🏈 It's Tennessee Hate Week - Saturday marks 4,382 days since UT beat Alabama
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Odd is one way to put it. "Expected" when dealing with a backstabbing walrus blubber piece of whale scum like fulmer is also another term one could use. If fulmer stays he will always have his fat arse wedged into that program in ways that will make pat dye seem the most reasonable of individuals.
Sorry I know you got a bad taste in your mouth while you were posting this! Reading it did me too!
Now it very HATE WEEK!!!!:flaming::rant2:
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I really appreciate this! Wayne and I were teammates there at UA. He always knew how to have a good time.
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Roy might have got his rocks off with his part in getting The King placed on probation but he lived to see that 8 in a row and then he passed om 2015.
Colorful Tennessee Vols booster Roy Adams dies
Colorful Tennessee Vols booster Roy Adams dies
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Tuesday Insider Report on Alabama Crimson Tide football | BamaInsider.com
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama players were back outside Tuesday for their second practice in preparation of Saturday’s game against Tennessee. Players were dressed in full pads and worked under cloudy, 66-degree weather. Here are some notes from the media viewing period of practice.
— Alabama’s first-team offensive line saw some shakeup as Deonte Brown replaced Lester Cotton at left guard. Cotton started in all seven of Alabama’s games this season but has been battling an ankle injury.
— Two of the three starting receivers who were limited Monday returned to action as Jerry Jeudy and Henry Ruggs III went through individual drills and caught passes from quarterbacks. DeVonta Smith continued to stand to the side during drills and did not catch passes from the quarterbacks. Monday, Saban said Smith has a hamstring injury and called the receiver the “most questionable” of Alabama’s injured players.
— Tyrell Shavers took Smith’s spot leading one of the outside groups during drills.
— Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa continued to wear a brace on his right knee and didn't kneel like other quarterbacks during warmups. He moved well during practice and delivered the ball well to receivers.
"I’m a lot better actually than I was last week after the Arkansas game," Tagovailoa told ESPN Monday. "I mean, it looked bad on the field. I re-tweaked it kind of, but we got some treatment after the game following this morning leading up to practice today. So, we’re a lot better. We’re much better."
— Tight end Irv Smith Jr. was working with the receivers while they were catching passes from the quarterbacks. Irv Smith has 17 catches for 334 yards and is third on the team with four touchdown receptions.
— Alabama’s first-team nickel defense had Saivion Smith and Patrick Surtain at cornerback with Shyheim Carter at Star. Xavier McKinney and Deionte Thompson were the two safeties, while Mack Wilson and Dylan Moses were the two linebackers.
— The second-team nickel package included Josh Jobe and Nigel Knott at cornerback with D.J. Lewis at Star. Keaton Anderson was shadowed by Eddie Smith at one safety position, while Jared Mayden was shadowed by Kyriq McDonald at the other. Markail Benton was shadowed by Ale Kaho at one linebacker spot, while Joshua McMillon was shadowed by Jaylen Moody at the other.
— Freshman receiver Xavier Williams was not in a scout-team jersey as he has been in previous weeks.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama players were back outside Tuesday for their second practice in preparation of Saturday’s game against Tennessee. Players were dressed in full pads and worked under cloudy, 66-degree weather. Here are some notes from the media viewing period of practice.
— Alabama’s first-team offensive line saw some shakeup as Deonte Brown replaced Lester Cotton at left guard. Cotton started in all seven of Alabama’s games this season but has been battling an ankle injury.
— Two of the three starting receivers who were limited Monday returned to action as Jerry Jeudy and Henry Ruggs III went through individual drills and caught passes from quarterbacks. DeVonta Smith continued to stand to the side during drills and did not catch passes from the quarterbacks. Monday, Saban said Smith has a hamstring injury and called the receiver the “most questionable” of Alabama’s injured players.
— Tyrell Shavers took Smith’s spot leading one of the outside groups during drills.
— Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa continued to wear a brace on his right knee and didn't kneel like other quarterbacks during warmups. He moved well during practice and delivered the ball well to receivers.
"I’m a lot better actually than I was last week after the Arkansas game," Tagovailoa told ESPN Monday. "I mean, it looked bad on the field. I re-tweaked it kind of, but we got some treatment after the game following this morning leading up to practice today. So, we’re a lot better. We’re much better."
— Tight end Irv Smith Jr. was working with the receivers while they were catching passes from the quarterbacks. Irv Smith has 17 catches for 334 yards and is third on the team with four touchdown receptions.
— Alabama’s first-team nickel defense had Saivion Smith and Patrick Surtain at cornerback with Shyheim Carter at Star. Xavier McKinney and Deionte Thompson were the two safeties, while Mack Wilson and Dylan Moses were the two linebackers.
— The second-team nickel package included Josh Jobe and Nigel Knott at cornerback with D.J. Lewis at Star. Keaton Anderson was shadowed by Eddie Smith at one safety position, while Jared Mayden was shadowed by Kyriq McDonald at the other. Markail Benton was shadowed by Ale Kaho at one linebacker spot, while Joshua McMillon was shadowed by Jaylen Moody at the other.
— Freshman receiver Xavier Williams was not in a scout-team jersey as he has been in previous weeks.
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Five questions as the Alabama Crimson Tide prepares for Tennessee | BamaInsider.com
Concerns over Tua Tagovailoa’s status have been settled, and while a bit beat up, Alabama’s No. 1 offense heads into this week primarily intact. Following a 39-10 victory over Missouri, the Crimson Tide will try for a 12th straight victory over Tennessee as the team travels to Knoxville, Tenn., for a 2:30 p.m. CT kickoff.
Alabama is currently a 29-point favorite heading into the “Third Saturday in October” matchup. Here are five questions to consider leading up to the game.
1. Will Saban continue his success against former assistants?
Jeremy Pruitt might have halted Tennessee’s 11-game SEC losing streak, but this week he’ll look to reverse an even bigger trend. The former Alabama defensive coordinator will face his old boss, Nick Saban, for the first time since taking the head coaching job at Tennessee last year. Saban has won all 14 of his previous meetings against former assistants while at Alabama, including wins over Jimbo Fisher (Texas A&M) and Billy Napier (Louisiana-Lafayette) this season.
“Jeremy’s done a really good job with their team,” Saban said. “They’re playing with a lot of discipline, and they’ve got a lot of toughness and they’ve made a tremendous amount of improvement and I think played an outstanding game last week against Auburn.
“I think he's doing an outstanding job. If you just look at the team's improvement to the beginning to now, it's really pretty phenomenal. The team plays with great discipline, lots of toughness, give great effort, all the intangible things that you have the chance to affect as a coach. And they're extremely well coached.”
Pruitt, a native of Rainsville, Ala., played defensive back for the Crimson Tide from 1995-96. He served as an assistant on Saban’s staff from 2007-12 and returned as the defensive coordinator in 2016-17. Alabama finished No. 1 in the nation in total defense during both of Pruitt’s years as defensive coordinator.
“[Saban’s] always on the cutting edge, so I've been very fortunate to have the opportunity to get to work with him and the people that he hired,” Pruitt said. “Obviously, there's a lot of really good coaches that have been able to work with him."
2. How will Tagovailoa play?
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, Tagovailoa will play this week. Just how much the sophomore quarterback will be affected by his injured right knee is still uncertain. Tagovailoa, who is wearing a brace on his right knee, looked to be moving fine during practice on Monday and Tuesday. During an interview with ESPN on Monday night, he claimed to be “fine,” stating the injury wasn’t as bad at it originally appeared.
“I’m a lot better actually than I was last week after the Arkansas game,” Tagovailoa told ESPN. “I mean, it looked bad on the field. I re-tweaked it kind of, but we got some treatment after the game following this morning leading up to practice today. So, we’re a lot better. We’re much better."
