Archive for the ‘Alabama’ Category
Schagren Says: This is not Girardi’s Last Jersey Switch
Schagren Says: is a collection of random thoughts and predictions from the most random person in Knoxville, TN.
Girardi will wear 29 at some point in his career: Why does this prediction matter? New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi picked the number 27, because he wanted to lead the Yankees to their 27th World Series win. [...]
Tennessee-Alabama Preview
Only in the South is the Third Saturday in October played on the fourth Saturday in October. Tennessee travels to Tuscaloosa today to play No. 1 ranked Alabama at 3:30 p.m. The last time the Vols beat a team that was 7-0 or better was in 1998. As you can tell by that stat, a [...]
Can Hardesty Top 100 Yards Against Alabama?
Tennessee-Alabama kicks off at 3:30 p.m. today and Alabama’s Mark Ingram looks to continue his Heisman-like season against Tennessee’s defense. Monte Kiffin leads one of the best defenses in the SEC, but Ingram and Trent Richardson should run all over his defense. On the other side of the field, Alabama hasn’t allowed a player to [...]
Watch Out For Counterfeit Alabama-Tennessee Tickets
If you are headed to the Alabama-Tennessee game on Saturday, be on the lookout for fake tickets. Alabama’s athletics department’s media relations office sent out a notice warning fans about counterfeit tickets. StubHub has some tickets for the game at $400 apiece. This rivalry has been one-sided since Nick Saban has been coach at Alabama, [...]
What Should Tennessee Expect From Alabama’s Defense?
Tennessee’s game against Alabama on Saturday will be the second time this season that the Vols will play the top-ranked team in the country. The Vols had a moral victory (loss) against the Florida Gators on Sept. 19 and now face the No. 1 ranked Alabama Crimson Tide. What led the Gators and Crimson Tide to [...]
Scarbinsky Predicts National Title for Alabama
Florida and Alabama clearly look like the two most dominant teams in the nation and this could set up one of the best SEC Championships in the history of the conference. The Birmingham News’ Kevin Scarbinsky predicts that Alabama will win the BCS title after the dominating 22-3 win over Ole Miss. I still like [...]
John Parker Wilson Impressed Last Night With Falcons
Former Alabama quarterback John Parker Wilson completed 13 of 19 for 80 yards and completed passes to eight different receivers last night with the Atlanta Falcons as he tries to win the third-string quarterback job. Former Georgia running back Thomas Brown had a 25-yard gain and also returned kickoffs.
Andre Smith Needs to Drop Weight
Former Alabama left tackle Andre Smith recently ended his holdout and now ESPN’s Adam Schefter is reporting that the Cincinnati Bengals tackle reported to the team at 364 pounds, 34 pounds above his playing weight. Smith has the talent to be one of the best young tackles in the NFL, but he constantly has weight [...]
NCAA Looking Into Alabama Fishing Trip
At least one member of the University of Alabama compliance staff has flown to Indianapolis to discuss the fishing trip that Julio Jones and Mark Ingram went on that was paid for by a third party. Curtis Anderson paid for the fishing trip that the two teammates went on with Anderson, but the investigation determined [...]
Bradley Predicts Tennessee Will Lose Eight Games
There are times when we agree with the Atlanta Journal Constitution’s Mark Bradley and there are times when we think he is on the same stuff as Jeremy Mayfield. In his latest predictions, Bradley predicts Florida will go undefeated in the regular season, but lose to Texas in the BCS National Championship game. We give him [...]