Best Price: $49.95Bama Loses By 3 Runs At Mississippi
Taylor Dugas extended his hitting streak to an impressive eleven games. Alabama’s loss of the game came as the result of one poor inning: the fifth one.
The fifth inning proved to be too much for the Crimson Tide to overcome. The loss was the Tide’s second one in the series with Ole Miss at Swayze Field in Oxford. Kevin Mort was walked. Then Jake Smith made an error and that caused Adam Morgan to break down. The pitcher got behind in the pitch count and three out of the four next players got hits.
Ole Miss is 15-4 overall and 4-1 in the SEC. They turned the one-out walk as well as Bama’s error into Ole Miss’s only scores of the game. It is likely that Bama would have won this game had they not given up all those runs in that inning.
Brett Basham, Ole Miss’s catcher, reached base when Jake hit a ground ball and what would have been a double play to end the inning.
Jordan Henry as well as Tim Ferguson hit RBI singles that tied the game at 2 apiece. Morgan seemed to be getting ready to get out of the inning without any more damage. However, that didn’t happen. Power hit the ball to short but the Crimson Tide failed to get the double play. Henry came home. Jeremy Travis hit a two-run HR which gave the Rebels all the runs they would need.
People know that you can lose a game by simply giving up too many runs in only one inning. Also, the same is true if you give up many runs over the course of a game.
Morgan allowed five runs, even though four were unearned. He gave up five hits in a only 4 and 2/3 innings. This was Morgan’s only loss this season. It was the first loss that was charged to one of Alabama’s starting pitchers.
Alabama is 14-7 overall and 2-3 in the SEC. Bama scored a lone run early in the game. Josh Rutledge as well as Ross Wilson reached base because they were hit. Kent Matthes hit a RBI single to put the Tide up 1-0.
The Tide added another run in the top of the fifth inning as Smith hit a double. He eventually scored on Dugas’s single when there were two outs.
Alabama tried to respond. They put the first two players on base in the sixth inning.
Irwin limited the Tide’s hits to just five as he won his fourth game of the season. He is now 4-0. He pitched for over seven innings and gave up just two runs as well as five hits. He had five strikeouts, hit two batters, and gave up one walk.
The Tide’s best chance of getting back in the game was after they hit back-to-back hits with no outs. Unfortunately, the next three players stuck out in the inning. Actually, the last six players stuck out. Both teams had six hits in the game.
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Valentines Gifts for Her
The perfect gift for her is only a click away, if she is a sports fan that is. Shopping for her has never been easier for the perfect Valentine’s day gift. I am not talking about the ordinary bouquet of flowers, box of chocolates and romantic Valentine’s card. Sure those things make a girl happy too. But consider a heart watch with her favorite team logo. Now there is a gift she would love to wear on game day or maybe all the time.
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Alabama vs LSU
Painful though it may be, it is my duty to tell you that we must wait a few more days for No. 1 LSU to play No. 2 Alabama.
Both teams are off the week before, which is why the drumbeat around the shore of the Black Warrior River that runs beyond the Tuscaloosa campus already has begun. Tigers coach Les Miles admitted at his media conference after practice Tuesday evening that his team has been hearing the drums for some time.
“It’s been a few weeks there is something laying in the back of the accomplishment of this team that allowed them to get to these days, that allowed them to get to this opponent,” Miles said. “… I do believe this is college football, two great teams squaring off, something to play for. It’s fun.”
Whether there is a way to win the game this week is open to question. But there’s no doubt that either team could lose it. All of the players have to do is drink from the fire hose of excitement and tension that already is gushing.
Alabama coach Nick Saban said as much at a press conference following his team’s practice Tuesday. The challenge he faces, Saban said, is “to get our players not to think about everything that’s surrounding the game. That will be the hardest part.”
The tension will ratchet higher with each passing day all the way to kickoff at Bryant-Denny Stadium shortly after 8 p.m. ET on Nov. 5, which is shortly before we move our clocks back. Congress, in its infinite wisdom, made the longest night of the fall available for the best regular-season game in the last five years.
At least, that’s how I’m sure some member from Louisiana or Alabama will explain it.
The Southeastern Conference, which creates the schedule for its members, takes no credit for nice foresight. The game, senior associate commissioner Mark Womack said, is pretty much a result of dumb luck.
re trying to give guys an open date,” Womack said. “It wasn’t like we said, ‘LSU and Alabama will both be fantastic.’”
