NCAA 2010 for the PS3 is freakin awesome. Period. I'm playing on All-American at the moment. I started a dynasty and took the first game from VaTech 35-28. Justin Woodall picked off a pass and returned it 49 yards for a touchdown for the game-winning score with 1:49 left in the game. Marquis Johnson saved it with another pick with 29 seconds left on the Alabama 30. Diggit.
Not too much going on today either. I'm headed to Gulf Shores until Sunday, but if something pops up, I'll be back on a computer bloggin about it. Til then, we'll continue the countdown.
52. California 13 Alabama 0 1938 Rose Bowl - Pasadena, CA - from rosebowlhistory.com
Alabama (9-0) ends a four-game Rose Bowl winning streak by falling to California (9-0-1) in a 13-0 display of Vic Botari's ball carrying strength. Botari scores both touchdowns and gains 137 yards in 34 carries. Frank Thomas' Alabama fumbles four times to ruin its chances when California recovers every miscue.
51. Alabama 29 Texas A&M 21 1938 Rose Bowl - Pasadena, CA - from dallasnews.com
Texas A. & M. held Alabama to one first down Thursday, but the Crimson Tide rolled to four touchdowns, a field goal and a couple of extra points to win the sixth annual Cotton Bowl game, 29 to 21.
Thirty-eight thousand fans shivered in a bitterly cold north wind that swept downfield and numbed pass receivers' hands. Despite this unusual Cotton Bowl weather, very few fans left the stadium before game's end, attesting to the interesting play the athletes were putting out. Read more of the story by clicking on the link above - dallasnews.com.
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Boooyah. Not a whole lot going on today. The Mayor of Birmingham just announced that they finally got the approval to build a dome-stadium in B'ham. Total seating would be between 57,000 and 67,500. Interesting. Will be located right next to BJCC. Hmmmm.
Countdown time!
53. Alabama 29 Stanford 13 1935 Rose Bowl - Pasadena, CA - from rosebowlhistory.com
Frank Thomas' Alabama (9-0) brings the first great aerial circus in Rose Bowl history to Pasadena to hand Stanford's "Vow Boys" (9-0-1) another Rose Bowl defeat, 29-13. The 85,000 spectators are amazed by the soaring footballs propelled by Dixie Howell to Don Hutson. Howell completes nine of 12 passes and averages 44.8 yards with six punts. Howell catches six of six passes thrown to him for 164 yards and two touchdowns. Bobby Grayson, Keith Topping and Monk Moscript try to lead Stanford retaliation but this is the day of Robin Hood's trusty bow.
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So, over the weekend, we were supposed to begin our countdown of Alabama's 56 bowl games played. Well, I was out of the loop for most of the weekend, but we're kicking it off today.
56. Alabama 20 Washington 19 1926 Rose Bowl - Pasadena, CA - from rosebowlhistory.com
Wallace Wade's Alabama (9-0) launches the "Age of Dixie" by edging Washington (10-0-1) in a 20-19 thriller despite the heroics of the Huskies' great running back George Wilson. In the 38 minutes Wilson is able to play, Washington scores three times and gains 300 yards, but in the 22 minutes he is out with an injury, his team gains only 17 yards and is outscored three touchdowns to none. Wilson has 134 yards in 15 carries and completes five passes. Johnny Mack Brown and "Pooley" Hubert lead Alabama rally after trailing 12-0 with three third-quarter touchdowns. Bill Buckler's two of three conversions makes the victory difference.
55. Alabama 7 Stanford 7 1927 Rose Bowl - Pasadena, CA - from rosebowlhistory.com
Stanford (10-0) ties Alabama (9-0) in a 7-7 standoff despite Stanford's 305-98 yardage to advantage. Stanford takes a 7-0 lead on a George Bogue to Ed Walker touchdown pass and Bogue's conversion. Clarke Pearce blocks a punt of Stanford's Frankie Wilton to set up Jimmy Johnson's fourth quarter touchdown bolt, and Herschel Caldwell ties the game after a trick, quick lineup catches Stanford by surprise before it can attempt to block the effort. Ted Shipkey, Stanford's All-American end, enjoys a 23-yard end around, catches five passes, recovers two fumbles and is a defensive fortress. In two Rose Bowl appearances, he totals 12 catches.
