Tide Remains Favorite For Season-Opener
University of Alabama Crimson Tide football remains the odds-on favorite to win their season opener this Saturday against the Wisconsin Badgers. Though the spread has slipped a little since the first odds-makers put the Tide at 12-point favorites last spring, the odds still remain in double-digits. The current odds hover at the 10-point to 10.5 mark according to the Vegas service being used.
Bama is set to square off against Wisconsin this Saturday in Arlington, Texas. Game time is 7 p.m. CT and will be broadcast live on the ABC network.
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Bama In Cross Country Dual Meet Tomorrow In Hoover
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A short trip to Hoover, Alabama is in store tomorrow for the University of Alabama men's and women's cross country teams. Both squads will participate in a dual meet against Samford University at Veterans Park. Up first are the men scheduled to begin their 5-kilometer race at 6:30 p.m. CT. Start for the women's 3-kilometer race follows right after.
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The Bama ladies completed last season in third place at the SEC Championships, as well as a second-consecutive third-place finish at the NCAA South Regional.
The men finished last season 6th in the SEC Championships and 15th at the NCAA South Regional. Most expect the squad to be improved from last season.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The men finished last season 6th in the SEC Championships and 15th at the NCAA South Regional. Most expect the squad to be improved from last season.
Greatest Names In Bama Football History
Jeremy Shelley
He is perhaps best-known for his five field goals against LSU in the 2012 BCS National Championship Game. He is Jeremy Shelley, born October 25, 1990...and is one of the greatest names in Bama football history.
Shelley attended Needham B Broughton High School in Raleigh, North Carolina where he played both football and soccer all four years. As a senior he made 10 of 13 field goals, including his longest at 48 yards.
His "claim to fame" came on January 9, 2012 as he set a BCS National Championship Game record and a career high for field goals against the LSU Tigers making five on seven attempts. Shelley connected on kicks of 23, 34, 41, and 44 yards which helped the team to the National Championship. He completed his college career with a 44 of 55 field goal record, and an Alabama-record 172 PATs, which ranks him the 5th all-time leading scorer in Bama history.
Shelley was undrafted in the 2013 NFL Draft, but was signed by the Atlanta Falcons as a free agent. He was, however later waived. In March of this year he went to the Arizona Rattlers of the the Arena Football League.
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Crimson Tide Soccer Falls 2-1 Last Night
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The University of Alabama soccer team fell to 1-2-1 after suffering a defeat last night night in Cookeville, Tennessee. The Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles downed the Alabama Crimson Tide 2-1 in a Sunday night contest. Alabama junior Celia Jimenez scored her first career goal for Bama for a 1-1 tie during the first hour of play, but the Golden Eagles came right back with only 27 minutes remaining in the game to take the lead and the eventual win.
Soccer head coach Wes Hart said, "We got off to a slow start, but we played ourselves right back into the game. I love the mentality of this team. We did some good things in the second half. We created enough to win the game, but we made some mistakes and were unable to capitalize at crucial points. Credit to Tennessee Tech."
It took Tech just over 16 minutes to take the lead in the contest. Bama goal keeper Kat Stratton was defending a through-ball on a one-to-one with the attacker when the ball just did manage to get into the corner of the net. This was Stratton's first start for the Tide.
"I made a lot of changes to the starting lineup so perhaps that disrupted things a bit, but I think I would do it again," said Hart. "It's a long season and we can't ride the same 11 for the entire year. I'm confident in the lineup that I put out there and I know they are more than capable of getting the job done."
The Golden Eagles kept the 1-0 lead going into the break, but Bama was able to knot the score at 1-1 just eight minutes into the second half. It was junior transfer Jimenez scoring the goal to tie it, getting off a corner kick from freshman Emma Welch.
The winning score for the Golden Eagles came at just under 63 minutes into the contest.
The Crimson Tide out shot Tech in the contest 18-6, but was unable to crack the Golden Eagle defense to score enough points.
Hart said,"Tennessee Tech came out with a lot of energy and spirit and did enough to win the game. We will let this one sting for a day and then we'll move on. We are looking forward to getting back to work on Tuesday and preparing for Harvard."
Next the Tide head heads to the Northeast to play both Harvard and Rhode Island. The Bama-Harvard contest is this Friday, September 4th in Cambridge, Mass. at 6 p.m. CT. Then it's Bama-Rhode Island on Sunday at 6 p.m. CT.
