College recruiting

By Bamafan

April 17, 2008 8:49 PM | Link to this

Welcome to the Crimson Tide Nation!! ROLL TIDE

By xtimastah

April 17, 2008 9:25 PM | Link to this

Hope you don’t mind losing the last regular season game each year.

Haha jk

But not really.

By capstone1

April 17, 2008 10:08 PM | Link to this

Once you join the Bama nation….Kellen you will have a home forever with us….Congrats…We are very proud of you!!! Roll Tide, forever!!!

By Bravesfan79

April 17, 2008 10:38 PM | Link to this

I grew up a big AL fan living in Ga. But with them getting that traitor Saban…and their AD’s stance on supporting the BCS over a playoff system….i cannot support them anymore. I refuse to support ANY school dumb enough to think you can have a succesfull season without a playoff system! Alabamas 92 team was one of the last “true” champs!

Its sad its gonna eventually take every school getting screwed over like UGA and Auburn did to change things. * Dont worry bama fans…your turn to get screwed is coming up*… then youll agree with me that the ONLY teams that should like the BCS is a team like Ohio State that plays a weak schedule!! O they LOVE the BCS at Ohio State.

I mean common a 8 or 16 team tournament….What would that prove!?? Its so much more meaningful when u type stats into a computer and take a “vote” on who plays for the title. LOL College Football…..its like a Bodybuilding competition where everyone gets on stage and poses showing off their muscles but NEVER FIGHT! ALL HYPE!!

Dont…dont believe the hype…dont dont, dont believe the hype! ;)

Any fans of old school rap know what im sayin.

By Jess

April 17, 2008 10:58 PM | Link to this

Tide continues to DOMINATE recruiting!! #1 last year and setting the table for another run to #1 next year. Roll Tide1 We had 70K at spring game.

By Jess

April 17, 2008 10:58 PM | Link to this

Tide continues to DOMINATE recruiting!! #1 last year and setting the table for another run to #1 next year. Roll Tide! We had 70K at spring game.

By King Nick Saban

April 17, 2008 11:39 PM | Link to this

hey, bravesfan79; who the hell wants ya? go cheer for one of the teams Bama is gonna rule over in a few years and years to come.

suck it!!

By capstone1

April 17, 2008 11:59 PM | Link to this

Hey Bravesfan79…Glad your a BAMA fan, we always believe…Don’t worry about playoffs…we got screwed in 1966 and in 1977. Research it. We have class and tradition. We expect to win…Bama is bigger than any playoff complaints. We have been there..Bama will be there again and again… ROLL TIDE…forever…

By capstone1

April 18, 2008 12:00 AM | Link to this

Hey Bravesfan79…Glad your a BAMA fan, we always believe…Don’t worry about playoffs…we got screwed in 1966 and in 1977. Research it. We have class and tradition. We expect to win…Bama is bigger than any playoff complaints. We have been there..Bama will be there again and again… ROLL TIDE…forever…

By Bravesfan79

April 18, 2008 2:27 AM | Link to this

I miss the old days, when the old man was coach back in the 90’s Gene Stallings….now that was a mans man, loyal to the core. A GREAT coach as well! Unlike traitor Saban.
I still root for Alabama when they play any team other than UGA or GT tho.
But Alabamas stance currently on the playoff format is just wrong. And sadly it will take them getting screwed over as well for things to change!
At this rate theres not gonna be a playoff in college football till around 2050. Theres just 2 many stubborn fans stuck in their ways to make a difference.
Thats why college football has BY FAR the WORST postseason of all sports!

By gbgreen

April 18, 2008 3:18 AM | Link to this

Alabama was the #1 recruiting class b/c they were able to tell every single kid they recruited that they could come in and start right away. Why? Because Alabama had ZERO top notch talent in it’s starting 22, save for Andre and maybe a couple more offensive linemen.