54. Alabama 24 Washington St 0 1931 Rose Bowl - Pasadena, CA - from rosebowlhistory.com
The Rose Bowl is enlarged to seat 81,000, just in time for the fans to see Wallace Wade's Alabama (9-0) administer a 24-0 defeat to previously unbeaten Washington State (9-0). Jimmy "Hurry" Cain at the controls, engineers a decisive attack that produces three second quarter touchdowns with Monk Campbell tallying twice, gaining 114 yards. Washington State has stalwart linemen like Glenn "Turk" Edwards and Mel Hein, but they can't prevent the onslaught. Cain averages 46 yards on six punts to keep the Cougars away from scoring chances except one occasion when they fail at the one.
Awww yeah. Countdown it up, my friends.
Our friend, Ian Rapoport, is leaving the Birmingham News to become the beat writer for the New England Patriots at the Boston Globe. Daaaamn. I can diggit. Read more here.
The Dothan Eagle takes a look at how Julio Jones and Dont'a Hightower will have a bigger impact this year than last year. Good read. Check it out here.
ESPN's Chris Low tackles a lot of subjects regarding SEC Fooball. Read up on it here.
A lil basketball news for ya - Yamene Coleman has transferred to Troy (read here) and Shawn Kemp Jr. is headed to Hargrave for a year before he re-signs with Alabama next year (read here.
Greg McElroy turned a lot of heads at the Manning Passing Academy over the weekend. He looked incredible...better than Colt McCoy and Sam Bradford. Now that's some pretty good company there. Watch some of the videos, etc, here.
All of you know by now that I'm a pretty big UFC fan. If you didn't watch the fights this weekend, you have NO idea what you're missing. I was never a big GSP fan, but watching his fight against Alves was incredible. For boxing fans that can't get into this, UFC has so much more to offer. To see a guy be at an advantage when he's on his back, and be able to escape submission holds, etc...it's just a thing of beauty. There's so much strategy that goes into these fights. The Lesnar match was ridiculous, and Henderson's knockout was brutal.
Not too much going on today. Heard some rumblings about Dre and Julio...we'll see if they prove to be true. Somehow, I doubt it.
Other than that, it appears we're about to go through some attrition, which means we'll see a lot of "medical scholarships" given out soon, along with a couple of transfters. You know how it rolls. We'll touch on that soon.
Have a great monday! I'm headed to see A Day to Remember and Saosin in Memphis tonight. Should be a good time. :-) Talk to you guys tomorrow!
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Wooooohooooo! No work tomorrow! I'm gonna be layin out by the pool, chillaxin all day with my soon-to-be 4-year old daughter. Can't beat that, man.
I'm a Grizzlies fan since I live in Memphis, and I gotta tell you...it's difficult to continue to cheer for this franchise. The owner is an idiot, and the guys hired are NBA rejects. They're "yes" men. Jeez. The trade for Zach Randolph? Please. Randolph only has 2 years left on his contract. Now there's talk about Allen Iverson. I'm tellin you, this is the most ridiculous stuff I've ever heard. Ever.
I've been getting a lot of e-mails about Auburn's so-called (Recuriting) Stars and (Tiger) Stripes weekend for July 4th, or possibly July 18th. Apparently something like 10 or 12 kids are all supposed to commit to Auburn publicly on the same day. Trooper Taylor even hinted at it during a call to Sports Call. But I'm being told Owens isn't one of them. So, exactly who are the kids that are supposed to commit? You mean you can find 12 kids in the entire state that want to go to Auburn? C'mon...you know that's a lie. Haha. We'll see if it happens, but I ain't buyin it.
Michael Bowman has qualified, so that's good news. He'll be one of our top WRs next year. Go ahead and bank on it. With people focusing on Julio, he'll have a lot of space to show what he can do. Think of him like an AJ Green type.
Andre Smith is moving to right tackle. Hmmm. Read more here.
