Wednesday, July 22, 2009

SEC schedule first three weeks announced

Bama's first three game times are set:

VPI 8pm ET
Florida Int 7pm ET
North Texas 12:21ET

CBS has listed the Sept 26 game with Arkansas as a 3:30p ET start


SEC announces initial TV scheduleFrom staff reports
Published: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at 12:32 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at 12:32 p.m.
The SEC announced it's television schedule for the first three weeks of the 2009-10 season.AC = -->
Thur. Sept. 3
South Carolina at NC State ESPN 7:00 ET
Sat. Sept. 5
Kentucky vs. Miami (Ohio) ESPNU 12:00 ET
Western Kentucky at Tennessee ERT/SEC Network 12:21 ET*
Jackson State at Miss. State ESPNU 3:30 ET
Georgia at Oklahoma State ABC 3:30 ET
La. Tech at Auburn ESPNU 7:00 ET
Charleston Southern at Florida FSN 7:00 ET
Missouri State at Arkansas Inst. PPV 7:00 ET
Western Carolina at Vanderbilt CSS 7:30 ET
Alabama vs. Virginia Tech ABC 8:00 ET
LSU at Washington ESPN 10:30 ET
Sun. Sept. 6
Ole Miss at Memphis ESPN 3:30 ET
Sat. Sept. 12
Troy at Florida ERT/SEC Network 12:21 ET*
UCLA at Tennessee ESPN 4:00 ET
South Carolina at Georgia ESPN2 7:00 ET
Vanderbilt at LSU ESPNU 7:00 ET
Miss. State at Auburn FSN 7:00 ET
Florida International at Alabama Inst. PPV 7:00 ET
Sat. Sept. 19
Louisville at Kentucky ESPNU 12:00 ET
North Texas at Alabama ERT/SEC Network 12:21 ET*
Tennessee at Florida CBS 3:30 ET
La. Lafayette at LSU ESPNU 7:00 ET
Miss. State at Vanderbilt FSN 7:00 ET
Southeastern Louisiana at Ole Miss CSS 7:30 ET
Georgia at Arkansas ESPN or ESPN2 7:45 ET
West Virginia at Auburn ESPN or ESPN2 7:45 ET
Florida Atlantic at South Carolina Inst. PPV 7:00 ET

Monday, July 20, 2009

Alabama-Notre Dame in Atlanta?

Tony Barnhart mentioned this in his AJC.com blog today that Notre Dame is considering playing in the Georgia Dome against either Alabama or Georgia Tech. While a lot of Bama fans really would like to see a home-and-home series with the Irish, this would, at least, get the two teams back together on the field.

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Saban back on Sports Illustrated


Don't you know the Aubie's hate this?

2008 Alabama-UGA on ESPN U this week

12mid-3am ET on July 21. Set your DVR. Best first half I have ever seen Bama play.

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Teams/places we would like to see Bama play

(by Erik Stone)

Erik's list of opponents for Alabama to play in non-conference action...

USC (a reprisal of the great games between the two teams in the early 70's)

Nebraska (another 70's re-match but with Saban and Pellini building the programs up again it would be a great matchup)

Michigan (with the Big House over 100,000 and Bryant-Denny on its way to that number it would be fun to see how many visiting fans can get into each stadium)

Michigan State (not a must-see matchup but it would be fun to see Saban go up against the team he led for five years) Alabama is slated to play home and home with Michigan State in a few years.

Texas (a battle of two mega-programs both with huge stadiums and fan followings)

Ohio State (Alabama has played Ohio State in the past in the Citrus Bowl(1994 season) and Sugar Bowl (1977 season) but to see these two hash it out on campus would be worth the price of admission)

Miami (Fla.) (The Hurricanes are trying to re-emerge and the Tide is already back on the map....each won a National title against the other in a four-year period at the Sugar Bowl....a game like this would help Alabama's recruiting in talent-rich South Florida)Though I've stated my preference for home and home on-campus games.... Alabama and Miami used to play often in the 70s but that was before Miami's national title runs in the 80s.

a game against Texas would fit well in the new Cowboys Stadium in the Dallas area and that actually is a possiblity with Texas wanting to play an SEC team there in the next few years....

Alabama-Michigan at Ford Field in Detroit and at the Georgia Dome would be a good series if the two can't agree on the home sites. USC would have to be home and home and each school has the stadium to fit it....

on USC's side, the Rose Bowl is not an option since arch-rival UCLA plays its home games there. The Nebraska neutral site series could be Kansas City's Arrowhead Stadium and the Georgia Dome.

Doug: I would add Notre Dame to the list. Whether Alabama plays ND in a neutral site or home and home, this should be a game played often.