Alabama’s Nick Saban rolls into Georgia for 2010 prospects
Nick and Blake shake on it (Photo submitted by Sims family)
Alabama’s Nick Saban dampened UGA’s national championship hopes last year. Now Saban is returning to the state to inflict more damage.
Gainesville QB Blake Sims is the latest 2010 prospect to pledge to Alabama. Sims picked the Crimson Tide over UGA, Michigan, Tennessee and West Virginia, among others.
Alabama has as many commitments from the state as Georgia Tech (3), and more than UGA (1). The other Tuscaloosa-bound prospects are North Gwinnett OL Austin Shephard and Westside-Macon WR Ronald Carswell.
The big questions are these: Now that Saban is scoring big early in Georgia, will he be able to finish as strong as he started with recruiting? And will he be able to hold on to the commitments he has? So far, so good.
UGA touched base with Sims this week, asking if he wanted to take another look at the Bulldogs. “[Assistant John Jancek] wanted me to come down there, so they could roll out the red carpet like Alabama did for me last weekend,” Sims said. “I told him thanks for the invitation, and I appreciated it. It was hard to turn down Georgia. I grew up a Georgia fan. I’ve been good friends with [Mark Richt] since my freshman year.”
“But I’ve already picked my school, and I’m going to keep my word because [Saban] gave me his word.”
Saban closed the deal with Sims at a dizzying pace. It was the stuff of recruiting legends. Last Wednesday, Sims said West Virginia, Michigan and UGA were his top three choices. Thursday, Alabama offered out of the blue. Friday, Sims talked to Saban for the first time in his life. Saturday, Sims visited Alabama for the first time. Within a few hours, Saban had Sims so fired up he was ready to learn words to the school fight song.
“Coach Saban showed me love, lots of love,” Sims said. “He let me know I was very important to the future of Alabama football. I was head over heels about the place. I surprised myself by committing. I just looked up and asked God to help me with my college decision.”
The quick commitment by Sims abruptly ended a long travel itinerary for his family over spring break. They were headed to West Virginia the next day, and then Michigan by the end of the week.
However, the recruiting journey has just begun for Sims, along with rest of Alabama’s seven overall commitments. As with all the top prospects, Sims will be pursued by other schools until he signs the scholarship papers in February. He got 11 letters from colleges on Thursday, including hand-written cards from coaches at West Virginia and Michigan.
Nice start by Nick Saban with next year’s recruiting class, especially in Georgia. We’ll see where everything stands in 10 months.
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haney
April 10th, 2009
8:08 am
Good luck to Mr. Sims, I hope he does stick with his commitment. I am a UGA alum and would love to take all the talented kids in the state but the fact is, there is no way UGA and GT can take all the good ones. Some are going to get away for various reasons. I wish him well except when/if he plays against UGA. It appears both in state schools will have pretty small classes this upcoming year so I would imagine a lot solid players in this state will leave to play college ball.
braveshater
April 10th, 2009
8:49 am
HOW THE HELL U GROW UP A GEORGIA FAN AND THEN FLEE TO BORING ASS ALABAMA. WHO CARES, WE ALREADY HAVE TEN BLAKE SIMS ON THE ROSTER. GET LOST.
bama-n-ga
April 10th, 2009
9:03 am
class comment braveshaver. incentive for all recruits to stive to be a bulldog. unfortunately we also have fans like you that we wish would go away or at least embarrass another team.
Michael
April 10th, 2009
9:21 am
Nick Saban looks like a used car Salesman. Anyone who wants to play in the state of Alabama isn’t who I’d want any ways. Just don’t come back to Atlanta after “graduating” and expect to find a job.
theTruth
April 10th, 2009
9:28 am
The truth is that bama promised him that he would stay at QB and promised early playing time. UGA is recruiting him as a DB not QB. He seems to be a good athlete and wish him the best and hope Saban isn’t lying to him.
JB
April 10th, 2009
9:29 am
Lot’s and lot’s of promises being made in Bama. sometimes Richt doesn’t get certain kids because he is not going to tell them something that’s MIGHT NOT HAPPEN. Ask yourself this, if SIMMS turns out to be just average, and a lot of these kids do, You think he will be the starting QB at Bama. CMR tells them, you earn it, it’s yours. wonder if Saban told Simms that ?
theTruth
April 10th, 2009
9:34 am
JB, according to Simms, Saban has said he will be their QB of the future but as (used car salesman) Saban is, I would listen to him before I would Urban Liar. UM is scum and high school coaches are finally catching on.
JB
April 10th, 2009
9:38 am
Also, Simms better enjoy that moment with Saban. It will be the last time Nick ever touchs him or allows him within 20 feet or so of him…..He’s a pretty boy you know………..
Bobby Peru
April 10th, 2009
9:42 am
I think it is becoming as obvious to these Georgia kids as it is for everyone else: the Georgia Bulldogs max out at just above average. So the question is simple. Would you rather go to Geogia and have above-average seasons for 4 years, or come to Bama who just won 12 games with the worst team they will have for the next decade?
PS: we are still laughing about how excited everyone was to dress up in their little black outfits for a football game last year. That was cute. I thought it illustrated well that in Alabama we love football, rather than dress-up time.
Jim
April 10th, 2009
9:42 am
So if Alabama dampened UGAs national championship hopes….what did Florida do?
theTruth
April 10th, 2009
9:43 am
Carvell, isn’t that headline a little misleading? Yes, Simms is a top prospect but to say that Saban is getting the top recruits out of GA is misleading. Congrats to Saban for beating out UAB for Shepard and beating out East Carolina for Ronald Carswell, not exactly big boys knocking down their doors. theTRUTH is these guys aren’t even in the top 300 players in the country. But I am sure Saban will sign another 30 (like the last two years) just to bump up his ranking instead of thinking about the kids he will have to kick off the team.
Tom From Bama
April 10th, 2009
9:45 am
Michael, That blackout thing still hurts, huh?
cottonmouth
April 10th, 2009
9:45 am
One national championship in over 100 years, LOL! Hopes -that’s all you got Dawg fans.
Sound Reasoning
April 10th, 2009
9:47 am
the(un)Truth, if you understood how the rankings work, you would realize that they only count your Top 20 recruits. You could sign 100, but if they are below average, your rankings will be also.
theTruth
April 10th, 2009
9:47 am
Bobby Peru, congrats on 12 wins in your coach’s second year, shall we look at other coaches records in their second year to compare? Hmm, let’s see, Meyer went 13-1 and Richt went 13-1, so to be arrogant that you will get any better is foolish thinking. Bama fans would loathe Richt’s record over the last 8 years.
PS: Please do not embarass the SEC again like you did last year in Sugar Bowl against an NON BCS TEAM.