Guess what, you are not going to get a 5-star player at a position you got a 5-star at the year before. Kids want to go to top notch schools, but above and beyond that they want to play and they want to play from day 1. More times than not, a Top 5 recruiting class is followed up by a Top 15-20 class, that’s just the nature of the beast.

But even the #1 class won’t prevent a minimum of 4 L’s in the left hand column this year for the Tide.

By alabamadawg

April 18, 2008 5:39 AM | Link to this

Gypsy dawg, your embarrassing us, please get help !!! Bama fans lets be honest, you had the number one recuiting class only because you gave out 8-10 more scholarships than most schools !! Your star average was actually less than many other schools !!! But good luck !!!

By Shewdawg

April 18, 2008 6:03 AM | Link to this

The Gypsy Dawg is no Dawg fan. No one with a single brain fibre would post such idiocy. You bozo. Probably a GT fan.

By GT4EVER

April 18, 2008 7:05 AM | Link to this

Shewdawg- That’s a typical dawg fan! NO DOUBT! Everyone knows the WORST college fans in the country are BULLDAWGS!

GO JACKETS!

By Joe

April 18, 2008 7:36 AM | Link to this

Good pick up for the Tide. Isn’t it funny that Georgia fans think they got screwed last year, even when they did not even win their division? Congrats Kellen and I look forward to watching you play on Saturdays now.

By Rocky

April 18, 2008 7:36 AM | Link to this

Think about this—-The Barners in cow town must be the only team in the country who are EXTREMELY, OVER THE TOP, jealous, envious, and lack of class about a team they own a 6 game winning streak over. Why? Because they know that NEVER in their lifetime will they see 12 National Championships, let alone 1. They have 1 TAINTED crown on probation in ‘57 and it was their head coach, Shug Jordan that got ‘em caught. Now you know the rivalry that is Alabama and that cow school down the street. No matter how many times they toot their horn bout a winning streak, Bama Nation will just look at ‘em and smile and just say 12. By the way, what comes around, goes around, we will be back to top our 9 game winning streak in the 80’s over the Barners. Bask all you want, your days are over when we hold up 1 finger this year in T Town to start the 10 game winning streak. Ooh Rah!!! The tradition rolls on.

By MakeSure

April 18, 2008 7:38 AM | Link to this

Bama…. Make sure you will have a S’ship when you get there… they might kick you to the curb bc they are already over S’ship limit.. Go Dawgs.

By Paddy

April 18, 2008 7:42 AM | Link to this

bravesfan79…chill out or take a pill. I thought these comments were about the good kid signing with the Tide? Kellen you made a good choice. Wish UGA had jumped in there but we can’t keep everyone in state.

By D.Ellis

April 18, 2008 7:56 AM | Link to this

Bama had great recruiting class….however it is going to be intresting to see which BAMA players ol SABAN lets go of because TO MANY PLAYERS AND NOT ENOUGH SHIPS TO GO AROUND…….Thats pretty disturbing if you ask me. Which one do you get rid of…the kid you recruited 2 years ago that has been on ship and gettng the education paid for and bustin hump in practice…or the recruit Bama just signed and said come play for us. I’m not putting in a cheap shot here at any Bama fans by any means….but that jsut seems kinda classless and lame to me.

By dawgs=butt_sniffers

April 18, 2008 8:05 AM | Link to this

Gypsy Dawg, Thanks for making it so easy to prove that Ugag fans are the most obnoxious and backwoods fans around. I’ll use your phrase, Ugag fans, can’t live with them, wouldn’t have garbage collectors without them. Ugag fans, can’t live with them, wouldn’t know what a mullet was without them. Ugag fans, can’t live with them, wouldn’t have fast food workers asking if we will have fries with our sandwich. Ugag fans, can’t live with them, wouldn’t need Hargrave without them. :-)

By tjohnson4au

April 18, 2008 8:10 AM | Link to this

First of all Gypsy Dawg, you have issues you need to deal with way prior to football season. As an AU grad, I will be the first to say that we don’t need you to stand up for us, our last few years against Bama speaks volumes.

