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LIVE BLOG: Alabama gymnastics, national semifinals

Posted on April 19, 2013 by | Comments Off

This post will be constantly updated during Alabama’s appearance in the national semifinals hosted by UCLA at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, Calif. The Tide will be competing against the following schools: UCLA, Arkansas, Michigan, Oklahoma and Utah. The top three of those six schools will advance to Saturday’s finals, where the top three from the first heat (Florida, LSU and Georgia) will make for a pool of six teams vying for a national championship.

You can hear Rich Robinson and Leesa Davis call the action on 90.7 WVUA-FM by clicking here. The live stream can be heard on mobile devices via the TuneIn app (search 90.7 WVUA-FM after downloading the app.

Rotation Six

Alabama punched its ticket to the Super 6 with a 49.350 on the vault to make for a final score of 197.350. Alabama’s 49.350 on vault was added to a 49.275 on uneven bars, 49.275 on balance beam and 49.450 on floor exercise.

Alabama will face Florida, Georgia, LSU, UCLA and Oklahoma in the Super 6 tomorrow.

Here are the individual scores from the vault.

Kayla Williams: 9.850
Kim Jacob: 9.800
Ashley Priess: 9.800
Kaitlyn Clark: 9.900
Lauren Beers: 9.900
Diandra Milliner: 9.900

And the final team scores from the meet (those in italics advance to Satuday’s Super 6):

Alabama: 197.350
Oklahoma: 197.200
UCLA: 197.200
Michigan: 196.850
Utah: 196.200
Arkansas: 196.150

Alabama in the Individual Awards:
– Vault: Lauren Beers, Kaitlyn Clark and Diandra Milliner all tied for 3rd with 9.900s.
– Uneven Bars: Tied for 5th was Ashley Priess with a 9.900.
– Balance Beam: Kayla Williams’ 9.900 tied for 1st with Danusia Francis of UCLA.
– Floor Exercise: Diandra Milliner’s 9.95 tied for 1st with Arkansas’ Katherine Grable and UCLA’s Olivia Courtney.
– All-Around: The 39.425 from Kim Jacob was the best from the Tide, finishing tied for 5th.

Rotation Five

Alabama took to the floor exercise for its third of four events in Rotation Five. Here are the individual scores.

Ashley Priess: 9.800
Lora Leigh Frost (Decatur, Ala., native): 9.850
Lauren Beers: 9.875
Sarah DeMeo: 9.850
Kim Jacob: 9.925
Diandra Milliner: 9.95

Milliner’s 9.95 is tied with UCLA’s Olivia Courtney for the best score of the meet on the floor.

Here are the team scores with just one event left: Oklahoma 197.200, Michigan 196.850. For those with one event left: UCLA 148.025, Alabama 148.000, Utah 147.975, Arkansas 146.875.

Alabama’s situation going into the final event is as follows:
– Alabama needs a 48.85 on vault to pass Michigan, 49.2 to pass Oklahoma. A 49.2 on the vault would put Alabama ahead of Michigan, Oklahoma and Arkansas, thus in the top 3 and in tomorrow’s national championship meet.
– Alabama could also score something in between a 49.2 and 48.85 and get into the top three as long as Alabama’s score on floor exercise is more than .025 greater than UCLA’s score on uneven bars.

Rotation Four

Alabama took a bye before going to the floor exercise for Rotation Five.

Here are the team scores through Rotation Four: Oklahoma 148.050, UCLA 148.025, Michigan 147.575 and Arkansas 146.875. For those through two events: Alabama and Utah 98.500.

Rotation Three

Here are the individual scores from Alabama’s 49.275 on the balance beam.

Diandra Milliner: 9.850
Kaitlyn Clark: 9.800
Kayla Williams: 9.900
Sarah DeMeo: 9.850
Kim Jacob: 9.850
Ashley Priess: 9.825

Kayla Williams’ 9.900 on the balance beam is currently tied for the best score of the meet with UCLA’s Danusia Francis.

Alabama has now scored 49.275 on both of its first two events: uneven bars and balance beam.

Here are the cumulative standings through three rotations (all teams have taken one bye and competed in two events): Oklahoma and Alabama 98.500, Utah 98.525, Utah 98.500, Michigan 98.175, Arkansas 97.875.

For Rotation Four, Alabama will take a bye before going to the floor exercise for Rotation Five.

