Crimson Tide stuff for June

Here it is, June 2007. School is now out! My boys are now in bed. Tomorrow morning Joe has his last baseball game and we are all thinking about our upcoming vacation to Texas (Galveston and Dallas)! In the midst of all of this summer stuff, in Alabama, college foootball is never out of the sports pages!

Report: Alabama, Saban nearing completion of contractTUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama and Nick Saban are nearing completion of his eight-year contract, the richest in college football, The Tuscaloosa News reported Friday. "The final details are being worked out," University President Robert Witt told the newspaper at the Southeastern Conference spring meetings in Destin, Fla. "All the key elements have been agreed to."The Crimson Tide made Saban college football's highest paid coach in luring him away from the Miami Dolphins for an eight-year deal worth more than $30 million in January.

Mal Moore To Be Honored
Mal Moore, athletics director at The University of Alabama will be one of two recognized as the 2007 Distinguished Alabama Sportsmen at the 39th Annual Alabama Sports Hall of Fame Induction Banquet on Sunday in Birmingham.

Iron Bowl back where it belongs by Brent Maze, Clanton Advertiser
Although this year’s Alabama vs. Auburn game won’t be played on Thanksgiving Day, it is still going to be played on Thanksgiving weekend, and that’s good news for me. It’s been a while since I’ve had something to look forward to on Thanksgiving besides the food and annual family football game. The Alabama vs. Auburn game has been played before Thanksgiving for the last 15 years, but the game really feels more natural to be played on the Thanksgiving weekend.