Womack added how the league tries not to give any team more than five consecutive conference games without a break. Alabama hit that threshold Saturday when it defeated Tennessee, 36-7. By happenstance, the off week coincides with fall break on the Tuscaloosa campus. There are no classes Thursday and Friday, which increases the feeling of a season intermission.
Saban is a believer that you can never be overprepared. But that does not mean that a couple weeks of practice devoted to LSU is better than one. Most of the time in the three practices this week, Saban said in a phone interview Monday night, will be turned inward.
“Obviously, there are going to be a lot of good players in this game,” Saban said, “and I think a premium suddenly becomes doing things correctly. You will get away with doing them [incorrectly] against somebody who’s not challenging you. Nevertheless they [the Tigers] certainly have enough good athletes to challenge you when it comes to every factor of the game.”
Good players? In the 76 seasons from the AP poll, the top-ranked teams have met only 22 times within the regular season. The LSU-Alabama game will be the first since No. 1 Ohio State edged No. 2 Michigan, 42-39, in 2006. That’s a long time between sequels.
But here’s the cherry on top of this ice cream Saturdae. Of those 22 games, only three have matched teams that both had an off week to prepare.
In 1944, No. 1 Army beat No. 2 Navy, 23-7, in Baltimore, where the game was moved from Annapolis only a couple weeks before kickoff. The academies moved the game to Memorial Stadium to foment the sale of war bonds and raised nearly $59 million.
However, the two weeks to prepare allowed the Annapolis brass, combined with the city fathers of Municipal Stadium, to attempt to resod the field in the interim in a naked ploy to slow down the fleet Cadets. Army coach Red Blaik got wind of the plan and sent an assistant coach to Baltimore to intervene, to no avail.
The plan worked too well. The week with the game, torrential rains turned the virgin turf into a rice paddy. “[I]n the finish the category of the Army team enabled it to rise above the unnecessarily poor conditions,” Stanley Woodward wrote within the New York Herald Tribune.
In other words, you can get too cute when you have an extra week to prepare. Saban said Monday night he developed his philosophy about what to do during an off week while an assistant coach in the NFL, which wove bye weeks into the schedule years back.
“I think the goal is always to try to give your team some kind of psychological reprieve, some kind of physical reprieve to kind of get healthy and get more healthy for the stretch,” Saban said.
That thinking did not originate with Saban’s former boss in the NFL, Patriots coach Bill Belichick. It dates at least to 1926, when first-year Tennessee coach Robert Neyland had an extra week for the season-ending game against Kentucky. In the notebook, Neyland wrote, “Coast to Ky game.”
The late Tennessee professor Andy Kozar, who played for Neyland at Tennessee, published in 2002, “Football as a War Game: The Annotated Journals of General R. R. Neyland.” “The unorthodox preparation for the 1926 Kentucky game was a practice Neyland would follow for years to come,” Kozar wrote. “I remember the 1950-52 season[s] if the practice week plan needed plenty of rest, elementary school chasing games, and relays.”
No. 1 Army and No. 2 Navy had two weeks to prepare for each other again in 1945, a game that the Cadets won handily, 32-13. Blaik’s team didn’t lose until 1947, the season after the graduation of his Heisman Trophy tandem of backs, Doc Blanchard and Glenn Davis.
It’s been 40 years since the last matchup of No. 1 vs. No. 2 with an off week for both. No. 1 Nebraska won at Oklahoma, 35-31 on Thanksgiving Day 1971. Involving the buildup, the crowd swelled through the national holiday and the seesaw nature of the game itself, the game is the showpiece game of an era, as well as a great rivalry killed by realignment.
The Huskers’ Johnny Rodgers put a claim on the 1972 Heisman Trophy using a 72-yard punt return for a touchdown. Sooners fans of your certain age dispute if the Huskers committed one or three illegal blocks about the return.
Which is the great advantage of a game like LSU-Alabama. Two weeks of buildup can result in 40 years of memories — and counting.
