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Post by protege on Jan 11, 2007 22:01:06 GMT -5
Is he honestly making that much? What did the last coach make a year, any idea?
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Post by lawman on Apr 23, 2007 14:01:46 GMT -5
After Saturday's Record Spring game, it looks like Saban has Florida, Tennessee, Auburn, ESPN and all of College football under a NIGHTMARE SPELL!---Bama's Back.....and that means the rest are playing for 2nd place! LOL www.ajc.com/sports/content/sports/uga/stories/2007/04/21/0422alabama.html?imw=Y92,138 attend Alabama spring game
By TONY BARNHART The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 04/22/07 Tuscaloosa, Ala. — Kayla McCoy and her dad, Stephen, arrived at Gate 6 of Bryant-Denny Stadium at 9 a.m.
The gate wouldn't open until 11 a.m.
AP (ENLARGE) Alabama officials had to turn away fans from the A-Day game after more than 92,000 arrived. For a spring football game that wouldn't start until 1:05 p.m.
"We just think that this is going to be a historic day," said Kayla, from Dothan, Ala. "We just wanted to be first in line to see it."
Kayla didn't know how right she was.
Hope is a powerful emotion. So powerful that it brought a crowd of 92,138-plus to Bryant-Denny on one of the most perfect Saturday afternoons you'll ever see. Alabama officials, expecting about 60,000 fans for Nick Saban's much-anticipated first spring game as coach, had to stop them from entering the stuffed stadium in the second quarter.
The NCAA doesn't keep records on such things, but it is believed to be the largest spring-game crowd in college football history. It beat the SEC record of 73,000 set by Tennessee in 1986 and dwarfed school-record Saturday turnouts at Penn State (71,000) and Notre Dame (51,852).
If there was any doubt that Saban, who took over as coach in January, was worth the $4 million Alabama is paying him, well, there's less of it now. You just can't put a price on this kind of excitement.
"People sense that today was a turning of the page, a fresh start for Alabama football," said Eli Gold, the longtime radio voice of the Crimson Tide. "Nick Saban has the credentials to win a national championship. He's done it. The excitement here is really something special. I have never seen anything like this."
Saban, wearing a coat and tie despite the warm weather, stalked the middle of the field paying attention to every detail for both teams. But he knew what was happening in the stands was more important-than what took place on the field (the White team beat the Crimson 20-13) as he begins the task of getting Alabama back to college football's elite.
"When our fans do things like they did today, it enhances our chances of being successful here," said Saban, who replaced Mike Shula as coach. "That sends a message to everybody out there that we're recruiting that there is a lot of positive enthusiasm here. It certainly makes me feel good being here as the coach."
Even the Tide players, used to playing in front of packed houses all fall, were overwhelmed.
"When we first came out, it was about half full and we thought that was pretty good," quarterback John Parker Wilson said. "Then we looked up and the place was full. It was incredible."
The excitement was everywhere you looked. All but two of the 130 luxury boxes were filled; 35 were occupied for this game a year ago. Fans who couldn't get a seat stood for four quarters. They came wearing T-shirts like "Just in the NICK of time," "Never fear, SABAN's here" and other creative messages:
Front: "Got Nick?"
Back: "We do and we are ready to ROLL. This is Alabama Football!"
Front: "Member of the SabanNation since 2007."
Back: "First we'll take back the State! Then the Nation!"
Front: "The Bear's looking down from Above."
Back: "And he STILL hates Tennessee."
The celebration started early and is sure to continue through Sept. 1, when the Saban era officially kicks off, against Western Carolina.
At 7:15 a.m. Saturday, almost two hours before it was scheduled to open, a crowd had gathered outside the Paul W. Bryant Museum on Paul W. Bryant Drive. The building opened an hour early. By 10 a.m., more than 2,000 fans had passed through the doors, with hundreds of others waiting to get in.
Former Alabama players were seated under a tent signing autographs for a $1 donation to the museum.
"It's really been something. It's really been busier than a normal game," said Ken Gaddy, the museum's director. "The Alabama people are really excited by the change."
An hour before kickoff, one of the most cherished traditions in SEC football took place on the walkway surrounding Denny Chimes. Last year's co-captains, Juwan Simpson and Le'Ron McClain, placed their handprints in wet cement to honor their service to Alabama football.
Among those watching, wearing a hound's tooth cap in honor of Bryant, was David Faulkner from Athens, Ala.
"The people are here because of the aura that Nick Saban now brings to Alabama football," Faulkner said. "We haven't had this kind of aura since Gene Stallings was here [from 1990-96]. There is no doubt who is charge and where the discipline is going to come from."
The turnout was the largest for an A-Day game — by 40,000-plus. The previous high attendance: 51,117, set 19 years earlier at Birmingham's Legion Field.
"I'm here to see Nick Saban," Tide fan Wesley Garner of Mobile said. "I want to see him on the sidelines and see what he can do. He is the man who is going to bring us another championship. At least I hope he does.
"We certainly paid enough to get him."
