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A-Day 2013: Final Stats

Posted on April 20, 2013 by | Comments Off

Passing

AJ McCarron (White): 19-30, 223, 1 touchdown, 2 interceptions.
Alec Morris (Crimson): 10-18, 141 yards, no TDs, no INTs
Blake Sims (Crimson): 5-10, 52 yards, no TDs, 2 INTs
Luke Del Rio (Crimson): 2-3, 38 yards, no TDs, no INTs
Parker McLeod (White): 1-2, 19 yards, no TDs, no INTs
Phillip Ely (White): 2-4, 8 yards, no TDs, no INTs
Cooper Bateman (Crimson): 1-3, 3 yards, no TDs, 2 INTs

Rushing

T.J. Yeldon (White): 15 carries, 69 yards, 1 touchdown
Kenyan Drake (Crimson): 8 carries, 33 yards
Trey Roberts (White/Crimson): 6 carries, 23 yards
Blake Sims: 3 carries, 7 yards
AJ McCarron: 2 carries, 3 yards
Cooper Bateman: 1 carry, 2 yards
Dee Hart: 2 carries, -1 yard

Receiving

Kenny Bell: 3 catches, 71 yards, 1 touchdown
DeAndrew White: 3 catches, 62 yards
T.J. Yeldon: 7 catches, 60 yards
Christion Jones: 3 catches, 55 yards
Chris Black: 3 catches, 51 yards
Raheem Falkins: 3 catches, 43 yards
Trey Roberts: 1 catch, 31 yards
Brian Vogler: 4 catches, 24 yards
O.J. Howard: 3 catches, 22 yards
Amari Cooper: 4 catches, 21 yards
Kenyan Drake: 4 catches, 18 yards

Defensive

C.J. Mosley (Crimson): 9 tackles, 0.5 for a loss, 1 fumble recovery
Tana Patrick (Crimson): 8 tackles, 1 forced fumble
HaHa Clinton-Dix (Crimson): 6 tackles, 1 pass break-up, 1 fumble recovery returned for 55 yards
Landon Collins (White): 5 tackles, 1 interception returned for 28 yards
Ed Stinson (Crimson): 5 tackles
OTHER NOTABLES
Dillon Lee (White): 4 tackles, 1 fumble recovery, 2 pass break-ups
Deion Belue (Crimson): 4 tackles, 1 forced fumble, 3 pass break-ups
Nick Perry (White): 3 tackles, 1 tackle for a loss, 2 interceptions returned for 42 yards, 1 pass break-up
Vinnie Sunseri (Crimson): 3 tackles, 0.5 for a loss, 1 interception returned for 86 yards and a touchdown
Dalvin Tomlinson (White): 2 tackles, 1 sack/tackle for loss

Kicking

Cade Foster
– Field Goal: 1-1, 29 yards
– Extra Points: 2-2
– Kickoffs: 4 for 260 yards (65 yards per kick), 1 touchback

Adam Griffith
– Field Goal: 0-0
– Extra Points: 2-2
– Kickoffs: 2 for 130 yards (65 yards per kick), 1 touchback

Punting

Cody Mandell: 7 punts, 236 yards (33.7 per punt), long of 62, 3 inside the 20
Worth Gregory: 1 punt for 26 yards

Scoring Plays

12:05, 1st Quarter, White Team: AJ McCarron to Kenny Bell for 40 yards. 7-0 White.
7:09, 1st Quarter, White Team: Cade Foster 29 yard field goal. 10-0 White.
0:00, 2nd Quarter, Crimson Team: Vinnie Sunseri returns an interception for 86 yards and a touchdown. 10-7, White.
2:01, 4th Quarter, Crimson Team: HaHa Clinton-Dix returned a recovered fumble for 55 yards and a touchdown. 14-10 Crimson.
1:04, 4th Quarter, White Team: T.J. Yeldon runs for 7 yards. 17-14 White.