Alabama Crimson Tide Football Jersey: The Perfect Gift for my Dad
Alabama Jerseys: The Perfect Gift for Bama Fans, All Ages Alike
Jerseys, they’re everywhere. It’s impossible to go to a Bama game without seeing a wave of crimson and white jerseys, not only on the players, but on the backs of the supportive fans in the stands, at the concession stands, and all over the Quad on game day. Alabama Crimson Tide jerseys have become a must have item for fans of all ages alike. And don’t those toddlers look cute showing their support for John Parker, sometimes matching mommy and daddy? Yes, we all have seen the matching families tailgating around the Quad showing spirit, but what about at the grocery store? Catch a Bama fan out running errands in their Alabama jersey and you know they’re the real McCoy. My father is proud to be one of those fans.
The habit started back in 1995 when Shaun Alexander was daddy’s favorite player. I had enough money to get him his first official collegiate jersey for his birthday. It cost me almost fifty dollars, so naturally the gift came with a threat to gladly take it back if he didn’t love it. There was no need; he has worn it to where the numbers are fading away. I felt so proud for finding the perfect gift. He wore it of course on gameday and all season long, and long after football season, to work, around the house, and even to my softball practices. Since then, we have made a family effort to get him a new jersey whenever we feel the old one is ready to retire. Total, he has racked up his original #37 crimson Shaun Alexander jersey, a #15 white Freddie Milons jersey, a #35 crimson DeMeko Ryans jersey, and a #4 white Tyrone Prothro jersey (that has been reclaimed as my brother’s). Alabama jerseys have become somewhat of a tradition within the great tradition of Alabama football in our household.
The tradition Alabama jerseys created with my dad inspired my newest jersey tradition. My baby sister is the only sibling at my mom’s house that I was able to groom into an Alabama fan and I couldn’t be more proud. Growing up in a Mississippi State household and being an Alabama fan is never an easy feat. And as I thought about how much happiness I brought my dad with his Bama jerseys, I realized my sister would probably love them just as much. To try out the idea, I simply “gifted” her a hand-me-down Tyler Watts jersey of my own. The grin on her face went from ear to ear, literally. She wore it to bed for a week straight before my mother could get her to even wash it. And it never fails when I come to visit, at some point during the evening, she will get ready for bed and out comes the Alabama jersey she’s so proud to own. I successfully paved the way for starting the same tradition with my baby sister last year that I started back in 1995. Alabama jerseys, a timeless, prized item for any age Bama fan to have are a gift that will always be appreciated.
Heisman Trophy Vote for 2009
The Heisman Trophy candidates for 2009 according to ESPN are the following Student Athletes
Mark Ingram RB Alabama Sophomore
Jimmy Clausen QB Notre Dame Junior
Tim Tebow QB Florida Senior
Colt McCoy QB Texas Senior
Kellen Moore QB Boise State Sophomore
Case Keenum QB Houston Junior
C.J. Spiller RB Clemson Senior
Jacquizz Rodgers RB Oregon State Sophomore
Noel Devine RB West Virginia Junior
Dan LeFevour QB Central Michigan Senior
Jordan Shipley WR Texas Senior
Golden Tate WR Notre Dame Junior
Ndamukong Suh DT Nebraska Senior
Ryan Mathews RB Fresno State Junior
This years Heisman Hunt has many great players. We hear about Mark Ingram, Tim Tebow and Colt McCoy the most because they play for the top 3 teams in the country. But there are lots of great players from a lot of great Football programs. Jimmy Clausen from Notre Dame. He is playing well every week. He plays for one of the most storied programs in the country that has been on a down swing lately. He has helped to bring them back to prominence. Kellen Moore plays for Boise State who at the time of this writing was 7-0. He is the Nation’s top-rated passer and leads the country with 21 TD passes. And he’s thrown only two interceptions. Boise State’s schedule may work against him. Lets be honest Boise State is a very good team and Kellen Moore is a very good player but to compare them to teams like Florida and Alabama that play the competition they have to play week end and week out is not a very fair comparison. If Boise State wants to be thought of with these teams they should have started working years ago when this controversy first came up to get into a better conference or do what ever it took to create the competition on their schedule until they do this there really is not a case here. Case Keenum from Houston even though they probably play a little tougher schedule than Boise is going to end up having the same problem. C.J. Spiller, Jacquizze Rodgers, Noel Devine all play for great programs but they may be too far down in the pack at this late date to be able to make up for lost ground. And lets be honest maybe the best football player in the entire bunch is Ndamukong Suh from Nebraska but can a lineman really compete in the Heisman Trophy Hunt. Well he ought to be able too if our voters were as good as they think but because they are mostly journalist which have a lot less knowledge of what the game is about than most people think. It is highly unlikely the Suh will receive the justice he deserves. So in reality it is probably going to boil down to Tebow, Ingram and McCoy who are all very excellent candidates from very excellent programs. And they really do deserve some extra points for playing the type schedules that these teams play. I would not be ashamed of any of the three.
