Independence Bowl

Photo by: Jim Hudelson/Shreveport Times

--- Alabama defeated Colorado 30-24 after taking a 27-0 leat early in the third quarter ---

Alabama hangs on to beat Colorado in the Indy CollegeFootballNews.com

Alabama holds off Colorado in I-Bowl Shreveport Times

ESPN Video

Wilson's 3 TDs carry Alabama to bowl win over Colorado RollTide.com

CECIL HURT: Bowl game encapsulates entire up-and-down season Tuscaloosa News

Alabama holds on to down Colorado Tuscaloosa News

Recruiting, Saban style...

Fort Dorchester DL gets back on track
Quinn prepares for official visits after having benign tumor removed from brain

Holiday Greetings from UA Alumni

Merry Christmas from the University of Alabama

Interview with WV Governor Joe Manchin

Add Diabolical Radio to your page Nick Saban's friend, Governor Manchin, tells gives the scoop on Coach Saban. No, he is NOT (thanks, Sharp) moving to WV! I hate to break it to you other SEC fans. : ) I understand that he is a "moderate" Democrat and he appears to be strong on defense and pro life. I could vote for this guy! "You've got a winner."

More Bama articles

Way to go, Broadway Joe

Namath Back at Bama to Receive Degree

Graduation Saturday Features Athletics

Big 12 Bowl Previews: Independence

Tribe Will Play Crimson Tide Next Fall

Plans would up UA stadium to 100,000 plus

Hatred for Coach Saban hasn't disappeared....

Sports Opinion: Saban burned his bridges with LSU, Racial slurs, comparisons to 9/11 have Nick Saban on the defensive - Justin Coons CU Campus Press

Unofficial 2008 SEC Schedule

More good Tide articles...

Smells Like Team Spirit The American Conservative
This is an extremely honest and candid treatise on the current status of organized football relative to the current American culture. A must read for any football fan.

Big weekend nets one big commitment TuscaloosaNews
"Several of the University of Alabama’s top remaining targets were all scheduled in Tuscaloosa for official visits for the biggest recruiting weekend of the year last weekend. The Crimson Tide finished the weekend with 17 visitors, and landed one public commitment, thus far, from the group on campus."

Joe namath to get his University of Alabama degree on Saturday Birmingham News
"Legendary Crimson Tide and NFL football star Joe Namath will receive his long-awaited college degree Saturday during The University of Alabama's winter commencement ceremonies, the school has announced.Namath will be one of more than 900 graduates participating in the 9 a.m. ceremony at Coleman Coliseum on the UA campus."

Crimson Tide's Smith takes Jacobs Trophy Anniston Star
"Alabama offensive tackle Andre Smith won the Jacobs Trophy on Wednesday, becoming the second Crimson Tide player in four years to be honored as the Southeastern Conference's top blocker."

CU's matchup with Alabama rekindles Hagan's ire for Tide Daily Camera
"Darian Hagan won't call it a grudge, but he does carry around a drop of bad blood from his final college football game played 16 years ago this month. Hagan is widely considered one of the top three players to ever wear a Colorado uniform, in part, because he led the Buffs to a national title and three consecutive Big Eight Conference championships at quarterback. The last of those conference titles came in 1991 and the Buffs were rewarded with their third straight bowl game in south Florida in the Blockbuster Bowl against Alabama."

Alabama Football Award Winners Alabamascout.com
"The University of Alabama football team, who accepted a bid for its NCAA record 55th bowl appearance, held its 2007 team banquet in the Bryant Conference Center in Tuscaloosa on Sunday. Here are highlights: The team handed out a variety of awards at the event, which was emceed by the Voice of the Crimson Tide, Eli Gold. Former Alabama All-America defensive back Jeremiah Castille opened and closed the event with a blessing and Coach Nick Saban addressed the crowd of team members, coaching staff, administration and support staff following the awards session."

Articles from Sharp

Check out some very good articles, sent to me recently by my friend, Sharp.

Saban tells Crimson Tide to 'buy in' or hit the road Montgomery Advertiser
"Saban is in the process of evaluating those younger players and several of them, perhaps as many as a dozen, will be encouraged to transfer to other schools in search of more playing time. The new coach and his staff have spent the year asking players to buy into his process. The players who did what was asked can only express disappointment toward those who didn't in the wake of a 6-6 season."

Crimson Tide OL Smith keeps focused on goals Montgomery Advertiser
"Andre Smith writes down his goals before every season."Keep God first, then my family, always play hard, do my school work," the Alabama sophomore left tackle said, listing his personal goals. "For the team, it's win at least 10 ballgames. "Win the Outland Trophy, but I didn't do that." He did the next best thing, earning the vote of Southeastern Conference coaches who selected Smith and Arkansas center Jonathan Luigs as co-winners of the 2007 Jacobs Trophy, awarded to the conference's top offensive lineman."

Colorado faces I-Bowl battle Shreveport Times
"The Buffs are trying to shed an image of a team that doesn't bring many fans to bowl games. In its last bowl game, the 2005 Champs Sports Bowl, Colorado sold fewer than 1,000 tickets to the bowl game."

Applewhite Tells Recruit He's Staying WIAT 42 Birmingham
"Star Jackson, a quarterback from Palm Beach, Florida, said the
coach looked him in the eye and told him he wasn't leaving during
an in-home visit Thursday that lasted past midnight."

A little weather humor...

I was told this joke first as something against the University of Alabama, but as a lifelong Alabama fan and alumnus, I have changed it a little....

In the case of tornadoes sweeping through Alabama,we are asking all Alabamians to take shelter at Jordan-Hare Stadium located in Auburn, AL.We are fairly certain a touchdown will not occur there.

Well, I finally got the house decorated....

Joke for today...

A graduate from Auburn, a graduate from Alabama and a pig were in the hospital waiting room, each awaiting the birth of his first child. Suddenly, the lights went out. Fortunately, power was restored shortly thereafter and the head nurse made her way to the waiting room. "I've got good news and bad news, gentlemen and pig," she announced. "Despite the electrical outage, two healthy boys and one healthy piglet have been delivered". However, since the lights went out at a most inopportune time, we aren't sure which firstborn belongs to whom. The only way we know to resolve the problem is to draw straws and have the winner choose first." The three proud papas agreed, and the Alabama grad won the drawing. He was escorted into the delivery room and looked at the three newborns for a painstakingly long time. Finally, with head bowed, he scooped up the piglet and headed for the door. "Sir, are you quite certain that you've made the right choice?" the nurse asked. "No, I'm not," replied the Crimson Tide grad. "But I just couldn't run the risk of ending up with the Auburn kid."

ROLLLLL TIDE!!!!!!!!

Shula's not surprised....

This is the closest we've come to hearing from ex Tide Head Coach Mike Shula:

Tide's future tied to LSU's past - Birmingham News

"Shula is not interested in getting into that conversation because, according to a person close to Shula, he recruited these players and is loyal to them. But also, he knows he was taking some chances with some of the players he signed in his first couple of recruiting classes.

Apparently Shula felt forced to roll the dice a little. He was, after all, facing an uphill battle. The program was under NCAA sanctions and the school's football reputation was suffering because of the turmoil. Shula was a first-year head coach with no college experience, which made him fodder for the not-so-subtle doubts planted in recruits' homes by rival coaches."