Alabama Headlines – 11/5/09
November 5th, 2009 09:36 AM║ Posted By: John Pennington ║ Permalink ║ Tags: Alabama
Hey, look! A bunch of stories that have nothing to do with Urban Meyer, Lane Kiffin or Mike Slive. Hip-hip-hooray!
1. Alabama wants to improve their downfield passing game.
2. Roy Upchurch looks forward to actually playing in this year’s Bama-LSU game.
3. Alabama’s defense will have to be better against the Tigers than they were against South Carolina and Tennessee.
4. Javier Arenas is tired of the Bama-LSU game being called the “Saban Bowl.”
5. Three former Tide assistants explain what’s been wrong with the UA offense.
6. LSU cornerback Patrick Peterson says he’s “going to lock on” to Julio Jones.
7. This weekend’s showdown will be a battle of great defenses.
8. Asked about playing himself as LSU’s coach in the movie “The Blindside,” Saban said, “My heart’s here. So nobody has to worry about any of that, especially this week.”
9. In basketball news, Alabama won their exhibition opener 81-53 last night over Montevallo. (I think I smoked one of those once.)
10. New coach Anthony Grant said, “I thought there was an understanding of what I wanted from an energy standpoint.”