JB
April 10th, 2009
9:48 am
Mr Peru………Richt is 3-1 head to head in SEC play against Saban ( LSU/BAMA) . Check it out yourself. I for one thinks that’s a PRETTY GOOD AVERAGE !
theTruth
April 10th, 2009
9:48 am
sound reasoning, that only applies to one service that only counts the top 20 (since I DO know how the rankings work)
Sound Reasoning
April 10th, 2009
9:49 am
The difference in Richt’s 13-1 record and Meyer’s is that Meyer made his count. Richt’s 13-1 is not more relevant than Tuberville’s 14-0 or even Saban’s 12-2. No NC was won.
theTruth
April 10th, 2009
9:53 am
Apparently you are lacking SOUND REASONING, if you think the years are different. Please tell me what Meyer did that made his count other than he BACKED into the championship game? There is no reason that AU should not have played for the NC since they went undefeated in the SEC. No TEAM in the SEC that goes undefeated should be left out regardless who it is. Any time you win a NC with even one loss, YOU ARE LUCKY to get in and it’s a popularity contest.
78 DAWG
April 10th, 2009
9:54 am
Cottonmouth, we’ve had the 1 program in the country since CRM arrived, one lucky year doesn’t make you a top program. We ran over you in the second half this year anyway. We didn’t even want this kid, we don’t care about 2 star recruits like Sims and Stephen Hill. Go back to your hillbilly hootenany.
MtnBama
April 10th, 2009
9:55 am
Coach Saban did not promise Sims early playing time, he promised him the opportunity to compete for the qb position. Blake Sims is not stupid, he is totally aware of the competition at the position. Sims is also aware of the fact that he is likely not the only qb that Bama will sign this year. The state of Georgia usually produces more quality players than UGA can accomodate and Auburn and Tenn have traditionally signed those players, but today Alabama is getting them because,well because we have Coach Saban.Best of luck to all, please be civil.
Sound Reasoning
April 10th, 2009
9:56 am
There have been more National Champions with a loss than undefeated. So, it’s the timing of the loss that makes the difference. That’s called making it count.
JB
April 10th, 2009
10:01 am
Bama will get tested this year without QB John parker Wilson. Not the greatest skills in the world, but he was a winner. Bama will miss him. I for one am looking forward to Joe Cox. Matt had the big arm, but I think Joe will manage the game better. Georgia went three and out a lot last year because of his arm, and of course our D couldn’t catch their breath. We will have longer drives this year which will help the D.
theTruth
April 10th, 2009
10:01 am
MtnBama, according to Sims himself, he was promised early PT. But, that is what they all want all these kids want to hear. Bama is down this year in HS talent, so I would expect Saban to come to GA/FLA/TN. AU gets A LOT of players from GA as does TN. UGA can’t sign them all (like ole miss did last year)
FSU Fan
April 10th, 2009
10:01 am
JB, I don’t care about or follow GA or the SEC, but I know Saban beat Richt last year, he beat him in a regular season game in Baton Rogue a few years ago and he absolutely stomped Richt in the sec title game one year and those are just the ones I remember
theTruth
April 10th, 2009
10:04 am
Please tell us sound reasoning what exactly Meyer did that made it count? Richt won his BCS game he was ‘assigned’ to as did Meyer. So Meyer calculated his LOSS knowing he would still make it to the NCG? I would love to have his calculator. Maybe Richt can call Meyer and ask which game to lose where he can make it since Meyer obviously has ‘the timing’ figured out??? Please share what the secret is.
Sound Reasoning
April 10th, 2009
10:08 am
It’s called beating the right team. OU and UT had identical records. However, OU beat the team that beat UT, even though UT had beat them. That is called making it count.
theTruth
April 10th, 2009
10:09 am
FSU fan, I’m not sure what the record of Richt vs Saban is, but I believe it is 2-3. Richt lost a close one in death valley 17-10 I believe with 4 TO’s and got spanked in the SECCG (the year lsu won the nc) and richt returned the favor in athens the next year 45-16 in athens. he won in titletown and lost in athens this year.
theTruth
April 10th, 2009
10:11 am
SR, so you just admitted it’s a popularity contest. Second, what team did FLA beat that was the right team? They backed in but I’m glad they beat the lousy Little10 up north.
BILLY JACK
April 10th, 2009
10:17 am
Bobby Peru-UGA average?2007 ranked 2nd in nation-2002 ranked 3rd in nation-2004 ranked 7th in nation-2004 ranked 7th in nation-top 5 recruiting class almost every year.tons of players to the NFL.If thats average all schools would love to average.Another lie from a bama fan.Go over there and stand by the Georgia Tech people Liars and Lowlifes must stick together.
bamabelle
April 10th, 2009
10:19 am
Show some class Georgia fans, so the kid didn’t want to go to your school big deal. That happens all the time in recruiting. What I don’t understand and don’t like is why fans of certain schools including Alabama puts down a kid if he doesn’t choose to go to your school. Sounds like to me if UGA would have rolled out the red carpet early on, this kid would be a Bulldog. Respect his decision and move on.
JT
April 10th, 2009
10:33 am
I genuinely hope it works out for this kid. While it is hard to go wrong with a free ride to Bama or any SEC school for that matter, it sounds like this kid got some poor advice from his family and coaches — if the details described in this blog are correct. Let’s recap. Supposedly, this kid grew up a Georgia fan and as of last Wednesday, “West Virginia, Michigan and UGA were his top three choices.” On Thursday, “Alabama offered out of the blue.” On Friday, “Sims talked to Saban for the first time in his life.” On Saturday, “Sims visited Alabama for the first time.” So, over the course of 4 days, you decide to drop your top 3 choices, without taking official visits. You meet someone for the first time in your life and visit a school for the first time in you life — as school that was not in your top 3 — and you decide to commit on the spot. Again, it is hard to go wrong with Alabama. However, it would seem as though this kid would have some adults in his life who would have calmed him down and encourage him to relax and not make an emotional decision about where he is going to spend the next 4-5 years.
bamabelle
April 10th, 2009
10:39 am
Maybe he just didn’t want to go to Georgia. Like I said you need to accept his decision and move on. Not every kid is DYING to play for Saint Richt and the Bulldogs.
Steve Superior
April 10th, 2009
10:39 am
Save your breath Belle, Do you think BILLY JACK there is going to show some class? Can’t show it, can’t find it, wouldn’t know it if he saw it.
SEC fan
April 10th, 2009
10:43 am
Lots of different approaches to gaining commitments from these kids. Texas, (and several others) clearly goes for the gettum buzzed up and emotional and get the quick commit while they are all excited. Works lots of times with these kids. Then they are treated as part of “the family” and shamed into honoring their decision if they even consider changing their minds. The kids generally feel pretty good about their decision as they aren’t mature enough to know what happened. Other programs go for anything but high pressure and many kids respect that. Those commits, when they are made, generally are 100% as they are decisions from the heart. You can usually look at the big schools and figure out how they approach the process. Both approaches have good and bad points. Just depends on where the coaches’ principles are. Even the fans know which schools are the high pressure recruiters. Watch the defensive blogs follow this posting.
