Saban on Julio

Saban speaks on Jones

"Roll Tide Roll" from the Statlers

Harold Reid of the Statler Brothers in 1983 made it clear who his favorite college football team was.

Motivation

Kudos to Coach Saban for his new "recruit"!

Motivator another part of the 'process' - Paul Finebaum

"Nick Saban has a new recruit arriving on campus later this summer and he might be more important than Julio Jones.

He wasn't a five-star on the Rivals.com list. He didn't make ESPN's 150, either. But he may help Alabama win a national championship.

He is Kevin Elko, a 49-year-old former teacher from Brownsville, Pa. He has no recorded time in the 40. Nor is he much to write home about in the weight room."

Some recent Tide news...

Alabama back to the Georgia Dome in 2010?
It appears that Alabama, which opens the upcoming season against Clemson in the Georgia Dome, likes the playing in Atlanta so much that it may do it again in the near future.

Catching up: Alabama news and notes
"A lot has happened in the past few weeks that we have not been able to address and give it a thorough rundown, so I'll attempt to catch up quickly on all of the news and give a brief look into each tidbit. Here goes..."

Cecil Hurt

If you want an honest assesment of the State of the Alabama program from an insider, and college football in general, here is my first choice of a columnist to read...

"Then there is John Parker Wilson. The Alabama senior has more career starts than any other quarterback in the decision. It may (or may not) be worth mentioning that the last two times that Alabama has had a senior starting quarterback – Tyler Watts in 2002 and Brodie Croyle in 2005 – the Crimson Tide has had a 10-win season. The key phrase – and one which Nick Saban has used repeatedly in the spring – is for Wilson to make “better business decisions” on the field."