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Melick: Saban wants Greg McElroy to throw caution to the wind
Melick: Saban wants Greg McElroy to throw caution to the wind
Tide QB McElroy has to give LSU more to worry about than just stopping Mark Ingram.
Last Thoughts On Saban: Move On, Everyone
andthevalleyshook.com — Let's just get something out of the way: I don't like Nick Saban.  I appreciate what he... did for our program, but it was a relationship in which both parties were using each other.  We got a national title out of the deal, he spent every ... (more) Last Thoughts On Saban: Move On, Everyone
Arenas: McClain is like having Saban on the field
espn.go.com — Posted by ESPN.com's Chris Low It s no secret that linebacker Rolando McClain is one of those... guys Alabama s Nick Saban loves coaching. For starters, McClain s a great player. But he and Saban are also a lot alike. Senior cornerback Javier Arenas ... (more) Arenas: McClain is like having Saban on the field
Saban in Mobile: It's 'disconcerting' people are questioning Crimson Tide's play
Saban in Mobile: It's 'disconcerting' people are questioning Crimson Tide's play
blog.al.com — "We may not win every game we play at Alabama; nobody ever said we would," Nick Saban... said in a brief press conference. "But we've probably already won a helluva lot more than anybody thought we would ..." (more) Saban in Mobile: It's 'disconcerting' people are ...
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SEC links: Tennessee may auction black jerseys
John Clay's Sidelines — ... Ray Melick of the Birmingham News writes that Alabama coach Nick Saban wants quarterback Greg McElroy to throw caution to the wind. ...

Alabama looking long again to end sudden end zone drought
Dr. Saturday — ... The lack of a credible downfield passing game was palpable in the close call at Tennessee, where 'Bama failed to score a touchdown and only two completions out of 18 went for more than 10 yards, with a long of nineteen. When Julio Jones is averaging as many yards per reception (7.7 on seven receptions vs. the Vols) as Greg McElroy is averaging on scrambles (7.3), there's a problem, and Nick Saban wants it fixed this week against LSU: ...

Saban wants 'Bama looking long again to snap end zone drought
Dr. Saturday — ... The lack of a credible downfield passing game was palpable in the close call at Tennessee, where 'Bama failed to score a touchdown and only two completions out of 18 went for more than 10 yards, with a long of nineteen. When Julio Jones is averaging as many yards per reception (7.7 on seven receptions vs. the Vols) as Greg McElroy is averaging on scrambles (7.3), there's a problem, and Nick Saban wants it fixed this week against LSU: ...

Friday Quarterback: Alabama it is, but back at full roar?
Dr. Saturday — ... to big games against Virginia Tech and Arkansas. Nick Saban said after the escape against the Vols that his team was "tired" after eight straight games without a week off, a plausible excuse for the offense's general decline and the steadily closing margins of victory. If McElroy continues to struggle with the downfield passing game, though, and the offense in general continues to settle for field goals after a bye week -- especially a bye week in which Saban specifically called for a more aggressive approach to stretching defenses vertically -- the malaise of the ...

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