Crimson Tide Continues Prep For Ole Miss Rebels
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| Photo Credit: UA Athletics |
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama - The University of Alabama football team got in another couple of hours of work in full pads on Wednesday afternoon at the Thomas-Drew Practice Fields on the UA campus.
Prep work includes, of course, all aspects of the game, but now the Tide is working to refine its game specific to the Ole Miss Rebels. The Rebs holds the distinction of being one of the top-ranked offensive units in the Southeastern Conference. Bama is looking to shut down this UM offense as it did this past Saturday with the Vanderbilt Commodores.
UA outside linebacker Jamey Mosley was not present at practice for the second consecutive day.
Freshman Dylan Moses has a new jersey number. Again. He's gone from 7 to 8 and now will be sporting the number 18.
Alabama and Mississippi with face off this Saturday, September 30th at Bryant-Denny Stadium with an 8:00 p.m CT kickoff scheduled. The game will be broadcast live on ESPN with Joe Tessitore, Todd Blackledge and Holly Rowe handing the call.
The Crimson Tide will be back at practice this afternoon, then wrap it up on Friday. This will be the 65th meeting between the two SEC foes, with Alabama holding a 48-11-2 advantage.
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Alabama Volleyball Downs Arkansas
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| Photo Credit: UA Athletics |
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama – University of Alabama volleyball improved to 12-4 overall, 1-2 SEC after a hard-fought five set win over Arkansas (11-4, 1-2 SEC) on Wednesday night at Foster Auditorium in Tuscaloosa, with set scores of 25-20, 17-25,
30-32, 25-22 and 15-5.
The Crimson Tide boasted five players with double-digit kills as well as slamming a
season-high 18 blocks as a team, more than double the seven blocks from
the Arkansas Razorbacks. Bama senior Leah Lawrence turned in an outstanding performance last night with a career-best 12 blocks, just one shy of the Alabama single-match
record, and added a team-leading 13 kills for her first double-double ever.
Sophomore Mahalia Swink tied Lawrence for the UA lead with a whopping 13 kills, a career best. It was freshman Meghan Neelon coming up just one assist shy of tying her own career high, finishing the match with 53.
The Tide returns to action this Sunday, October 1st by hosting Missouri (8-7, 1-1 SEC) at 1 p.m. CT in Foster Auditorium.
| Game Stats | AR | UA |
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| Kills | 74 | 59 |
| Errors | 31 | 18 |
| Hitting % | .226 | .232 |
| Points | 85.0 | 83.0 |
| Aces | 4 | 6 |
| Blocks | 7.0 | 18.0 |
| TA | 190 | 177 |
| Assists | 71 | 55 |
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| Photo Credit: UA Athletics |
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Ole Miss Interim Coach Laughs
About Alabama Rout Of Vanderbilt
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| Photo Credit: Getty images |
The weekly Southeastern Conference conference call was held to the guffaws of Ole Miss football interim coach Matt Luke. The long and loud laughter came before the reporter talking with Luke could even get the complete question out.
Finally gaining composure, Luke answered the reporter's question about University of Alabama football. He commented concerning his thoughts about the Crimson Tide, "They're good. Very, very impressed. Very impressed with their stable of running backs and how cool under pressure [Tide quarterback] Jalen Hurts is and they got two really, really fast wide receivers that you can't just wholesale out to the run. And on defense, I was excited they lost [seven] guys to the NFL, and then you turn the table and it doesn't reflect that. They just kind of reloaded. Just been very impressed. They're a great team and they're No. 1 in the country for a reason.
When the reporter asked Luke if Ole Miss would call out Alabama like Vanderbilt defensive lineman Nifae Lealao did, the coach responded, "No. I think our guys have a great amount of respect for Alabama and what they have been able to do, their consistency. But I think they are also excited for the challenge and just having the opportunity to go compete on that stage and just kind of lay it on the line and see what happens."
Alabama and Ole Miss will meet this Saturday for the 65th time at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa. Game time is set for 8:00 p.m. CT, with the contest being broadcast live on ESPN.
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Crimson Tide Cross Country To Compete Friday
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| Photo Credit: UA Athletics |
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama – The University of Alabama men's and women's
cross country teams will return to action this Friday at the Joe Piane Invitational hosted by the University of Notre
Dame. The women will be running a 5k race beginning at
1 p.m. (CT) followed by the men's 5-mile race to at 1:45 p.m. (CT). The Crimson Tide has entered nine women's runners and nine men's runners for this week's contest.
Running for the Bama men will be seniors Andrew Bull and Garrett Bull; juniors Alfred Chelanga, Gilbert Kigen, Vincent Kiprop and Josh Short; sophomores J.P. Brinyark and Elliott Miller and freshman Chase Bucklew. Those Tide women who will participate on Friday will be senior Caroline Barlow; juniors Nicole Gardner, Jessica Gray, Sarah Mohan and Rachael Reddy; sophomores Rebecca Buteau, Elisabeth Danis and McKenzie Yanek and freshman Maddie Dearborn.
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Internal Review Of Alabama Men's Basketball
Results In Resignation Of Staffer Kobie Baker
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| Kobie Baker Photo Credit: UA Athletics |
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama - The University of Alabama announced on Wednesday an internal review of its men's basketball program. One of the results of that review was the immediate resignation of Crimson Tide basketball staffer Kobie Baker, according to UA Director of Athletics Greg Byrne.
In a prepared statement, Byrne said, "Following [Tuesday's] reports from New York regarding a Federal investigation of intercollegiate athletics, The University of Alabama Department of Athletics immediately initiated an internal review of our men’s basketball operations. As a result, we have accepted the resignation effective today of Kobie Baker, a men's basketball administrator.
"Our review has not identified any NCAA or SEC rules violations nor the involvement of any other coach or staff member. We have notified both of the governing bodies of the actions we have taken. As always, we will continue to be proactive in our compliance efforts."
Per his online bio, Baker oversaw all areas of Alabama's basketball administration, including salaries and benefits, operating expenses, team travel, donor relations, fundraising and scheduling non-conference opponents. He also served as the "liaison for men’s basketball to the SEC office, compliance services and student-athlete support services."
Baker's previous job was the Assistant Director of Enforcement for Basketball Development at the NCAA. Prior to that he served as an Associate Director of Amateurism Certification at the NCAA.
Alabama head men's basketball coach Avery Johnson was asked about the FBI investigation of college basketball recruiting practices and commented, "It's pretty interesting, but I don't have any comments about it. I don't know the details or the ins or outs of what happened. It's not my place to make a comment on it. But obviously when I saw the news, I was taken aback."
It is reported that Baker had more than one meeting concerning the matter.
It is reported that Baker had more than one meeting concerning the matter.
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Former Alabama QB Leaves Yet Another Program
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| Former UA QB David Cornwell Photo Credit: GridironNow.com |
It appears that former University of Alabama quarterback David Cornwell can't seem to find the right fit. Cornwell has departed yet another football program, leaving Nevada just four games into the season, according to Chris Murray of the Reno-Gazette Journal, a local newspaper.
Cornwell was a former four-star recruit in the class of 2014, choosing to commit and play for the Crimson Tide, but then transferred to the Wolf Pack program following the Bama's 2016-17 season after true freshman Jalen Hurts took the starting quarterback job.
Just this past Saturday Cornwell made his first career start for Nevada against Washington State, but was only able to produce just 97 yards passing yards while tossing three interceptions in the 45-7 loss. With that loss Nevada fell to 0-4 on the season. As of the beginning of this week, Cornwell was listed as third on the depth chart.
Cornwell never even attempted a pass in the two games in which he was able to participate while at Alabama.