Tagovailoa completed a season-low 54.5 percent of his passes against Missouri but still threw for 265 yards and three touchdowns. The sophomore also turned the ball over for the first time in seven games when he was stripped on a sack in the first quarter.
“A lot of things during the Missouri game I missed,” Tagovailoa said. “And we can take an example — the fumble where I got sacked, the sack fumble. I had a wide-open guy coming across, he had a dig route, and I kind of held onto the ball too long. I couldn’t see, but it was one of those things where it was a timing route and my eyes were focused on the safety and I just didn’t go through my progressions good enough to find Henry [Ruggs III]. It’s just little things like that, and we set a standard for ourselves as an offense.”
3. Will Jarrett Guarantano continue to build off of recent performances?
During last season’s game against Tennessee, Mack Wilson kept Jarrett Guarantano out of the end zone, stepping in front of a pass on fourth-and-goal from the 5-yard line. This year, the Alabama linebacker has noticed a distinct improvement from the Volunteers quarterback.
Guarantano has completed 64 percent of his passes for 1,129 yards and six touchdowns with two interceptions this season. The redshirt sophomore is coming off a career-best performance against Auburn last week where he completed 21 of 32 passes for 328 yards and two touchdowns to help lead Tennessee to a 30-24 upset victory.
"I feel like he's more confident in the pocket,” Wilson said. “He trusts his arm more. He made a lot of explosive plays this past Saturday when they played Auburn. We just got to kinda collapse the pocket and kinda put pressure on him to get him out of his comfort zone.”
Alabama’s defense enters Saturday’s matchup fresh off one of its better showings of the season. The Crimson Tide limited Missouri quarterback Drew Lock to 13 of 26 passing for 142 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions while holding the Tigers to just 212 total yards of offense.
“We were looking forward to that challenge all week,” defensive back Shyheim Carter said. “For me, the secondary played good. We had a couple of bad plays. We’re going to have to improve on those.”
4. Will Alabama’s punting problems continue?
Skyler DeLong’s first punt in 10 quarters was one to forget. The freshman punter’s lone punt in last weeks game against Missouri traveled a mere 12 yards, his shortest boot of the season.
DeLong is averaging 34.4 yards per punt on 16 attempts as Alabama ranks third to last in that category nationally. Seven of those punts have traveled 35 yards or less, including a 13-yarder against Texas A&M.
"The thing about Skyler is he's been a lot better in practice and done a good job in practice and actually had a really good week in practice last week," Saban said earlier this season. "We know he's capable.”
This week would be a good time for DeLong to break out of his slump as Alabama looks to take advantage of a Tennessee team that has averaged just 5.25 yards per return this season.
5. How do Alabama players view this rivalry?
Most players on Alabama’s roster were in elementary school the last time the Crimson Tide lost to Tennessee. Since then, Alabama has won five national championships; there have been three presidential elections and Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and Uber were invented. So does this crop of Alabama players even consider the “Third Saturday in October” a rivalry?
"I wouldn't say it's a rivalry, but it's definitely a big game," said sophomore offensive tackle Jedrick Wills. "It's not equal to Auburn, but it's still a big game. I wouldn't consider it a rivalry."
Those who disagree with the offensive lineman will point to the fact that he grew up in Lexington, Ky. However, Wilson, a Montgomery, Ala., native, backed up his teammate’s statement.
"Traditionally-wise, I feel like they're both two big games," Wilson said. "As for me, I just look at it like it's another game but I know that Auburn is more like the rival game, I feel like.”
Wills and Wilson don’t speak for the entire team. Wide receiver Jerry Jeudy and outside linebacker Christian Miller both called the matchup “a big rivalry game,” with Miller even acknowledging that some view it as Alabama’s most important game all season.
Regardless of how Alabama players feel about the rivalry, the one thing they agree on is that they want to be on the winning side of it come Saturday night.