DP
April 10th, 2009
10:43 am
The Truth, you need to change your name. Sims wasn’t promised early playing time. He was told he would be given a shot at QB if that is his preference, but Sims said himself that he would be OK if he ended up playing DB because Saban is a great DB coach.
Joseph Earl Hebert
April 10th, 2009
10:53 am
You know I usually don’t get involved with these discussions, but today is different. I guess I’m just fed up with all this damn ‘Bama bashing. Let’s set the record straight. You can say what you want. Mr. Saban is a helluva coach. This from somebody who seen him turn that LSU program around into what it is today. A national power. Alabama Football has been through hell these last couple of years or so. It has been one thing after another. Some of it was in our control and some of it wasn’t. People were still kicking us even when we were down. It was hard times for any a proud ‘Bama fan, but you know what? We endured. Nobody broke our spirit. We were bred for those hard times. Cause thats what the “Bear” taught us. The way I see it. Is that you other 11 SEC schools should be happy we’re back on top. It is better for the conference. It’s better for the sport. After all wasn’t it Alabama who carried the torch for this conference for many a year? Hell. Alabama put the SEC on the map. So yes. We should be happy for our latest success. I know I am, but you won’t hear me brag about it. Cause I’ve grown to except winning and I sure in the hell have learned to except defeat as well lately. I’m damn proud of all those boys who went through what they did. I’m damn proud of our team. I’m damn proud of our school. I’m damn proud of our athletic program. I’m damn proud of our traditions. There’s no where, but up for us at the University of Alabama. So all y’all haters just continue to do what you do best. Hate. Cause if I’ve learned one thing. It’s people are going to hate you for whatever you do. Good or bad. So when the dust has settled. Stand up. Keep your dignity and show some respect. God bless. Roll Tide.
‘Bama fan since 1974.
Got 12?
April 10th, 2009
10:55 am
We, Bama fans, have very unrealistic expectations of our football program. We expect to win the NC every year. That’s why Richt’s win-lose record at UGA means absolutely nothing to us. In our eyes, you win it all or you’ve won nothing. Objectively, Richt has done an excellent job and, yes, most programs would kill for that type of success. Bama is not one of those programs.
78 DAWG
April 10th, 2009
11:05 am
crybamy stinks, just like the gayturds and the nats. your degrees are worthless and you got no class!
Ben
April 10th, 2009
11:21 am
Good for anybody that can get a college education for no money down. You can probably pencil in 2 SEC Championships and a good shot at the National Title. Bama has become as relevant as Georgia to young kids in Atlanta. Hell… they were winning 35-0 in Athens when UGA was ranked 1 or 2.
UGA has plenty to hang its hat on. Joe Cox, Durham, and another season of coulda woulda shouldas
RTR
Rick From Bama
April 10th, 2009
11:22 am
Hey Braveshater – It’s just that kind of attitude that drives the talent to other schools. How old is this kid – 17, 18? Be classy like the other UGA fans and wish him well. We don’t hate the kids from Alabama that go to other schools – but to think of it, they don’t go to other schools now that NICK SABAN (COACH OF THE YEAR) is at ALABAMA.
Hope to see you in black next time we play. Roll Tide.
Bamafan
April 10th, 2009
11:31 am
Saban is like a cat playing with a mouse in recruiting!! Folks Bama has not had this kind of talent
in many years except in 91,92,94 when Gene Stallings was the coach. I just hope Saban stays more
than 5 years at Alabama!! ROLL TIDE!!
charliedawg
April 10th, 2009
11:33 am
Bamabelle, you must not have been one of the fans throwing your drink at UGA players after last game in Tuscaloosa….
charliedawg
April 10th, 2009
11:36 am
Bama fans, don’t foget to take credit for making Utah a “relevant” program. Previously, only Pitt could claim that…LOL!
Tom From Bama
April 10th, 2009
11:46 am
JB – regarding Richt’s record vs.Coach Saban, I DID “check it out for myself”, and I think you might be a tad off.
Its more like 2-3:
vs. LSux –
L – 10-17 – 09-20-2003 – Baton Rouge, LA
L – 13-34 – 12-06-2003 – Atlanta, GA – SEC Championship Game
W – 45-16 – 10-02-2004 – Athens, GA
vs. Alabama
W – 26-23 – 09-22-2007 – Tuscaloosa, AL – (in OT)
L – 30-41 – 09-27-2008 – Athens, GA – “Blackout Game” – 31-ZIP at the half. . . OUCH!!!!
Mark vs. Nick Saban – all time SEC games – 2-3
Pts for – 79, Pts against – 115
globeflyer
April 10th, 2009
11:48 am
People, people…We’re talking about a kid here…He may change his mind and he may not. A lot can change in a few months. Let’s all take a deep breath here and just enjoy how the “game” unfolds. After all, what counts is between the sidelines and what the scoreboard reads at the end. As a Bama fan, I can tell you Dawg fans that a lot of us respect your program and your coach. We have had a lot of good games in the past, and will in the future. My only comment is to the guy who said Bama embarrassed the SEC in the bowl game. We ALL expected the Tide to Roll over Utah, but we were beaten by a team that was better-prepared, if not better. They ended up #2. That tells me that a lot of other people thought it was a bit more than an SEC embarrassment. My hat’s off to Utah…they kicked our butt…….. Roll Tide.
rational bamafan
April 10th, 2009
11:50 am
JIM- You know what’s funny? You trying to liken UGA’s loss to Florida with our loss to Florida. First of all it only means one thing…Florida was better than both of us last year. Second, we were still playing when we weren’t supposed to be and yall were sitting at home when you weren’t supposed to be.
RJS
April 10th, 2009
11:51 am
Saban is certainly a great coach and a fantastic recruiter, but I hope he was honest with Blake Sims that Alabama is going to offer more scholarships than they have available this year- just like Saban does every year. If Blake is a good student and great player, he should be okay, but some kid will get burned.
Tom From Bama
April 10th, 2009
11:54 am
chaliedog – Final AP poll – 2008 season
#1 – Florida – 13-1
#2 – Utah –
#6 – Alabama – 12-2
And, rounding out the top-10.. . . er, I mean top – 12???
Uh – Top-13 -
#13 UGA 10-3 – 1-3 vs. teams that ended the season ranked
Steve Superior
April 10th, 2009
11:55 am
Puppy fans resorting to bragging about a Utah win, now that’s what top tier programs do! What were your other big wins puppies? Ole Miss beating the Gators, or maybe Virgina Tech beating GA Tech, no I got LSU beating GA Tech. LMAO.