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Stats from second spring football scrimmage

Posted on April 13, 2013 by | Comments Off

Alabama wide receiver Amari Cooper catches a pass in the second spring scrimmage. (Photo courtesy of UA Athletics)

Alabama wide receiver Amari Cooper catches a pass in the second spring scrimmage. (Photo courtesy of UA Athletics)

Here are the statistical leaders from the second spring scrimmage for the Alabama football team, the last one before the open A-Day scrimmage. You can click here to see video from the open warm-up period and here for a photo gallery from the event.

Passing

A.J. McCarron – 23 for 28, 319 yards, 5 TDs, 0 INT
Blake Sims – 10 for 15, 183 yards, 2 TD, 0 INT

Rushing

T.J. Yeldon – 14 rushes, 101 yards, 2 TD
Derrick Henry – 17 rushes, 79 yards
Kenyan Drake – 12 rushes, 71 yards

Receiving
Chris Black – 10 catches, 113 yards
Amari Cooper – 6 catches, 108 yards, 4 TD
Christion Jones – 5 catches, 72 yards, 1 TD

Defense
HaSean “HaHa” Clinton-Dix – 6 tackles
Denzel Devall – 6 tackles, 1 sack
Ryan Anderson – 6 tackles
Deion Belue – 5 tackles, 1 sack
Vinnie Sunseri – 4 tackles, 1 PBU

Other notes

McCarron’s touchdown passes: 36 yards, 55, 18, 3 and 12.
Sims’ touchdown passes: 22 yards, 63 yards.
Alec Morris had one touchdown pass of 10 yards.
Parker McLeod had one touchdown pass of 23 yards.

Yeldon’s rushing touchdowns: 65 yards, 7.

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News and notes: April 10, 2013

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ESPN’s visit to Tuscaloosa on a spring practice tour turned out to be more than a quick check-up on the program and an opportunity to build a background file: they found that linebacker Trey Depriest had surgery to repair a stress fracture in his foot and will thus miss the rest of spring practice with it.

Alabama linebacker Trey Depriest. (AP photo)

Alabama linebacker Trey Depriest. (AP photo)

“He might have hurt it a little worse in the scrimmage, so rather than trying to get him to continue going through the spring, which was a possibility, we just decided to go ahead fix it before it got bad,” head coach Nick Saban said. “It’s just a stress fracture which will take less time to heal, and he’ll have a better chance of a good recovery.”

Also on the injury front, reserve defensive tackle Wilson Love suffered a concussion in Monday’s practice and is out indefinitely.

Saban said Love will be out until, “his concussion scores get to where they need to be.”

Kick return game

While the offensive and defensive line units deal with numerous lost starters, the special teams units remain stable.

“Kickoff and punt, we’ve got just about everybody back that did it last year,” Saban said. “Dee Hart was probably the most effective punt returner when he did it. He’s obviously back. Christion Jones did it, Amari Cooper can do it very well. And I think Cyrus Jones could do it very well.”

New pupils in town

The massive crowds flock to Tuscaloosa for the conclusion of spring practice every season, and even a few days before the A-Day scrimmage. No, there’s no tailgating for A-Day or no one making a week of the two-hour spectacle: the masses are other coaches.

The coaches that flood to Tuscaloosa are part of the annual Coaching Clinic that Saban and his assistants put on every year during spring practice.

“We try to have the greatest coaches clinic in the country to try to pay back and give back to all the coaches and people who help us so much with our program here, and what they do to inspire young people to play football and coach and develop players for us to recruit,” Saban said. “We’ve got Sean Payton, Dick Vermeil and Herm Edwards, Chuck Pagano and a lot of other really good coaches to come here and talk to the coaches and maybe help them in some kind of way so they can be more successful in what they do.”

Saban even cracked a joke with his mind on the clinic.

“If you guys (media) were interested in learning something about football, I might recommend that you go to it, too,” Saban said.

