Greatest Names In Bama Football History-Major Ogilive
He was born December, 2, 1958 and was an accomplished running back for the University of Alabama Crimson Tide. Playing on two National Championship teams, our next greatest name in the history of Bama football is Major Ogilvie
Ogilvie was a key cog in the dominating running attack employed by then legendary head football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant. He was a member of the Tide during a four year span that saw only four losses while winning two national championships. Those championships came in back-to-back years 1979 and 1980. His most productive season was in 1978, when Ogilvie rushed for 583 yards, averaged 6.5 yards per carry, and scored 8 touchdowns. During his career he scored a total of 25 rushing touchdowns.
Ogilvie was an All-SEC selection as well as Academic All-American in 1979, Most Valuable Player in the 1980 Sugar Bowl as well as the 1981 Cotton Bowl, captain of the 1980 team and was a member of the All-Decade Team for both the 1970s and 1980s.
While Major was a bruising running and helped the Tide offensively in many games, it is for two non-offensive players that he is perhaps best known. Those came in games against the Auburn Tigers and the Penn State Nittany Lions.
Against Auburn, Ogilvie made an open-field tackle on the Tiger's James Brooks during the 1978 Iron Bowl to save a touchdown on a kickoff return. Then in the 1979 Sugar Bowl against Penn State, Ogilvie knocked State's Rich Milot out of bounds after he intercepted a pass by quarterback Jeff Rutledge. This was the game the Crimson Tide won 14-7 and saw Alabama hold off a Penn State score with the famous goal-line stand, then go on to win the national championship.
Time and again Ogilvie has attributed his success on and off the field to the Bear. In an interview with Sports Illustrated, Ogilvie said, "You hear guys who played for Coach Bryant say there's not a day that goes by that they don't think about something he told us or taught us. That's true. "
Ogilvie was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame on May 17, 2014.
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Four Bama Swimmers/Divers Compete In World Championships
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Four members of the University of Alabama swimming and diving teams are competing in the 2015 FINA World Championships beginning today in Kazan, Russia. They are two-time NCAA champion Kristian Gkolomeev, SEC champion Anton McKee, as well as Abbas Qali and Jack Hadijiconstantinou.
The championships will continue for several days.
Congratulations and Roll Tide to the Bama four.
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Bama Senior Guard Retin Obasohan Member of Honors Court
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Senior guard Retin Obasohan of the University of Alabama men's basketball teams has been recognized by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) as a member of the 2014-15 Honors Court.
Obasohan earned his undergraduate degree in finance this past May. He had a 3.28 cumulative grade point average, and is currently pursuing his master’s degree in marketing, which he is expected to obtain by May of 2016.
To be named to the Honors Court, a student-athlete must meet a high standard of academic excellence, including a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.2 or higher at the conclusion of the 2014-15 academic year and being either a junior or senior academically.
This will be the final season at Alabama for Obasohan, and will enter 2015 as the Tide's most experienced player. He averaged 6.2 points per game and 2.9 rebounds last season. He led the Tide in three-point shooting percentage at 41.9 percent.
