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"Nick Saban: Gamechanger" Open Thread

In a few short hours the greatest single documentary in the entire history of film premieres at theaters across the southeast. Nico2.0 and I will be at The Summit for the 10:00 showing and will certainly be chiming in with our thoughts later, but for those of you who got into the 8:00 share your...

The Process by the Numbers: Part II - Air Raid

In yesterday's installment of our look at the Alabama defensive strategy by the numbers we noted that opposing teams have tended to throw the ball more against the Crimson Tide and how Coach Saban's defense used that to impact opponents' offensive productivity. But do the numbers tell us anything...

The Process by the Numbers: Part III - Running Man

Over the past two days we've looked at how Coach Saban's defense is aimed at getting opposing offenses off the field (Part I is here and Part II is here). What the numbers seem to be showing us is that Alabama's defense begins by shutting down the running game and subsequently creates ideal...

The Process by the Numbers: Part I - Down By Law

Two years ago, Chris Brown of Smart Football penned a superb piece examining Coach Saban's approach to defensive secondary (which he reposted in the 2009 off season as well). It was prefaced with an excerpt from The 2001 LSU Defensive Playbook that summed up the core of the man's approach to...

Sports Columnists Favorite Villain: Nick Saban

When Coach Nick Saban got up on the podium at SEC Media days and uttered the "P" word before a live microphone you could almost hear the nation's sports columnists suck in their breath in excitement. The college football off season is excruciatingly long and it's hard to find material to fill the...

Alabama Players Already Prepared for the NFL: Updated

Our old pal Ian Rapoport is still keeping up with the Tide all the way up in Boston, today posting about the NFL readiness of the Alabama players heading into this year's draft: Alabama coach Nick Saban opens up his practices to scouts from all NFL teams, an easy decision for him, but something...

RBR Exclusive: Artist's Rendering of Nick Saban's Statue

I like it.

Top Moments of the 2009 Season: The Sweet Sixteen: Rocky Block vs the Chest Bump

No real contest yesterday between Dareus and McElroy with the big man's TD easily besting the bunny hop first down with 82% of the vote. Today we pit Terrence Cody's game (and season) saving block against Tennessee with a rare show of emotion from our beloved Nicktator. Vote away: Rocky...

Saban's Jewel Crown: Harrison Jones

...or Todd Continues to Use This Ridiculously Obscure Title Reference Because He Can. Harrison Jones - Postion: TE * Ht: 6'4" * Wt: 230lbs * 40: 4.8 Evangelical Christian School - Memphis, TN Most times I wouldn't do an entire profile piece on an unheralded three star recruit, but there are a...

Such a Tease: The History of the 3-4 Defense and Another Preview Shot

In writing the 3-4 defense primer for this year's edition for Yea Alabama, I was forced to cut a lot of the "history" aspects due to space limitations (and the fact that OTS's O-Line article went twice as long as oringally planned, with sexy awesome results), but a lot of it was fairly interesting...


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