Tom From Bama
April 10th, 2009
11:58 am
RJS – please name all the kids Saban has signed at Alabama who were DENIED a scholarship? Really, since you “know” that’s what happened, please name the kids who suffered that fate.
Stormin' Mormon
April 10th, 2009
12:00 pm
Alabama = Overrated
How lame is it for a pretender like Alabama to brag about a meaningless win in October? Oh yea, they have nothing else to brag about since the Sugar Bowl trophy is in Utah!!
RJS
April 10th, 2009
12:06 pm
Tom- he’s signs more players than he has scholarships for- yes, I know you went to Alabama but the math isn’t difficult. This year Bama signed 27 players. When summer camp rolls around at the very least 2 of those players will not be there since the maximum scholarships that can be offered is 25 per year. That is a fact. I realize many coaches do this- Ole Miss signed over 30 players this year- but it is a bad practice.
Sound Reasoning
April 10th, 2009
12:11 pm
RJS,
All of those players may not qualify. Last yr, we had two to go play baseball and another is on a Bryant Scholarship. Please get YOUR facts straight before denigrating our math. UA has more USA Today Academic All-Americans than any other school including…wait for it.. Harvard and Princeton.
Tom From Bama
April 10th, 2009
12:16 pm
But RJS – Who are the players who were DENIED a scholarship???? You CLEARLY imply that Alabama signees are in danger of getting gypped – showing up for fall practice and being cheated out of scholarship because mean ‘ole Nick Saban lied to them. So WHO has this happened to???
The truth may not fit your bitter view, but the REALITY is that our staff plans IN ADVANCE and doesn’t sign more kids than they will have scholarships available for. Since Saban has been at UA, every year we have had a combination of back-signers, &/or kids who knew they would not qualify and instead were placed, &/or kids who knew they were going to sign baseball contracts, &/or kids who had agreed IN ADVANCE to “gray-shirt”. ALL that is known and PLANNED FOR IN ADVANCE.
NOT ONE SINGLE KID has been lied to, deceived, or left standing without a scholarship. THAT is just the plain fact of the matter.
Of course, its a lot more fun to accuse Nick Saban of lying and cheating, huh?
Bama fan
April 10th, 2009
12:21 pm
JB,
I didn’t know you were present at these recruiting stops and that you saw exactly what Saban said and “promised” the young man. How do you do it? How do you manage to sit in on all these meetings to know exactly what is being said? You are remarkable.
outside i285
April 10th, 2009
12:23 pm
I have lived in Ga 16 years now , grew up in Alabama and have live in LA and other cites in the US. You Ga fans are worse than the Auburn fans. Saban get 3 kids from here and he is hated like Steve Spurier . Whats your problem with Bama we all live in trailers and drive pick up trucks. And some reporter for the communist paper the AJC whips you into a lather about Saban and one kid he recruited. I will say this. I have neighbors who are avid Ga and Tech fans. But dont take this personally . The general passion for college football in the state of Ga is half of what it is in Bama. Point in case. You have 2 boobs doing a talk show in the afternoon one was a QB at GA. The other some transplanted yankee that wouldnt know the veer from a steer unless he was eating the steak from the cow. They think they are funny. they also have a talk show that doesnt have a focus. Its all over the place. So I listen to it because that is all there is until i cant take it anymore. Maybe1/4 of the show is about GA or Tech football .
Yes Ala and Auburn football are the only 2 games in the state. But listen to the sports stations on the radio. and is 90% about Bama and API what Auburn’s original name was. You can hear them on the internet.
Why did we play Clemson in the Ga dome and will be playing the gobblers in the Ga. dome.
I didnt like Saban when he was at LSU. He was a ahole. But now he is our ahole.
Ask Furman Bisher why he doesnt write about Bama football or wont even go to a Bama game. He help write the story that Coach Bryant and Wally Butts rigged a Bama – GA in the early 60’s it was printed in the Saturday evening Post and Bryant sue and won over a million in 63 which was a TON of cash. Furman hates Bama to this day. So why is that relevant to this. I just like to remind Furman of the time Coach Bryant took him to the wood shed.
So Ga has twice the population of Al. thus more kids to chose from. You go find the low hanging fruit and you pick it.
Brad
April 10th, 2009
12:44 pm
didn’t a bama fan commit murder last year over a game? bama fans have a lot of nerve complaining about GA. Why are you not living in your own state again?
RJS
April 10th, 2009
12:47 pm
Tom- Yes, it is a lot more fun. I stand by my statement that it is a bad practice to sign more players than you have scholarships available and I misspoke when I wrote that many coaches do it. Many coaches in the SEC do it. It is not a common practice around the country. In fact, signing day is kind of joke out here on the West Coast because we know that the SEC schools will be ranked high even though many members of those signing classes will never play a down at those schools- much more than the rest of the country.
And no, I don’t believe Saban lies more than any other coach on the recruiting trail and he’s darn good at it as I stated before.
Sound Reasoning
April 10th, 2009
12:53 pm
Rivals uses the Top 20 recruits only. So oversigning does not raise your rankings. Get your facts straight. They are about quality over quantity.
bwell
April 10th, 2009
1:00 pm
Lil Sims is full of it! How do you grow a Ga fan your entire life and then switch to a school that wasn’t on your radar. Sims stated that he has known coach Richt since his freshman year, okay what about respect for coach Richt and his staff. What did coach Saban offer the kid money. What? the kid is not shown any love at home (parents). Ala roll out the red carpet? Give me a break they will do anything to get you to their school. Ga is very professional, Ga have no need to play on a kids mind, if Ga offer guess what you are special. Where is the kid parents; what do they say. Have he passed the SAT or ACT yet.
Tennessee Ted
April 10th, 2009
1:00 pm
Ouside i285- There is a fanbase that’s much worse than UGA’s– Your’s.
Bama John in Miami
April 10th, 2009
1:36 pm
Maybe uga can have a blackout recruiting weekend.
oops…..wait….
Link: *** QB/ATH Blake Sims Commits to Alabama *** - Page 4 - TideFans.com
April 10th, 2009
1:36 pm
[...] *** QB/ATH Blake Sims Commits to Alabama *** A good read from today’s AJC. . . it sounds like CNS did some whirlwind [...]
KD
April 10th, 2009
1:37 pm
If Saban is telling the Sims kid he is going to be a SEC quarterback, you might want to check his height, he looks a couple inches taller than Saban and isn’t Saban a short man himself ? I was just wondering if Saban was telling him what he wants to here like he does with most of the recruits, and Blake should pay close attention to what other QB’s bama offers this year to actually see where he stands, commenting too early may not be a good thing.
Got 12?
