Thaddeus Moss Puts Bama In Top 8
Alabama football coaches are still looking at taking a third tight end in the 2016 class. Already the Tide has commitments from two. They are Miller Forristall of Cartersville, Georgia and Brendan Scales of Ballwin, Missouri.
Thaddeus Moss, son of legendary seven-time pro bowler and four-time NFL first-team all-pro Randy Moss, has recently released his top eight schools of choice. The Alabama Crimson Tide is one of those eight. The other seven are Georgia, Miami, North Carolina State, Arizona State, UCLA, West Virginia, and Oregon.
Moss, a three-star tight end out of Mallard Creek High School in Charlotte, North Carolina, received his offer from Bama back on May 22nd, but is now narrowing his prospective schools.
The 6' 3", 240-pounder is listed as the number 20 tight end in the country according to 247Sports Composite.
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Gaspard Prepping For Incoming Freshman Baseballers
Things have been busy around UA, according to head baseball coach Mitch Gaspard. He reports that things are progressing nicely on the new home for Bama baseball, and they should be ready to do some work on the field in the fall even though everything will not be completed for actual game play.
"Our incoming freshman will arrive soon in Tuscaloosa, and the process of prepping for another season of Alabama baseball will begin once again," Gaspard said in his blog on RollTide.com. "We're looking forward to building these freshmen athletically, but equally as important is the academic side of their first week at the University."
Gaspard said all new freshmen will be set up with the academic advisor, Jenny Sanders, and will be informed as to all the academic support UA affords their student athletes.
"We put each one of our athletes on the track to graduate, and with the early arrival they will be able to get a head start on preparing to become a successful member of this university," Gaspard concluded.
2015 will be Gaspard's sixth season as head baseball coach at the University of Alabama. He has enjoyed success at every level of his baseball career. Gaspard has been in the dugout for more than 1,800 games, with his teams compiling an overall record of 1,221-669-3 (.645) which includes a 380-277 (.578) record as a head coach.
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Golfer Emma Talley Again To Be Honored
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Emma Talley has had quite a season. She's had a fantastic year in golf, received awards, and more to come.
Now Emma Talley will be honored during a live telecast of the Collegiate Women Sports Awards Show on the CBS Sports Network at 8 PM CDT on Monday as one of 12 Honda Sports Award winners.
Presented annually by the CWSA to the top women athletes in 12 NCAA-sanctioned sports, the Honda Sports Award signifies the very best in collegiate athletics. Talley became a finalist for the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year as well as the Honda Cup, which is to be presented during the Monday night program. Talley is the ninth Bama student to earn a Honda Award, as well as the second golfer to do so.
The Princeton, Kentucky native captured the NCAA Championships at The Concession Club in Bradenton, Florida and became the first NCAA medalist in Alabama golf history. Talley earned first-team WGCA All-America honors this season. In addition, she is only the fifth player ever to win both an NCAA Championship and the U.S. Amateur.
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Crimson Tide Favored In 8 Of 9 Football Games
According to ESPN, the Alabama Crimson Tide football team is favored in eight of nine games in which the point spread has been established by the Golden Nugget casino. Of course the list was for more than Bama football, but nine of the Crimson Tide games were included.
It's not that Alabama is picked to lose that one other game, their trip to Georgia on October 3, but rather that it is listed as a "pick 'em" game.
Here is the list of nine Bama game spreads according to Golden Nugget:
September 5 Alabama is favored by 10 over Wisconsin
September 19 Alabama is favored by 9.5 over Ole Miss
October 3 Alabama vs. Georgia is a pick 'em
October 10 Alabama is favored by 7.5 over Arkansas
October 17 Alabama is favored by 7 over Texas A&M
October 24 Alabama is favored by 10 over Tennessee
November 7 Alabama is favored by 9 over LSU
November 14 Alabama is favored by 9 over Mississippi State
November 28 Alabama is favored by 3.5 over Auburn
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RB Demetrice Vaughan To Walk-On This Fall
Demetrice Vaughan, a recent graduate from Blount High School, is reportedly going to walk-on for the Alabama Crimson Tide this fall to help shore up the depleted running back corp, according to TideSports.com. Bama has lost several running backs due to injuries or dismissal from the team.
Vaughan had originally signed with Mississippi Delta Community College back in February. His Rivals.com profile shows he was recruited by Alabama, Auburn, LSU, South Carolina, and Georgia Tech, but never actually received a scholarship offer from any of them.
Considering the bad run of luck with the running back corps, it will be good to have Vaughan join the Tide. Altee Tenpenny transferred, Tyren Jones was dismissed from the team, Bo Scarbrough went down due to an ACL tear, and most recently DeSherrius Flowers was declared academically ineligible for the fall.
