Alabama Crimson Tide Football
Begins To Dissect Texas A&M Aggies For Saturday
 |
| Photo Credit: UA Athletics |
The Crimson Tide is now breaking down individual assignments, and practices are starting to narrow the focus to just what the Aggies have been up to thus far in the season, and changes the Bama coaching staff expects A&M to add in to try to confuse the Tide. The Aggies possess a high-powered offense that currently ranks second in the SEC in total offense.
Both Da'Shawn Hand and Trevon Diggs did not practice for consecutive days. Brandon Kennedy was again working with the first-team offense as center. Jamey Mosley was back working with the linebackers.
Alabama and Texas A&M will battle this Saturday, October 7th at Kyle Field on the campus in College Station. The game will air live on ESPN, with a 6:15 p.m. CT start time set. Calling the game will be Joe Tessitore, Todd Blackledge and Holly Rowe.
This will be the 10th meeting between the Crimson Tide and Aggies, with Bama leading the all-time series 7-2. Alabama won last year's contest by a score of 33-14 at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Worst Coach In The SEC Poll Ends In A Tie
 |
| Don't ask me who the worst coach in the SEC is. It's obviously not me. Photo Credit: UA Athletics |
Two days ago I decided to find out what the Twitter college football fans (the vast majority Alabama Crimson Tide fans) about a couple of the Southeastern Conference coaches. One, a team from the SEC Eastern Division, and the second from the SEC West.
The poll question was, "Who is the worst coach in the SEC?
Surprising, the results after two days ended in a tie. The choices were Butch Jones of Tennessee and Ed Orgeron of LSU, with a third choice of "Both are terrible" for those who thought they were pretty much equally as bad.
Here's the results:
Butch Jones 14 percent
Ed Orgeron 14 percent
Both 72 percent
So those who actually had a preference it was a tie at 14 percent each. The "other" category actually declared a tie in itself and came out at 72 percent.
Thank you for participating, and more poll questions will be forthcoming.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alabama Softball Is Recognized
For Excellence In The Classroom
 |
| Photo Credit:UA Athletics |
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama – The 2017 University of Alabama softball team has been recognized for its excellence in the classroom by the
National Fastpitch Coaches Association, placing third on the 2016-17
Easton/NFCA Division-I All-Academic list with a 3.647 team GPA, the
highest mark for any Super Regional or Southeastern Conference team. The announcement was made on Tuesday.
The Crimson Tide was one of just five teams in Division-I softball to
post a team GPA above 3.6 for the 2016-17 academic year. On two schools fared better than Bama, those being Western Carolina (3.673) and Missouri State (3.648). Alabama is the
highest-ranked team among the 16 from last season's Super Regional round.
Of the 150 teams on the NFCA's list, only nine of the 16 Super Regional
teams earned a spot. After Alabama, Kentucky is the next highest Super
Regional team, coming in at No. 39.
Bama was also the top SEC team, with nine of
the league's 13 softball teams earning placement on the list. Kentucky was again
the next-highest rated SEC team, followed by South Carolina (No. 51),
Tennessee (No. 84), Mississippi State (No. 121), Georgia (No. 123),
Texas A&M (No. 127), Florida (No. 130) and Ole Miss (No. 134).
There were 12 Alabama student-athletes garnering NFCA Scholar-Athlete honors. They are Rachel Bobo, Elissa Brown, Gabby Callaway, Chandler Dare, Reagan Dykes, Caroline Hardy, Bailey Hemphill, Claire Jenkins, Sydney Littlejohn, Marisa Runyon, Merris Schroder and Demi Turner.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Crimson Tide Baseball Releases 2018 SEC Schedule
 |
| Photo Credit: UA Athletics |
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama – The 2018 Southeastern Conference baseball schedule for the Alabama Crimson Tide has been released. Crimson Tide first-year head coach Brad Bohannon officially made the announcement on Tuesday afternoon.
ALABAMA BASEBALL – SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
March 16-18: vs. Georgia (Sewell-Thomas Stadium)
March 23-25: at Tennessee (Knoxville, Tenn. | Lindsey Nelson Stadium)
March 30-April 1: vs. Kentucky (Sewell-Thomas Stadium)
April 6-8: at Missouri (Columbia, Mo. | Taylor Stadium)
April 13-15: at Texas A&M (College Station, Texas | Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park)
April 20-22: vs. Auburn (Sewell-Thomas Stadium)
April 27-29: at Arkansas (Fayetteville, Ark. | Baum Stadium)
May 4-6: vs. Mississippi State (Sewell-Thomas Stadium)
May 11-13: at LSU (Baton Rouge, La. | Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field)
May 17-19: vs. Ole Miss (Sewell-Thomas Stadium)
May 22-27: SEC Tournament (Hoover, Ala. | Regions Park)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Lane Kiffin Casts His Heisman Vote
Picks Jalen Hurts From Alabama In Online Vote
 |
| Lane Kiffin pats Jalen Hurts' helmet with Nick Saban Photo Credit: USA Today |
Former Alabama offensive coordinator, now FAU head football coach, Lane Kiffin has used his Twitter account to show his Heisman love for University of Alabama starting quarterback Jalen Hurts. On Monday, Kiffin said he cast his “Heisman ballot” for Hurts in an online poll in which many of the Crimson Tide fans have participated.
Kiffin tweeted on Monday:
I cast my Heisman ballot for Jalen Hurts! Click the player you think deserves the @NissanUSA #HeismanHouse vote! cards.twitter.com/cards/1ite9/2l…
Of course everyone knows that Kiffin is fond of Hurts, both as a quarterback and as a person, thus it's really not surprising to see the vote he cast. Kiffin served at Alabama's offensive coordinator from 2014 to 2016.
Thus far in the 2017 season, Hurts has completed 57 of 89 passes for 747 yards, including six touchdowns and an impressive zero interceptions.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kira Lewis Impressed By Alabama Men's Basketball
 |
| 2019 Basketball 4-star Recruit Kira Lewis Photo Credit: alabamaelitehoops.org |
"Impressed" is one of the words used by Hazel Green 2019 four-star point guard Kira Lewis when it comes to Avery Johnson and his Unversity of Alabama men's basketball team. Lewis likes what he sees that Johnson has done in recruiting for the Crimson Tide.
Lewis paid a visit to The Capstone this past weekend and got a first hand look at not only the basketball program, but was able to enjoy the 66-3 shellacking the football team laid on the Ole Miss Rebels as well.
Concerning Johnson, Lewis said, "It's impressed me with the talent he's recruited. I look forward to seeing them this year, especially after watching them practice."
Lewis is rated as the No. 15 point guard and No. 82 overall player for the class of 2019 according to the 247Sports Composite rankings.