Reminder: the top three advance, so halfway through, Alabama looks good to move on to the national championship meet tomorrow.

Rotation Two

Alabama scored a 49.275 on the uneven bars, its first event of the night. Here are the individual scores.

Becca Alexin: 9.800
Kaitlyn Clark: 9.850
Kim Jacob: 9.875
Sarah DeMeo: 9.850
Ashley Priess: 9.900
Ashley Sledge: 9.800

Priess’ 9.900 on the uneven bars is tied for 1st on the meet with two Michigan gymnasts: Katie Zurales and Brittnee Martinez.

Team Standings through Rotation Two: Oklahoma 98.550, Michigan 98.175 for teams through two events. For teams through one: Utah 49.300, Alabama 49.275, UCLA 49.075, Arkansas 48.975.

Alabama moves to the balance beam for Rotation Three.

Rotation One

Alabama has a bye, as does Utah, and will start competition in the next rotation on the balance beam.

Standings through Rotation One: Michigan 49.400, Oklahoma 49.275, UCLA 49.075, Arkansas 48.975, Utah and Alabama 0.

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Star Series: Outfielders steal the show

Posted on April 8, 2013 by | Comments Off

Kayla Braud, the senior from Eugene, Ore., is one of four outfielders in this week's Star Series. (Photo courtesy of UA Athletics)

Kayla Braud, the senior from Eugene, Ore., is one of four outfielders in this week’s Star Series. (Photo courtesy of UA Athletics)

Each week for the duration of the Alabama baseball and softball seasons, Daily Bama Blog contributor Brett Hudson will track outstanding individual performances with the Star Series. Three players from each team will get 1-star, 2-stars and 3-stars with a running season tally.

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The No. 22 Crimson Tide compiled a 2-2 week, winning its midweek game against Southeastern Louisiana 9-1 before losing its three-game series with No. 9 Arkansas: 1-3, 0-6 and a 5-0 win on Sunday. Click here to read more on the Thursday loss to Arkansas, televised by ESPNU, and click here for more on the Saturday win that ended the sweep.

3-Star Player: Starting pitcher Spencer Turnbull. Turnbull finds his way into the Star Series for the second week in-a-row after another strong start, pitching seven innings in Alabama’s Saturday win over Arkansas. He pitched seven innings and gave up just five hits to the No. 9 team in the nation, while walking two batters and striking out four.

2-Star Player: Left fielder Andrew Miller. Miller led the team with a .364 batting average, going 4-11 from the plate and tying for the team-high with three runs scored. Miller also walked twice and batted one run in.

1-Star Player: Center fielder Georgie Salem. Salem went 6-17 from the plate (.353) on the week, leading the team with six hits. Salem started all four games and did not commit and error.

Season Tally

Ben Moore: 6 stars

Spencer Turnbull: 6 stars

Austen Smith: 5 stars

Brett Booth: 4 stars

Charley Sullivan: 4 stars

Georgie Salem: 4 stars

Cary Baxter: 3 stars

Kenny Roberts: 3 stars

Ray Castillo: 3 stars

Kyle Overstreet: 3 stars

Mikey White: 2 stars

Jon Keller: 2 stars

Andrew Miller: 2 stars

Jake Hubbard: 1 star

Softball

The Crimson Tide went 3-1 on the week, blowing out Jacksonville State in its line midweek game

3-Star Player: Catcher Molly Fichtner. Fichtner was named the SEC Player of the Week for her performances on the week, batting .778 with one home run and five RBI. Fichtner is the first player to start at catcher for Alabama in all three-games of a weekend series, previously competing with Chaunsey Bell and Jordan Patterson.

2-Star Player: Center fielder Haylie McCleney. McCleney went 7-12 from the plate (.583), throwing in five RBI, five runs scored and leading the team with four walks alongside Danae Hays.

1-Star Player: Left fielder Kayla Braud. Braud batted an even .500 (6-12), scoring a team-high six runs and stealing four bases.

Season Tally

Jackie Traina: 12 stars

Haylie McCleney: 11 stars

Kaila Hunt: 8 stars

Kayla Braud: 8 stars

Danielle Richard: 4 stars

Andrea Hawkins: 3 stars

Molly Fichtner: 3 stars

Jadyn Spencer: 2 stars

Keima Davis: 1 star

Danae Hays: 1 star

Leslie Jury: 1 star

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Saturday win keeps Alabama from being swept at home by Arkansas

Posted on April 7, 2013 by | Comments Off

Georgie Salem had a good series against Arkansas, ending it with a 3-5 performance from the plate on Saturday. (Photo courtesy of UA Athletics)

Georgie Salem had a good series against Arkansas, ending it with a 3-5 performance from the plate on Saturday. (Photo courtesy of UA Athletics)


For the second outing in-a-row, the Crimson Tide rode a quality start from Spencer Turnbull to a desperately-needed win in the series-ending game.

