“I’ve just got to step it up. They took me off some special teams, but kept me on some. Other than that I’ve just got to step up and play my role,” said Richardson, who noted he still expects to be the kickoff returner Saturday.”
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Sep 10
“I’ve just got to step it up. They took me off some special teams, but kept me on some. Other than…
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Aug 10
“We have to at least make some kind of determinations now — and we haven’t done that yet — as to…
“We have to at least make some kind of determinations now — and we haven’t done that yet — as to who we’re going to coach,” Saban said Thursday.
The Crimson Tide stands on the cusp of game week with as many positional questions as it has had under Saban. While preseason position changes are common under Saban, they’ve usually slowed by now.
Gentry Estes: Tide reaching ‘judgment day’ on position battles
Sounds like the coaching staff still has a lot of decisions to make. Fortunately, with San Jose State in the opener instead of another big non-conference showdown at a neutral site, for now they’ve got time on their side.
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Aug 10
Some encouraging news about former UA basketball star Mikhail Torrance from his agent Happy…
Some encouraging news about former UA basketball star Mikhail Torrance from his agent Happy Walters. (the second tweet said “…wake up sooner rather than later. Doctors are taking it slowly.”)
Torrance, who had previously been diagnosed with a heart condition, collapsed Friday while training at the IMG Basketball Academy in Bradenton, Florida. He was taken to intensive care and doctors induced a coma while evaluating his brain function.
The positive CT suggests that even if there was a lack of oxygen to his brain for a period of time, it wasn’t sufficient to cause damage. That said, nothing is for sure at this point and Mikhail has a long way to go to get out of the woods but this is certainly the most encouraging news we’ve had since Friday.
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Aug 10
Per Travis Reier and some others, it seems like Alfy Hill suddenly has academic issues with the…
Per Travis Reier and some others, it seems like Alfy Hill suddenly has academic issues with the NCAA Clearinghouse. A million F-bombs is all I can say. It sounds serious, and losing Hill would be a big loss; he was highly-touted as a recruit and he has impressed everyone since stepping on campus.
And apparently Hill missed practice today, while Harrison Jones suddenly showed up and ditched the greyshirt. It doesn’t take much to put two and two together on that one. Hopefully I’m wrong — praying, actually — but if those two roster moves are related (and I suppose they are), then that may very well mean that Saban and company are not expecting Hill to make it back until January at the earliest. All the pieces suddenly fall into place in that scenario. F-bomb. Hopefully if there is an issue it’s something that he can get corrected on fairly short notice (i.e. no JUCO or anything of the sort). He was probably headed for a redshirt season, so it’s not a major loss in that regard, but the concern is just the open-ended uncertainty of what this could entail for his future eligibility.
Also, don’t think that it makes any difference that Hill was previously cleared and that he has been on campus for a few weeks. Remember back about nine years ago now when the NCAA retroactively invalidated the ACT score of ‘Bama super-recruit Harold James, declaring him academically ineligible more than four months after his freshman season had ended and almost a year after he showed up on campus. Don’t think that the NCAA Clearinghouse couldn’t do the same here with Alfy Hill, it’s well within their powers if they choose to do so.
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Aug 10
The practice tweets are rolling in, so here’s your rundown so far: From Estes up there, some more…
The practice tweets are rolling in, so here’s your rundown so far:
From Estes up there, some more fall experimentation is on with Michael Bowman working at TE and Corey Grant moving from RB to corner. Bowman growing out of a WR and into a TE has been a hot rumor since spring , so that’s a pretty interesting development. Grant to corner, on the other hand, is a little unnerving (recruited as an RB but promised a shot at WR, kid just needs the ball in his hands) but likely has more to do with the continuing depth and injury issues right now. On that note:
Blake Sims (foot) and DeMarcus Milliner (ankle) were in black jerseys, while Robert Lester (concussion) and DeQuan Menzie (hamstring) worked as normal.
CecilHurt reports that Saban was coaching the DBs “vocally.” I would imagine so.
Finally, Estes also reports that Kerry Murphy appeared to be working with the 1st group at NT.
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Aug 10
Gentry Estes is starting to provide some scrimmage updates, and it doesn’t sound too good for the…
Gentry Estes is starting to provide some scrimmage updates, and it doesn’t sound too good for the defensive backfield. That’s injuries to three contributors, and we’re left with Saban pointing out how the offense is way ahead of the defense, and how with this secondary it’s been one thing after another. It’s good that there apparently weren’t any long-term injuries suffered today, but it sounds like a rough day at the office for the Nicktator.
Update: According to Chase Goodbread, Saban calls the defensive performance today “immature.” And as per Cecil Hurt he didn’t like the intensity either. It seems like all the defense managed to do today was piss him off. Something tells me it’s going to be a long week in Tuscaloosa once tomorrow morning rolls around.
Update II: Also, Gentry Estes points out that Blake Sims sprained his foot today. Yikes.
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Aug 10
Gots my sweet looking season tix, it is missing the MSU game, sold that game to some other BAMA…
Gots my sweet looking season tix, it is missing the MSU game, sold that game to some other BAMA fans, FWIW, it has the 97 All-Americans on it.
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Aug 10
Cornerback Phelon Jones gets some elevation on during Saturday’s practice – the Crimson Tide’s…
Cornerback Phelon Jones gets some elevation on during Saturday’s practice – the Crimson Tide’s third of the fall and the first in shoulder pads. The rest of Alex Gilbert’s images from the two-hour session can be found here. The Press-Register’s Gentry Estes has a report on the workout with a few tidbits from the 105-man roster released today.