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Post by Dale Jackson on Apr 23, 2007 15:24:39 GMT -5
Did they start a scoring system that gives credit for attendance? No? Ok then. Alabama does not even contend for the SEC title this year.
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Post by billt on Apr 23, 2007 15:38:27 GMT -5
almost EVERY other college in D1 already KNOWS winning a national championship isnt as easy as just hiring the latest greatest coach!
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Post by lawman on Apr 23, 2007 15:45:59 GMT -5
Did they start a scroing system that gives credit for attendance? No? Ok then. Alabama does not even contend for the SEC title this year. 'scroing' system......LOL....did they teach you that at Florida? But yeah, at Bama attendance is a very helpful part of our SCORING System----AT Bryant--Many Stadium in '05, Tide 31...Florida 3
and we gave away last years game at a 'swamp!'
Can't WAIT!!
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Post by kevin on Apr 23, 2007 19:44:45 GMT -5
Gee lawman, its an awful world where people can't make a typo without being called on the carpet for it . And Dale, you should have left it that way ;D:). Just use a real browser like Firefox of Seamonkey, which has spellcheck built in, and you'll be the envy of all the boards!
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Post by bamagatr on Apr 24, 2007 4:53:24 GMT -5
oh yes...Alabama sure loves their PAST!!! didn't they give that '05 coach a raise??...oh, yes...then fired him and paid him to leave... and while we're on the past...whatever happened to that '99 coach who beat Spurrier twice in one year?? i think he's worked his way back up to college, hasn't he?
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Post by firestud2829 on Apr 24, 2007 14:57:02 GMT -5
Everybody's playing for second place.....wtf did you eat for breakfast this morning? Peyote? Seriously, you should get a reality check...new system, new coach, new backfield(with the exception of JPW), half of the starting D will be new faces...there sure are a lot of wrinkles to iron out. Alabama will play .500 ball again this year.
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Post by lawman on Apr 24, 2007 15:25:02 GMT -5
Everybody's playing for second place.....wtf did you eat for breakfast this morning? Peyote? Seriously, you should get a reality check...new system, new coach, new backfield(with the exception of JPW), half of the starting D will be new faces...there sure are a lot of wrinkles to iron out. Alabama will play .500 ball again this year. More proof aubies are scared of Bama's past and FUTURE....and that Aubies are plentiful in idiots----
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Post by firestud2829 on Apr 27, 2007 0:11:17 GMT -5
Everybody's playing for second place.....wtf did you eat for breakfast this morning? Peyote? Seriously, you should get a reality check...new system, new coach, new backfield(with the exception of JPW), half of the starting D will be new faces...there sure are a lot of wrinkles to iron out. Alabama will play .500 ball again this year. More proof aubies are scared of Bama's past and FUTURE....and that Aubies are plentiful in idiots---- Hmmm, I really don't see where you get that Aubies are idiots from my post, but whatever. Why would we be scared of Bama's past? Is it hiding under the bed? Maybe Bama's past hangs out with the boogey-man on the week-ends. Now, the future...no fear there either. And this proof stuff you speak of, where is it? If anything, bammers need to be scared that Saban is going to be a $32 million flop.
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Post by lawman on Apr 27, 2007 0:51:41 GMT -5
More proof aubies are scared of Bama's past and FUTURE....and that Aubies are plentiful in idiots---- If anything, bammers need to be scared that Saban is going to be a $32 million flop. haha, You aub's got T-shirts of Tubby and his four fingers and the 'Thumb'........BUT NO 'National Championship Ring to go on 'any' of the 'fingers! Well Bama is gonna have T-Shirts with a Pic of Nick Saban's hand on it, With THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RING on Coach Saban's finger!
The New Saban Era has begun.........Bama 1 Aubie's 0
'flop that' ;D
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Post by firestud2829 on Apr 28, 2007 8:56:59 GMT -5
The New Saban Era has begun.........Bama 1 Aubie's 0 'flop that' ;D [/b][/quote] Ok, When is the last time Bammer beat Auburn? Oh that's right...it's been 5 years and two coaches ago. Oh and while we're at it...when is the last time bammer has defeated Auburn in Bryant-Denny? Oh, that's right... never.
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Post by lawman on Apr 28, 2007 13:06:28 GMT -5
The New Saban Era has begun.........Bama 1 Aubie's 0 'flop that' ;D [/b][/quote] Ok, When is the last time Bammer beat Auburn? Oh that's right...it's been 5 years and two coaches ago. Oh and while we're at it...when is the last time bammer has defeated Auburn in Bryant-Denny? Oh, that's right... never. [/quote] This is SO CHILDISH........but I'm a 'Player'....and a Good One, so I'll play the ''When (Win, haha..loser) game.''
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME Au-bum had a NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP? OR A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP 'COACH'?
Bama --- '93 National Champs.....11 before that......and 3 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP 'Coaches' in the last 25 years, Bryant, Stallings and currently....Nick Saban!Your 'great' tubby keeps 'stumbling' every year.....and most 'smart' aubies want him gone EVEN NOW! ALL THE 'False (lies) probation is OVER for the Tide....so things will be back to normal this year and the ''Cow College' very depressed!