Turnbull pitched seven innings and allowed just five hits and two walks in No. 22 Alabama’s 5-0 win over Arkansas to avoid being swept in its first action as a ranked team since April 2011 against No. 9 Arkansas.

“Obviously, it started on the mound with Spencer Turnbull, who was dynamite all day,” Alabama head coach Mitch Gaspard said.

The Tide’s offensive efforts on Saturday were jumpstarted by a solo home run from catcher Brett Booth to open the bottom of the second inning. Alabama went on to score three runs in the next three innings after Booth’s long ball.

“I think it was one of those things that lifts that burden off of your back,” Gaspard said. “As much as they dominated us from the pitching side in the first two games, it was nice to see Brett get us going. From there, I thought we started getting some good swings on some pitches and played well.”

The win followed a 6-0 loss on Friday and a 3-1 loss on Thursday which was televised by ESPNU. You can click here to read more about Alabama’s Thursday loss to Arkansas showcased by the Worldwide Leader.

Alabama (20-13, 8-4 SEC) will host two midweek games on Tuesday and Wednesday against Alcorn State before taking a weekend roadtrip to Oxford, Miss., for a three-game series with the Rebels.

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Offense comes too little, too late for Alabama baseball in series-opening loss to Arkansas

Posted on April 4, 2013 by | Comments Off

The No. 22 Crimson Tide, playing its first game as a ranked team since April 2011, went into the bottom of the ninth inning down 3-1 to the No. 9 Arkansas Razorbacks, with a chance to pull the comeback on ESPNU.

Hope was grim. Alabama batters had struck out eight times and at one point went 11 at-bats without a hit. Then things picked up.

Second baseman Kyle Overstreet started the inning with a 11-pitch walk. Two batters later, Andrew Miller earned an eight-pitch walk to put himself, as the tying run, on base and the winning run at the plate.

The Tide may have fell short and lost the series-opener 3-1, but the confidence and method to the madness it gained in the process will help it through the rest of the series.

“I thought we did a terrific job battling in the ninth to give ourselves a chance,” Alabama baseball coach Mitch Gaspard said. “Those guys all gave really good at-bats.

“I think we have to carry that into tomorrow and be a little better early in the game offensively, get the pitch count up a little bit.”

Catcher Brett Booth added, “Yeah, that was big. We kind of struggled with them early on in the game, and to see them get better and put some good at-bats on him helped us make a run at him at the end.”

The Tide’s late surge could have taken away one of Arkansas’ best weapons in the bullpen, closer Colby Suggs. Suggs needed 35 pitches to get a one inning save, averaging seven pitchers per batter faced.

“He’s their guy in the back end,” Gaspard said. “We saw tonight their best arms with exception of (starting pitcher Ryne) Stanek starting tomorrow.

“Sometimes it takes you a night to get your timing back down again. I think you saw it in the eighth and ninth inning, the guys started getting used to it.”

Suggs led a Razorback Bullpen that held the Tide to one hit in the final 4.2 innings of the game.

“Their bullpen was just terrific,” Gaspard said. “(Jalen) Beeks was really good, Chris Oliver was throwing 94 (mph), 97 with a major league slider. (Colby) Suggs was throwing 97 miles per hour. I think you have to look to the other side, where you’ve got to pitch really good and play good defense, can’t give them anything.”

Alabama got a solid performance from a bullpen piece, as well, as sophomore Taylor Gilbeau pitched the final three innings and gave up three hits with a strikeout.

“I was really pleased with Gilbeau, with where he was in his last two or three outings to where he was tonight,” Gaspard said. “We need that guy. That was really encouraging to see him go out and give us three good, clean innings.”

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Nick Saban throws out the first pitch at Alabama baseball game

Posted on April 4, 2013 by | Comments Off

Joined by a Army veteran from Enterprise, Ala., Alabama head football coach Nick Saban threw out the first pitch for the Alabama baseball team’s series opener against No. 9 Arkansas.