Iron Bowl
Alabama Football VS Auburn Football
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The first time I attended the Iron Bowl I was a junior in High School. December 3, 1966. Alabama had won the previous year and 6 out of the last 7 years. Alabama was the defending National Champion. With Kenny Stabler at quarterback, the Tide was “unstoppable”. Coach Bear Bryant considered the 1966 team his best even though they were not voted national champs despite being undefeated.
1966 was a rebuilding year for Coach “Shug” Jordan’s Auburn Team and Alabama beat them, 31-0. Alabama was on top of the football world! Legion Field and Birmingham was not a “friendly” place for the Auburn faithful. This was my first “taste” of the Iron Bowl, but far from my last.
Many, many other states and schools have “rivalries” and tradition but none can compare to the annual “Iron Bowl” between Auburn and Alabama. The first game was played on February 22, 1893 at Birmingham’s LakeviewBaseballPark. About 400 people witnessed what would be the beginning of one of the most heated and emotional rivalries in the history of college sports.
Auburn dominated the first 15 years of the series, winning 11 times, but in 1907 the series was suspended and would not continue until 1949. There were many reasons for the suspension but most agree that this game was “too” dividing and distracted the fans and alumni from the other objectives of the athletic programs and the “Iron Bowl” was deemed more important than Conference, National and Bowl Game rankings.
As the Rivalry was re-born it also became the “focus” of all of the football fans in the state. Auburn brought in Ralph “Shug” Jordan and Auburn countered with Paul “Bear” Bryant. Jordan had returned in 1951 and dominated the Crimson Tide until 1958 when Bryant came to Tuscaloosa. Alabama and Auburn would split the decade winning five games each, with Crimson Tide dominating the first half and the Tigers dominating the second half. But tough times lay ahead for Auburn as Bryant would go on to take control of the increasingly bitter rivalry. The legendary coach focused on Auburn and again, the state was divided!
By the 1960s interest had begun to “snowball” and the Legendary Iron Bowl was attracting National attention. The game was played at Legion Field (a “neutral” site) in Birmingham. When the decade began, Auburn held the unique distinction of being the only Southeastern Conference team that held a lead over Alabama in its series of games. The Tigers’ 13-10-1 advantage was to become an 18-15-1 Tide advantage by the time the 1969 Iron Bowl was played. In 1964 National Television began broadcasting the Iron Bowl to the entire country and the rivalry and reputation of hard-nosed, championship football continued to grow with the Legends of the schools and coaches.
The 1970s was “Crimson” as far as the Iron Bowl is concerned but the Auburn was not without moments of emotion and glory. Alabama won three more national championships before the decade ended but perhaps one of the greatest upsets in the history of this series happened in 1972. This was one of the GREATEST games I have ever witnessed! This was the “Punt, Bama, Punt” game! Soon to adorn billboards, highway overpasses, full page newspaper ads and everything that would hold paint across the state.
Alabama came into the game undefeated, number 2 in the nation. Auburn was heavy underdogs despite a 9-1 record. Alabama completely controlled the game for 3 quarters and had a 16-0 lead with 10 minutes to go. Auburn couldn’t move the ball and Coach Shug Jordan was “booed” as he called for a long field goal try. The kick was good and the score was 16-3.
Alabama received the kick-off but was stopped and set up for a punt. With less than 3 minutes left in the game, Auburn’s Bill Newton blocked the punt and it bounced into the hands of David Langner who ran 25 yards for a Tiger touchdown and that narrowed the gap to 16-10.
After the ensuing kickoff, again, the Auburn defense held and Bama’s Greg Gantt was set to punt again. The ball was snapped and Newton broke through and blocked the punt, AGAIN and Langner AGAIN scooped it up for a 20-yard run for a touchdown. Time expired as Langner crossed into history and Alabama fans were stunned as the scoreboard revealed a 17-16 Tiger win.