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Football Practice Report: April 3, 2013

Posted on April 3, 2013 by | Comments Off
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Wide receiver DeAndrew White (left, black jersey) waits for his turn in drills after Kenny Bell (right). Copyright photo by Brett Hudson.

A late afternoon rain shower forced the Crimson Tide inside the Hank Crisp Practice Facility next door to the brand new weight room for its Wednesday practice. Here is the news:

- Amari Cooper is leading the wide receiver in drills. He is followed up by DeAndrew White who seems to be running fine after tearing his ACL last season. Chris Black is third coming back from his shoulder injury, while Kenny Bell is fourth and true freshman Raheem Falkins is fifth, before the scout team comes in from there.

Alabama does have Eddie Jackson and Robert Foster coming in for the fall as true freshmen.

- The drills also revealed some depth chart decisions made the the tight end and H-Back positions. Brian Vogler as the starting tight end alongside Harrison Jones as the first H-Back. Tight end Malcolm Faciane practiced with H-Back O.J. Howard as the second team and on the third team was tight end Kurt Freitag alongside H-Back Corey McCarron.

- Contact seems to be picking up in preparation for the first spring scrimmage, as we saw the outside linebackers go to battle with the tight ends and H-Backs in some rough blocking drills today.

- Cornerback John Fulton was off the exercise bike and doing some light running drills in his first practice activity after injuring his toe against Texas A&M last season. He was not doing much, but he was moving. You can see video of that below.

Kevin Norwood, also trying to come back from a toe injury, is still out of practice.

- The wide receivers were doing a jump ball drill today, which I have never seen them do before. That could be something new wide recivers coach Billy Napier brought from Florida State. You can also see that drill in the video below.

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Countdown to Spring Football: Wide receivers Breakdown

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Amari Cooper's big-play potential, including this one that was the go-ahead score in the SEC Championship Game against Georgia, makes him the easy No. 1 option heading into the spring. (ap photo)

Amari Cooper’s big-play potential, including this one that was the go-ahead score in the SEC Championship Game against Georgia, makes him the easy No. 1 option heading into the spring. (ap photo)

Daily Bama Blog correspondent Brett Hudson, like he did for the BCS National Championship Game against Notre Dame, will count you down to the beginning of spring practice with another series. Each day, Brett will break down a different position group going into spring practice until the beginning of practice on March 16. Here is the schedule.
Today: Quarterbacks (click here to read it)
Tomorrow: Running backs (click here to read it)
Saturday: Wide receivers
Sunday: Tight ends/H-Backs
Monday: Offensive Line
Tuesday: Defensive Line
Wednesday: Linebackers/Pro Day
March 14: Cornerbacks
March 15: Safeties
March 16: Opening day of spring practice

For the third position group in-a-row, there is no shadow of a doubt who the No. 1 man is, as Amari Cooper (freshman year highlights) enters his second spring training with the Crimson Tide as the No. 1 receiving threat available.

Not only did the true freshman lead the Tide in receiving yards last season with 1,000 on 59 catches and 11 touchdowns, he’s also the only every-down wideout starting practices this spring, as Kevin Norwood has an uncertain status with a toe injury.

Alabama also has the two Joneses returning to the wide receiving corps, Christion and Cyrus. Outside of their kick returning duties, Christion caught 27 passes, third-best on the team, for 368 yards, and Cyrus caught four passes for 51 yards.

The Tide has three more wide receivers returning from injury: Kenny Bell and DeAndrew White. Bell’s junior season was cut short with a late leg injury, after catching 17 passes for 431 yards, while White’s season was cut off much earlier with his season-ending knee injury, holding him to only eight catches for 105 yards in 2012.

Finally, the Chris Black saga will finally take to the field after having his potential freshman season ended with a redshirt after a shoulder injury in spring training, despite rumors that he would strip the redshirt to play in te SEC Championship Game and BCS National Championship Game.

