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BCS Bowl Predictions: Pitt In, Cincy Out

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:17:14 +0000

After yet another ho-hum weekend of a forgettable college football season, it's finally starting to get exciting. All this noise about the BCS and the regular season isn't just noise anymore. Fraught with intriguing story lines, bitter rivalries, Monte Carlo-like revenge, and BCS-or-bust championship games, the next two weeks of college football with will feature some of the most compelling and meaningful games of the season. Finally. Three games in particular will feature a head-to-head battle for a BCS game. The winner will go on to play on the big stage, while the loser will likely be destined for "just-another" December Bowl. The games to watch are: No.5 Cincinnati at No. 9 Pittsburgh No. 16 Oregon State at No. 8 Oregon No. 7 Georgia Tech vs. No. 18 Clemson Not to mention the National Championship semi-final,otherwise knows as the SEC Championship Game, has yet to be played as well. Another intriguing story line. Another hate-filled, storybook SEC rivalry in the brewing. Most ...

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Alabama's Reamer and Huber Take on New Iron Bowl Dreams

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:33:05 +0000

Two young men, each with a dream that didn't come true. Neither boy ever expected to play in crimson uniforms, and only one ever expected to play in an Iron Bowl. One wanted to don the orange of the Tennessee Volunteers and run the the "T" in Neyland Stadium; the other, to sing the "War Eagle" fight song after an Iron Bowl win. However, fate and luck won out, and those childhood dreams are now long forgotten. Instead, the boys ended up as friends, roommates, and teammates in crimson, together helping rebuild Alabama's football program into a championship contender. Corey Reamer comes from a family of Auburn Tigers, and his parents were less than thrilled when Auburn didn't seem as excited to have him as Mike Shula (Alabama) did. In the end, despite his boyhood loyalty to Auburn, Reamer came to Alabama. Reamer was a special team machine who had made a high school career out of blocking punts and kicks. He also had a reputation for some bone-jarring tackles. The other young man couldn't be ...

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Less Wins, Less Truthfulness, Less Coaching Ability, Les Miles

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:55:05 +0000

Ever since Nick Saban joined the ranks and history of the Alabama Crimson Tide LSU fans have been quick to point to Les Miles as being the better of the two coaches. They point to his record with the Tigers against Saban's. Never mind that Saban inherited a train wreck when he got to LSU and left Miles a perfectly running well conditioned team in which all he had to do was not mess it up. They point to Miles' ability to recruit, which in all actuality has not been as good as Saban's. After Saturday night's debacle, the 'Miles Meltdown' proved once again and finally ended all doubt once and forever that Les is not more. There are housewives who only watch one football game a year that could have coached that team better in the closing minutes and managed the clock with much more ability. His total ineptitude was cringing to watch. He screwed his team out of yet another win over a team he had more than enough talent to beat. And then he went to the press and lied. In a move that could only ...

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Ingram, Tide roll over Chattanooga 45-0

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:52:30 +0000

No. 2 Alabama was still celebrating Mark Ingram's second long touchdown run when coach Nick Saban told his star tailback to take the rest of the day off.

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What Nick Saban Really Means

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:55:55 +0000

Covering Alabama football regularly and attending other Alabama functions with Nick Saban as the speaker is the only way to learn to decipher "Saban Speak." There's a subtle difference between what he actually says and what he means. The players know this all to well. So do the assistant coaches. I've been told by players they can even tell by his body language how the talk is going to go. They say if he grabs the lectern or a table, he's mad and trying to stay under control. If he pumps his hands up and down, he's frustrated about something, and if he tilts his head, he's happy. But when he makes and holds eye contact with you and doesn't take his eyes away, watch out. After learning all this I went back to watch some of the post-game press conferences I taped and I'd have to say they were spot on. But for the fans at home that don't get to witness the little things, let me help you out with some of the "Saban Speak," or "Sabanisms" as I like to call them. AIGHT Short for ...

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Alabama's Greg McElroy Is Throwing TD's Again, Quit Complaining

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:34:20 +0000

Greg McElroy thought he was prepared for the starting job as quarterback at the University of Alabama. He thought he knew what to expect, but the recent criticism has gotten under his skin. Though he is a junior, this is his first year at the helm of a program whose quarterback gets thousand times the publicity and scrutiny of the state's Governor. This is the first year he's had to endure being circled by the press in the media room and picked over like road kill by a flock of vultures. It has become evident in watching him over the season how McElroy's mood in these meetings went from excitement and pride to annoyance. At least in the media room, most are both professional and kind to Greg in the post game interviews. However, the press that comes after has burned him a little. And so do the blogs and forums that post fans' displeasure with his mid-season slump. He thought he was prepared for such things. Greg said that he watched how John Parker Wilson handled himself with the criticism ...

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Are All the Stars Aligning for Alabama As a Team of Destiny in 2009?

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:48:00 +0000

In what is unveiling to be a season of firsts and lasts, this Tide team appears to be peaking at the right time to finish the season. Yesterday marked the first time in Nick Saban's career that he has posted back to back 10-0 starts, and the first time Alabama has done it since 1974 and 1974. It also marks the 29th game in a row that the Tide has not allowed a rusher a 100 yard game, and last night Alabama held Miss. State to about half it's season average in rushing. This is the year Alabama will have to win the SEC Championship to preserve it's record of winning at least one in every decade since a champion has been named. This is certainly proving to be an important year for the history books. Saturday night brought out yet another team "Blackout" against Alabama, and another Alabama blowout result. Gimmicks haven't worked against Alabama since the arrival of Nick Saban, just hard work and except for the kickoff return team, Mississippi State had little of that to show. "We had several ...

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Top Things Rival SEC Coaches Should Say About Tennessee Arrests

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:01:31 +0000

How can anyone outside of Knoxville not be relishing in the debacle going on in Kiffinville. It is too sweet an opportunity not to shove in the face of the boys in Orange and Black. I mean if you talk smack it will eventually come back to bite you, but this is just too funny. Not only are these players coached by Kiffin and his staff, but they are from his first recruiting class. Two of whom are his prized recruits, of which he boasted so often about. We all know about the trash talk and everything like that so no sense in recapping it. Instead of prolonging this any further let's just jump right into the trash talk the top SEC rival coaches should be laying on Lane. Oh, just one question, Is there any truth to the rumor the jail is allowing them to where their orange jerseys instead of jumpsuits? Begin Slideshow

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Alabama's Streak of Being an SEC Champion in Every Decade is No Big Deal

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:23:23 +0000

The first SEC Championship Game was in 1933 and the winner was Alabama. Since then the Crimson Tide have won an unprecedented 21 titles. That's eight more than second place Tennessee and over twice the number of fifth place Florida. Sheer numbers are not the only thing that makes Alabama the all time king of the SEC; you would also have to factor in consistency. Alabama has won at least one SEC Championship for every decade since the first one. However, Alabama's last SEC Championship was in 1999. Since that date Alabama went through the Dubose fizzle, the Franchione fiasco, girls gone wild with Mike Price, and the Mike Shula experiment. Those were some of the craziest, probation filled, dark days that Alabama has ever had to endure. An SEC Championship, not to mention a shot at a National Championship would finally once and for all put a period on this dark decade. That means to keep that streak in place, this is the year that Alabama must win the SEC. This is certainly a good year for ...

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