Video of the pitch, which bounced in the batter’s box, is below. You can click here to read the preview for the series and stay tuned to The Daily Bama Blog for coverage of the game. TOnight’s game is being televised by ESPNU.

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Alabama baseball set for primetime Top 25 matchup

Posted on April 4, 2013 by | Comments Off

For the first time since mid-April of 2011, the Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team finds itself ranked int he top 25 by both the USA Today Coaches Poll and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers’ Association. Both polls have the Tide ranked No. 22.

“This team is very deserving,” Alabama baseball coach Mitch Gaspard said. “They’ve played extremely hard all year and have been hot the last three weeks. The biggest thing from me is that the team has gotten batter, which I felt like they would, and we’re continuing to move in that direction.

“Being ranked is just a reward for the hard work, and this group is confident that we’ll continue to get better.”

Alabama starting pitcher Charley Sullivan labeled the ranking as another step in the long process of rebounding from a disappointment 2012 season.

“It’s a good feeling to know that all of the hard work we put in in the offseason and summer workouts, then competing all fall and winning spots, it’s good to know that being ranked, it’s paying off so far,” Sullivan said.

But the Tide has to quickly defend both its impressive Southeastern Conference record of 7-2 and its No. 22 national ranking with a three-game series against the No. 9 Arkansas Razorbacks, coming into the series 21-8.

“They’re awfully good,” Gaspard said. “They’ve got an ERA of about 1.68, right about that in the SEC as well. They’ve got three terrific starters and experience in the field with position players. There’s a reason they were picked No. 1 at the beginning of the year.

“I know they’ve had a few scuffles here and there, but they’re awfully deep and a terrific ball club.”

The Razorbacks also have one of the SEC’s best closers, Colby Suggs, who has gotten three saves in the Razorbacks’ last six games.

“They’ve got a guy in the back of the game (Suggs) that’s going to pitch mid-to-upper-90s, and some left handers that have done a nice job for them,” Gaspard said. “Their starters have been taking them deep into the games, so they can hand it right to Suggs or one of the other guys, the lefties, that are good match-ups for them.”

The Tide is not intimidated by the Razorbacks, however, as Alabama has been in this situation before. Alabama traveled to the then-No. 5 Louisville Cardinals and, although getting swept in the three-game series, battled to extra innings twice.

“How we played them, I think that gave us confidence when we left there that we’re a good team and, as I told the team that Sunday, we were right there,” Gaspard said. “We were that close and they understood that.

“Our guys are ready and confident to play a team like Arkansas and we’re excited to see where we stack up.”

With the experience behind them, and the more recent wins – nine of the last 11, to be exact – have Alabama thinking they can hit anyone.

“Arkansas definitely has a great staff, but with the way we’re swinging the bats right now, I think we can put good at-bats together and we can be fine,” freshman shortstop Mikey White said.

Gaspard added, “I think the biggest thing for us is the quality of our at-bats. That may not mean we’re getting eight or ten hits, but you have to make them work, fight pitches off, try to get them deep in the pitch count. When you do have those few opportunities, you have to take advantage of them.”

Especially on the Thursday night game, as ESPNU will be in Tuscaloosa to televise the series-opener live.

“I think anytime you have an opportunity to be on TV, I think that’s got a chance to help your program,” Gaspard said. “I also think being Alabama, being in the SEC, we’re going to be a showcase school anyway. But anytime we can get on ESPN and have a good showing and show off your campus, your facility, your fans, that’s a good thing for your team.”

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Pregame at Razorback Stadium

Posted on September 15, 2012 by | 2 Comments

An Arkansas cheerleader pets Tusk IV, the razorback mascot for the team.

Our view today from Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium press box.

We are here at Razorback Stadium, and although it’s more than two hours before kickoff, the Arkansas students are filling their section. I’m told they usually don’t get here quite this soon.

Before entering the stadium, we saw Tusk IV, the razorback that is the Arkansas mascot. The handlers encouraged fans to come up and pet Tusk. The Arkansas cheerleaders were especially brave, especially the girls.

We saw plenty of Alabama fans outside, too. If you didn’t come because you didn’t have tickets, you should’ve come anyway. A couple of conversations with ticket sellers outside the stadium revealed they’re having a hard time making a profit on this one. Arkansas fans aren’t snapping up tickets. Both ticket sellers said they’re hoping to break even.

