🏈 bradford, bradford, bradford

[4th-and-1]

where is our press? we just manhandled (stat wise) the #7 team in the country and we don't exist this morning..

i am thinking that i might have just witnessed the best defense in college football history and nothing..

we better get mentioned durring the ole miss game today.. since everyone has been picking them to beat us..

 

[planomateo]

honestly, I think OU getting beat by BYU is bigger news than Bama beating VaTech... OU losing Bradford is also big news...he won the heisman last year.

as far as us getting press, we will get it, don't worry about that. look at last year.

i'm more worried about us correcting the mental mistakes than getting press.

but thats my opinion.

 

[bamafan_tide]

Yeah I agree with the fact that we just beat a #7 ranked team and we get no love from the media. I unfortuantely live in Big 12 country ( Kansas) and all I see on our papers up here is Bradford's injury. It's like no one else in the country played yesterday. If I lived in SEC country and that's all that was in the paper I would be pissed. The SEC gets no love up here and I am always defended us with these Big 12 idiots.

 

[BamaFan615]

ESPN Gameday was in Atlanta yesterday to pretty much promote our game...I think we've had plenty of press.

 

[4th-and-1]

they were promoting a top ten matchup.. i'm not really making a valid point about alabama in general.. it's just that the bradford story is out of control.. it's bigger than BYU upsetting oklahoma.. there was some really great football played yesterday, and i think that should be the focus. not an injured player.. i'm probably just aggrevated because i bet on oklahome to cover:halo:, but either way the guys who fought hard and won should get first look in my opinion..

 

[planomateo]

as far as press... here is a quick summary from http://www.rollbamaroll.com/2009/9/6/1018037/20-20-hindsight

Dr. Saturday, Yahoo Sports:

Based on the down-to-down, yards gained/yards allowed performance, Tech should have been blown off the field instead of taking the thing into the final minutes. Still, combine those margins with the killer instinct that produced 18 decisive points in the fourth quarter, and Alabama probably has the nation's most impressive opening-day performance for the second year in a row.

Gentry Estes, Mobile Press-Register:

The contest wasn't the defensive struggle many projected. It actually turned into a shootout with two stout yet tiring defenses in the fourth quarter, and Alabama clearly managed more firepower early and late.

Ray Glier, New York Times:

Alabama’s football team was sometimes a fast-moving train and sometimes a train wreck at the Georgia Dome on Saturday night against Virginia Tech. Skill was followed by folly, smooth jazz by sour notes... It is a different Alabama team from last year, with more speed on defense to pressure the quarterback and more variety on offense to keep opponents off balance on defense.

Chris Low, ESPN:

Alabama’s defense is for real, probably even better than last season. The Crimson Tide will almost certainly go into that Ole Miss showdown on Oct. 10 unbeaten and appear to be the class of the Western Division after such a quality win over a Top 10 team to start the season.

Kevin Scarbinsky, Birmingham News:

If this team makes as much progress from the first game to the last as it made from the first quarter to the final whistle, it just might play its final game in Pasadena - and be the last team standing.

CocknFire, Team Speed Kills:

It's possible to read far too much into the first game of any season. But we knew even before this weekend that Alabama's defense would make it difficult for the rest of the SEC West to catch up. If Alabama's offensive performance at the end of Saturday's game was any indication, their division rivals don't even stand a chance.

Steve Eubanks, FOX Sports:

It wasn't emphatic. In fact, it wasn't even pretty. And unlike last year's season-opening drubbing of Clemson, Saturday's 34-24 win No. 5 Alabama posted against No. 7 Virginia Tech in the Georgia Dome isn't likely to boost the Tide's confidence and springboard the team to greatness. But Nick Saban and company weren't looking at this game as a launching pad. They were looking for a win, and they were looking for answers. The night in Atlanta was a success on both of those fronts.

Mark Schlabach, ESPN:

Even if its opening performance didn't come close to being flawless, Alabama showed it's still the team to beat in the SEC West. And if No. 1 Florida is going to play for its third BCS national title in four seasons, the Gators might very well have to beat the Crimson Tide in Atlanta again.

Cory McCarney, Sports Illustrated:

With 498 total yards, it seems there's no lack of offense in Tuscaloosa. The Tide still have a punishing ground game and an offensive line that can open up holes for the deep running back corps. On the surface, this year's Tide don't look like they've lost much of what made them the nation's No. 1 for five weeks last season.

Dennis Dodd, CBS Sports:

The Question had been answered in the space of one up-and-down season opener: Was this the team that started 12-0 and was No. 1 for five weeks or was it the one that lost to Florida and Utah to end the season?... They're still Alabama. Shaky, at times, but still with the same conviction that allowed it to rise to the top of college football in Nick Saban's second season.

Chuck Williams, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer:

Still, you sense there could be something special brewing in Tuscaloosa. How special? Who knows? But this third edition of the Nick Saban era — yes, it’s starting to look like the beginnings of an era — could signal the road back to a string of conference and national championships might not be far off.

Sekou Smith, Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

No one has coined a catchy phrase like "Beamerball" for the brand of football Nick Saban has instilled in the program at Alabama. Win a few more games like they did Saturday night, though, and surely someone will come up with something that has a ring to it.

 

[TidePride50]

Personally, I like flying under the radar early.

 

[ElephantStomp]

I agree that BYU beating Oklahoma is bigger news than Bama beating Va Tech. And Bradford being hurt is bigger news than Bama beating Va Tech.

I don't care about media love. I care about the samething as the coaches winning ball games.

Cory

 

[Victory]

Thanks for the quotes Plano!

 

[TerryP]

FWIW, I was watching a little of the S. Carolina State vs Grambling game before flipping over to the Ole Miss game.

They were spending time talking about Mark Ingram.

 

[joeman546]

I guess he is refering to Sportcenter time


In which cas i have noticed a large drop off compared to other teams.

 

[4th-and-1]

espn must have read this post.. they finally took bradford's pic off the front page and put some byu players up there...

maybe it's a mormon thing.. who knows..