Re: [RollTideFan] Jumbotron of the Gawds..
Kewl..that should make it easier to hear the announcements. Joe The Judiciary...has no influence over either the sword or the purse; no direction either of the strength or of the wealth of the society, and can take no active resolution whatever. It may truly be said to have neither force nor will. - Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 78, 1788 - Original Message - From: "kurtrasmussen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RollTideFan - University of Alabama Athletics Discussion List" Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 7:16 AM Subject: Re: [RollTideFan] Jumbotron of the Gawds.. They just got through putting in a new sound system. http://www.universityst.com/pages/new_11/12/images/19375.JPG http://www.universityst.com/pages/new_11/12/images/19376.JPG http://www.universityst.com/pages/new_11/12/images/19380.JPG http://www.universityst.com/pages/new_11/12/images/19381.jpg http://www.universityst.com/pages/new_11/12/images/19382.jpg http://www.universityst.com/pages/new_11/12/images/19383.jpg kurt Joe Goodson wrote: Yeah, and a new surround sound system. Joe The Judiciary...has no influence over either the sword or the purse; no direction either of the strength or of the wealth of the society, and can take no active resolution whatever. It may truly be said to have neither force nor will. - Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 78, 1788 - Original Message - From: "Tim Boozer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RollTideFan - University of Alabama Athletics Discussion List" Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 8:31 PM Subject: RE: [RollTideFan] Jumbotron of the Gawds.. WHY THE HELL CAN'T WE GET ABOUT 4 OF THOSE FOR BDS?!?!?!?!?!? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 8:19 PM To: RTF@rolltidefan.net Subject: [RollTideFan] Jumbotron of the Gawds.. http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/index.jsp?c_id=atl click on "New construction photos" about a third of the way down the page. That right there ain't nothing but righteous. ___ RTF mailing list RTF@rolltidefan.net http://rolltidefan.net/mailman/listinfo/rtf_rolltidefan.net ___ RTF mailing list RTF@rolltidefan.net http://rolltidefan.net/mailman/listinfo/rtf_rolltidefan.net
[RollTideFan] Defense stifles offense in first scrimmage
Defense stifles offense in first scrimmage March 05, 2005 Even though the offense produced five touchdowns, most of today's scrimmage was dominated by defense. The defense had three interceptions, recovered three fumbles and recorded eight sacks against the first and second unit offenses. "Offensively, we were poor pretty much the whole day," Mike Shula said following the two-hour scrimmage at Bryant Denny Stadium. "Up front, whether or not it was pass blocking, run blocking or assignments, we just had a bad day offensively. We need a lot of improvement offensively." "I thought defensively the first defense looked really good, and they should. Yet there are still some things they'll see that we need to get better at. The second defense did some good things early, but towards the end it wasn't quite as good." Starting quarterback Brodie Croyle did not participate in any of the scrimmage work. In place of Croyle, backup John Parker Wilson directed the first offense. Wilson came under immediate fire from the first defense, which sacked the freshman quarterback three times in the first eight plays of the scrimmage. In his first full-fledged scrimmage, Wilson finished 13 of 23 for 138 yards, with two touchdowns and three interceptions. Wilson's touchdown passes came on a 19-yard toss to Zeke Knight, who went up high to get the ball over Ramzee Robinson. Wilson's second touchdown pass was a 36-yard play to Tyrone Prothro on fourth and 11. Wilson suffered picks by middle linebacker Freddie Roach, cornerback Anthony Madison and defensive end Wallace Gilberry. Gilberry's interception came when defensive end Chris Harris batted a Wilson pass into the air and Gilberry hauled it in. Ramzee Robinson would've had a fourth pick off Wilson if not for wide receiver Keith Brown's stripping the ball from Robinson. "John Parker Wilson really wasn't as good as he had been earlier in practice," Shula said. "We're throwing a lot of stuff at him. We still think he's going to be a really good quarterback. He's going to get better each and every practice. At that position, you need a lot of experience in scrimmages and in games." Reserve quarterback Marc Guillon looked as comfortable as he has in a while. The junior was 12 of 21 for 186 yards with two touchdowns and an interception against the second defense. Guillon hooked up with Matt Caddell on a 61-yard scoring pass for the first score of the day. Later, Guillon beat the corner blitz of Simeon Castille to find Zeke Knight on 16-yard scoring toss. "Ezekial Knight was one guy on the offense that stood out," Shula said. "He continues to get better and better every day." Freshman tailback Rashad Johnson finished as the leading rusher. He carried five times for 41 yards. One of those carries was a 24-yard touchdown scamper. That was the only rushing touchdown in the scrimmage "We need a lot of