before and after the game.

We've not posted since both Alabama baseball and softball ended their respective seasons. The softball team flamed out in an especially painful way - dropping back to back games to Florida at the Women's College World Series. The first of those was a 16-2 pounding. Coming into that game, Bama was undefeated in the World Series. Alabama just needed one win in two games to advance to the final and could not get it done. The baseball team was in the Tallahassee regional and defeated by FSU on a game that ended Monday morning (due to rain).

Three Bama Baseball players were selected in the MLB draft this week. Adam Morgan (third round, Phillies), Taylor Dugas (eighth round, Chicago Cubs) and Nathan Kilcrease (30th round, Oakland) were chosen. Kilcrease is a senior, but Dugas and Morgan can either go ahead with their pro careers, or remain at Alabama for their senior seasons. Two signees were chosen as well. Congrats guys.