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2011 Football National Championship
Alabama's 14th National Championship in football came in 2011. It was the second at the University of Alabama for head coach Nick Saban.
UA finished the 2011 football season with an 11-1 regular season record, having fallen to LSU at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Bama failed to reach the SEC Championship Game as a result of that one loss, with the honor going to the Tigers.
Bama was able to enter the championship game as a result of all other undefeated teams falling to losses in the last couple of weeks of the season. So a rematch was in place for the 2012 BCS National Championship Game at the New Orleans, Louisiana Superdome.
The Crimson Tide left no doubt in the rematch as to who was the superior football team. Alabama shut out LSU 21-0 to capture the 2011 title.
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Bama Pair Takes U.S. Open Doubles
Photo Credit: RollTide.com
More accolades coming to Alabama sports. This one going to men's tennis.
The U.S. Open National Playoff/Men's Sectional Qualifying Doubles Championship held at the Scott Speicher Tennis Center in Tallahassee, Florida was captured by Bama sophomore Korey Lovett and former number one UA player Ricky Doverspike, according to RollTide.com. They report that Lovett also advanced to the singles final where he was unfortunately edged out in three straight sets.
The duo won all three of their matches in straight sets, and then dropped only one game in their second match. They then took the finals over John and Bill Cook 6-0, 6-2.
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Stuart Bell New UA President
Stuart Bell was approved this week as the new Univeristy of Alabama president by the University of Alabama System Board of Trustees. He is to replace the retiring Judy Bonner on July 15th. He currently serves as provost and executive vice president at Louisiana State University. He rejoins UA after having previously served as a professor.
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UA All-America Honorees From 2015 NCAA Outdoors Championships
First Team
Women - Quanesha Burks (Long Jump).
Men - Ahmed Ali (4×100 Relay), Tony Brown (4×100 Relay) , Steven Gayle (400 Meters & 4×100 Relay) , Jeremiah Green (Triple Jump) , Tadashi Pinder (4×100 Relay).
Second Team
Women - Quanesha Burks (4×100 Relay), Alex Gholston (400 Meters & 4×100 Relay), Dominique Kimpel (4×100 Relay), Sarah Thomas (4×100 Relay).
Men - Alex Amankwah (4×400 Relay), Justin Fondren (High Jump), Steven Gayle (4×400 Relay), Marlon Humphrey (4×400 Relay), Hayden Reed (Discus).
Honorable Mention
Women - Nia Barnes (Hammer), Filippa Fotopoulou (Long Jump), Katelyn Greenleaf (Steeplechase), Danielle McConnell (Hammer).
Men - Ahmed Ali (200 Meters).
*Stats provided by RollTide.com
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Just want to invite my readers to go to rolltide.com and read this week's article, "The Battle Plan," by Alabama Director of Athetics, Bill Battle. It's a good read and think it would be worth your time.