“You can definitely sense the rivalry, especially between the fans,” running back Josh Jacobs said. “And going there my freshman year, just being in the environment, you could definitely feel the rivalry. So right now, we’re just trying to make sure we don’t disappoint. Just come in and play a solid game.”1 Tony_Tsoukalas, Yesterday at 8:22 PM
Concerns over Tua Tagovailoa’s status have been settled, and while a bit beat up, Alabama’s No. 1 offense heads into this week primarily intact. Following a 39-10 victory over Missouri, the Crimson Tide will try for a 12th straight victory over Tennessee as the team travels to Knoxville, Tenn., for a 2:30 p.m. CT kickoff.
Alabama is currently a 29-point favorite heading into the “Third Saturday in October” matchup. Here are five questions to consider leading up to the game.
1. Will Saban continue his success against former assistants?
Jeremy Pruitt might have halted Tennessee’s 11-game SEC losing streak, but this week he’ll look to reverse an even bigger trend. The former Alabama defensive coordinator will face his old boss, Nick Saban, for the first time since taking the head coaching job at Tennessee last year. Saban has won all 14 of his previous meetings against former assistants while at Alabama, including wins over Jimbo Fisher (Texas A&M) and Billy Napier (Louisiana-Lafayette) this season.
“Jeremy’s done a really good job with their team,” Saban said. “They’re playing with a lot of discipline, and they’ve got a lot of toughness and they’ve made a tremendous amount of improvement and I think played an outstanding game last week against Auburn.
“I think he's doing an outstanding job. If you just look at the team's improvement to the beginning to now, it's really pretty phenomenal. The team plays with great discipline, lots of toughness, give great effort, all the intangible things that you have the chance to affect as a coach. And they're extremely well coached.”
Pruitt, a native of Rainsville, Ala., played defensive back for the Crimson Tide from 1995-96. He served as an assistant on Saban’s staff from 2007-12 and returned as the defensive coordinator in 2016-17. Alabama finished No. 1 in the nation in total defense during both of Pruitt’s years as defensive coordinator.
“[Saban’s] always on the cutting edge, so I've been very fortunate to have the opportunity to get to work with him and the people that he hired,” Pruitt said. “Obviously, there's a lot of really good coaches that have been able to work with him."
2. How will Tagovailoa play?
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, Tagovailoa will play this week. Just how much the sophomore quarterback will be affected by his injured right knee is still uncertain. Tagovailoa, who is wearing a brace on his right knee, looked to be moving fine during practice on Monday and Tuesday. During an interview with ESPN on Monday night, he claimed to be “fine,” stating the injury wasn’t as bad at it originally appeared.
“I’m a lot better actually than I was last week after the Arkansas game,” Tagovailoa told ESPN. “I mean, it looked bad on the field. I re-tweaked it kind of, but we got some treatment after the game following this morning leading up to practice today. So, we’re a lot better. We’re much better."
Tagovailoa completed a season-low 54.5 percent of his passes against Missouri but still threw for 265 yards and three touchdowns. The sophomore also turned the ball over for the first time in seven games when he was stripped on a sack in the first quarter.
“A lot of things during the Missouri game I missed,” Tagovailoa said. “And we can take an example — the fumble where I got sacked, the sack fumble. I had a wide-open guy coming across, he had a dig route, and I kind of held onto the ball too long. I couldn’t see, but it was one of those things where it was a timing route and my eyes were focused on the safety and I just didn’t go through my progressions good enough to find Henry [Ruggs III]. It’s just little things like that, and we set a standard for ourselves as an offense.”
3. Will Jarrett Guarantano continue to build off of recent performances?
During last season’s game against Tennessee, Mack Wilson kept Jarrett Guarantano out of the end zone, stepping in front of a pass on fourth-and-goal from the 5-yard line. This year, the Alabama linebacker has noticed a distinct improvement from the Volunteers quarterback.
Guarantano has completed 64 percent of his passes for 1,129 yards and six touchdowns with two interceptions this season. The redshirt sophomore is coming off a career-best performance against Auburn last week where he completed 21 of 32 passes for 328 yards and two touchdowns to help lead Tennessee to a 30-24 upset victory.
