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December 11, 2018
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A Season Like No Ohter Greetings, fellow Alabama fans! Yes, I know the blog hasn't been updated recently, but who has time to write when one can revel in this glorious football season? And glorious it has been. When the biggest complaints are the margin of victory, life is good!
Comments like, "Alabama beat them so bad, they should have had negative points!", show that we are in the heady stratosphere of football heaven. There are worries like why did Tua get injured (shakes fist skyward), what kind of nut do you have to be to imagine the SEC officials favor 'Bama, and the always popular how will Alabama's defense recover from losing a slew of guys (they just do, don't worry.) But the season is not yet over.
Alabama's six first-team selections led the team . . . Bama Online
They'll get that opportunity on Dec. 29, when the top-ranked Crimson Tide faces the No. 4 Sooners in the Orange Bowl in Miami Gardens, Florida. But just how often has "Heisman revenge" been a factor over the years? . . . Huntsville Times
Enos will be taking over for Mike Locksley, who recently landed the Maryland head coaching job . . . Mobile Press-Register
Tua Tagovailoa was named the national player of the year by Sporting News . . . Bama Online
Looking ahead to the Orange Bowl, Murray didn't see much connection between his minimal experience facing Alabama in 2015 and the playoff semifinal . . . Birmingham News
Alabama has played games against 10 teams previously with players who won the Heisman Trophy that season and the Tide is 3-7 in those games . . . Bama Online
Both left tackle Jonah Williams and defensive tackle Quinnen Williams have made all three of the official lists named to date -- Walter Camp, Associated Press and the FWAA . . . Mobile Press-Register
His stats this season are comparable to Jonathan Allen in 2016, which is a player Williams said he studied during his redshirt season that year and has helped him burst onto the scene in 2018 . . . Bama Online
Both numbers — the six overall selections and the four on the first team — rank first nationally . . . Huntsville Times
Williams is actually the second Alabama defensive lineman to land in the top 10 in Heisman voting . . . Mobile Press-Register
The organization will honor Alabama quarterbacks Tua Tagovailoa and Jalen Hurts as its top college quarterbacks . . . Birmingham News
In the end, Tua Tagovailoa's record-setting season in Tuscaloosa wasn't enough to win this year's Heisman Trophy . . . 247Sports
The Tide's class currently ranks No. 1 in the nation ... and shows no signs of slowing down as we draw closer to the Early Signing Period . . . Bama Online
After Murray was announced as the winner, Tagovailoa's teammates and coaches used Twitter to voice their displeasure with the result . . . Bleacher Report
Kira Lewis was named SEC Freshman of the Week . . . Huntsville Times
Freshman Kira Lewis, Jr., led Alabama with 20 points, 13 of them in the second half and including a three-pointer with 12.2 seconds to play and a pair of free throws that iced the win with 3.6 seconds to play . . . Bama Online
Former Alabama backup player Devin Mitchell (freshman in the 2015 season) is now a senior at Georgia State, but has been injured . . . Bama Online
UCF won its fifth in a row with a 70-64 victory over Alabama on Thursday night . . . Columbus (WRBL-TV)
At halftime, Gene Stallings was incredulous. Alabama's young secondary coach went to Trammell for an explanation . . . Birmingham News
"Eryk Anders has a lot of hype behind him," Theodorou said. "He has a whole team behind him from Alabama because he's 'Roll Tide,' as they say . . . Huntsville Times
It was the Crimson Tide men's first win against the Tigers in dual meet competition since October 2010 . . . Tuscaloosa News
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