work at the position," Shula said of the running backs. "We won't even know who's [going to be] on the field until fall practice [when the freshmen arrive]. These guys that are here now are getting opportunities to show us what they can do. But we feel like we've got some guys coming in that can provide some competition. And we've got two guys [Kenneth Darby and Tim Castille] that are still hurt that we've got to get healthy." Defensively, tackle Rudy Griffin led with five tackles, including two sacks for a loss of 10 yards and a tackle for a loss of one yard. Defensive end Wallace Gilberry chipped in with four tackles, a sack for a loss of eight yards, an interception and a pass break up. Sophomore outside linebacker Marcel Stamps had five tackles and recovered two fumbles inside the defense's five-yard line. "When we played our best defense last year we were getting 11 guys to the ball," Shula said. "We saw a lot of that today. The aggressiveness and the guys playing with confidence, you could see out here in the scrimmage." Not much praise from Kines Even though his defense stifled the offense, Joe Kines didn't go overboard handing out praise following the scrimmage. "We did some good things," Kines said. "I thought the effort was good all day long. Kids ran to the ball well early. The most disappointing thing was that our intensity comes up and down. We don't seem to hold our intensity level. We've got to get better at that." "You brag on somebody right now and say they played well, and then you go back and look at the tape and you see they played like crap all except for one play," Kines said, when asked which individuals stood out. Connelly not pleased The first offensive line got off on a bad note when right guard Antoine Caldwell rolled an ankle in individual work prior to the scrimmage. Offensive line coach Bob Connelly said that Caldwell should be able to return to practice next Tuesday. Connelly is trying to
Re: [RollTideFan] RTF Member Check-in! [Just for fun]
Been away for awhile...but I'm here to "ckeck in" Ken - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RollTideFan - University of Alabama Athletics Discussion List" Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 7:50 AM Subject: Re: [RollTideFan] RTF Member Check-in! [Just for fun] I'd rather check in than out ScR -Original Message- From: Mike Laborde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Mar 2, 2005 8:53 PM To: RTF@RollTideFan.net Subject: [RollTideFan] RTF Member Check-in! [Just for fun] Javvy's here! Everyone reply, even if you usually just lurk. Let's see how many replies we can get. ___ RTF mailing list RTF@rolltidefan.net http://rolltidefan.net/mailman/listinfo/rtf_rolltidefan.net ___ RTF mailing list RTF@rolltidefan.net http://rolltidefan.net/mailman/listinfo/rtf_rolltidefan.net ___ RTF mailing list RTF@rolltidefan.net http://rolltidefan.net/mailman/listinfo/rtf_rolltidefan.net
RE: [RollTideFan] Tigers may wish they had Petrino
As far as who is the head coach and who got the big contract, I'm glad things turned out the way they did. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Jeff Todd > Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 10:28 AM > To: RollTideFan-The University of Alabama Athletics Discussion List > Subject: [RollTideFan] Tigers may wish they had Petrino > > > Saturday, March 05, 2005 > In the past 15 months, the Auburn University > administration has made two epochal decisions concerning > head football coach Tommy Tuberville. > > The first, made (but not carried out) in November 2003, > was to fire Tuberville after a bitterly disappointing > season and replace him with Bobby Petrino of Louisville. > The second, which was made official recently, was to > reward Tuberville with a contract that will pay up to $3 > million toward the end but will cost nearly $7 million > to buy him off, even if he were to go 0-22 over the next > two years. > > Which decision was the best one? > > It's easy and expedient to say paying Tuberville the > small fortune after a perfect 13-0 season was the > correct choice. Hindsight is always 20-20. > > However, was the other decision so flawed, considering > the man Auburn wanted to replace Tuberville with is 20-5 > after two seasons, including an 11-1 mark in 2004 and > No. 6 finish in the final AP poll? > > In the contretemps that followed the revelation of > "Jetgate," one important feature was overlooked. Hiring > Petrino was a pretty good idea. He had knowledge of the > Auburn program -- having spent one year as offensive > coordinator -- and he was considered a wunderkind in the > coaching profession. > > One must remember that Tuberville was a dead man walking > at the time of the infamous trip. Auburn, which started > the season ranked high in the polls (The Sporting News > had the Tigers No. 1), was 6-5 (three of those wins came > at the mercy of Vanderbilt, Western Kentucky and > Louisiana-Monroe) and had just lost at Georgia 26-7. > > So getting rid of him wasn't that far-fetched, > considering Tuberville had an experienced team that was > playing spectacularly below its potential. Where Auburn > went wrong was the gauche manner in which it went about > the furtive job interview. > > To