Glancing down press row in the press box, we can see this game has drawn more than its share of national reporters, including CBSsports.com, the New York Times, Sports Illustrated, Sporting News, ESPN.com and Yahoo! Sports.

Also in the press box are scouts from eight NFL teams: St. Louis Rams, Tampa Bay Bucs, Buffalo Bills, Cleveland Browns, Dallas Cowboys, Green Bay Packers, Houston Texans and Pittsburgh Steelers. As always, they’re hard to miss because they always wear their team colors, which is why I always feel sorry for any Jets scout I see.

The sky is cloudy and not raining at the moment. The forecast from weather.com shows scattered thunderstorms are expected at kickoff.

On Twitter, Tide defensive back John Fulton (@_Elvis_Freshley) posted this motivation message for himself and his teammates today: Time to turn their DREAM into a NIGHTMARE!!! #ItsOnlyRight #BamaPride.

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Arkansas vs. the nation’s No. 1 team

Posted on September 14, 2012 by | Comments Off

Arkansas is 4-14 against the No. 1 team in the country. Saturday will mark the third time the Razorbacks have faced an Alabama squad ranked first nationally.

No. 1 Alabama beat Arkansas 10-3 in the Sugar Bowl at the end of the 1961 season. Also, the No. 1 Tide won at Arkansas 24-20 in 2010. In 1957, the No. 1-ranked Texas A&M team that beat the Razorbacks 7-6 was coached by Bear Bryant.

Arkansas vs. No. 1
1957: Texas A&M, L, 6-7
1961: Alabama, L, 3-10
1962: Texas, L, 3-7
1963: Texas, L, 13-17
1964: Texas, W, 14-13
1965: Texas, W, 27-24
1969: Texas, L, 14-15
1970: Texas, L, 7-42
1973: Southern California, L, 0-17
1981: Texas, W, 42-11
1996: Florida, L, 7-42
1997: Florida, L, 7-56
1998: Tennessee, L, 24-28
2005: Southern California, L, 17-70
2007: LSU, W, 50-48
2009: Florida, L, 20-23
2010: Alabama, L, 20-24
2011: LSU, L, 17-41

Arkansas vs. ranked Alabama teams
No. 2
1979: L, 9-24
1993: L, 3-43

No. 3
2009: L, 7-35
2011: L, 14-38

No. 9
1992: L, 11-38
2008: L, 14-49

No. 11
1997: W, 17-16

No. 12
1994: L, 6-13

No. 13
1995: W, 20-19
1996: L, 7-17

No. 22
1998: W, 42-6

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Arkansas QB status to be decided soon

Posted on September 13, 2012 by | Comments Off

Arkansas coach John L. Smith anticipates making a decision on quarterback Tyler Wilson’s status for Saturday’s game against Alabama by no later than Friday morning, according to multiple published reports.

Wilson suffered a head injury in Saturday’s loss to Louisiana-Monroe and has not been cleared to play against the Crimson Tide. Smith told reporters that the soonest he could be cleared and appear in the game would be Friday morning.

Wilson did not practice Thursday, although he did Wednesday. According to the Arkansas News Bureau/Stephens Media, when asked by reporters how he could practice one day and not the next, Smith said, “He was busy.”

Smith told reporters he has not decided whether redshirt freshman Brandon Allen or sophomore Brandon Mitchell would start, if Wilson is unable to go.

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Arkansas QB Tyler Wilson still not practicing

Posted on September 11, 2012 by | Comments Off

The chances of Alabama facing Arkansas quarterback Tyler Wilson on Saturday is looking less and less likely.

After suffering a head injury in Saturday’s loss to Louisiana Monroe, Wilson reported that he felt groggy the following day, and he still hasn’t been cleared to practice.

Robbie Neiswanger of the Arkansas News Bureau/Stephens Media posted a picture on Twitter of Wilson at Tuesday’s workout. Wilson wore gray shorts, a white T-shirt and a white baseball cap.

Wilson threw for 3,638 yards and 24 touchdowns last season. His backup is redshirt freshman Brandon Allen, who completed 6 of 20 passes for 85 yards Saturday in relief. His final 12 passes went incomplete as Arkansas blew a 28-7 lead and eventually fell 34-31 in overtime.

Allen is a redshirt freshman. Another backup quarterback is junior Brandon Mitchell, who completed 22 of 32 passes last year for 271 yards and a pair of touchdowns. He also plays receiver and has caught four passes for 122 yards this season.

