2009 National Championship
2009 was the Alabama Crimson Tide's 13th National Championship, and the first at Bama for head coach Nick Saban.
The 2009 team finished the season with a 12-0 record. Bama faced the Florida Gators in the Southeastern Conference Championship and handily defeated them 32-13 in a rematch of the previous year. It was then on to Pasadena, California for the 2010 BCS National Championship Game at the Rose Bowl. Alabama defeated Texas 37-21 to capture the championship. Alabama's Mark Ingram was named the games offensive MVP.
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Alabama-Florida State Open 2017 Season
The match-up appears to be set. AL.com is reporting that Alabama will indeed open the 2017 football season facing the Florida State Seminoles in the new Atlanta Falcons Stadium.
This would mark the fifth time that the Crimson Tide has opened a season in Atlanta since 2008. Bama is 4-0 opening in Atlanta, including a 33-23 victory over the West Virginia Mountaineers last season.
Bama's record with the Seminoles stands at 2-1-1 all-time. Alabama coach Nick Saban and his Crimson Tide lost 21-14 in 2007 when they faced each other in Jacksonville. The 2017 would be the first for Saban and his former coordinator Jimbo Fisher to face each other as head coaches.
The Crimson Tide opens this season in Arlington, Texas facing the Wisconsin Badgers. The 2016 season opener for Bama will be also be in Dallas facing the USC Trojans.
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2015 Volleyball Schedule
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The 2015 edition of the Alabama Crimson Tide volleyball team has announced its '15 schedule which is slated to begin August 28th. Alabama will be going for its third consecutive NCAA tourney appearance.
Just over half of the Tide's matches will be played at home this season, 17 of 31. Alabama will host two tournaments in September and play nine Southeastern Conference matches at home. Season tickets will go on sale July 1st.
Last season was the third straight season Bama has had over 12,000 in attendance for its home matches, and a strong team this year should continue to bring the crowds. The Crimson Tide went 12-1 at home last season.
Bama opens the 2015 season with Long Beach State and Cal State Fullerton on August 29-30 at the LBSU/CSUF Baden Classic all the way out in Cali. They also play Pepperdine while out there in the closing match of the Pepperdine Asics Classic on August 29.
The Tide then returns to Tuscaloosa hosting the Bama Bash on September 4-5 facing Northwestern State, Tulsa, Southern Miss and the College of Charleston. Then on September 11-12 Bama hosts the Crimson-White Tournament and will face Troy, Saint Louis, and Virginia. The Tide then travels to DeKalb, Illinois where Northern Illinois will be hosting the Huskie Invitational on September 18-19.
The Alabama Crimson Tide begins Southeastern Conference play at home September 23 facing Mississippi State at Foster Auditorium at 7 PM CDT. Next up will be Alabama State on September 23, then back on the road against Tennessee on October 2, and then Kentucky on October 4. After a week off Bama returns home to host Missouri on October 11.
The remainder of the schedule is as follows:
Texas A&M away October 16
LSU away October 18
Kentucky home October 23
Georgia home October 25
Missouri away October 28
Arkansas away November 1
Tennessee home November 6
South Carolina home November 8
Florida away November 13
Auburn home November 15
Georgia away November 20
South Carolina away November 22
Ole Miss home November 25
LSU home November 27
