This was a great post Joel. Red Joel Perry wrote:
> If these links screw up again, you can find the stories at www.al.com and > www.tidesports.com or www.espn.com > > http://tinyurl.com/kgzu > On the car radio Saturday, the talk-show host was breathlessly informing the > public the Associated Press poll had just been released. Finally, the > football season can officially begin. Enough of these idiotic sports > magazine polls of every ilk promoting a favorite soteam candidate (see > Auburn being ranked No. 1 in The Sporting News). I heard the host get down > to Auburn at No. 6 and anxiously listened to the inflections as he got down > to 22 ... 23 ... 24 ... and finally TCU at No. 25. > No Bama. > > http://tinyurl.com/kh0t > TUSCALOOSA -- If Kenny King and Jarret Johnson were like sleek, powerful > Hummers a year ago, their replacements on Alabama's defensive front are the > equivalent of Mack trucks. > Anthony Bryant and Ahmad Childress don't have to aspire to have their faces > carved onto mountains one day; they ARE mountains. > > http://tinyurl.com/kh0w > TUSCALOOSA -- Sitting in a dark meeting room while watching tapes of the > most recent practice is a breeze. Coming up with the correct answers to > questions fired at him by University of Alabama running backs coach Sparky > Woods is not that tough. > > http://tinyurl.com/kh0z > TUSCALOOSA -- If college football recruiting could read like a want ad, the > top of Alabama's wish list for next season might shape up like this: "Tall, > talented pass catchers needed to fill up decimated receiving corps. Great > benefits, like catching balls from Brodie Croyle. Positions available > immediately." > Come to think of it, your average SEC spectator likely is skeptical about > the prospects of the current corps of receiv ers trolling the passing lanes > at the Capstone. It's a senior-laden group first-year receivers coach > Charlie Harbison inherited, but they have their flaws and their limitations. > > http://tinyurl.com/kh14 > TUSCALOOSA - You didn't need Saturday's scrimmage to tell you that Brodie > Croyle can throw the ball. Or that Shaud Williams can run with it. > Or that Antwan Odom can sack the quarterback. > So when Alabama lined up for 117 plays - not counting goal-line work - the > coaching staff sought answers to other questions. > Among the conclusions: The Crimson Tide has concerns about its receiving > corps. And linebacker Derrick Pope could be an emerging star if only he had > a position to play. > > http://tinyurl.com/kh17 > TUSCALOOSA - Life has gotten complicated in the last couple of weeks for > Alabama defensive coordinator/linebackers coach Joe Kines. > It began with losing leading tackler Brooks Daniels at the start of > preseason practice, then was compounded by the loss of second-leading > tackler Cornelius Wortham to an elbow injury. > It's left Kines with Freddie Roach returning as the starter at middle > linebacker, sophomore DeMeco Ryans and redshirt freshman Juwan Garth > competing to take Daniels' spot and Derrick Pope - who had been battling > with Roach - moving to Wortham's spot. > > http://tinyurl.com/kh19 > TUSCALOOSA | Of all the offensive possibilities discussed for this year's > University of Alabama football team, yet another one might have emerged from > the Crimson Tide's scrimmage on Saturday. > Air Shula. > > http://tinyurl.com/kh1f > TUSCALOOSA | The University of Alabama football team wrapped up its final > two-a-day practice of 2003 on Monday and will have its third scrimmage of > the preseason this afternoon. > > http://espn.go.com/ncf/preview03/s/alabama.html > ESPN outlook on the Tide. Plus links to other SEC teams. > > http://tinyurl.com/kh1y > TUSCALOOSA - A black woman accepted an offer to join one of the University > of Alabama's sororities Monday, marking the first time a black woman has > been accepted into a traditionally white sorority at UA. > Though she spent the day in seclusion and did not issue a statement, friends > and family confirmed that Carla Ferguson, a graduate of Tuscaloosa's Central > High School, accepted a bid from Gamma Phi Beta sorority. > (Sumbunny call Jesse!!!!!) > > ______________________________________________________ > RollTideFan - The University of Alabama Athletics Discussion List > > "Welcome to RollTideFan! Wear a cup!" > > To join or leave the list or to make changes to your subscription visit > http://listinfo.rolltidefan.net ______________________________________________________ RollTideFan - The University of Alabama Athletics Discussion List "Welcome to RollTideFan! Wear a cup!" To join or leave the list or to make changes to your subscription visit http://listinfo.rolltidefan.net