Tuberville's enormous credit, he bit his upper lip in > the aftermath, played the scorned woman's role to > Oscar-winning perfection, then did something nobody > could have predicted: He coached the season of his > career in 2004. The team, led by a senior-laden and > NFL-bound backfield, used the near firing of its beloved > head coach and the pain of the misbegotten 2003 season > as the impetus toward the best season in school history. > > In the aftermath, the administration, under a new > president, had an equally dramatic but opposite > reaction. Instead of trying to fire him like his > predecessor, Ed Richardson, in essence, named Tuberville > "Coach for Life." > > Which one was the right move? Which move made more > sense? > > The public reacted with vengeance toward William Walker > and David Housel for daring to replace Tuberville with > Petrino. Both heads were lopped off at what amounted to > public executions. > > The public has reacted with a big yawn to Richardson's > decision to give Tuberville the dizzying contract and > nearly everything he wanted short of renaming the > stadium after him. > > So back to the question: Which decision was best? > > Will Auburn be better off down the road with Tuberville > as the football coach, ironclad contract and all? Or > would the school have been better off to bite the bullet > in the short run and bet on Petrino for the long haul? > > (Paul Finebaum's column appears Tuesdays and Saturdays > in the Mobile Register. Contact him at > [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > > > ___ > RTF mailing list > RTF@rolltidefan.net > http://rolltidefan.net/mailman/listinfo/rtf_rolltidefan.net > ___ RTF mailing list RTF@rolltidefan.net http://rolltidefan.net/mailman/listinfo/rtf_rolltidefan.net
[RollTideFan] Tigers may wish they had Petrino
Saturday, March 05, 2005 In the past 15 months, the Auburn University administration has made two epochal decisions concerning head football coach Tommy Tuberville. The first, made (but not carried out) in November 2003, was to fire Tuberville after a bitterly disappointing season and replace him with Bobby Petrino of Louisville. The second, which was made official recently, was to reward Tuberville with a contract that will pay up to $3 million toward the end but will cost nearly $7 million to buy him off, even if he were to go 0-22 over the next two years. Which decision was the best one? It's easy and expedient to say paying Tuberville the small fortune after a perfect 13-0 season was the correct choice. Hindsight is always 20-20. However, was the other decision so flawed, considering the man Auburn wanted to replace Tuberville with is 20-5 after two seasons, including an 11-1 mark in 2004 and No. 6 finish in the final AP poll? In the contretemps that followed the revelation of "Jetgate," one important feature was overlooked. Hiring Petrino was a pretty good idea. He had knowledge of the Auburn program -- having spent one year as offensive coordinator -- and he was considered a wunderkind in the coaching profession. One must remember that Tuberville was a dead man walking at the time of the infamous trip. Auburn, which started the season ranked high in the polls (The Sporting News had the Tigers No. 1), was 6-5 (three of those wins came at the mercy of Vanderbilt, Western Kentucky and Louisiana-Monroe) and had just lost at Georgia 26-7. So getting rid of him wasn't that far-fetched, considering Tuberville had an experienced team that was playing spectacularly below its potential. Where Auburn went wrong was the gauche manner in which it went about the furtive job interview. To Tuberville's enormous credit, he bit his upper lip in the aftermath, played the scorned woman's role to Oscar-winning perfection, then did something nobody could have predicted: He coached the season of his career in 2004. The team, led by a senior-laden and NFL-bound backfield, used the near firing of its beloved head coach and the pain of the misbegotten 2003 season as the impetus toward the best season in school history. In the aftermath, the administration, under a new president, had an equally dramatic but opposite reaction. Instead of trying to fire him like his predecessor, Ed Richardson, in essence, named Tuberville "Coach for Life." Which one was the right move? Which move made more sense? The public reacted with vengeance toward William Walker and David Housel for daring to replace Tuberville with Petrino. Both heads were lopped off at what amounted to public executions. The public has reacted with a big yawn to Richardson's decision to give Tuberville the dizzying contract and nearly everything he wanted short of renaming the stadium after him. So back to the question: Which decision was best? Will Auburn be better off down the road with Tuberville as the football coach, ironclad contract and all? Or would the school have been better off to bite the bullet in the short run and bet on Petrino for the long haul? (Paul Finebaum's column appears Tuesdays and Saturdays in the Mobile Register. Contact him at [EMAIL PROTECTED]) ___ RTF mailing list RTF@rolltidefan.net http://rolltidefan.net/mailman/listinfo/rtf_rolltidefan.net
Re: [RollTideFan] watching the baseball game...
