Bama Practices Wednesday For Peach Bowl
Visits Children's Healthcare Of Atlanta
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Yesterday's workout was the 10th of 11 practices for Alabama leading up to the 2016 College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl coming up this Saturday, December 31st. The Crimson Tide faces the Huskies on New Year's Eve looking to earn a spot in the national championship game this next month. Alabama and Washington are scheduled for a 2 p.m. CT kickoff, with the game airing live on ESPN. Joe Tessitore will be handling the play-by-play, Todd Blackledge will provide game analysis and Holly Rowe will be walking both sidelines up updates, interviews and any injury reports.
The day actually began with five members of the Alabama offensive unit, as well as offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin conducting a press conference at the Hyatt Regency Hotel that lasted approximately an hour. Those five players with Coach Kiffin were Jalen Hurts, Cam Robinson, Damien Harris, O.J. Howard and Bradley Bozeman. (Watch the interview below via Tide TV.) Later the players and coaches spent Wednesday morning visiting with patients of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite Hospital.
Alabama running backs coach Burton Burns was noticeably absent from practice yesterday due to a death in his family. Our sincerest condolences to Coach Burns and his family during this trying time. Special assistant to head coach Nick Saban, Bobby Williams, stepped in to work the position and players.
Both left tackle Cam Robinson and cornerback Marlon Humphrey were again practicing. Both are looking just fine.
Defensive lineman Dakota Ball was still absent from practice. Ball was injured in a hunting accident, according to Saban.
Today's schedule again kicks off at 8:30 a.m. CT with media day at the Georgia Dome. The entire Crimson Tide team and on-field coaching staff will all be available. Following the media session, Alabama will return to the team hotel for various meetings, and finally another two-hour practice session in the afternoon.
Alabama is the defending National Champion, the Champion of the Southeastern Conference, ranked No. 1 in the nation and boasts a perfect 13-0 record for the 2016 season. The Washington Huskies enter the College Football Playoff Semifinal with a 12-1 overall record and an 8-1 mark in conference play as well as being the Pac-12 Conference champion. Washington earned its berth in the playoffs defeating No. 8 Colorado 41-10 championship game on back December 2nd.
The Crimson Tide and Huskies will be meeting for the fifth time, with Alabama winning each of the previous four contests. The most recent meeting was in the 1986 Sun Bowl where the Tide defeated the Huskies 28-6. This will be the third postseason meeting between the Huskies and the Crimson Tide. Besides the before-mentioned the Sun Bowl game, Alabama defeated Washington 20-19 in the 1926 Rose Bowl, the first Bowl appearance in Alabama football history.
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Lane Kiffin & Damien Harris Speak
Peach Bowl Press Conference
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Hurts, Howard, Robinson & Bozeman
Peach Bowl Press Conference
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Alabama Women's Basketball Victorious
Defangs The Rattlers 81-46
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Leading by as many as many as 36 points, University of Alabama women's basketball wrapped up the non-conference
portion of its schedule with an 81-46 victory over Florida A&M on
Wednesday night at Coleman Coliseum in beautiful Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The Crimson Tide improves to 12-1 on the season, tying its best record ever (2000-01 season) before heading into the Southeastern
Conference portion of the season. The loss drops the Rattlers to 1-11.
Alabama women's basketball head coach Kristy Curry was complimentary of both teams, saying, "They (Florida A&M) are a high energy team. I thought our kids stayed the course."
Alabama led by 10 at the end of the first quarter 21-11, and extended that lead to 12 at the half with a score of 35-23. The Crimson Tide led by as many as 15 in the second period. At one point in the second half the Bama belles led by as many as 36 points before finally vanquishing the Rattlers by 35 points, 81-46.
Curry commented, "We gave up 11 points the first five minutes of the third quarter, which we know we've got to improve on. From that point on, I think we took control there through the third quarter and stayed together, stayed positive and were able to get some critical stops and big baskets on offense. It was good to see our kids weather the storm. To end up going from up 10 at the half to the end result was pleasing to see with our balance."
The Crimson Tide was 29-of-59 (49.2 percent) from the field while holding the Rattlers to 17-of 65 (26.2 percent). Alabama out-rebounded the gals from A&M 48-36, and also outscored Florida A&M in the paint by a whopping 40-12 margin.
Alabama will open Southeastern Conference play this Sunday on the road at sixth-ranked South Carolina. Game time is at 1 p.m. CT, and can be seen on ESPN2.
| Game Stats | FAMU | UA |
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| FG% | .262 | .492 |
| 3FG% | .286 | .286 |
| FT% | .286 | .792 |
| RB | 36 | 48 |
| TO | 24 | 19 |
| STL | 13 | 14 |
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Coach Christy Curry Press Conference
Following Alabama WBB Win Over Florida A&M
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Bama Men's Basketball Hosts Stetson Tonight
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Alabama won its last outing, a 67-52 victory over Arkansas State at the Rocket City Classic held in the Von Braun Civic Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The Tide sent the Red Wolves home with only their third loss of the season.
This will be the second meeting between the two schools, with the last one being an Alabama victory back in 1966. That score was 75-50.
Tonight's game will be televised on SEC Network+, and can be heard on the Crimson Tide Sports Network as Chris Stewart (play-by-play) and Bryan Passink (analyst) will call all the action both on radio and for the television broadcast.
