Sorry for the delay in the blogging. It's been a hellacious few days at work. Hopefully next week will get better. Especially after we've been out fishing at Sardis lake for a few days.
I'll run off the rest of the Stallings games from the past two days whenever I get home tonight. Shouldn't be too long!
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You know that song "Everybody's workin' for the weekend?" Yeah. That's totally me. I countdown the days until it's Friday so I can get out of here for just a few days. Of course, we have Memorial Day on Monday...so make it a 3-day weekend. I'm goin down to Sardis Lake to go fishing for a couple of days this weekend, so that'll make it even better.
Brodie Croyle, man. It's obvious that it's his team in Kansas City. They haven't gone after ANY other qbs. Which means, he's gotta prove it this year. No more injuries. No more losing all 6 of your starts. Just straight up winning. They've got a lot of the pieces they were missing, so now it's up to BC in KC. Read more here.
All of the Mobile crew are qualified to enroll at Alabama early. I think we'll be losing two kids that we thought we had - Destin Hood and Melvin Ray - to Major League Baseball. So that knocks two more kids off the list. The word I'm hearing from Tuscaloosa is that the coaches are not expecting Murphy to qualify again, so that makes three off the list. Read Gentry's article here.
The new spring rule is really bugging the coaches that actually go out there and work, like Wisconsin's Bret Bielema.
COACH STALLINGS: game #14: Alabama at Florida - Gainesville, FL - 9/14/91
Talk about a butt whipping. I'm sure fans were thinking "Man, in the last 3 games, we've been blown out twice - 34-7 by Louisville and 35-0 by Florida." This game was unbelievably excruciating. The Gators forced 5 Alabama turnovers and didn't allow the offense past the Gator 25 yard line. Florida led 6-0 at the half, but Shane Matthews came out firing in the 3rd and threw two touchdown passes to make it 21-0.
Bada friggin bing. I think I have pink eye. Definitely sucks. Probably got it from my kid, who probably got it from someone at day care. Oh well. Haha. I guess it is what it is. Just wash my hands a ton and don't touch my eye.
Had a band meeting last night. We're working on a few things. Head over to our myspace page on Saturday, May 31st for some big time updates.
Caulton Tudor, from the Charlotte Observer, says that Thursday night games are ridiculous because Saturday is the day for college football, just like Friday is for high school, and sunday is for the NFL. Read more of his opinions here. I tend to agree with him...but if I didn't have games every night of the week, I'm not really sure what I would do with my time.
There were some rumblings that Alabama and Hawaii might start up another series. Most people think it won't happen. I agree. Can anybody give me one good reason to do a home-and-home with Hawaii, unless you're on probation?
Andrew Bone thinks Alabama will continue dominating in-state recruiting on the defensive side of the ball. Read up.
Clemson starting linebacker Cortney Vincent has been kicked off the team. That's good news for us, I suppose. Read more here.
Fox has the Alabama / Clemson game in their list of the Top 5 games of 2008. They're saying it may be the only chance anybody has of beating Clemson on their way to a national championship game, and they're saying if Alabama loses, it could be a long year in Tuscaloosa. For some reason, I just don't see either of those playing out that way.
COACH STALLINGS: game #13: Temple at Alabama - Birmingham, AL - 8/1/91
This game was almost a bit ridiculous. Danny Woodson ran 85 yards on the first possession, and Chris Anderson had an Alabama record 96-yard touchdown run. Siran Stacy also came back from his injury in the first game of the 1990 season and ran for one touchdown and also threw a touchdown to Prince Wimbley. The Tide rolled all over Temple in the first meeting between the new Big East conference and the SEC. Final Score: 41-3 Bama.
I really do hate Mondays. With a passion. Monday is easily the worst day of the week, without question. But...I'll try and make the best of it, as I'm sure you're doing as well.
Terrence Cody has officially qualified, as has Marcel Dareus. Sounds pretty good for the D-Line. The Clemson game just officially got more competitive.
And speaking of the Clemson game - Tony Barnhart is hearing to College Gameday is coming to Atlanta for the Tide and the Tigers on August 30th. They're still apparently slating this as the nightcap on ESPN, which should pick up some pretty high ratings. Nice way to start out a football season.
There's an article about how Jim McElwain's offense is helping the QBs at Alabama. It's a very QB friendly way of doing things. Read more here.
There's even more being talked about with Saban wanting incoming freshmen to enroll early (before the June 3rd period), so they can begin the workout programs, etc. Article is here.
The baseball team is streaking heading into this weekend's SEC tournament. They just won a series at, SEC regular season champs, Georgia by totally dominating from the plate. They won the first game 17-13, and won the last game 16-13. Not too shabby for a team that was picked to finish last in the SEC West in the preseason. We get to play Kentucky in the first round.
COACH STALLINGS: game #12: Alabama vs Louisville - Tempe, AZ - 1/1/91
This was a whipping of epic proportions. Coach Howard Schnellenberger played under Coach Bryant at Alabama, so this game meant a lot to him, and it showed with how his team played. They took a 19-0 lead heading into the 2nd quarter, and were up 25-0 when Jeff Brohm threw a pick-6 that gave us our only points of the game. We ended up getting waxed 34-7. It's still the biggest win in Louisville's history.
Tyler Love is up to a whopping 305 lbs before he even steps foot on campus. He says it's all muscle too. Jeez. Read more on our new starting right tackle here.
Alonzo Lawrence's ACT score was red flagged because the score jumped too high from his previous attempt. The coaches say he'll be fine because they know he actually took the test. If nothing else, he'll enroll in August instead of June. Read up on it here.
