The Mobile Press-Register runs down the latest facts and rumors on Saban's hiring of assistants. They say it'll probably either be Brohm or Applewhite as OC. The story also mentions three more hires Saban announced on Friday.
The #4 ranked Alabama gymnastics team kicked off it's season last night with a win over Oklahoma at Coleman Coliseum. Unfortunately, Jacqueline Shealy (daughter of former Tide QB Steadman Shealy) tore her ACL. Best wishes to her for a speedy recovery. Check out the rest of team's schedule here.
The usually excellent Wizard of Odds joins in on the Saban bashing that seems to be the new hobby of bloggers and journalists everywhere.
Arkansas super receiver Marcus Monk is staying in school. Good for him, good for the Razorbacks, bad for opposing teams. (HT: SMQ)
Our friend Mike over at Card Chronicle is following the potential hiring of Jeff Brohm at Alabama very closely. Louisville fans feel Jeff Brohm's decision will impact whether or not Brian Brohm declares for the NFL.
You'd be doing yourself a great disservice if you don't check out Doug's 50 most loathsome people in college football. Great stuff. I only linked to part I (50-41), search the site for the other four parts.
Kentucky blog A Sea of Blue does weekly SEC basketball power rankings and they're worth checking out.
Made it through week 1 of classes. My new laptop should arrive early next week and that will increase my frequency of posting since I won't have to run over the library all the time. Have a good weekend, and Roll Tide! Oh yeah, if you want to read an awesome book, I recently finished Ha Jin's War Trash and heartily recommend it.