Posts Tagged ‘Alabama’
SEC Power Rankings
Our guys at secrivals.com have invited us to be part of their picks panel and they asked us to give our well-informed SEC Power Rankings.
1) Florida Gators – Even though they have players that are struggling with the flu, this is still the best team in college football. This team misses Percy Harvin and Louis [...]
John Parker Wilson Impressed Last Night With Falcons
Former Alabama quarterback John Parker Wilson completed 13 of 19 for 80 yards and completed passes to eight different receivers last night with the Atlanta Falcons as he tries to win the third-string quarterback job. Former Georgia running back Thomas Brown had a 25-yard gain and also returned kickoffs.
Top 5 College Football Games: Week 1
1) Alabama vs. Virginia Tech: Big on post-season implications. Short on watchability. This clash of titans will probably bore you out of your mind. Va. Tech is the most boring quality program in the nation. Alabama’s only about a step or two ahead of the wing-t as far as offensive innovation’s concerned. It will be [...]
Andre Smith Needs to Drop Weight
Former Alabama left tackle Andre Smith recently ended his holdout and now ESPN’s Adam Schefter is reporting that the Cincinnati Bengals tackle reported to the team at 364 pounds, 34 pounds above his playing weight. Smith has the talent to be one of the best young tackles in the NFL, but he constantly has weight [...]
College Football Opening Weekend Breakdown
The Big Lead has a great read on college football’s opening week that begins this week. There are even two big games on Thursday as South Carolina plays N.C. State and Orgeon plays at Boise State. Saturday is highlighted by Georgia playing at Oklahoma State and Alabama playing Virginia Tech in Atlanta. There is nothing [...]
Heisman Beef
The Wall Street Journal had an excellent article today about the lack of Heisman trophies won by southern schools. Alabama, which has more national titles than any school other than Notre Dame, has never had a player win the Heisman. We believe that no southern school should have won the Heisman during segregation, and aren’t [...]
Florida is #1 in USA Today’s Coaches’ Poll
The defending champion Florida Gators are at the top of the USA Today preseason football coaches’ poll. The Gators received 53 of 59 first place votes. Texas is second, followed by Oklahoma, USC and Alabama. LSU and Ole Miss rounded out the top 10 and Georgia is ranked No. 13. In a surprising twist, Tennnessee [...]
Urban Meyer is Highest Paid Coach in SEC
The Florida Gators made coach Urban Meyer the highest paid coach in the SEC after signing him to a six-year, $24 million contract. Meyer will make $4 million this season and Alabama coach Nick Saban will make $3.9 million. Meyer is now the third-highest paid coach in the counrty behind Pete Carroll’s $4.4 million at [...]
Slimebaum et al. Killed the Newspaper Star
We just can’t figure out Paul Finebaum. For those of you outside above the Mason-Dixon, Finebaum is the host of a radio show in Alabama and a columnist for the Mobile Press-Register. We would just assume that the guy is a moron, but he’s kind of the Rush Limbaugh of the Southern sports world. Finebaum [...]