Neiswanger reported that offensive coordinator Paul Petrino plans to give Allen 55 percent of the work in practice and Mitchell 45 percent.

“We’re hopeful and wishful that he’ll be able to go,” Petrino told reporters Tuesday. “We’re going to get the other two ready to play at the same time.”

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Grant: Tide needs ‘hunger’ and ‘passion’

Posted on January 27, 2012 by | Comments Off

Alabama’s four-game losing streak ties for the longest of the three-year Anthony Grant era. Not since his first season in Tuscaloosa has the Tide struggled this much.

Arkansas (15-5, 3-2 SEC) comes to Coleman Coliseum at 12:30 Saturday afternoon with an unfortunate streak of its own.

The Razorbacks haven’t won a road game all season. That doesn’t matter much, Grant said.

“For us to be successful, we have to play with a passion and a hunger. I think that’s true for any team in our league and any team across college basketball. This is an emotional game. So you have to be able to bring that enthusiasm every time you take the court. We just have to learn how to do that for 40 minutes.”

Read more about this in tomorrow’s newspaper.

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Hightower: Alabama didn't get proper respect

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Dont'a Hightower makes one of his game-high nine tackles in Saturday's win. (Copyright photo by Jeronimo Nisa/The Decatur Daily)

For three weeks or  so, Alabama was the Rodney Dangerfield of college football. At least that’s what Crimson Tide linebacker Dont’a Hightower said.

He said third-ranked Alabama was treated unfairly by those outside the program in the battle for early-season respect.

“In a sense I do. One reason for that is we played Penn State this year. A lot of people were arguing we weren’t as good as everybody thought we were. But playing teams like Kent State and North Texas and beating a really good team like Penn State.

“Teams still didn’t feel like they could respect us. I feel like after the Arkansas game, I feel like we set the tone and let everybody know we are for real.”

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A rare moment from Saturday's game

Posted on September 27, 2011 by | 1 Comment

It was getting late in Saturday’s win over Arkansas when Alabama’s Barrett Jones dug his hand in the dirt, looked to his side and saw a friendly face.

One or two pair of brothers on the team lined up next to each other toward the end of the game. Tight end Harrison Jones flanked big brother Barrett, who had shifted from left to right tackle in the closing moments.

They were neighbors on the line a few times in high school, but never at Alabama.

Barrett Jones said he saw his redshirt freshman brother in the huddle Saturday, but didn’t think too much of it when trotting to the line.

“And I turned and was like, ‘Hey, what’s up?’ ” Barrett Jones said. “And he was like, ‘What’s up?’ Then he was like, ‘Who do I block?’ And I was like, ‘Get that guy over there.’ ”

The memories of their brief moment together will certainly last.

“I’m hoping somebody got a picture of it,” Barrett Jones said. “I haven’t seen one yet.”

Read a few more notes like this one in today’s paper and every other one this week.

Update: The mistake in the second paragraph was corrected. I’m not sure how I forgot the other pair of brothers — Arie and Cyrus Kouandjio.

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Updating injuries to Mosley, Lacy, others

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There was an express lane between the Alabama sideline and the locker room Saturday afternoon in Bryant-Denny Stadium. Injuries reared their head for the first significant time this season. Here’s a quick rundown of the status for the afflicted by Monday.

  • Linebacker C.J. Mosley’s elbow injury is obviously the issue taking top priority this week. Nick Saban said he would need a couple of days before practicing this week. The versatile sophomore is “questionable” for Saturday’s trip to Gainesville.
  • Running back Eddie Lacy “will not do much today” after injuring his toe injury suffered Saturday. The sophomore returned to the game after hurting it in the first half, though.
  • Linebacker Dont’a Hightower didn’t say exactly what the injury was that kept him on the turf for a few extra moments against Arkansas, but assured it was nothing major. “Just a bang,” he said.
  • Fellow linebacker Chris Jordan hasn’t seen the field yet this season. He practiced some early last week, but Saban said they had to shut him down by midweek.

Much more to come later today. Stay tuned.

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Video of pregame sights, sounds at pre-Arkansas tailgating

Posted on September 25, 2011 by | Comments Off

This is the final multimedia look at the wild Saturday in Tuscaloosa. It starts all over again tomorrow as Alabama prepares for what could be a very interesting trip to Florida on Saturday. Keep it here for all the updates along the way.

 

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