Chizik’s Names Todd As Starting QB: Good Move for Auburn

Published on: 18th August, 2009

New Auburn coach Gene Chizik has done all he can to get Auburn out of the quickly-expanding shadow of its rival across the state. Auburn spent the better part of a decade as the premier college football program in a state that lives and breathes college football, only to watch ...

Finding Bryant-Denny: The Inspirations for the New South End Zone Expansion

Published on: 18th August, 2009

When Alabama takes the field in 2010, they will do so to the roar of 101,000 screaming Tide fans, a number which will push past the century mark courtesy of the under-construction expansion of Bryant-Denny Stadium. Alabama fans looking at renderings of the ongoing expansion may notice that the South ...

Jevan Snead, Greg McElroy Faced Similar Experiences on Road to Oct. 10 Matchup

Published on: 17th August, 2009

As yet another football season quickly approaches, two quarterbacks in the SEC West are getting plenty of preseason attention: Ole Miss' Jevan Snead and Alabama's Greg McElroy. These two quarterbacks have a number of other shared experiences. Both were backups in high school to future Heisman candidates. Snead watched former Georgia star ...

Nick Saban on the Spread: Offense Limits Players’ NFL Options

Published on: 8th August, 2009

The spread was not kind to Alabama last season. Alabama faced teams employing the wide-open offense in its final two games of the season, in the SEC Championship Game against Florida and the Sugar Bowl against Utah. Both times, the defense was not impressive, and more importantly, both times the Tide ...

The Rose Bowl: No Longer the Same “Granddaddy Of Them All”

Published on: 7th August, 2009

The Rose Bowl. “The Granddaddy of Them All.” The slogan once referred to the game’s history. The Rose Bowl was the first bowl game. College football dynasties have been built on the back of Rose Bowl championships; Alabama sings about it in its fight song. For decades the Rose Bowl was ...

Coming Soon to Alabama: McElroy and The Long Ball

Published on: 5th August, 2009

And so it begins. As another season of college football begins to sneak up over the horizon, Crimson Tide players reported for their first practice of the coming season. Following an impressive (if brief) return to the top of college football polls last season, and yet another recruiting masterpiece during ...