The Iron Bowl will continue to be THE game in Alabama.
73 Iron Bowls
Auburn 33
Alabama 39
Tie 1
The passion the commitment to excellence and the TRUE LOVE of football will ALWAYS be part of Auburn vs. Alabama, “THE IRON BOWL.” It is what football fans across the state of Alabama live and die for!
Alabama Crimson Tide- A College Football Dynasty
Alabama is arguably the best college football program in history. With a bunch of national titles & also a bunch of wins how can you argue? Also, a long lists of storied & amazing coaches on top of that. This college football giant is an empire. From the early years to the present you can’t ignore a true powerhouse.
Bear Bryant coached the Crimson Tide from 1958-1982. During his tenure Bryant won 6 national titles. His coaching record over those years was a whopping 232-46-9. Paul “Bear” Bryant is probably the greatest coach in Alabama history. The team’s stadium(Bryant-Denny) is named after him. The most dominant time for coach Bryant was between 1970-1979.During this time Bryant won 8 conference titles & 3 national championships. He also brought 13 conference titles & 11 bowl victories. Out of the 25 season spent at Alabama Bear Bryant lead the school to 24 bowl games. That’s pretty darn good.The final game Bryant coached came in the 1982 Liberty Bowl. His final game was another victory too by defeating the Illinois 21-15. Once he retired from college football, sadly enough, coach Bryant passed away 4 weeks later of a heart attack.
From 1993-1976 Ray Perkins showed his coaching abilities. He compiled a 32-15-1 record during his 4 years of coaching at Alabama. Bill Curry followed up with three winning seasons from 1987-1989. His overall record stands at 26-10 for his time spent as Alabama. There could have possibly been more wins if it not had been for disagreements with the Alabama athletics department. This lead to his departure after only 3 seasons.
Gene Stallings was the man called on during this time-frame. He went 62-25 during his reign at Alabama. He took the team to 6 straight bowl games under his tenure including an SEC title in 1992. All this sounds good but the program was placed on probation following an incident in 1993 involving one of his players. This lead to the football program being forced to give up 8 wins from the 1993 season. This coach still proved of his worth during his 6 seasons & Alabama.
This was a whirlwind type time for the Alabama football program. A total of 3(4 if you count Mike Price short tenure) coaches in a span of 10 years. This may not seem like a big deal in today’s times but this is Alabama we’re talking about here. From Mike DuBose to Dennis Franchione to Mike Shula. A quick jump between these coaches over this time period. DuBose had early success but failed later on. Franchione has great success but left for another football program. Shula also had solid notable success but struggled in his final campaign before being fired. What an absolute fabulous coaching job in this short time period by Nick Sabin. Already garnering a national championship(2010). Winning 2 SEC football titles as well. All of this coming from one of the best current college football coaches. You’d have to say more winning is in the future of Alabama football with this guy at the controls.
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What a year in the South Eastern Conference!
All summer long, it looked like Alabama would be the team to beat, but who knew that it would be the two Tigers that were the top dogs. That’s right Auburn and LSU. The SEC has always had its two powerhouse teams, but this year all has changed. The SEC West has 5 out of the 6 teams ranked in the Top 25, while the East is only boasting in one with South Carolina.
It’s still a guess who will end up in Atlanta on December 4th to play for the SEC championship. With Auburn, Alabama, and LSU still having to play each other this year, things are still bound to get shaken up. Auburn and LSU face on Oct 23, which will give the West a little room. Then LSU and Alabama face off on Nov.6, before Bama faces Auburn on Nov 26. That’s just in the West. The Eastern Division is still anyone’s game through midseason.
It is just a mess in the East, with Florida losing three straight conference games; they could still end up in Atlanta playing for a conference championship. If they can beat Georgia in Jacksonville on Oct. 30, Vanderbilt on the road on Nov. 6 and South Carolina at home on Nov. 13. There has not been a three-loss champion represent the division in Atlanta since divisional play started in 1992.
Who knows where the conference will stand this year, but one thing for sure is if the SEC wants to send a team to the BCS National Championship for a 5th straight year, a hard road lies ahead. Auburn is sitting at No. 4 in the first BCS standings, but LSU isn’t far behind at No. 6. Alabama is the highest one-loss team nationally at No. 8.
