Bama penalties mostly fair, but this can’t keep happening
By Jess Nicholas
TideFans.com Editor-in-Chief June 12, 2009
As Alabama figures out just how many victories will be “vacated” – which could include, I suppose, the Tide’s iconic 6-3 win over Tennessee in 2005 that cemented Roman Harper’s star value... [Read More]
A few topics as summer arrives
By Jess Nicholas
TideFans Editor-in-Chief May 22, 2009
As summer arrives, a football fan’s own personal purgatory – that vast nothingness between spring football and the onset of fall camp – rears its ugly head.
For the next three months, the sports world will revolve around... [Read More]
Alabama’s 2010 draft haul could beat 2009
By Jess Nicholas
TideFans.com Editor-in-Chief May 2, 2009
A year after Alabama was shut completely out of the 2008 NFL Draft, the Crimson Tide responded in a big way by seeing four players (OL Andre Smith, RB Glen Coffee, S Rashad Johnson, C Antoine Caldwell) be drafted in the first three rounds of the 2009 Draft.
But it’s possible Alabama could do even better in 2010. Here’s a look at Alabama’s graduating seniors and draft-eligible... [Read More]
A-Day wrap-up: It was a day of lists
By Jess Nicholas
TideFans.com Editor-in-Chief April 18, 2009
Those hoping for a glimpse of the future at Alabama’s A-Day spring scrimmage caught just enough to make them excited, just enough to make them worry and left them probably no more or less closer to an answer on what the fate of the 2009 Alabama Crimson Tide will be.
Defense dominated the scrimmage, especially against the run – not unexpected given the fact Alabama was without... [Read More]
Don’t be April Fooled by first scrimmage
By Jess Nicholas
TideFans.com Editor-in-Chief April 2, 2009
It’s fitting that Alabama held its first scrimmage of the spring on April 1, because spring scrimmages can make many people into April Fools.
Drawing too much from any scrimmage is a dangerous risk. Part of it is the nature of a scrimmage. For every touchdown pass a quarterback throws, it means the defensive backfield yielded one. For every sack a defensive end records, there’s... [Read More]
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