Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Alabama football

  • NEW ORLEANS - AJ McCarron tucked the ball into Trent Richardsons gut in an oh-so familiar move. Then he pulled it back and tossed it to tight end Brad Smelley on Alabamas first offensive play. The second? Same thing, other side.
  • (CBS News)
  • This sounds familiar. In the 1970s, when Alabama football under Coach Paul Bryant was piling up championships and dominating the Southeastern Conference, C.M. Newton was trying to build a basketball program.
  • (Scout.com)
  • What is college footballs all-time flagship program? Alabamas second national championship in the past three seasons makes it the program of the moment, and there is plenty of history beyond that in Tuscalossa.
  • (ESPN)
  • Since Nick Saban arrived at Alabama it seems that the team has someone running their way to the Heisman Trophy every year. In 2012, however, A.J. will be throwing his way towards the coveted award.
  • (Bleacherreport.com)
  • Nick Saban has now become the only head coach to win three national championships in the BCS era, further pushing Les Miles and all other coaches into his shadow.
  • (Bleacherreport.com)
  • Raleighs Jeremy Shelley kicked field goals for Alabama five times throughout Monday nights game, winning the Bowl Championship Series game. Shelley, played varsity football for Broughton and was also its kicker.
  • (Abc Local Web)
  • Beginning in Albuquerque and Idaho on Dec.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • But what Nick Saban has done in a short amount of time at Alabama actually should offer some encouragement. Granted, we are talking about the consensus best coach in college football. But Saban inherited a mess in Tuscaloosa.
  • (Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog))
  • NEW ORLEANS, La.
  • (boxscorenews.com)
  • Alabama's 21-0 victory over LSU in the BCS championship game, a salute to the leather-helmet era, didn't nudge college football closer to including more than two teams in its postseason title competition.
  • (Chicago Sun-Times)

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