The Pensacola News Journal is predicting Alabama to go 9-3, but finish third in the west. I'm curious exactly how they've got that happening. I guess we shall see.
Congrats to the guys at Roll Bama Roll for acquiring a publisher and getting up the cahones to write a full 112 page book about our beloved Crimson Tide. Should be out in July, or so they say. I'm proud of em, and you can bet I'll be there first day as soon as it's on the shelves.
COACH STALLINGS: game #11: Auburn @ Alabama - Birmingham, AL - 12/1/90
Man, talk about another game that the defense was just brutal.
After a season that started with three straight losses, Coach Stallings had finally gotten the defense playing the way he wanted, and they came up big by only giving up 38 points in their last 6 games of the regular season, while piling up a 7-1 record after the first 3 losses.
Auburn had won 3 straight in the series, but Coach beat them in his first try, 16-7. He was treated accordingly, being carried off the field part of the way by the team.
As soon as the game was finished, President Roger Sayers accepted a bid to the Fiesta Bowl to play 9-1-1 Louisville. What made this huge was the fact that the faculty senate at UA had voted to reject an invitation because Arizona voters had recently voted down a proposal to make Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a paid holiday for state workers. Didn't matter. That ain't got nothin to do with football.
Holy crap. We got the mastered copies of our new songs back. Man. Brad Blackwood's a friggin genious. This stuff sounds awesome. Of course...I guess that's why he's worked with ZZ Top and Evanescence, etc. Our stuff sounds awesome. :-)
Andre Smith is a member of the Playboy preseason All-American team this year. Pretty high honor. This list has been around for as long as I can remember...and it's always nice to have a Bama player getting some national recognition.
The College Football News preseason bowl projections have Alabama playing Wake Forest in the Music City Bowl. I guess I could live with that. I would prefer to be playing in Florida though. Haha.
Operation Sports has posted some early pics from NCAA '09, which will be what I work on conquering this July for the PS3, which I just recently bought. Check them out below. Click the pic to see a full sized version.
Pretty bad ass, right?
COACH STALLINGS: game #10: Cincinnati @ Alabama - Tuscaloosa, AL - 11/17/90
Well, we finally gave up a touchdown, but it didn't really matter. There wasn't a lot that Cinci could do in this game anyway. Our offense was firing on all cylinders, and, behind Robert Jones' three touchdown runs, the Tide stuffed the Bearcats 45-7. It was never even close.
The Crimson Caravan has finally come to a stop, with the last edition of it happening in Meridian, MS. Smaller, but very enthusiastic crowd, got to hear a lot of the same stuff that Saban has been saying all along. Read more here.
It appears that Alabama vs Duke will happen in the Georgia Dome in 2010, just like they had been wanting. Saban wants a presence in Georgia, and by God, he's getting it. This would work better financially for both Duke and Alabama, and it would definitely help the recruiting for both schools. Just imagine what the storylines will be since David Cutcliffe, a UA alum, is the new head coach at Duke. Read more here.
COACH STALLINGS: game #8: LSU @ Alabama - Tuscaloosa, AL - 11/10/90
Make that 4 straight games without giving up a touchdown. Chris Anderson went crazy, making touchdown runs of 30 and 46 yards and leading Alabama to a 24-3 victory over the hapless Tigers.
They did announce the schedule (so-far) for ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, etc. I find it very odd that they've already announced Michigan State vs Cal as the ABC 8pm EST game on Saturday, August 30th. I figured Bama / Clemson would be a much more highly anticipated matchup. Guess I'm wrong though. Read more here.
COACH STALLINGS: game #7: Alabama @ Mississippi State - Starkville, MS - 11/3/90
This was the 3rd consecutive game where the Tide didn't allow a touchdown. They held Mississippi State to only 202 yards in the entire game. They easily handled State 22-0 that day.
So, to be completely honest, Florida should have swept the Bama baseball team this weekend. But instead, the Tide had 2 days worth of late inning drama to steal 2 wins and the series from Florida. Read more about it here. It was absolutely incredible.
We talked about this last week, but the Montgomery Advertiser touches on it a little more. Coach Saban wants as many of the incoming freshmen as possible to be here to enroll on June 3rd to get started in the strength and conditioning program. Read more here.
Cecil Hurt lets us know that McClain's motorcycle accident serves as reminder of how thin the Alabama linebacking corps really is. It's pretty scary, if you think about it. Read up on it here. If you'd like to see Rolando before and after his accident, check out the before & after pics here.
As if it was even a surprise, a story has come out that says OJ Mayo accepted gifts and cash while he was going to school at USC this past season. Yeah. That never happens in college basketball. Riiiight.
DJ Hall is doing a good job of turning some heads at Giants' mini camp. He was hailed as the star of the first day of practice on Saturday. The only issue is whether or not there will be enough roster spots for him. We shall see, I suppose.
If you didn't already think that Baton Rouge is a dirty, nasty place...well, now you have even more reason to start thinking that way. UCF cornerback Johnell Neal was injured in a shooting down there on May 8th. Yup.
COACH STALLINGS: game #7: Penn State @ Alabama - Tuscaloosa, AL - 10/27/90
Just one week after Alabama stymied Tennessee's offense, they did the same thing at home to Penn State. The two teams' defenses absolutely beat the stew out of each other.
The only problem was that our offense couldn't get going either. For the 2nd straight game, the Tide held their opponent without a touchdown through the entire game, but our offense wasn't able to get anything going at all against a stout Penn State defense that led them to 5 straight wins, including the 9-0 shutout of Alabama, which was the Tide's first shutout defeat at home in 35 years.