April 10th, 2009
1:37 pm
“Where is the kid parents; what do they say. Have he passed the SAT or ACT yet.”
Bwell, the only thing you left out was “Go Gator!”
BAMAKJ
April 10th, 2009
1:52 pm
UM and Richt each had decent talent when they got to their schools, Saban had a bunch of 2nd class Shula boys to work with and to see his truly first recruiting class come out as well as they did is great. As far as losing in the Sugar Bowl, do you think GA would have won anything without Herschel or Florida win a thing without Tebow, well we were without our Starting left Tackle #6 projection in this years NFL draft, that is what cost us the Sugar Bowl, nothing else….
haney
April 10th, 2009
2:09 pm
Folks need to chill out. The kid decided to leave the state, wish him well and move on. It does make you wonder how he could go from no offer one day and a top three that didn’t include Bama, to having an offer, meeting the coach, visiting the campus and commiting all in a matter of 48 hours. Saban must have really impressed him and the kid must have really just wanted to get his decision out of the way. Who really knows and cares, just wish him the best. UGA will be fine in the QB category and also fine at any other position this young man might play in college.
Saban is smart to recruit in Georgia and I think he will continue to do so. His home state does not produce nearly as many D1 football players so he has to look around elsewhere. Might as well come into Ga and look and see if you can grab a few here and there. UGA looks around and signs out of state players as well as do most other programs. Tenn will be heavily involved here as will Auburn, Clemson, Florida, Florida State and SCarolina. Bottom line is, UGA is typically going to get most everyone they really want in state. They will lose some sure but by and large, they get the top talent they want in the state of Georgia.
haney
April 10th, 2009
2:15 pm
Andre Smith was not the reason Bama lost the bowl game, that is pretty funny. Nor will he be picked in the top 6 in the draft. Bama lost in the bowl game to me for the same reason UGA lost to WVU. It is hard for kids to get excited playing a school like Utah or WVU in a bowl game-you just don’t have the same focus. Oklahoma was the same way with Boise. The Bama defense certainly didn’t come to play against Utah either, I don’t think Mr. Smith played on the defense for the Tide.
bamaisback
April 10th, 2009
2:16 pm
BAMAKJ, those 2ND CLASS Shula boys you speak of won 12 games this year. Saban won with Shula’s boys, the majority of the ones on the field were NOT freshmen or sophomores instead leaders like JPW. Btw, don’t make us look STUPID. UGA WAS without their starting LT for most of the year. They lost their starting LT and #1 DT. Imagine us without Cody or Smith, well you saw what happens in the sugar bowl.
bamaisback
April 10th, 2009
2:17 pm
BAMABELLE, act with class as you suggest instead of accusing others and then acting like one without class yourself.
bamaisback
April 10th, 2009
2:24 pm
JOSEPH HERBERT-please quit drinking man…you sound like a drunk redneck
TOM-good job of looking up stats….bad job of COUNTING… it’s 124-131 in points there buddy plus look at how many didn’t get into Alabama with Saban’s first and second class. Over signing has it’s draw backs.
Sound Reasoning-I don’t like oversigning either. It is a bad practice once the penalties start with APR ratings. The first year I agreed with, and didn’t have a problem getting rid of extra dead weight. We can’t do this every year.
Cracker
April 10th, 2009
2:34 pm
Bama will have a new Oline and a new QB this year… I doubt they even win the West… LSU looks like they will be the leader and Ole Miss will be tough too…
the over under on them getting their probation is 2 more years… they can not help themselves….they have a tradition of cheating that overshadows anything they have done on the feild… sans the throngs of delusional “fans” who think people around the country respect the program…..
There is currently a textbook scandal going on there that has been kept rather quiet… players were using their AD account at the bookstore to buy and sell books for $$$$… it just continues to happen there… how could something like this go unnoticed at a school that has been on probation for a good part ofthe last 20 years? They just can not help themselves… they will get caught and they will go on probation… it is their tradition… a tradition of cheating…
Bobby in the rock
April 10th, 2009
2:36 pm
KD you have some incrediable insight. Can you tell me what he told each recruit? Since you say he just tells recruits what they want to hear? I would love for you to name each recruit and tell me what saban told him.
Sims will start out at QB but Sims himself said if it doesn’t work he will move to DB
Bobby in the rock
April 10th, 2009
2:41 pm
Cracker, Once again people speaking and having no clue whats going on. They get their information from Bubba and redneck joe down at the corner store. I do know you have no clue.
Greg will put up some good numbers this year. He stood out in Texas and will set some records before he leaves Bama
Cracker
April 10th, 2009
2:45 pm
So Bama does not have a tradition of cheating? Please expound…
Cracker
April 10th, 2009
2:50 pm
How many starters did Bama lose on the Oline?
Bama
April 10th, 2009
2:52 pm
you pup fans, you don’t know what Saban promised or anything like that. Were you there personally? I doubt it. Just take your lumps and shut up about Simms. There are more players in Ga.
Cracker ,don’t go on about cheating check the records on UGA probation in the past. Your almost caught up with the barners
Bobby in the rock
April 10th, 2009
2:56 pm
in the 20 years you speak of twice the have been put on probation. One because a player contacted a agent before the SEC Championship game. (wow because a player contacts an agent the football team cheated when they won all of those games and the university cheated to please man)
A booster pays for a player. A stupid booster put the university on probation.
The text book thing so for the players getting their GF text books this help Alabama kick your butt 40-31. Nothing to the Text book think Man you will see.
Oh and if you do not think boosters at your school do not give money and gifts to players then you need to wake up the year is 2009. Every school booster of some type has this happen.
Crackerisanidiot
April 10th, 2009
2:56 pm
I wouldn’t be so quick with the cheating accusations, Cracker. Copy and paste this into your browser window, and check out who is tied for ninth. It’s a list of the programs with the most major NCAA infractions. You will notice that Bama isn’t on this list.
http://blog.al.com/bn/2008/03/SECcheatinghall030908.jpg
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CrimsonTidalWave
April 10th, 2009
3:00 pm
Blackout quickly turned to Smackout! I loved that game, was the highlight of the year for me.
Terry
April 10th, 2009
3:15 pm
QB’s Nick Saban has offered for 2010 Jake Heaps-5 star, Phillip Sims-4 star, Nick Montana-4 star,Terrance Broadway-3 star, Austin Hinder-NR, Blake Sims-NR. Good luck with that chance at QB, I just hope Mr. Saban’s not blowing smoke up your crack.
Cracker
April 10th, 2009
3:18 pm
lol… I am sure it was the first time that a “lone booster” offered $200k or whatever it was for Means… ironically, that booster died in a bizzare manner a few years ago… just another coincidence however…
So, how many Football games has Bama had “vacated” in the last 25 or so years for cheating?