"I feel like he's more confident in the pocket,” Wilson said. “He trusts his arm more. He made a lot of explosive plays this past Saturday when they played Auburn. We just got to kinda collapse the pocket and kinda put pressure on him to get him out of his comfort zone.”
Alabama’s defense enters Saturday’s matchup fresh off one of its better showings of the season. The Crimson Tide limited Missouri quarterback Drew Lock to 13 of 26 passing for 142 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions while holding the Tigers to just 212 total yards of offense.
“We were looking forward to that challenge all week,” defensive back Shyheim Carter said. “For me, the secondary played good. We had a couple of bad plays. We’re going to have to improve on those.”
4. Will Alabama’s punting problems continue?
Skyler DeLong’s first punt in 10 quarters was one to forget. The freshman punter’s lone punt in last weeks game against Missouri traveled a mere 12 yards, his shortest boot of the season.
DeLong is averaging 34.4 yards per punt on 16 attempts as Alabama ranks third to last in that category nationally. Seven of those punts have traveled 35 yards or less, including a 13-yarder against Texas A&M.
"The thing about Skyler is he's been a lot better in practice and done a good job in practice and actually had a really good week in practice last week," Saban said earlier this season. "We know he's capable.”
This week would be a good time for DeLong to break out of his slump as Alabama looks to take advantage of a Tennessee team that has averaged just 5.25 yards per return this season.
5. How do Alabama players view this rivalry?
Most players on Alabama’s roster were in elementary school the last time the Crimson Tide lost to Tennessee. Since then, Alabama has won five national championships; there have been three presidential elections and Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and Uber were invented. So does this crop of Alabama players even consider the “Third Saturday in October” a rivalry?
"I wouldn't say it's a rivalry, but it's definitely a big game," said sophomore offensive tackle Jedrick Wills. "It's not equal to Auburn, but it's still a big game. I wouldn't consider it a rivalry."
Those who disagree with the offensive lineman will point to the fact that he grew up in Lexington, Ky. However, Wilson, a Montgomery, Ala., native, backed up his teammate’s statement.
"Traditionally-wise, I feel like they're both two big games," Wilson said. "As for me, I just look at it like it's another game but I know that Auburn is more like the rival game, I feel like.”
Wills and Wilson don’t speak for the entire team. Wide receiver Jerry Jeudy and outside linebacker Christian Miller both called the matchup “a big rivalry game,” with Miller even acknowledging that some view it as Alabama’s most important game all season.
Regardless of how Alabama players feel about the rivalry, the one thing they agree on is that they want to be on the winning side of it come Saturday night.
“You can definitely sense the rivalry, especially between the fans,” running back Josh Jacobs said. “And going there my freshman year, just being in the environment, you could definitely feel the rivalry. So right now, we’re just trying to make sure we don’t disappoint. Just come in and play a solid game.”
I thought the Tennessee Stud was Robert or Ron Fuller, professional wrestler???
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Are you serious? Where did you get that from?
I thought the Tennessee Stud was Robert or Ron Fuller, professional wrestler???
Yes, both at one time use that name as a wrestler! Both had a father and grandfather that were in this!Are you serious? Where did you get that from?
I thought the Tennessee Stud was Robert or Ron Fuller, professional wrestler???
@rick4bama @Elderfalsedemigod @TerryP
Ron Fuller fueded with "The Bullet" Bob Armstrong, Jerry "The King Lawler" and others during his run in the southeast in the late 70's, early 80's.
Ron Fuller fueded with "The Bullet" Bob Armstrong, Jerry "The King Lawler" and others during his run in the southeast in the late 70's, early 80's.
I watch Ron's Dad wrestler in the Atlanta area. I met Bob Armstrong during my youth time and his arm were bigger than my legs were!
At the time the Atlanta/Columbus area was all time big in the wrestling!-
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