The Tide will have one newcomer to the position group for spring practice, New Orleans native Raheem Falkins. Falkins (high school highlights), coming in at 6-foot-4 and 195 according to Rivals, is one of three wide receivers in the 2013 class, but the only early enrollee at the position. Robert Foster (high school highlights) and Eddie Jackson (high school highlights) will join the team in the fall.

Breakdown: Two seniors (Bell and Norwood), two juniors (White and Chr. Jones), two sophomores (Cooper and Cyr. Jones), one redshirt freshman (Black), three true freshmen (Falkins in the spring, Foster and Jackson in the fall)

Prediction: Cooper will be the No. 1 receiving threat again yet again, and Norwood will follow despite missing some, possibly all, of spring training with the toe injury. Norwood’s absence does create a large opportunity for wideouts to separate themselves for the No. 3 and 4 spots alongside Bell.

The Joneses will compete with Black and Falkins for that honor, and an edge could be given to Black seeing the shot he had at playing time over the Joneses before his shoulder injury.

The other two freshmen, Foster and Jackson, look like they could be on their way to a redshirt season unless one of them strikes the scenes like Cooper did (however, unlikely, as Cooper had the advantage of being a early enrollee).

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Amari Cooper’s on-field interview after the BCS win

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Tired of BCS videos yet? I didn’t think so. Here’s Amari Cooper‘s interview with the SEC Digital Network following Alabama’s 42-14 win over Notre Dame.

Just a thought I have every time I see Amari Cooper: Doesn’t he look about 14 but act about 29?

Alabama coach Nick Saban typically doesn’t allow freshmen to do interviews, except in situations in which he gets overruled, such as the BCS game. He said he began this policy at Michigan State when he star freshman receiver, Plaxico Burress, gave an inflamatory interview. I’m thinking Cooper could handle doing interviews better than Burress did.

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Amari Cooper makes FWAA Freshman All-American

Posted on January 7, 2013 by | Comments Off
Amari Cooper (9) has earned FWAA honors. (AP photo by Dave Martin)

Amari Cooper (9) has freshman FWAA honors. (AP photo by Dave Martin)

The Football Writers Association of America placed Alabama receiver Amari Cooper on its Freshman All-America squad.

Here’s the entire team:

Offense
QB–Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M, 6-1, 200, Kerrville, Texas
*RB–Kenneth Dixon, Louisiana Tech, 6-0, 215, Strong, Ark.
*RB–Todd Gurley, Georgia, 6-1, 218, Tarboro, N.C.
*WR—Amari Cooper, Alabama, 6-1, 198, Miami
WR–J.D. McKissic, Arkansas State, 5-10, 185, Phenix City, Ala.
WR–Davante Adams, Fresno State, 6-2, 200, Palo Alto, Calif.
OL–Tyler Johnstone, Oregon, 6-6; 292, Chandler, Ariz.
OL–Jake Brendel, UCLA,, 6-4, 295, Plano, Texas
OL–Jack Allen, Michigan State, 6-1, 295, Hinsdale, Ill.
OL–Austin Blythe, Iowa, 6-3, 275, Williamsburg, Iowa
OL–Le’Raven Clark, Texas Tech, 6-5, 303, Rockdale, Texas
OL–Parker Ehinger, Cincinnati, 6-7, 290, Rockford, Mich.
*TE–Devin Funchess, Michigan, 6-5, 229, Farmington Hills, Mich.

