Yesterday was the 10th spring practice. There are 15 allotted by the NCAA, so we've got 5 left. That includes the A-Day game.
Days 'til the A-Day Game: 9 Days 'til Season Kickoff: 142
The University's website, RollTide.com, now has, for download, all 81 pages of the 2007 Spring Football Guide. Might be cool to print this out and bring it along for A-Day.
Bamamag.com tells it like it is - we all know Saban can coach, but will he have enough good players to win ballgames. Sometimes coaching isn't enough.
Returning student football tickets sold out within 48 hours, not including the 1,000 allotted for incoming freshmen. The student section will hold 15,000, which includes student athletes and the Million Dollar Band.
For the first time in God-knows-how-long, Alabama lacks depth at linebacker. But not to worry - Coach Saban is fixing that problem. Knight and Saunders are doing well on the outside, and we've got several freshmen coming in that should be able to play immediately. Bobby Greenwood is envious of Saunders and Knight's move - for several reasons - but it's not a big deal yet. Prince Hall is apparently going to be the leader of the defense, because he has been designated the signal caller.
Players claim that Saban's defenses are very tough to learn. To that I respond with - DUH. Do you really think he would be known as a defensive guru if he didn't have a lot of unorthodox plays that other teams can't figure out? Hahaha. Suck it up boys...he'll make you winners.
Glen Coffee's last big play in a real game was a 37 yard run against South Carolina in 2005. Now it's 2007 and, after a ton of injuries last year, he is on top of the depth chart.
The latest position change (that I know of) now has Matt Collins, former middle linebacker, working out with the defensive line. Taylor Pharr has moved back to offensive line. Sharrief is still with the defensive backs and Corey Reamer is still working with the linebackers.
Cecil lets us know that he enjoys what Coach Saban is doing, and even though other media members don't like it, he loves it. Hahaha. This is why I absolutely love Cecil Hurt. He's got plenty of stuff to write about. He doesn't have to watch an entire practice to get his story. He just needs a little bit - so when SI or the Sporting News or local media members want to call Saban a jerk, Cecil just sits back and laughs because he understands that Coach knows exactly what he's doing.
The AP released a story about Jimmy Johns returning to practice. It pretty much sums up that we're not going to know who the starting tailback is until the first play of the first game. And the starter may not play most of the game. We won't know til the season's done, I guess.
Former Alabama recruiting coordinator, Ronnie Cottrel, finally got his wish. The Alabama Supreme Court agreed to hear oral arguments in his lawsuit filed against the NCAA. Cottrell asked the justices to reinstate his $30 million verdict.
Tom Dienhart of the Sporting News ranked Saban as the #1 coach in the conference. Finally, a little respect.
Matt Hayes lets the Sporting News audience know just how crazy Alabama fans can be, and while other people around may think the same thing, I look at it with pride. Haha. I'm proud to be absolutely insanely obsessed with Alabama football. I'm one of those guys that, if we're winning, won't allow anyone in the house to change a thing they're doing (and if we're losing, I encourage change) because of a cosmic connection that I have with a football team that is about 200 miles away and probably doesn't even know that I exist. It makes me happy and nobody else can understand it. Nor do I expect them to. So for all of these writers that continue to bash on how "unhealthy" it is to be so excited about Alabama football, let's find what they're excited about and see if it doesn't match at least a little bit.
