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Just taking a moment to touch on the stories we didn’t hit this week. I was out of town - we’ll just assume everyone was.
The normally serious Sunday Morning Quarterback has a little fun with Andre Smith.
Reger Dowell (PG commit from Texas) is still from Texas - but no longer a Bama commitment (subscription required).
The [...]
Mike McCoy - #80 – WR – 6-3 – 199 lbs. – Rankin, MS – Northwest HS – 2 Varsity Letters
For the second consecutive off season we’ve heard rave reviews about Mike’s progression. This spring he shared (with Drew Davis) the Bart Starr Most Improved Player Award. It is crucial for Bama that someone step [...]
Thanks to Capstone3 on the TideSports forums, here’s a link to an interview with Bama’s new offensive coordinator Jim McElwain (and OLB coach Lance Thompson) from WKRG News 5 in Mobile. Thompson starts us off, then McElwain follows.
WKRG.com Video
Drew Davis - #79 – OL – 6’7 – 276 lbs. – Evergreen, AL – Sparta Academy – No Varsity Letters
Drew spent spring practice as the latest in a lineage of people trying to solidify the right tackle position at Alabama. After playing sparingly in his first 2 seasons, he was Co-Winner of the Bart [...]
Mike Johnson - #78 – OL – 6-6 – 298 lbs. – Pensacola, FL – Pine Forest HS – 2 Varsity Letters
Mike is another versatile offensive lineman who has changed positions. That exact sentence could have been said about Mike in every off-season he’s had at Alabama. Mike came to Tuscaloosa as a tackle, [...]
Andre Smith - #71 - OL - 6-5 - 340 lbs. - Huffman, AL - Huffman HS - 2 Varsity Letters
I considered putting Andre in a special section all to himself. No, not because he is enormous, but because it is likely that despite being a Junior that this will be his final year at [...]
If you were listening to ESPN radio this afternoon with Scott Van Pelt and Kirk Herbstreit, then you likely heard them talking about the fact that the most likely spot for ESPN GameDay on the weekend of August 30 will the Georgia Dome for the Alabama vs. Clemson game.
I say ‘most likely’ because ESPN has [...]
According to cnnmoney.com Alabama football games will be available on XM Radio for the 2008 season. With the addition of Alabama, Auburn, Florida & Vanderbilt, the folks at XM now have the exclusive satellite radio rights to all 12 SEC schools.
That should make things considerably easier for all Bama fans who are outside of the [...]
Evan Cardwell - #70 - OL - 6-2 - 278 lbs. - Killen, AL - Killen HS - 2 Varsity Letters
The big question for Evan this off-season revolves around what position he’ll play. He is capable of playing both guard and center, which gives him a great opportunity to earn playing time. He played in [...]
In looking over the various Alabama message boards over the past 2 days, I’ve noticed a lot of talk about the Bryant Scholarship, and how the use of it might count against Bama’s numbers crunch.
So let’s take a look at the Bryant Scholarship:
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