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Post by Dale Jackson on Apr 28, 2007 14:14:58 GMT -5
Yes poor Alabama, they did nothing wrong. Nick Saban is the answer this year. I hear he is gonna have 25 TDs and 15 sacks. He also kicks a mean 63 yard field goal.
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Post by lawman on Apr 28, 2007 14:34:04 GMT -5
Yes poor Alabama, they did nothing wrong. Nick Saban is the answer this year. I hear he is gonna have 25 TDs and 15 sacks. He also kicks a mean 63 yard field goal. NO! --- But he'll have plenty who can... and WILL! ;D
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Post by firestud2829 on Apr 28, 2007 21:09:26 GMT -5
By the bammer logic that any publication that crowns a national champ counts...Auburn had one in 1910, 1913, 1914, 1957, 1958, 1983, 1993, oh and one more in 2004. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auburn_Tigers_football#National_champion_teamsYes, TT stumbles every year. In fact, he stumbled right into a win in the Iron Bowl every year for the last 5. Oh, and since we're gonna claim national titles won by other schools just because their coach is at our school now, TT won a national title with the U(Miami) in '84. Face it, bammer is still in a funk created by poor management and lack of patience. One day, maybe, they will see success, but that day isn't tomorrow. And, I know you don't have much to hold onto as the Tide has been poor latley...so hold onto that past and it'll get you through the rough patch.
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Post by lawman on Apr 28, 2007 22:47:18 GMT -5
You're RIDICULES!
Stick that 'thumb' in your mouth, and maybe someone will excuse you as a child!
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Post by Auburn Graduate on Apr 28, 2007 23:11:02 GMT -5
"ridiculous" is the correct word there, Professor Hawking. You must be a Bama graduate.
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Post by lawman on Apr 28, 2007 23:46:36 GMT -5
"ridiculous" is the correct word there, Professor Hawking. You must be a Bama graduate. Naw, when I was injured and couldn't lead the team to victories, I dropped out!!! --- but, I remembered my English Professor warned me when you try to communicate with 'aubies' you have to spell the word the way 'they' do.... so they'll know what you're saying!
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Post by firestud2829 on Apr 29, 2007 11:30:14 GMT -5
Wow! Now, he's talking down to us. Well, I guess we can't argue with that too much. I guess you got us lawman. You enjoy that victory the next time you and 93000 of your closet friends are packed into Jordan-Hare West...oh, you haven't heard? That's what the new name for the stadium there in Tuscaloosa is. It's probably been changed because Auburn owns bammer there.
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Post by lawman on Apr 29, 2007 11:52:51 GMT -5
Wow! Now, he's talking down to us. Well, I guess we can't argue with that too much. I guess you got us lawman. You enjoy that victory the next time you and 93000 of your closet friends are packed into Jordan-Hare West...oh, you haven't heard? That's what the new name for the stadium there in Tuscaloosa is. It's probably been changed because Auburn owns bammer there. ;D It haunts your 'midget' mind doesn't it, because YOU KNOW Au-bum's short run IS OVER!
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Post by deovindice on Apr 29, 2007 15:39:21 GMT -5
GO VOLS!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by firestud2829 on Apr 30, 2007 8:29:14 GMT -5
;D It haunts your 'midget' mind doesn't it, because YOU KNOW Au-bum's short run IS OVER!It's not midget,it's little person...come on lawman...not very PC! 'Short run'... we'll see about that. Last time I checked though, bammer took a long run off a short pier and went off into the deep end of mediocrity. It's gonna be a 'long swim' for ol' Saban to pull 'em out of the funk.
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Post by alabamamtnman on Apr 30, 2007 8:57:23 GMT -5
I love how all the christians brow beat others about their religeous beliefs like calling wiccans etc satan worshippers but yet they are all ready to sacrifice their children to the false prohphet saban.
i think the guy is a second rate coach with a first rate pr team and thats about as good as it gets.
im sick of hearing about it every day.
damned idiots callin in to radio shows talking about iraq to "report" they saw saban at a high school somehwere talking to a kid about playing and "he smiled at me so he cant be bad as folks say he is" (actual quote)
fact is he can win every game but if he loses to auburn they will shit can him immediately.
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Post by killer on Apr 30, 2007 10:22:39 GMT -5
How do other states treat/rate football compared to the way Alabama does? I just wonder if it's as important in other places? I realize football fans are in all states -- but I'm talking about the percentage of states' populations who are crazed fans. Is it higher in Alabama -- or about the same as it is in Tennesse, Florida, maybe Arkansas, etc.?
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Post by goblueandau on May 1, 2007 0:55:52 GMT -5
It's so funny how Bama fans have to get so defensive anytime you talk about how lousy they've been the past 10 years or so. Man, they sure are quick to throw the 1960's in your face.
GO Blue WDE
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