Defense
*DL–Devonte Fields, TCU, 6-4, 240, Arlington, Texas
*DL–Leonard Williams, Southern Cal, 6-5, 270, Daytona Beach, Fla.
DL–Deion Barnes, Penn State, 6-4, 246, Philadelphia, Penn.
DL–Samuel Ukwuachu, Boise State, 6-4, 222, Pearland, Texas
LB–Denzel Nkemdiche, Ole Miss, 5-11, 203, Loganville, Ga.
LB–Tyler Matakevich, Temple, 6-1. 220, Stratford, Conn.
LB–Kyler Fackrell, Utah State, 6-5, 236, Mesa, Ariz.
LB–Cory James, Colorado State, 6-0, 235, Del Rio, Texas
*DB–Ronald Darby, Florida State, 5-11, 189, Oxon Hill, Md.
*DB–KeiVarae Russell, Notre Dame, 5-11, 182, Everett, Wash.
*DB–Trevon Stewart, Houston, 5-9, 183, Patterson, La.
DB–Kevin Byard, Middle Tennessee, 5-11, 220, Lithonia, Ga.

Special Teams
*P–Tyler Williams, Marshall, 6-0, 195, Fort Wayne, Ind.
*K–Austin Lopez, San Jose State, 6-0, 170, Euless, Texas
PR–Jaime Wilson, Western Michigan, 5-11, 196, Belle Glade, Fla.
*KR–Duke Johnson, Miami (Fla.), 5-9, 188, Miami
*AP–Stefon Diggs, Maryland, 6-1, 185, Gaithersburg, Md.
*True freshman

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The Crimson Tide, the trip to Miami and Twitter

Posted on January 2, 2013 by | Comments Off

MIAMI, Florida — Some of the better Twitter posts from Alabama players as they traveled to Miami today and checked into the Fountainbleau Miami Beach:

And this one from a fan:

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Part of Tide’s hopes could rest on freshman Amari Cooper

Posted on December 30, 2012 by | Comments Off

This is my print story for today’s editions:

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Alabama's Amari Cooper scores the winning touchdown in the SEC Championship Game against Georgia. (Copyright photo by Gary Cosby Jr. of The Decatur Daily)

Alabama’s Amari Cooper scores the winning touchdown in the SEC Championship Game against Georgia. (Copyright photo by Gary Cosby Jr. of The Decatur Daily)

TUSCALOOSA, Alabama — Alabama had to throw to beat LSU for the national title a year ago, and if it worked once, maybe it can work again.

Like LSU last year, Notre Dame brings one of the nation’s top run defenses into the BCS National Championship Game, which means Alabama’s hopes of winning the crown again could rest on its passing game. That will put the spotlight squarely on one of the Tide’s youngest players.

True freshman wide receiver Amari Cooper.

He leads Alabama in receptions (53), receiving yards (895) and receiving touchdowns (nine). All those figures were more than twice as many as the second-place pass-catcher.

When Alabama beat Georgia 32-28 in the SEC Championship Game, the Tide did it with a power run game. But Cooper still caught eight of Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron‘s 13 pass completions and gained 128 of the Tide’s 162 passing yards.

Because Cooper is only a freshman, Alabama head coach Nick Saban doesn’t allow him to speak to reporters at the regular weekly news conferences. But Cooper’s teammates seem more than willing to speak for him.

“He’s actually gotten better from summertime,” said Alabama junior receiver Kevin Norwood, who has 26 catches for 395 yards this year. “He knows what to do, how to do it, and why to do it, and the coaches love that about him. One thing I love about him is he’s very dependable. He’s there at the right time. AJ loves him. We all love him. He’s just a good receiver.”

Even Saban raves about him, which he sometimes is reluctant to do when discussing a young player.

“He does attack the ball when he goes up for the ball,” Saban said. “He’s made several catches this year where he’s gone up and made some outstanding plays by doing that. Guys that have great ball judgment, obviously, which is very important for receivers and defensive backs, guys that have to play the ball, if they have good ball judgment are going to be able to do that more effectively.

“If a guy doesn’t have great ball judgment, you probably can’t teach it. You might improve it a little bit. But I think it’s a matter of having an aggressive attitude about going after the ball.”

Cooper showed his aggressiveness early against Georgia. Alabama had the ball on its own 18, and McCarron threw deep to Cooper, who fought his way to the catch and gained 44 yards. The drive ended with an interception in the end zone.