Now, back to the main topic. Kellen, I hope that you did not make your decision too quickly. All these Bammers are telling you that you are now a Bammer for life. That is the same thing they told Bill Curry, Mike Dubose, Mike Shula and the list goes on. Now there is a man over at the Capstone that has told over 200 kids(LSU, Mich State and Toledo), not to metion what he said to the Miami Dolphins players, that he will be there for the duration. He has lied to everyone of them just as he has lied to you! It is hard to give that man any respect.

The posts above mine are correct. Due to the long history that Bama has, and knowing that as a freshman there will be a good chance for bunches of minutes, the recruiting this past year was a no-brainer. You will get an opportunity to play right away. The question is, do you really want to play for a man who thinks that he is above the NCAA? He was advised about the Alan Jackson concert, but attempted to do it anyway. He has made public statement after statement about the past few years recruits at Bama. Even if they were not the normal caliber of recruit that Bama is expected to have on its roster, a true man would not publicly berate them and tell anyone that would listen that the reason he lost was the players, not the coaching. That alone would steer me away from even considering the Crimson Tide.

Kellen, the final choice is up to you. I had a chance to speak to you and you sounded like an intelligent young man. With any decision you make, I wish you the best of luck.

By Pat

April 18, 2008 8:17 AM | Link to this

I briefly worked with Brookwood OLine coach Tom Jones at Lithonia in 1980. He was a great man and coach then and I’m sure he is even better now. Kellen Williams was indeed lucky to have him. Good luck at Alabama.

By borodawg

April 18, 2008 8:27 AM | Link to this

dawgs=butt_sniffers, Gypsy Dawg should be ignored as being knuckdragging mouthbreathers. bravesfan79 should just go to the corner for a timeout; you’re not a college football fan, so why post here at all? Kellen, good luck at ALA. It’s unfortunate you’ve gone with a coach of such low moral charactrer; but best wishes with your academic studies.

By Model-T

April 18, 2008 8:32 AM | Link to this

GT4EVER:

It is always amusing to have you Yech MasterBaiters come into a thread and try to stretch it to make some anti-UGA point. Yech has a lot more to worry about than UGA. I suggest obsessing more over some of the ACC teams you possibly could upset, rather than a UGA team you might beat once every fifteen years. Go back to the shower - sweet dreams.

By Steve Superior

April 18, 2008 8:51 AM | Link to this

Shewdawg wants to pretend the dumbest dawg fans belong to GT. Two thoughts 1) Everyone (at least in the south knows it’s the other way around and 2) Without fans like this you’d only have 5 people at home games and 3) Got my newspaper rolled up, so you puppies better run for cover come September and 4)THIS STORY IS ABOUT ALABAMA!

By SecIsFootball

April 18, 2008 10:20 AM | Link to this

Gypsy Dawh….How are we going to beat all of those teams you mentioned? Same way UGA is winning games. By bringing in top level talent. UGA was an average team in the 90’s and then they hired a good coach who was a good recruiter. BAMA did the same and you can trust you will begin to see the same results and hopefully it wont take BAMA 28+ years to win another national title!!!

As for losing the last 6 to AU, it sucks. However, you know the feeling with you last 18 year record against the Gators!! Sure, you can do the typical Dawg fan response and claim that you have a winning record overall against UF. But then I would just have to inform you that UA has a winning record against EVERY SEC team!!

By James

April 18, 2008 11:01 AM | Link to this

Great news. I see another great class coming in. 2010 will be an SEC championship. Let’s wait til Saban’s studs become juniors and seniors.

By NRBQ

April 18, 2008 3:36 PM | Link to this

Jeff Hood!

Please wake up. GypsyDawg’s post has no place on this or any other blog.

By BAMA Dave

April 18, 2008 8:25 PM | Link to this

Two GEORGIA Lineman heading to sweet home ALABAMA! Kellen Williams and Darius McKeller. COME ROLL WITH THE TIDE!!!

