3-Star TE Miller Forristall Commits To Tide
The University of Alabama football team picked up another commitment for 2016. He's 3-star tight end Miller Forristall out of Cartersville High School in Cartersville, Georgia. Forristall took an unannounced visit to the Capstone yesterday and committed before leaving.
The Georgia native is rated as the 20th best tight end in the country as well as the 45th best overall player, according to 247Sports.
Forristall said, "I committed to the University of Alabama because I want to play at the highest level of football with the with the best staff, and this is it. I believe this is the place that will fit me and my work ethic.
"I'm excited."
Forristall told 247Sports that UA was..."the best football program in the country."
The 6' 6", 210-pound tight end moved from the quarterback position to help his team, paying off for both. He left with an offer from Bama after attending the first prospect camp, and has now returned and given his firm verbal commitment.
He also had offers from numerous other institutions, including Georgia, Missouri, Mississippi State, Virginia Tech, and Miami
Forristall becomes the Crimson Tide's 15th 2016 commitment.
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1964 National Championship
We are taking a brief look at each of the University of Alabama football's 15 national championships. Today we are looking at the seventh.
The seventh National Championship for the University of Alabama in football was in 1964, and the second one for legendary head coach Paul Bear Bryant. Bama completed the regular season with an unblemished 10-0-0 record and won the championship of the Southeastern Conference. This was the year of Joe Willie Namath as quarterback. The Crimson Tide played the Texas Longhorns in the 1965 Orange Bowl, losing the game 21-17 to end the season at 10-1-0. Joe Namath was the outstanding player of the game despite the loss.
Several organizations awarded the national championship to Alabama, including the Associated Press, United Press International, and Litkenhous. This was the year that the controversy of awarding a national championship based only on the regular season came to the forefront, and because of that the Associated Press began awarding the championship after the bowl games beginning with the 1965 season.
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Alabama-Wisconsin Highest-Priced
According to Elizabeth BeShears of yellowhammernews.com, the highest-priced non-conference ticket in the country this coming football season is the game matching the University of Alabama with the Wisconsin Badgers at Cowboys Stadium. She says the "thousands of fans in attendance will have paid an average of $362.82 for a ticket.
Alabama faces four non-conference foes this coming season.
