The CRIMSON & WHITE ROUNDTABLE is up this week at Roll Bama Roll. The question is "Coach Saban has stated that he likes to see position battles at every position, and there are several that should be decided over the next few weeks, namely running back, nose tackle, cornerback, and right tackle. Give us your projected starters at those positions, and list any other positions that might be open for competition from the freshmen."
Coach Saban said that the team is not where he wants it to be, but he's not disappointed either. He's pretty happy with how well they've done through the heat.
Brian Motley has a slight injury to his hand, but it shouldn't keep him out for very long at all. He may need to have surgery, but worst case scenario is he would be out for a week at the most. Also, Mike Johnson is straight killin' at right tackle. Watch out for this kid.
Not really 'Bama related, but Alley Broussard, former LSU running back who quit the team, is transferring to North Alabama. Wonder what the Hat did to piss him off.
Nikita Stover is ready to prove the doubters wrong. Kinda funny. This kid took an ethics class from my grandfather at ICC a few years ago.
In the next scrimmage, look for the defense to make a statement. Coach Saban has said that they've made great strides this week in practice and that he expects them to perform MUCH better than they did in the first one.
Jonathan Bentley says he's ready to just toss out the SEC Championship game. The Pac-10 and Big-10 don't have one, so why should the SEC take the chance of losing their national title contender in an extra game?
Coach Saban tells us how karate helps football teams. We can thank Belichick for that one.
Darren Mustin is showing out. He'll be a starter this year, I would put my money down for it.
Rashad Johnson may end up being one of the leaders on this year's defense. TideSports tells us all about it.
Rolando McClain is the real deal, and Coach Saban knows it. Read more about how much he's improved so far this fall.
We shouldn't be worried about basketball recruiting right now, with football coming up and everything, but Bama got Ronald Steele's little brother, Andrew Steele, to commit on Thursday. He's not a true point guard - he's more of a scorer, which is fine by me. We need more shooters.
Brodie Croyle led the Chiefs to their first touchdown of the preseason. He hit 5 out of 6 passes and looked as crisp as ever.
Comments:
... starting up the blog again for the season. Care to link swap?
http://bamareport.blogspot.com/ # posted by J : 2:01 PM
sounds good to me! # posted by Memphis Tider : 4:19 PM
Done.
See you down the road. # posted by J : 8:54 PM
The PAC-10 doesn't need a championship game. Every team plays every team in the conference so they have the truest and best manner of determining a conference championship than anyone. The Big Ten's is kind of peculiar though in that it's incomplete. # posted by Unknown : 12:42 PM
I agree with RBR in that each PAC 10 member's regular schedule includes the other 9 members and that arrangement is arguably better than a playoff. There seems to be some support for a two team expansion and a playoff game outside of Los Angeles.
Wasn't there some speculation on which university the Big 10 might add to their conference in preparation to add a playoff game? Wasn't Tennessee one of the teams they were teasingly contemplating.
Well I just hope they won't lure Auburn away. I mean just because everyone thinks the school is in New York. Please Big 10, take any school you want, but don't take Auburn. :( Take a couple of SEC schools, but please don't take Auburn. :(
