Posted in College Football, tagged , alabama, Bama, football, Head Coach, Michigan, Rich Rodriguez, West Virginia, WVU on December 17, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Here’s a question I’m hearing a lot: I’m an Alabama fan; should I feel slighted that Rodriguez took the Michigan job in ’08 after turning down Bama in ’07?
My answer? No. Alabama should definitely not feel slighted by Rich Rodriguez accepting the Michigan job.
Why? Because of the two primary factors involved:
West Virginia had a [...]
Posted in College Football on December 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
What significance does the Rich Rodriguez hire have for Michigan? Well, if Michigan’s record this year is considered, it is once again the advent of the spread offense that has led to this move.
Michigan had a very good ’07 season, despite the pair of opening losses to App State and Oregon. After those losses they [...]
Posted in MLB on December 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This is supposed to be shocking, but really, is anyone surprised at all?
Posted in College Football, TideJournal, tagged alabama, College Football, Crimson Tide, football, recruiting on December 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Mike Shula was a good recruiter, by all accounts. In four seasons at the Crimson Tide he recruited 24 four and five star Rivals ranked players. In less than one year, Nick Saban has recruited 27.
There’s been a lot of recent activity on campus lately, with recruits eagerly adding their names to the swelling ranks [...]
Posted in College Football, tagged football, offense, power spread, SEC, shotgun spread, spread, spread bone, spread offense on December 11, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The arrival of two new coaches into the SEC today has made it official: The Spread Offense has arrived. Everyone’s been enamored with it for a while now, seeing the success of the schools that’ve been confounding opposing defenses with it. It was already here, you say? Yes, you’re correct, but two coaching hires today [...]
Posted in College Football on December 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Let me get this straight: The SEC, renowned for it’s strength of schedule and its list of A list coaches, dumps it’s worst coach (Orgeron) and now the University of Arkansas fills the void with Bobby Petrino, hired away from the Atlanta Falcons. Holy crap. The West just became that much harder to win.
And more [...]
Posted in Bear Bryant, College Football, Sports, TideJournal, tagged , alabama, Coaching, Crimson Tide, football, Head Coach, Mississippi State, Nick Saban, Roll Tide Roll, Sly Croom, Sylvester Croom, University of Alabama on December 11, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Sly Croom is doing good things at Mississippi State. The Bulldogs have beaten Alabama twice in consecutive years, and this year added cross-state rival Ole Miss, Kentucky and Auburn to its list of wins, finishing with a satisfying 7-win season plus a bowl trip. Eight wins in Starkville? Yes, and with the QB problems they’re having, [...]
Posted in College Football on December 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
How much longer will it take for LSU to realize they’ve made a monumental blunder in extending Les Miles’s contract? Not long; the last of the Sabanites graduate this year, which make up the bulk of the starting rotation for the Tigers this year. Unless Ohio State pulls of the upset, look to add Les [...]
Posted in BCS, College Football on December 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Mark Richt is bitter that Georgia was bypassed by LSU for the National Championship game. Oh well, maybe you shouldn’t have gotten stomped by Tennessee. While we’re on Georgia, however, I believe the bowl committee missed a prime opportunity by not putting Georgia in the Rose Bowl against USC. Those might be the two best [...]
Posted in BCS, College Football on December 2, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Way back on Oct. 7th, I predicted the possibility of a two-loss national champion. According to today’s USA Today and AP polls, that possibility may come to fruition. If the BCS calculates the rankings as expected, watch for Ohio State to face LSU for the National Championship, and I’ll go ahead and predict LSU to [...]
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