The more I read about this movie, the more I wanna go see it. Check out ESPN's latest story about "The Blind Side" with all the SEC coaches that are in it.
So, Kirby Smart kinda dropped a hint that we'll be playing at Big 12 opponent in 2012 at the new Cowboys' stadium. Hmmmm. The Bama Sports Report is all over it. They've got possible matchups, etc.
The composite pre-season poll from all the pre-season magazines is officially out. Check out Paul Gattis' blog here.
CFN's 2009 SEC Preview is up. I can diggit. Read more here.
Melick tackles Coach Saban's problem with recruiting websites and services. Read more here.
Kirby Smart talked in Rome, GA the other night and had some pretty interesting things to say. Read up on it here.
Cecil Hurt discusses how Coach Saban has sucked the suspense out of national signing day for Bama fans. He'll have his whole class done by Christmas. Haha. Read more here.
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Has it really been a whole damn week since I've updated? Jeeez. It feels like just a day or two. I was out of town from Friday through Monday. Went to Tupelo to hang out with the grandparents. Doesn't get much better than laying out at the pool with your friends and family for 3 straight days, y'know? Played a show Saturday night. We've got another in Greenwood, MS this weekend. Whew. Talk about busy.
For those that don't know, I play in band called Prosevere. Which, if you check this site at all, you know that's my other pride and joy.
Finally figured out why I couldn't update BamaontheBluff.com. Got it fixed, which means - there's a new update here.
Fernando Bryant retired after 10 NFL seasons. He was a lot of fun to watch at the Capstone. We all wish him well in his retirement from the game. Read more here.
We got three commitments over the weekend - 2 for the class of 2010, and one for the class of 2011. Jeez. They just keep rollin in. Read Ian's report here.
Now, we all know that there are other schools that are doing anything and everything that they can to slow down what Coach Saban is building here...but it's getting to the point of ridiculous. Read more about what Coach thinks about some of the recruiting websites that are out there, and what they're trying to accomplish when they talk to recruits.
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So, a tornado hit Olive Branch last Friday afternoon. So I've been without power at work since then. Talk about a hellacious few days, trying to get everything back up and running.
Ran 4 servers off of generators yesterday. With no air conditioning. Argh.
Paul Finebaum delves into what a lot of people are thinking - is it time for Mal Moore to go? I'm still not really sure what I think on this issue. Read more here.
Phil Savage is the new color analyst for Alabama football this year. I thought he did a great job at the A-Day game. Read up on that story here.
Javier Arenas is the #80 player in the country, according to Rivals.com. Pretty cool accolades for Javy. Read more here.
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Alright, I haven't said a whole lot, but I guess I can post some opinions on everything now.
The national media, along with all of my idiot friends from other schools that haven't been paying attention to this whole investigation, look at this as Alabama getting off easy. I look at it differently.
These were MINOR offenses.
Let me repeat - MINOR. Yeah. There was no competitive advantage for any sport. There was no profit made off of this. The kids didn't sell the books. They had to return them at the end of the sememster, or PAY THE UNIVERSITY FULL PRICE for the books. Nobody made even one single dollar off of this. They didn't get to keep the books. It was a gap in the system at the University that has since been fixed.
So I, personally, am looking forward to the appeal. I'd like to get back the wins and keep up our records that we currently have. Y'know...if it weren't for vacating the wins in the 90s, we'd already have over 800 total wins. Regardless, it is what it is.
I wouldn't call my opinion biased. I would call it "educated" because I actually have a clue what the hell is going on. And listening to the morons on national radio, or over at sportsline.com, etc, is just really getting on my nerves because these guys haven't studied the case at all.
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I don't have too much to say on the matter, other than I look forward to the appeal process, and I appreciate the fact that the NCAA didn't over-bear on this one. We all know those bastards hate our school, for whatever reason, but I thank them for not taking away scholarships, and basically giving too much punishment for the crimes.
We'll eventually get the wins back that were vacated (see Oklahoma's case from a few years ago). So everything will be just fine - we just gotta make sure we don't do anything stupid for 3 more years. Haha.
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