“Too many guys are too casual in terms of waiting for the ball to come down,” Saban said. “They’ve got more confidence in catching it around their body rather than extending for the ball and catching it with their hands. That’s something you always want receivers to do. Amari Cooper is really pretty natural doing that, and very confident in doing that.”

If Cooper needs to improve in any area, it’s running his routes more consistently. Even so, McCarron said young players like him deserve the chance to make some mistakes.

“Smart player. Makes plays,” McCarron said. “Runs really good routes at times, but I think we can all help him get better in certain areas, and help each other get better. The kid’s a freshman. He’s going to make mistakes, but he’s a freak out there out wide.”

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The Crimson Tide and Twitter

Posted on December 17, 2012 by | Comments Off

Alabama offensive tackle Cyrus Kouandjio posted the above Tweet, hoping the world doesn’t end Dec. 21, as some say the Mayan calendar predicts.

As it happens, I agree with him 100 percent.

Here are some other posts on Twitter from Crimson Tide players recently:

HaHa Clinton-Dix (@HaHa_CD6): Practice Tomorrow and I’ve never been this excited about it… #RoadTo15

Barrett Jones (@BarrettAJones), while watching San Francisco beat New England on Sunday: “That gostkowski field goal may seem meaningless to most, but it just gave me a one point victory and put me in my fantasy championship.”

Amari Cooper (@amari_coop2), apparently watching a replay of his game-winning touchdown catch and celebration against Georgia: “Naw I don’t dance all I do is stay two steps ahead.”

Nick Perry (@NIckPerry_27), who may not be a big fan of “Rudolph the Red-nose Reindeer” these days: “Mom and this Christmas music gots to go!!!!”

Kenny Bell (@TheKennyBell7), looking for a buddy this past Sunday: “I wanna play monopoly r some board games n chill on this rainy day but Dnt have nobody to play with.”

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Barrett Jones, his protege receive postseason honors

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Alabama center Barrett Jones received another award today when he was selected Capital One Academic All-American of the year for Division I. The College Sports Information Directors of America made the selection.

This past week, he also has won the SEC’s scholar-athlete award and the William V. Campbell Trophy, which is considered the academic Heisman.

However, the teammate Jones calls his protege also received an honor today. Backup center Ryan Kelly made the Southeastern Conference all-freshman squad today, along with three teammates: receiver Amari Cooper, running back T.J. Yeldon and defensive lineman D.J. Pettway.

The complete team:

Offense
TE: Jerell Adams, South Carolina
OL: John Theus, Georgia
OL: D.J. Humphries, Florida
OL: Brandon Shell, South Carolina
OL: Vadal Alexander, LSU
C: Ryan Kelly, Alabama
WR: Amari Cooper, Alabama
WR: Mike Evans, Texas A&M
QB: Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M
RB: Todd Gurley, Georgia
RB: T.J. Yeldon, Alabama
AP: Trey Williams, Texas A&M

Defense
DL: Dante Fowler, Florida
DL: Jonathan Bullard, Florida
DL: Issac Gross, Mississippi
DL: D.J. Pettway, Alabama
LB: Denzel Nkemdiche, Mississippi
LB: Benardrick McKinney, Mississippi State
*LB: A.J. Turner, Arkansas
*LB: Otha Peters, Arkansas
*LB: Antonio Morrison, Florida
DB: Jalen Collins, LSU
DB: T.J. Gurley, South Carolina
DB: Rohan Gaines, Arkansas
DB: LaDarrell McNeil, Tennessee

Special teams
PK: Andrew Baggett, Missouri
P: Landon Foster, Kentucky
RS: Trey Williams, Texas A&M

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Final results of The Daily Bama Blog’s MVP poll

Posted on December 5, 2012 by | Comments Off

Daily Bama Blog readers picked AJ McCarron as the most valuable player of six Alabama games this season. (AP photo by Dave Martin)

Daily Bama Blog readers named Alabama’s Eddie Lacy as the most valuable player of the Crimson Tide’s 32-28 win over Georgia, which is the third time he has taken the honor.