The SEC is still going to have some work cut out for them if both Oklahoma and Oregon remain undefeated. The past does show that if an SEC team goes unbeaten through the regular season, the voters have rewarded them. Florida jumped up to the top two spots in 2008 and in 2006 after being 10th and 6th in the first BCS Standings.
The Auburn Tigers look like they are the team to beat from this point forward. Cam Newton is a machine and has been racking up the yards and the touchdowns on every team they have faced so far. If LSU or Alabama have a say in it, they will have to shut down Newton.
From record setting scores, to major upsets, the SEC has been full of a ton of surprises. The crazy thing is we are only half way through the season. There is no telling what is in store for college football fans as we embark on the second half of the year. Will the SEC send a team to the BCS National Championship game, or will a new conference take over as this year’s best? Only time will tell, but one thing for certain is that it will be entertaining.
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Alabama Crimson Tide Tervis Tumblers
There are so many reasons that Tervis Tumblers are my favorite drinking glasses whether I am drinking a hot or cold drink, the glass keeps the temperature just right. No more cold coffee or hot water.
So if you haven’t ever used a Tervis Tumbler, I would definitely recommend it. They are perfect, just like the 2009 Alabama Crimson Tide football season.
The first product we bought was the, Tervis Tumbler 16oz 2 Pack – Polycarbonate Tumblers. It was kind of a his and hers deal to try them out. I liked the size of the 16 ounce, but then July hit and brought us temps of over 100 degrees. When I used any other drinking cup, my ice seemed to melt especially fast. The other problem was that with the 2 pack…I never could find mine….until I looked in my husband’s truck. SO, instead of complaining, I decided to order some more, this time I ordered the Big T!
The Big T is really cool and I like is because it holds 24 ounces of drink. It was the perfect choice for August when the heat index reaches 105 plus.
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History of University of Alabama Football
Alabama Football has a rich history that dates back almost 70 years. They have been dominant program in college football during that time frame. They have won the most championships of any NCAA football team in the history of the game with twelve. Football is a religion in Alabama and the “Roll Tide” is at the center of attention on any given Saturday.
Alabama came into national prominence when the program was taken over by head coach Wallace Wade. Wade was a Brown alum who took over a program that had struggled in recent years. However, with Wade’s coaching prowess and the help of his athletic director, the school was bringing in athletes from all over the country and not just Alabama. This is a trend that became very popular with schools across the country and a trend that continues today. Wade led the school to two national championships during his eight years as head coach at Alabama, however it was the first championship in 1926 that put the team on the map and they have remained ever since. After Wade left, it was almost a revolving door of coaches; however, they managed to win four more national championships with Athletic Director George Denny, for whom the Alabama stadium is named after, at the helm over the football program.
Alabama struggled in the early fifties and were starting to lose credibility as a college football powerhouse, however that all changed in 1958. In 1958, Paul “Bear” Bryant took over this struggling program and turned them into arguably the most successful football program in the history of NCAA football. Bryant would coach the team for 24 years before retiring in January 1983. During his time as head coach the Alabama football team seemed almost unbeatable. They won 6 national championship and 13 conference championships during his time as head coach. His Alabama teams won 232 games during his 24 years as head coach. Bryant retired following the 1982 Liberty Bowl as arguably the greatest college football coach of all-time. Ironically enough when asked what he would do now that he was retired; he said that he would probably croak in a week. Four weeks later Bryant died of a heart attack. However, the legacy of Bryant still lives today and all Alabama coaches have been compared to him.
Since Bryant left the Crimson Tide there have been many coaches that have tried to create the greatness that he brought to the Alabama program, however in the 27 years since his departure they have only won one national championship and two conference championship, with no national titles since 1992. However, with the hiring of Nick Saban in 2007, the school has a newfound confidence not seen since the days of Bryant. The Crimson Tide still remains one of the most respected teams in all of college football and probably will because of the impact Bryant had on the program
Writer and editor, Freddie Brister, is a former high school football coach of 25 years. His love of the game of football is reflected in his words and memories of growing up in the South and playing football in the back yard with his brother, cousins and neighborhood friends. His biggest thrill is watching former high school players he has coached play at the college level. His favorite pastime is watching college football on tv and attending the games in person every chance he gets. Freddie Brister is a huge fan of the SEC and the Alabama Crimson Tide. Check out his Alabama Merchandise or his Alabama Crimson Tide Swimwear