How many SEC teams have been on probation for offering a recruit or his coach over $200k?
Also note that Bama is 1-3 vs UGA this Century…
Cracker
April 10th, 2009
3:20 pm
NCAA puts Tide on 5-year probation, 2-year bowl ban
Posted: Friday February 01, 2002 2:05 PM
Updated: Friday February 01, 2002 8:48 PM
Brush with death
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — The NCAA placed Alabama on five years’ probation Friday, jolting the program Bear Bryant built into a power with a two-year bowl ban and heavy scholarship reductions.
The governing body said it considered giving the Crimson Tide the most severe punishment — the death penalty — under the repeat violator rules for a recruiting scandal in which boosters were accused of paying money for high school players.
“They were absolutely staring down the barrel of a gun,” said Thomas Yeager, chairman of the infractions committee.
“These violations are some of the worst, most serious that have ever occurred,” he said.
The university, accused of 11 major violations — one was later withdrawn — and five minor charges under two former coaches, said it would appeal.
President Andrew Sorensen said university officials ‘are firm in our belief that the penalties are inappropriate.’
“We regret that we must prolong this process, but the decision we have been given today is simply unacceptable,” Sorensen said.
SI’s Maisel: Could Have Been Worse
The NCAA committee on infractions considered giving Alabama the death penalty. SI’s Ivan Maisel says the school’s cooperation with the investigation, along with the fact only one athletic employee was named in any of the charges, got the Crimson Tide off the hook.
Barring a successful appeal, the program that leads the nation in bowl appearances (51) and wins (29) will miss the postseason for consecutive years for the first time since 1957 and 1958, the year Bryant arrived in Tuscaloosa.
The Tide contested the two most publicized charges involving claims of boosters making five-figure payments to lure two recruits.
But it admitted some violations and imposed penalties on itself, including a reduction of 15 scholarships over three years and the temporary disassociation of three boosters at the heart of the recruiting scandal.
The university-imposed sanctions did not include a postseason ban.
The NCAA reduced the number of football scholarships the school can award by 21 over three years. It also said the university would face tougher penalties if it did not permanently disassociate the boosters.
The sanctions could cost the university millions. Last year, Alabama received about $1.5 million from its share of the Southeastern Conference’s bowl proceeds and its take from the Independence Bowl.
The violations occurred under former coaches Mike DuBose and Gene Stallings.
Alabama’s NCAA Penalties
Five years on probation.
Barred from going to a bowl or playing in the Southeastern
Conference championship game for two years, which league officials
said could cost the university at least $3 million in bowl
revenues.
Ordered to reduce football scholarships by 21 over the next
three years. Must also reduce the total number of football players
on scholarship from 85 to 80 during each of those years.
Must ban boosters from traveling on team charters, attending
closed practices and attending or donating money to football camps.
Must face additional penalties if it does not permanently ban
three boosters from having anything to do with the athletic
program. Also must disassociate a fourth booster for at least three
years.
None of the accusations involve current coach Dennis Franchione or his staff. Franchione was out of town recruiting on the final weekend before national signing day.
“Although the penalties handed down today are much stiffer than we anticipated, the mystery is cleared up and we know what we are up against,” he said. “The coaches, the players and I must roll up our sleeves and work that much harder to sustain and restore Crimson Tide football.”
DuBose released a statement through a Birmingham law firm.
“I am deeply distressed and surprised by the severity of the sanctions handed down today by the NCAA,” he said. “I am especially disappointed for the players, current coaching staff and all of the fans of our university.”
If Alabama is found guilty of further violations during the probationary period, Yeager suggested the death penalty – the elimination of a sports program – could result.
“God forbid, there’s ever another appearance – ever,” Yeager said. “Should there be one – particularly within the five-year period — I don’t know what’s left.”
Alabama’s Major Violations
Major findings cited by the NCAA Infractions Committee in imposing penalties on the Alabama football program Friday:
A recruit, identified in news reports as Kenny Smith, and his parents were given $20,000 in cash, lodging and entertainment by two Crimson Tide boosters beginning in 1995. The first payment of $10,000 was made in $100 bills delivered in a grocery bag. Smith signed with Alabama but couldn’t meet academic requirements.
An Alabama booster previously identified as Logan Young of Memphis, Tenn., gave cash to a high school coach who was seeking $100,000 cash and two sport-utility vehicles in exchange for directing star recruit Albert Means to Alabama.
An assistant coach, former recruiting coordinator Ronnie Cottrell, received two loans totaling $56,600 from Young in violation of NCAA rules. The loan was not repaid until the case became known.
Two boosters involved in repeated rules violations were known to the Alabama staff, coaches and fans and often were seen at the team hotel during road games.
A recruit, identified previously as Travis Carroll, was given the use of a car in 1999 for agreeing to attend Alabama. The car
was repossessed when Carroll transferred to Florida.
The university contended that accusations of a $20,000 payment to prospect Kenny Smith in the mid-1990s fell outside the governing body’s statute of limitations.
Alabama officials also argued the NCAA couldn’t prove that high school coaches for Memphis prospect Albert Means received money to steer the defensive lineman to Alabama, or that any money was linked to Tide booster Logan Young.
But the NCAA said a booster agreed to give Means’ coach $115,000 to get Means to sign with Alabama and said three payments of $10,000 were made.
Means signed with the Tide, but has since transferred to Memphis. Young, a Memphis businessman, was one of the boosters dissociated from the university. He has denied any wrongdoing in the recruiting of Means.
“Those conclusions are erroneous and unfounded,” said Jim Neal, Young’s attorney in Nashville, Tenn. “As I look more at the NCAA and its procedure, the whole process appears to be basically unfair.”
Alabama’s football program was placed on three years’ probation in 1995. All-America defensive back Antonio Langham admitted signing with a sports agent the morning after the Tide gained the national title with a Sugar Bowl win over Miami but returned to play his senior season.
Alabama would later win an appeal, getting one of the three years of probation lifted and nine of 26 scholarships restored.
Alabama’s basketball program avoided sanctions in 1999 following claims that a former assistant basketball coach, Tyrone Beaman, tried to create a slush fund for recruits. The NCAA praised Alabama’s handling of the matter
Jack Larson
April 10th, 2009
3:42 pm
The comments here are awesome on both sides. Great work by Cracker and others. My favorite though has to bamaisback pretending to be a Bama fan.
KD
April 10th, 2009
4:04 pm
To “Bobby in the rock”, hey HARDHEAD,yes I was there, but I have also talked to many recruits from the past and they have said Saban seems like he will tell you what you want to here, and of course somE kids go to his program, I have no problem with that. Some will buy into it and some will not, just as the case at every school.
Stan
April 10th, 2009
4:11 pm
Mr. Used Car Salesman to Georgia Bulldogs
jj
April 10th, 2009
4:52 pm
Tuscaloosa is a freakin’ crap hole – same for Baton Rouge.