By BAMA Dave

April 18, 2008 8:27 PM | Link to this

Two GEORGIA Lineman heading to sweet home ALABAMA! Kellen Williams and Darius McKeller. COME ROLL WITH THE TIDE!!!

By Got 12? Illegitimate children?

April 19, 2008 1:22 AM | Link to this

Alabama claims national titles for the following years: 1925, 1926, 1930, 1934, 1941, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1992. Other than the first three, we’ll go over each season individually.

1925, 1926, 1930. All back-dated titles. These titles were awarded years after the fact. Four teams could claim a back-dated title in 1925, eight teams in 1926, and two in 1930. See how inconsistent back-dated titles were? Doesn’t matter. They don’t really exist. Pure and simple resume embellishment. Strike 3 titles from Bama’s record.

1934—The first year for the AP poll, given to Minnesota. Alabama received 11 selectors choosing them, but I’m sure most of them were back-dated—impossible to know for sure. Minnesota had 29 selectors, most of them probably back-dated, but they got the only one that counted—the AP. Strike another title from Bama’s record.

1941—The most belligerent of Alabama’s bogus titles. Alabama finished the season with 2 losses and ranked #20 in the final AP poll. But one of the minor selectors out of over 30 chose Alabama, and evidently, that’s the only excuse they needed. Five other teams that year would have a superior claim over Alabama’s if you counted minor selectors, but we don’t.

I’m not really sure how many years after the fact Bama raised this banner, but you can bet it was many—so that not many people might notice. Strike another title from their record—we’re on a roll—up to five, now!

1961—Ahh, the beginning of the Bear era, and the golden age of Tide football. Alabama was pretty much a consensus champion, with both of the major polls, the AP and UPI, going their way. Some minor selectors chose Texas and Ohio State, but this title is solid. Score one legitimate title!

1964— A 10-1 Alabama team claims a national title in 1964 in spite of an 11-0 Arkansas team having a better claim. Here, an instance of both the AP and UPI, which voted Alabama # 1 that year, still voting prior to the bowl game. Had the polls been conducted after the bowls, then I’m sure it would have been a consensus Arkansas pick because Alabama lost to Texas in the Orange bowl, but Arkansas beat Texas during the regular season. I honor Alabama’s title because that was the rules that were in place at the time. Chalk up another legitimate title for the Tide, although reason would probably confer it on Arkansas.

1965—The first of Alabama’s supposed two back-to-back titles. It was a split decision between the 9-1-1 Tide, who dropped the first game to Georgia and tied Tennessee, winning the AP title, and Michigan State, 10-1, dropping the Rose Bowl, winning the UPI crown—again, bestowed BEFORE the bowl games, while the AP that year was done afterwards. Two other teams, Arkansas and Dartmouth, also got a few minor selectors to choose them, but an AP title is gold, so score another legitimate title for the Tide, now up to three.

1973—Alabama goes 11-1 and is chosen by the UPI. Notre Dame goes 11-0 and is crowned by the AP as NC. Who did the Irish beat in the Sugar Bowl? Why, Alabama, for their only loss. Why in the hell did Alabama get a national championship after losing their bowl game to the real national champion? Because the UPI was still choosing their champion BEFORE the bowl games. How crazy is that? Pretty crazy, by today’s standards. If Alabama had any sense of decency, they would refuse to claim 1973 as a title year since they lost the de facto national championship game to the real champions. Only a petulant child would disagree. All reason says strike this title from the record!

1978—Split title year, AP going to Alabama, and the UPI going to USC. A funny thing happened on the way to the forum, however. Alabama LOST to USC during the regular season. But alas, USC lost a regular season game too, and the two teams did not meet in a bowl game. So be it. Chalk up title number four to Bama, even if they did share it with a team they lost to at home.

1979—Alabama was 12-0 and took all the marbles and most of the selectors. No argument here. Score number five in legitimate titles!

