friday, january 08, 2010
Yea Alabama National Championship Edition
Last night my beloved Alabama Crimson Tide defeated the Texas Longhorns in the BCS National Championship game in Pasadena, California's Rose Bowl stadium. The victory marks the 13th national title in the 117-year history of football at The Capstone as well as the first time Bama has defeated UT in eight tries stretching back to 1902.Me and my fellow writers over at Roll Bama Roll - a website covering Alabama football - have spent the past few weeks working on a commemorative magazine in the event of a Crimson Tide national championship. And it is with the greatest pleasure that I announce the Maple Street Press has begun printing the Yea Alabama National Championship Edition. read more
wednesday, december 30, 2009
Alabama & the Rose Bowl
The foundation of Alabama's football tradition was laid in Pasadena, California. For more than eight decades, The Rose Bowl has been synonymous with the Crimson Tide's legacy of gridiron excellence and National Championships.Alabama was the first team from the South invited to play in the Tournament of Roses invitational football game on New Year's Day 1926. The appearance was the first of six in the bowl game that has come to be known as "The Grand Daddy of Them All."
On Jan. 7, 2010, the Crimson Tide will return to play a post-seasons contest in the storied Rose Bowl Stadium for the first time in 64 years. Alabama will face The University of Texas Longhorns in the BCS National Championship game.
In anticipation of this contest, I am looking back at each of Alabama's Rose Bowl games over at Roll Bama Roll. A list of the entries including direct links is after the jump.
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friday, december 18, 2009
Alabama vs Texas
In the long history of both Alabama and Texas football there have only been eight meetings between the two teams - three regular season matchups and five bowl games.The first game was held in Tuscaloosa 1902 and the most recent was the 1982 Cotton Bowl. Alabama has never won against the Longhorns.
The Crimson Tide hopes to bring that streak to an end on Jan. 7, 2010 when the two teams will go head-to-head in the BCS National Championship game at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.
In anticipation of that event I am taking a look back over the historical matchups between the two teams over at Roll Bama Roll. A list of the entries including direct links is after the jump.
Alabama vs Texas: 1902 - posted 12/10/09 read more
thursday, august 13, 2009
An Interview with Andy Staples
The College Football Preview issue of Sports Illustrated for the 2009 season hit newsstands this week and it pretty much follows the pre-season script. Ole Miss is the new hotness and will represent the SEC West come the conference Championship in December.Whatever.
I got a chance to chat with the magazine's SEC writer, Andy Staples and he explained there is a lot more uncertainty in the conference this year than most people seem to think. Ole Miss has some advantages going in but Alabama, LSU and Florida are hitting their stride as powers on the national scale. We also discussed the progress Nick Saban has made stocking the talent cupboard that was pretty bare when he arrived in Tuscaloosa.
My interview can be found over at the SB Nation website covering all things Alabama, Roll 'Bama Roll.
thursday, august 06, 2009
An Interview with Mike Vigilant
Mike Vigilant really had no idea what he was in for when he undertook writing a play about the life of legendary Alabama football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant. He soon found himself immersed in a daunting quest to make sense of a semi-mythic figure whom everyone seemed to have a strong opinion about.Yet, what he discovered months of research was a complex man who embodied many of the ideals we all strive to realize in our lives. His play, Bear Country proved to be a smash hit for the Alabama Shakespeare Festival last January and is being presented for a month-long run in Birmingham.
My interview with Vigilant, A QnA with Bear Country Author Mike Vigilant, is over at Roll Bama' Roll.