Bearclaw Bryant
April 10th, 2009
5:44 pm
Mr Sims—I saw your name on the Bama depth chart. Coach Mr Personality has you pegged for 4th team Safety and 5th team weak Corner.
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aladawg
April 10th, 2009
6:50 pm
Richt has beat Saban 2 times, not 1, and 2 of those times was when he won with someone else’s players. Saban beat Richt when he was at LSU 2 times, Richt beat hime 1 time while he was at LSU, and Richt beat him his first year at Bama. Get it right! That makes the score Saban 3, Richt 2…not so impressive, just average.
ArrowJ
April 10th, 2009
8:28 pm
Blake Sims going to Alabama is OK by me. He will probably play defense and become an All American with Saban. Nothing against Richt but Saban can flatout coach a defensive player. While at Lswho he help put 16 defensive players on NFL teams. 22 including Offense. Coach Richt isn’t really getting the goodie out of his players not like Saban is. Sims can see this. Heck I can see it. YellowJackets Sting.
Georgiaman
April 10th, 2009
8:34 pm
I am a Georgia fan and it is a shame for us to get on here and bash a kid with this much talent. Remember he is from Georgia and that says alot about our highschool football players. Make no mistake, anyone that has been following highschool football in Georgia as long as i have, this kid can flat out play football! Athelte is the word that everyone uses to describe him. That is what he is, an atheletic quarterback that can play 4 or 5 positions. We lost a good one, and i am still going to follow this kid! I saw him play about 4 times this year, each time i saw him he had nothing less then 2 touchdowns in each game. He also threw the ball for touchdowns in each one of the games. THIS KID CAN PLAY!!!! Wish him the best, and lets not lose anymore with his talent. I would take him over both of the 2 qb’s that we just brought in! If i was a betting man this kid is going to be a star in the SEC, whatever position he is at! Young man you are in a good position to be able to play multiple positions. The two we brought in cannot do that! For our sake i hope they dont put him at qb, because he is TROUBLE.
ArrowJ
April 10th, 2009
8:36 pm
Richt has beat Saban 2 times, not 1, and 2 of those times was when he won with someone else’s players. Saban beat Richt when he was at LSU 2 times, Richt beat hime 1 time while he was at LSU, and Richt beat him his first year at Bama. Get it right! That makes the score Saban 3, Richt 2…not so impressive, just average.
The 31 – 0 half time butt whooping was a look at the future. Coach Richt isn’t winning any championship anytime soon. Dawg fans better pray Fatboy at Notre Dame fails next season so Urban will give the Dawgs a chance by leaving for his dream job to the north.
Right now Coach Saban owns Richt. Average may butt. Coach Saban landed the #1 Class for a second year. What did Richt do? Florida, South Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee. That is the fallout for 2009. Georgia is lucky they are not playing Ala fricking Bama this year. Yellowjackets Sting.
bama??????
April 10th, 2009
8:56 pm
When is the last time BAMA won an SEC Championship? You had a decent year and didn’t win squat. how many times has UGA won the SEC in the last decade?? How many games has BAMA won in the past decade?? Congrats on your one good year. Pretty impressive..
bama??????
April 10th, 2009
9:00 pm
Can someone please explain how roll tide relates to an elephant. Why is it that schools in Alabama have two mascots.
thomassweatt
April 10th, 2009
9:11 pm
why did he flee to alabama after growing up a uga fan? who knows. maybe he doesn’t feel like getting blown the hell out on national tv. maybe he believes more in hard work and accountability than black jerseys and endzone dances. maybe he feels like being a winner. just guesses of course.
YAWN
April 10th, 2009
9:15 pm
Bama’s elephants come from their oline in the 70’s I believe. they were chronicoled as elephants. I have no idea what crimson tide means and where it came from. I wouldn’t mind knowing the history of that myself. I’m sure a Bama fan can enlighten us since they sure can jump on a Ga (paper) message board after finally beating UGA for the first time since 1995.
Chuck Uga
April 10th, 2009
11:28 pm
Um, to the Bama fan that posted earlier, you are NOT going to win 2 of the next four SEC titles. And to say “win it all” or nothing is a lie. You definitely would be THRILLED to have Richt’s record, and to say that means nothing to Bama fans is once again, a LIE. Bama JUST LAST SEASON emerged from obscurity. Get real, Saban is not Bear, and NO COACH WILL EVER WIN as many games as Bryant did at Bama. Bama is NOT going to dominate the SEC with or without Saban. UGA will win another SEC title before Bama does. Book it. Oh, and Richt will get his usual Top 5 recruiting class next February. There isn’t a dam thing Saban or the new UT coach or Paul Johnson or anyone else can do to stop that from happening.
Chuck Uga
April 10th, 2009
11:30 pm
ArrowJ, your Mommy is calling you to bed. You are either age 12 or you are an idiot.
Chuck Uga
April 10th, 2009
11:37 pm
Crackerisanidiot: UGA has NEVER been caught “cheating.” The Jan Kemp fiasco, the Harrick fiasco, the moronic South Florida/Bell Glade fiasco, none of this was cheating. Cheating is PAYING players which Bama has been cited for at least TWICE. Academic issues for making classes/tests (in Phys Ed) easy or for tutoring kids through special studies isn’t “cheating.” If it was, every school in the SEC is cheating! That includes Alabama.
Bama John in Miami
April 11th, 2009
12:14 am
Chuck, you must be joking or a gtech fan in disguise.
Trey
April 11th, 2009
12:20 am
Some of you talk like you know what Saban told Sims. Why don’t we look at what Sims himself said about committing to Bama. He didn’t go because he was promises the QB job. He’s open to playing DB. Quit crying. So he chose Alabama. Kids go out of state all the time. Wish him the best and grow up. Or would his failure at Alabama bring enjoyment to your otherwise dismal life?
On the other hand, I have to say “Haney” is a class act. You represent UGA well (I’m being serious…read his comment).
What Sims had to say:
http://blog.al.com/rapsheet/2009/04/athlete_blake_sims_becomes_ala.html
Cracker
April 11th, 2009
1:01 am
Bama will go on probation and Saban will move on to Notre Dame or some other has been proram… both precidents have been set….
Cracker
April 11th, 2009
1:01 am
program…
Laughing Roll Tide
April 11th, 2009
5:43 am
Watching Dawg fans show their TRUE colors in the off season is ALMOST as good as watching their faces as their football team got stomped by the Tide in Athens during their “fan fashion show” .
The young man wants a chance to play for a program that can REALLY compete for national championships instead of spending his entire college career and then the rest of his life talking about what could have been but never was …. .