Sometimes we are just so stoopid, that it's best to just laff at ourslefs. He did have a 2 RBI double later though. - Original Message - From: "kurtrasmussen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RollTideFan - University of Alabama Athletics Discussion List" Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 7:17 AM Subject: Re: [RollTideFan] watching the baseball game... Why do you hate BAMA? ($1) kurt Pat Smoot wrote: Well dammit !! You mean the game was on TV & I went to T-town to see it? And you blew it for me. I was looking forward to telling that one myslef. - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 7:07 PM Subject: [RollTideFan] watching the baseball game... Pennington throws the bat just about like he threw the pigskin. heh... kurt ___ RTF mailing list RTF@rolltidefan.net http://rolltidefan.net/mailman/listinfo/rtf_rolltidefan.net ___ RTF mailing list RTF@rolltidefan.net http://rolltidefan.net/mailman/listinfo/rtf_rolltidefan.net ___ RTF mailing list RTF@rolltidefan.net http://rolltidefan.net/mailman/listinfo/rtf_rolltidefan.net ___ RTF mailing list RTF@rolltidefan.net http://rolltidefan.net/mailman/listinfo/rtf_rolltidefan.net
Re: [RollTideFan] watching the baseball game...
Why do you hate BAMA? ($1) kurt Pat Smoot wrote: Well dammit !! You mean the game was on TV & I went to T-town to see it? And you blew it for me. I was looking forward to telling that one myslef. - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 7:07 PM Subject: [RollTideFan] watching the baseball game... Pennington throws the bat just about like he threw the pigskin. heh... kurt ___ RTF mailing list RTF@rolltidefan.net http://rolltidefan.net/mailman/listinfo/rtf_rolltidefan.net ___ RTF mailing list RTF@rolltidefan.net http://rolltidefan.net/mailman/listinfo/rtf_rolltidefan.net ___ RTF mailing list RTF@rolltidefan.net http://rolltidefan.net/mailman/listinfo/rtf_rolltidefan.net
Re: [RollTideFan] Jumbotron of the Gawds..
They just got through putting in a new sound system. http://www.universityst.com/pages/new_11/12/images/19375.JPG http://www.universityst.com/pages/new_11/12/images/19376.JPG http://www.universityst.com/pages/new_11/12/images/19380.JPG http://www.universityst.com/pages/new_11/12/images/19381.jpg http://www.universityst.com/pages/new_11/12/images/19382.jpg http://www.universityst.com/pages/new_11/12/images/19383.jpg kurt Joe Goodson wrote: Yeah, and a new surround sound system. Joe The Judiciary...has no influence over either the sword or the purse; no direction either of the strength or of the wealth of the society, and can take no active resolution whatever. It may truly be said to have neither force nor will. - Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 78, 1788 - Original Message - From: "Tim Boozer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RollTideFan - University of Alabama Athletics Discussion List" Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 8:31 PM Subject: RE: [RollTideFan] Jumbotron of the Gawds.. WHY THE HELL CAN'T WE GET ABOUT 4 OF THOSE FOR BDS?!?!?!?!?!? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 8:19 PM To: RTF@rolltidefan.net Subject: [RollTideFan] Jumbotron of the Gawds.. http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/index.jsp?c_id=atl click on "New construction photos" about a third of the way down the page. That right there ain't nothing but righteous. ___ RTF mailing list RTF@rolltidefan.net http://rolltidefan.net/mailman/listinfo/rtf_rolltidefan.net
