Tuesday Crimson Tide Roundup
by Nico2.0 on Dec 23, 2008 5:09 PM CST
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Print- It's good to see that the team and coaches aren't taking Utah as lightly as some of the fans are. John Parker Wilson has gone so far as to say this season will essentially be a bust if the Tide doesn't roll in New Orleans:
"We've had a great season up to this point, something we'll all remember," Wilson said. "But if we don't go out and win this game, it's going to be all for nothing."
"If we can go out and win this game, win a Sugar Bowl, win a BCS game, it'll kind of wrap everything up," Wilson said. "If we don't, we'll be just another team, another season."
Coach Nick Saban had this to say about the Utes:
"This is a lot better team than everybody thinks." He then paused and repeated the line for additional impact. "This is as good a team as we've played all year long, in terms of what they do," Saban said. "And I can promise you that.
Some Utah fans misinterpreted Nick Saban's earlier comments about being the only team in the country to go undefeated in a real BCS conference as a slight against their team. I'm pretty sure CNS' quote above erases any doubt about that earlier statement.
- The Huntsville Times has a nice story about Utah running back Matt Asiata and his wife Tangi.
- There have been a lot of questions around here about who will be QB next year. According to Coach Saban, it's an open position and will not be inherited. Glad to see that there'll be competition for it. That should drive all of the potential starters and make them all better hopefully. Here's his actual words on the matter:
- PJ Fitzgerald and Leigh Tiffin talk about squaring off against Utah punter/kicker Louie Sakoda who was a finalist for both the Ray Guy and Lou Groza Awards. Both of our guys are going to have their work cut out for them. Sakoda is obviously pretty awesome at both punting and kicking.
We will have competition for the position next year," Saban said. "(McElroy) has the most experience right now, but we're certainly going to let everybody compete for it and make a decision about who can do the best job of helping us win.
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Coffee wants to play the backups.
I’m not sure he’s taking us very seriously, but Saban’s saying the right things.
Everyone hates a pink-shirt-wearing communist.
Why is that not taking you seriously?
Wanting to and expecting to are two completely different things. Coffee merely expresses desire, he’s not predicting outcome.
Here’s the quote (emphasis added by me):
Junior tailback Glen Coffee said, “I’d like to see us just go out with a dominating win in all phases of the game, special teams, offense, defense. I’d like to see the people who haven’t played much this season get in the game, get in the atmosphere. I want other people to feel what it’s like to play in a big game, big scene.”
I’d think that was a good thing. Wouldn’t you want your team’s players to want to win every game so decisively? He’s simply saying he wants to dominate the game at a level where players that haven’t played much get to play. We’ve had guys say similar things before just about every game. It isn’t a slight to the opponent to want to completely dominate them.
i think coffee is just saying
he wants other kids on the team (aka the backups) to step out on the field…..its apart of the process aight
Hell, no! A tie is like kissing your sister!
They used...
…to be a regular feature and will hopefully be again now that I’m not bogged down with schoolwork.
Speaking of roundups
whatever happened to the “Meltdown” which had quotes from around the world of Bama’s rivals and whichever team we just humiliated?
Thirty-Six to Nothing
by Bens4vcobra on Dec 24, 2008 11:52 AM CST up reply actions
Sakoda is
used to kicking in that thin mountain air, we’ll see how well he does near (or below) sea level…
Sakoda
Yeah it should be tough at sea level and 68F in no wind. LOL!! Way tougher than kicking a frozen ball at 10F with a 30 mph cross winds. I’d say he did fairly well in Ann Arbor at 800 ft on a hot humid day making FGs of 41, 43 and a 53 yds. Inside will NOT be a problem. That goes for his punting as well. If all we had to worry about was him we’d be guaranteed a win. Unfortunatly that’s not the case.
All-American kicker..
I can’t wait to admire about 10 or so of those awesome indoor punts. Maybe he can hit that gondola thingy hanging down in the middle.
But.... here's another way to look at it
Long punts are a good for returns also because it gives someone like Arenas more room.
Well, are you gonna pull them pistols, or whistle dixie?
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