Alabama Archive

Rich Get Richer: Signing Day Wrap-Up

Things we learned from National Signing Day 2010. 1) Florida’s Class Is Stacked With all of the controversy surrounding Urban Meyer, the Gators somehow still managed to land 11 of the ESPNU top 150 players. Just to give you an idea of what that means, here are some familiar Gators that just a few years [...]
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BCS Bloopers

Alabama left Pasadena Thursday night as the national champions. While the Rose Bowl has emptied out and the parties in Tuscaloosa have died down, we don’t think its ever too late to bring up comedy. Here’s a look back at some of the lighter moments of Thursdays championship game. First off, what the hell was [...]
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Roll Tide, Roll

Time of Death, 6:41 pm Pacific Standard Time. That was the time when Texas began to realize what the rest of the country already knew, that Alabama had won the 2010 BCS National Championship Game. With a 14-6 lead and threatening to score again, The Crimson Tide felt all that was to come was the [...]
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NCAA VIP Bowl Picks: Final Cut

This is it. Here’s the matchup the college football world has been waiting for since early December. Tonight Texas and Alabama square off in the BCS National Championship Game in Pasadena. The undefeated Texas Longhorns with their high powered offense led by Colt McCoy meet the undefeated Alabama Crimson Tide’s top ranked defense led by [...]
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NCAA Championship Matchups: Week 14

Okay, so last week we messed up the matchups a little bit due to turkey, family, and a two hour road trip to watch a rivalry game. This week we will make up for it with our picks. *Last week: Luca (4-1), Kenney (5-0) *Season: Luca (37-25), Kenney (42-20) Luca Esposito vs. Alex Kenney Thursday [...]
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Makes You Think

First off I decided to put a little culture in this post. Shout out to Auguste Rodin’s The Thinker, and yes, I had to look all that up (thanks Wikipedia), okay back to sports. Could the SEC Championship game get more coverage than the national championship game? Probably, everyone is looking forward to this game. [...]
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NCAA VIP Matchups: Week 11

After 10 weeks of the college football season Luca finally picked up a game on me. Oh well, it was bound to happen sooner or later. I look to redeem myself after actually putting faith in the Nittany Lions, sorry Joe Pa. Lane Kiffin looks to get his club Bowl eligible. He needs to overcome [...]
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NCAA VIP Matchups: Week 10

After a paper, some high school football, and a wedding, we finally got a chance to do our picks. Last week saw me pick up another game over Luca (yes). This week I look to continue that trend. I believe the top two games on the slate will be the most interesting. The winner of [...]
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Iowa Wins A Thriller; Texas Rolls: Week 8 Wrap-Up*

This weekend showed us that there still isn’t an invincible team; also that some teams do look a lot better than previously thought. Late Game Heroics: Alabama’s Terrance Cody blocked his second field goal with four seconds left to help the Tide Roll 12-10. A late TD pass from Ricky Stanzi to Marvin McNutt as [...]
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BCS Bustin’ & SEC Lovin’: Week 7 Wrap-Up

Week 7 Wrap up Upset Special After losing 5 straight, the Boilermakers of Purdue beat 7 Ohio State at home all but eliminating the Buckeye’s chances of a national championship 19 Georgia Tech ran, and ran, and then . . . . threw a single 51 yard pass, on their way to beating 4 Virginia [...]
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NCAA VIP Matchups: Week 7

Finally, a list of games college football fans dream about. We’ve got a week full of top 25 matchups each of which has BCS implications. Last weekend saw me pick up a game over my roommate after Nebraska came alive and decided to actually play during the 4th quarter. Hopefully I can pull ahead another [...]
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SEC’s 1-2 Punch; Week 6 Wrap-Up

The SEC remains on top of the College Football world, with the Big 12 right on their coattails. Rematch on the horizon; and other SEC News? 1 Florida won a night game at 4 LSU. Accomplishing a feat that hasn’t been done since Alabama did it in 2002, and snapping LSU’s home night game win [...]
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NCAA VIP Matchups: Week 6

Well last week was interesting. As it turns out I had NO business picking Cal, equally Luca had NO business picking Tennessee, and you call me a traitor. The week ended up being tied after a couple of stupid celebration penalties, but I’ve gotten over it. Since my roommate and I like to pick similar [...]
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Doug Lesmerises Needs A Drug Test

Doug Lesmerises is a writer for the Cleveland Plain Dealer who has an AP Vote. He released his rankings on Cleveland.com and here’s how he voted. 1 Alabama (Okay so far) 2 Boise State (LOL) 3 Houston (OMG) 4 Florida (WTF) OK, no more comments. I have to stop talking like a 16 year old [...]
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NCAA VIP Matchups: Week 4

Luca likes to call himself “The King.” Well if that’s the case, you just got dethroned. Okay, so it was only one game. But hey, a wins a win, just ask Urban Meyer. I’ll admit a couple of those games were either close or comebacks, shout out and thanks to my man Erik Folk (Washington’s [...]
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