However, one of his teammates got the most mentions in the weekly poll this year: Tide quarterback AJ McCarron. Giving three points for every first-place finish in the weekly voting, two for second place and three for third, McCarron compiled the most points with 23.5. (He tied for second one week, resulting in the .5).

The complete list
Player (first-place finishes), points total
AJ McCarron (6), 23.5
Eddie Lacy (3), 16
Amari Cooper (3), 13
T.J. Yeldon (1), 9
C.J. Mosley, 4

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Twitter and a pair of Crimson Tide receivers

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Two Alabama receivers put up posts of interest late Saturday night and early Sunday morning on Twitter. The first is from Kenny Bell, who broke his lower left leg against Auburn. The second is from freshman Amari Cooper, who had 109 receiving yards on five catches and two touchdowns. It marked his third 100-yard game and third two-TD game.

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Alabama coach Nick Saban’s opening comment in postgame

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Alabama’s Nick Saban with Auburn’s Gene Chizik after Saturday’s game. (AP photo by Dave Martin)

Alabama coach Nick Saban‘s opening comment in his postgame news conference after the Tide beat Auburn 49-0:

“I was really proud of the way our players competed in the game today. We really executed well offensively in the first half. They had a lot of shifts in motion, and our defensive players did a good job of adjusting. We played well in the game. I felt great about the seniors being able to close out their career here with a pretty memorable victory for them.

“This is a great rivalry game, and for our players to be able to win this game is always a big thing for our fans, our players and all of our supporters. I was really pleased with the way we played in the game. We had some outstanding performances today. Eddie Lacy did a good job, the offensive line did a good job and AJ McCarron had a good game today. Amari Cooper had some big catches.

“This was a great team victory. Everybody contributed. We asked for everyone to play their best game today. When you make a commitment to something, it comes from the heart, and I really thought our players did that. Our players did a good job of that today and competed well in the game. A lot of players got to play, which is a good thing.

“Kenny Bell is going to be out. He’s going to have a rod put in his tibia. He’s got a broken leg. Doc thinks it’s probably five to six weeks with that injury before he can start running. He’s going to be out. Brandon Ivory twisted his ankle. I think he will be OK. Everybody else that didn’t go back in the game didn’t really have a significant injury. We feel good about that.

“I think it’s great for our team that we won the (SEC) West. This is a very competitive division with a lot of good teams. I’d certainly like to congratulate all the coaches, everybody who contributes to the organization and program, for doing a great job in every way that they contributed. It’s a great opportunity to play a really good team in the University of Georgia in the SEC Championship Game. To me, in all those games that I’ve been a part of, they are about as good as any game in the country other than the national championship game. Georgia has a really good team and is playing really well right now. I don’t know how they did today, but it will be a great opportunity for our players to have a chance to play against a really good team for the SEC Championship.”

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Halftime at the Iron Bowl: Notes and bits and pieces

Posted on November 24, 2012 by | Comments Off

Eddie Lacy already has two touchdowns. (AP photo by Butch Dill)

TUSCALOOSA, Alabama — The Crimson Tide leads 42-0 at halftime, which is the same score it had at intermission last week against Western Carolina. Some notes to hold you over until the beating continues:

–Alabama’s biggest Iron Bowl win came in 1948 when it won 55-0.

–Eddie Lacy has a pair of rushing touchdowns, and T.J. Yeldon has one. AJ McCarron has thrown three touchdown passes, including two to Amari Cooper and one to Kevin Norwood.

–McCarron now has 43 career touchdown passes. He passed Brodie Croyle (41) for second place. John Parker Wilson has the school record with 47.

–Alabama has outgained Auburn 328-99.

–Alabama has six touchdowns, while Auburn has five first downs.

–Robert Lester leads the Tide in tackles with five.

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