1992—Alabama’s only ‘modern’ day title, complete with all the 24 hour media attention afforded ‘national championship’ bowl match-ups, in this case a beat-down of Miami in the Sugar Bowl. Absolutely no doubt. Final tally to date, six legitimate national championships.

By Saban Has No Integrity!

April 19, 2008 5:15 AM | Link to this

Kellen, Good luck to ya! I’ll try to be nice and only fill my trash can up half way. That way, when you come by to collect my garbage, you won’t have to do much heavy lifting. Every once in a while, I might throw out a loaf of bread, if you’re lucky. Wouldn’t want you to starve!!

YOU’D BETTER PERFORM, otherwise SABAN will create a reason to yank your scholarship. Then, where will you be? If you go somewhere else, you lose a year of eligibility!

NICK signs more than alloted 25 annual recruits and has to subtract offers, haven’t you heard? IT’s all over the national news, and you are TOO TALENTED to get screwed by SATAN (I mean SABAN!) GOOD LUCK, KELLEN. You will need it if you stick to your word and sign with Satan (I mean Saban)!!! Please don’t be the guy picking up my trash. You could easily be him, if you sign with saban!

By Bamafan

April 19, 2008 6:35 AM | Link to this

Why to people have to act like 3 years olds while posting on this blog!! Yes I dislike Auburn and hate the Vols, but grow up folks!!

By SNAKENICK

April 19, 2008 8:09 AM | Link to this

TIGER BAIT….TIGER BAIT…TIGER BAIT

By 6 In A Row over Tuscalooser

April 19, 2008 9:11 PM | Link to this

Louisiana Monroe…Six losses in a row to Auburn. Saban won 6 regular season games last year, same as Shula. Blah blah blah

By Truth hurts

April 19, 2008 10:46 PM | Link to this

Bama fan… Go to Oprah.

6 In A Row over Tuscalooser will eventually become 7 In A Row…., then b/f you realize that ole Nicky has taken a better, more lucrative gig, it will be 15 IN a Row over those Tuscaloosers!

Saban has no integrity… EXACTLY! I feel sorry for the young kids, whose hearts will be broken, and whose dreams WILL BE SMASHED, when Satan decides to take their opportunity to play SEC football away from them. He ALWAYS OVER-SIGNS. What becomes of those he chooses to dismiss? If they Xfer, they lose a year of on field PT. If they STAY… they can’t b/c satan has overbooked the flight. Ever flown South West Airlines? They operate on Saban’s philosophy. Hook em and if you have to, create an excuse to keep them off the plane!!

Saban sickens me!!!

By Anonymous

April 19, 2008 11:53 PM | Link to this

And UGA is so much better with soldja boi on the sidelines, great example for future generations huh?

By Got 12!

April 20, 2008 9:50 AM | Link to this

Dude-

You are likely a paranoid albarn fan. You have only one title and it was while you were on probation, ha, ha, ha. After all your blabbing we still have 12 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS, 21 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS and YOUR STILL A COW COLLEGE. Oh yeah to other paranoid albarn fan (truth hurts), it’s funny that you come on Alabama fan blog to tell us about your winning streak which happens to coincide with our probation and poor coaching decisions. I can tell you Saban is turning the ship around so keep posting your little comments because everyone knows you are scared little man.

ROLL TIDE ROLL

By Dadtider

April 25, 2008 5:23 PM | Link to this

Hey Bravesfan Where do yuou get this Saban is a traitor? I guess Bobby Petrino is a saint. All of the people like you are jealous of Bama having a top notch coach.By the way Bravesfan speaks for itself,stupid.

By Dadtider

April 25, 2008 5:23 PM | Link to this

Hey Bravesfan Where do yuou get this Saban is a traitor? I guess Bobby Petrino is a saint. All of the people like you are jealous of Bama having a top notch coach.By the way Bravesfan speaks for itself,stupid.