Deep down Dawg fans KNOW the truth on where both programs REALLY stand both historically and in the present . It obviously drives them so nuts they are even willing to turn on young men for a personal decision like a pack of rabid “dawgs” . The only “satisfaction” they can count on is tallied in the comment section of the AJC . It is highly unlikely to EVER come from a National Championship and they know it . Too funny
Welcome to the Crimson Nation Mr. Sims
The Last Laugh
April 11th, 2009
5:59 am
Chuck UGA “Crackerisanidiot: UGA has NEVER been caught “cheating.”
Here is a link directly to the NCAA database list for MAJOR infractions by ALL programs . Please note that the University of Georgia’s tally of major infractions stand at SIX . I’ll let you scroll on down the page to see where Bama is listed but I will readily admit that this is the ONE area Georgia has a record that actually tops Bama on the all time list LOL
https://web1.ncaa.org/LSDBi/exec/PDF/miSearch?miSearchSubmit=Most%20Infractions%20Report
heeldawg
April 11th, 2009
8:00 am
Guys, Jeez….
Good luck to the Sims kid. He’ll probably be an All-SEC DB at Bama. That’s football. Allen Bailey was told he’d be a DE at UGA, Miami said they’d let him play LB, and now he’s a DE at Miami. Most of these kids are bedazzled by the whole recruiting experience and get fired up about a particular school and the promises they are made. They’ll make decisions based on emotion and excitement without really thinking the whole decision-making process through (Orson Charles was an exception). I know–my son’s being recruited right now (although for Ivy League and 1-AA schools, not the big boys). These kids generally don’t fully understand that once you get to a school–ANY school–the coaches have the right to use you where the team needs you. That’s what being a teammate is all about. Sims will learn that at Bama (or wherever else he ends up) soon enough. The key thing is that he should take advantage of the free education and make the most of it. Very few people make it to the NFL, but that college degree could be the doorway to a lot of great things for Mr. Sims.
Just the facts, ma’am….Richt is 2-3 vs Saban. No domination there. And I don’t think Bama’s the odds-on favorite to win the SEC this year. That would be the Florida Gators, the defending national champs who return everyone on defense. Two years from now, who knows? Richt has beaten Bama more than Bama has beaten him. Richt has won two SEC titles since he’s been in Athens, which is two more than Bama since he’s been there. And for the Bama fans who use the “our starting left tackle was out in the Sugar Bowl” excuse as the reason you guys got whipped in the Sugar Bowl (and I’ll agree,that was a factor, but not the only factor), try losing TWO starting left tackles in one season. Or try losing 19 players (10 starters) with season-ending injuries in one season. That’s what happened to Georgia last year, and they still went 10-3 and won a bowl game. Had that happened to the Tide, you guys would have had another 6-6 year.
I’d put a check on the ego thing a bit, Tide fans. One 12-2 season doesn’t mean that Bear Bryant’s been resurrected. Last time I checked, he was still dead. Remember, you’re just one year removed from losing to Louisiana-Monroe.
Edward Blackwelder
April 11th, 2009
10:22 am
The University of Alabama is doing a better job at everything, so just accept the fact, Georgia. Nick Saban is the Number One coach in America and will continue to be for time to come.
People hate winners so Alabama has alot of enemies. Hell, this is great! We ‘Bama fans have always known that we are the best! Everyone else knows it too but just won’t admit it.
“Cracker” is out of touch with reality. Get real “Cracker”! The NCAA infraction accusations against Alabama do not include selling books. All student-athlete books were returned to the University Supply Store for proper scholarship credit. I have the complete copy of the NCAA report along with the University’s response. It’s almost 100 pages in length. I will be happy to share it with any of you people that know how to read and have the ability to understand facts. This most certainly leaves Cracker out!
Roll Tide! Alabama’s “A Day” game is going to be nationally televised by ESPN. Can any other school say the same for their pre-season game?
At Alabama we know we are good. Too bad the remainder of you people seem to become experts by purchasing a T-shirt from Wal-Mart without every making a single contribution to “your” school. Put you wallet where your mouth is and do something beneficial for your school. Don’t be a Cracker and go off “half-cocked” without the benefit of facts.
Cracker
April 11th, 2009
11:35 am
Were those from Football? Please list the infractions with date, sport, and penalty…
I will give you a clue… you are barking up the wrong tree…
…but in any case, BAMA had one nice season last year… their fans are kinda excited… they finally beat UGA this century… that let them know that they were back…well, kinda…. they have a coach who has won everywhere he has been…he even won a few games in the pros… Saban has three ten win seasons in his entire career and is 4-6 in Bowl games… remember also that his last season at LSU he was 9-3 and did not win the SEC West… I mean, the way he recruits, how could he have not won the West with all “his” players in place?
but, seriously, disregard what I have said… do not look at the record, Saban “won” one NC at LSU… that means he is the best coach ever and Bama is on the road to eternal greatness as is their destiny…
One more thing, one of the Bama fans was speaking the truth… they only care about winning it all… and they will not let anything get in the way… especially things like rules… they were close to the death penalty just a few years ago… one more slip and…who am I kidding, they will never get the death penalty…too much $$$$ involved…
halftime 31-0
April 11th, 2009
3:28 pm
Gday zzzzzzzzzzz has anyone scored yet? zzzzzzzzz what a suckfest
halftime 31-0
April 11th, 2009
3:29 pm
Looked like maybe 25,000 in attendance. zzzzzzzzzz
Bama Rolls ON
April 12th, 2009
3:29 am
Hey Cracker .. you seem like a “knowledgeable” Dawg fan (or the best we can hope for anyway) What is the over and under that Georgia will manage bring home a National Championship in “this century” to go with the ONE they managed to eke out over the entire course of the last century ? Any idea if you will still be alive ?
I also wondered if you have any idea how many “next Champ Bailey’s” or “next Herschel Walker’s” Richt will sign in the 2010 recruiting class ?
And most importantly can you tell us if there any plans for Coach Richt and his assistants to attend any high school coaching clinics so they can perhaps learn how to teach these kids anything once they get there ?
I’ll hang up and listen to your “insight” ….
the real "Truth"
April 13th, 2009
1:16 pm
Cracker, you know nothing about what you speak. I have been a member of several recruiting sites since Saban became coach. One thing that always impressed me is that in recruit interviews players alweays commented on how Saban was strait up with them and never promised them anything but an OPPORTUNITY to compete. So do you idiots who are repeating what your friend Bubba told you about Saban saying that Bubba knows more than the recruit? Are you really that dense? I would love to have an example of just 1 of the “many” recruits he lied to. What say you cracker? Prove to me that you are not a liar and idiot both.
thomas
April 14th, 2009
12:22 am
its awesome going to school at alabama and being from atlanta. all my friends go to georgia, and i get to rub 31-0 in their faces every time i see them.