Down at the Crossroads of 4th and Goal

Two weeks notice: another blog bites the dust, this time for good.

bteitb@gmail.com (Brent Tubbs) — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 02:49:00 +0000

Thanks to all of you who have been regular readers to this blog. I've appreciated your comments and emails over the last couple of years. To the guys in the Alabama blogosphere: thanks for the...

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Friday Link Roundup

bteitb@gmail.com (Brent Tubbs) — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:45:00 +0000

Get the Picture has some interesting stuff in his Friday morning buffet. Go take a look at Capstone Report's Alabama football: Friday news & links. Will Heath at DBH Dance Party has a plethora...

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SEC Predictions Week #4

bteitb@gmail.com (Brent Tubbs) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:48:00 +0000

1. Florida @ Kentucky - The Wildcats are 2 and 0. I hope they took full advantage of being undefeated the last few weeks. Florida goes Iron Sheik on the Cats. 2. Georgia v. Arizona State - The...

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Arkansas - The Flame Thrower

bteitb@gmail.com (Brent Tubbs) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:59:00 +0000

Ryan Mallet #15 Quarterback, 6' 7" 238 lbs Mallet is a redshirt Sophomore who landed in the Razorbacks lap after Rich Rodriguez brought his run heavy spread offense to Ann Arbor, Michigan. A...

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Arkansas - The Pass Catchers

bteitb@gmail.com (Brent Tubbs) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:36:00 +0000

Project Starters Jarius Wright #4 Wide Receiver, 5' 10" 180 lbs Wright is a true Sophomore who logged minutes in all 12 games for the Hawgs in 2008. He made 7 starts and caught 19 passes for 348...

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Arkansas- The Offensive Line

bteitb@gmail.com (Brent Tubbs) — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:08:00 +0000

Projected Starters Ray Dominguez #73 Left Tackle, 6' 4" 329 lbs A redshirt Junior with 10 career starts, Dominguez is entering his second season as the Hawgs starting left tackle. Grant Cook #72...

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The beating that wasn't. Tide pass defense to get tested. Auburn's passing game looks good.

bteitb@gmail.com (Brent Tubbs) — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:16:00 +0000

Just a few short observations from this weekend. 1) Florida didn't destroy Tennessee. I'm a little shocked, but nobody really blew out Mike Shula either. The Tennessee faithful, and some media...

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Everybody takes a beating in the SEC at least once.

bteitb@gmail.com (Brent Tubbs) — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:19:00 +0000

The general consensus is that by the time the sun starts to slip over the horizon at The Swamp in Gainseville, Lane Kiffin will be begging his dad Monte to make it stop, and Monte will pat his boy on...

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New blog Link - The Crimson Elephant

bteitb@gmail.com (Brent Tubbs) — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:20:00 +0000

A new blog for the Alabama blogs links - The Crimson Elephant.

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SEC Predictions Week #3

bteitb@gmail.com (Brent Tubbs) — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:26:00 +0000

1. Florida v. Tennessee - Gators because they're better, not because they're mad. After the game, Tennessee players weep silently to themselves and try to find a happy place. 2. Georgia v. Arkansas...

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The Jing Qi Shen of Alabama's Kickoff Coverage

bteitb@gmail.com (Brent Tubbs) — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:33:00 +0000

Ike, my Labrador Retriever, is a Taoist. Strange I know, but he's happy being a Taoist although he is a little pretentious about it. However, he's given me a little insight into what may be the...

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Tide Stats - National Rankings

bteitb@gmail.com (Brent Tubbs) — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:26:00 +0000

Offense - Team Rushing - #10 272 yards/g Passing - #48 235 yards/g Total - #14 507 yards/g Scoring - #27 37.00 ppg Tackles for loss allowed - #81 13 Total Sacks Allowed - #47 3.0...

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Thoughts on Alabama v. FIU

bteitb@gmail.com (Brent Tubbs) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:48:00 +0000

Alabama should really consider tackling the guy with the ball on kickoffs every time and not just some of the time. Just an observation. Everything else looked fine from my seat.

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Ribbon boards now purely for advertising.

bteitb@gmail.com (Brent Tubbs) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:33:00 +0000

The ribbon boards in the stadium have evolved into continuous advertising displays, there are no stats, no game updates, not even a few words of thanks for dropping $5 on a cup of frozen lemonade. ...

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SEC Predictions Week #2

bteitb@gmail.com (Brent Tubbs) — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:43:00 +0000

1. Florida v. Troy - Somebody should tell the Gators to hold off all this heavy lifting in the out of conference games, they might get a hang nail. Gators by a gazillion. 2. Georgia v. South...

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RollBamaRoll - Florida International Preview

bteitb@gmail.com (Brent Tubbs) — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:00:00 +0000

Todd at RollBamaRoll has a good primer up for the Florida International Golden Panthers.

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New Link

bteitb@gmail.com (Brent Tubbs) — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:45:00 +0000

New link in college football blog section - SECSportsHub.

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Response to DBH Roundtable Discussion Questions (Crimson and White Roundtable Discussion CPR Edition)

bteitb@gmail.com (Brent Tubbs) — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:13:00 +0000

Will Heath forwarded a list of discussion questions yesterday at DBH Dance Party, and since I can't find it in me to generate any Florida International content, I decided to join the roundtable...

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The DBH Dance Party Roundtable (Can the Crimson and White Roundtable be revived)

bteitb@gmail.com (Brent Tubbs) — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:29:00 +0000

Will Heath at DBH Dance Party has a pseudo Crimson and White Roundtable Discussion up. It is a pseudo discussion because he is the only one at the table at this point, but we'll try to join him...

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A little Florida International Golden Panther news

bteitb@gmail.com (Brent Tubbs) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:14:00 +0000

The Miami Herald FIU football blog ,written by Peter Pelegrin, is the best place to get information on the Golden Panthers.

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New Link

bteitb@gmail.com (Brent Tubbs) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:21:00 +0000

Bryant Drive has been added to the Alabama blog link section. Go check it out.

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Our Boys by Joe Drape

bteitb@gmail.com (Brent Tubbs) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:56:00 +0000

A couple of weeks ago I received a copy of Our Boys by Joe Drape, and I wanted to pass along a little information about the book. This is a feel good story about a down to earth rural Midwestern town...

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Week #1 SEC Predictions

bteitb@gmail.com (Brent Tubbs) — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:40:00 +0000

Florida v. Charleston Southern - Premeditated Homicide. Georgia v. Oklahoma St. - a tight game of flag football won by the home squad. Kentucky v. Miami (OH) - Cats by a whisker, just kidding - Cats...

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Virginia Tech - The Special Teams

bteitb@gmail.com (Brent Tubbs) — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:47:00 +0000

Observations They're pretty scary, badass even. They're game changers.

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Virginia Tech - The Secondary

bteitb@gmail.com (Brent Tubbs) — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:27:00 +0000

Projected StartersRashad Carmichael #21The 5’ 11” 186 lb. redshirt junior will start the second game of his career against the Tide on Saturday. Carmichael has seen action in 28 games as a Hokie,...

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