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"There are some parts of special teams we definitely need to work on and improve on. We had made some improvement on it, but obviously the one thing that was an issue in the (Mississippi State) game was the two kickoff covers. We had some guys not do the right things and we've got to be able to do that on a consistent basis.
Coach Saban tells the Montgomery Advertiser that special teams will get special attention this week.
5 days ago
kleph
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[Glen] Coffee is one of the worst starting RBs in the league.
It seems the Niner's Nation has turned on former Tide tailback Glenn Coffee. A rough few games that probably have more to do with a godawful OL than his ability has them bemoaning the draft pick and making cow eyes at former Iowa RB Shonn Green who is now with the Jets. These are the kind of fans that deserve the prima donna nonsense of Michael Crabtree. I certainly no other Alabama players end up on the roster for these jerks.
10 days ago
kleph
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University of Mississippi football fans who refuse to stop chanting "the South will rise again" are on the verge of losing one of their favorite fight songs, the school's chancellor said Monday.
Ole Miss Chancellor Dan Jones said "From Dixie With Love" will no longer be played at games if fans continue the racially offensive chant.
AP: Ole Miss will lose fight song if fans chant 'the South will rise again,' says chancellor
I saw this earlier and found it to be interesting. Obviously this is a very controversial subject that is pretty hotly debated by Ole Miss supporters, casual football fans, and politicos in general.
Say what you will about freedom of speech and political correctness, but it seems to me that this is really all about Ole Miss trying to improve its image to help recruit black athletes. Even if that's the sole reason for the move, that's no crime to be sure. It's no great secret that big-time modern day college football is, by and large, a black man's game. Black men constitute the great majority of all players, and they seem to be even more prevalent when talking about elite players. For example, 20 of the 21 current Rivals.com five-star recruits are black, and 30 of the 33 five-stars from the 2009 class were black. So Ole Miss wants to do things to help itself in that regard to improve the overall competitiveness of the program, fair enough.
On the other hand, though, it's not like recruits -- whether they be black, white, hispanic, or whatever else -- are exactly kicking down the door to play at Ole Miss anyway, and there are plenty of good reasons for that. They haven't really won anything in decades, their stadium is one of the smallest in the conference, the facilities are second-rate, they generally don't get a lot of national attention, and there isn't exactly a pipeline running from Oxford to the NFL. I guess that's what I don't get about this. These changes may be good, but realistically this is at absolute most just a single drop in an ocean. I don't care what the fight song does say or doesn't say, there are still a million reasons why high-end recruits wouldn't want to go to Ole Miss. If you want to change it for whatever other reason, then fine, but if you're wanting to change it for this reason, it seems pretty dumb.
Alabama’s narrow 12-10 win over Tennessee didn’t score a lot of points with the pollsters and has been cause for concern there in Tuscaloosa, but the Crimson Tide actually accomplished something that’s extremely rare.
They won against SEC competition for the fifth consecutive week.
According to the folks at ESPN Stats & Information, that’s only been done one other time this decade in the SEC. Alabama also did it in 2002.
Again, that’s winning five consecutive SEC games without a bye or nonconference game mixed in somewhere. The fact that only two teams have accomplished that feat this decade magnifies how difficult it is to win in the SEC, not to mention how difficult it is to make it through unscathed.
22 days ago
Todd
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Redshirt freshman running back Adam Robinson likely will miss the rest of the regular season after suffering an ankle injury in Saturday's win against Michigan State.
The Hawkeyes lost sophomore running back Jewel Hampton, the projected starter entering the season, to a knee injury in preseason camp.
Ferentz also said starting right guard Dace Richardson will miss the rest of the regular season with a broken bone in his leg.
ESPN: Iowa Hawkeyes' Adam Robinson out for year
It goes without saying that you hate to see anyone get injured, regardless of the circumstances. In terms of 'Bama hopefully making the BCS Championship Game, though, we really need Iowa to lose so they don't spoil the party, and I'm sure these injuries won't help in a couple of weeks against Ohio State.
Hey if you cant beat us join us but please stop all the HATE!!! ROLL TIDE!!! I have grown up a BAMA fan! Now I can appreciate that there are other SEC teams that have held the TITLE but come on you cant beat the AL record. Is that why they hate us?
26 days ago
RollTide65
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The simple truth is that Auburn's program is in much worse shape than anyone realized even a year ago. For all of Tommy Tuberville's greatness, he fell down on the job during the last three years of his tenure - especially when it came to recruiting.
There are not more than two or three players on the 2009 roster that Alabama really wanted for themselves. The truth hurts.
- Jay Coulter
I know I know I know...its about Auburn...But i just felt this quote was too good to pass up. Come on..Auburn finally understanding the truth is worth posting....
27 days ago
bammer
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Does any have or know anyone who might have Tennessee-Chattanooga tickets available (4 if possible, but 2 would be great). I am looking to take my daughter who is a huge BAMA fan to her first BAMA game.
Please leave a comment with info should you have or know someone that has tickets.
Thanks and ROLL TIDE ROLL!!!!!
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William Vlachos, C, Alabama: Did not allow a sack and wasn't called for any penalties in Alabama's 22-3 win over Ole Miss. Helped clear the way for Alabama's 200 yards rushing in the game.
about 1 month ago
Todd
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"Obviously, it's the best team we've played by far. Ole Miss, even though they were ranked highly, I think it appears now they're not as quite as good a team as in preseason people thought. We'll have a plan in place. We're certainly not going to be favored against Alabama, but we'll have a plan in place.
"We're a team that hopes we can get it in a close game. It seems like every one of our games have been very close at halftime, anyway. Then we've played pretty decently in the second half in most of them. We'll hope this game follows that script right there."
That comes from the Ol' Ball Coach, per Gentry Estes.
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