BamaPride.com <br />- Crimson Tide Football News http://www.bamapride.com 2008-05-11T19:34:11+01:00 http://www.bamapride.com http://www.bamapride.com/images/M_images/minibanner.gif text/html 2008-05-10T21:34:09+01:00 http://www.bamapride.com http://www.bamapride.com/crimson-tide-news/giants-d.j.-hall-a-free-agent-steal-2.html Hall made several outstanding catches, including one leaping, fully stretched grab along the sidelines in the afternoon. A few times he had to leap to make the catch and not only did, but seemed to hit the ground and keep moving without missing a stride. He was smooth, he had good hands and at 6-2, 195, has decent size. On any other team, I&rsquo;d say he was a free-agent steal. Full Story (http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/giants/2008/05/dj-hall-stars-on-day-1-of-rook.html) text/html 2008-05-10T18:10:20+01:00 http://www.bamapride.com http://www.bamapride.com/crimson-tide-news/saban-wants-new-recruits-to-show-up-early-this-summer-2.html Here's one wish Alabama coach Nick Saban can't necessarily make come true: To have all the signees in school when the first summer session begins June 3. Saban said it is a tremendous advantage to get incoming freshmen on campus early and it has always been his goal at every college coaching stop. Full Story (http://www.myfoxal.com/myfox/pages/Sports/Detail?contentId=6511811 version=1 locale=EN-US layoutCode=TSTY pageId=6.1.1) text/html 2008-05-08T05:32:37+01:00 http://www.bamapride.com http://www.bamapride.com/crimson-tide-news/yahoo-sports-alabama-2.html http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/teams/aad/rss.xml text/html 2008-05-08T05:29:54+01:00 http://www.bamapride.com http://www.bamapride.com/crimson-tide-news/ledger-enquirer.com-news-2.html http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/221/index.rss text/html 2008-05-08T05:18:42+01:00 http://www.bamapride.com http://www.bamapride.com/crimson-tide-news/rooltide.com-feed-2.html http://www.rolltide.com/sports/m-footbl/headline-rss.xml text/html 2008-05-06T14:18:22+01:00 http://www.bamapride.com http://www.bamapride.com/crimson-tide-news/saban-finds-loophole-2.html Saban installed a webcam in Alabama's football office, enabling him to have face-to-face meetings with high school players and coaches from afar. The NCAA treats webcam usage as it does phone calls, allowing for prospects to call coaches as many times as they want or to log onto a Web site for a video chat. Full Story (http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/221/story/314888.html) text/html 2008-05-06T11:16:30+01:00 http://www.bamapride.com http://www.bamapride.com/crimson-tide-news/top-qb-aj-mccarron-commits-to-alabama-2.html I told Coach Saban I wanted to come and he was like, `Are you kidding' when I told him, McCarron said. He'd been recruiting me hard all this time and he said that in his heart he wanted me to be the guy to lead them to a national championship. Raymond Anthony McCarron Jr. picked up the nickname AJ when he was young. The 6-foot-4, 189-pounder is a three-sport athlete and the quarterback of the defending Alabama High School Athletic Association Class 5A champions. Full Story (http://bama.live.advance.net/sports/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/sports/1209888909119870.xml coll=2) Video (javascript:void(window.open('http://www.myfoxgulfcoast.com/myfox/MyFox/pages/sidebar_video.jsp?contentId=6461031 version=1 locale=EN-US','','resizable=yes,location=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=no,status=no,toolbar=no,fullscreen=no,dependent=no,width=750,height=550,left=120,top=120'))) text/html 2008-05-04T00:38:15+01:00 http://www.bamapride.com http://www.bamapride.com/sec-news/sources-dismissed-lsu-qb-perrilloux-failed-drug-test-2.html His lack of discipline off the field, however, became an increasing distraction for head coach Les Miles, who finally decided Perrilloux's presence on the roster was more trouble than it was worth. Perrilloux tested positive on a drug test, leading Miles to dismiss him on Friday morning, two sources close to the situation told ESPN's Joe Schad. Full Story (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3378148) text/html 2008-05-02T15:14:20+01:00 http://www.bamapride.com http://www.bamapride.com/sec-news/qb-perrilloux-dismissed-from-football-team-2.html BATON ROUGE -- Quarterback Ryan Perrilloux has been dismissed from the LSU football team, head coach Les Miles announced on Friday. &ldquo;Ryan was given every opportunity to be a part of this football team,&rdquo; Miles said. &ldquo;In the end, he didn&rsquo;t fulfill his obligation as an LSU student-athlete. We hope that a new beginning will benefit him. Full Story (http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml? ATCLID=1456048 DB_OEM_ID=5200) text/html 2008-05-02T09:45:53+01:00 http://www.bamapride.com http://www.bamapride.com/crimson-tide-news/draft-shutout-underscores-alabamas-talent-needs-2.html Those ubiquitous recruiting rankings are fun to talk about but hardly scientific. The won-loss record? Well, plenty of factors can go into that. For more concrete evidence that Alabama's talent level hasn't been on par with other Southeastern Conference powers lately, check out the number of Crimson Tide players drafted by the NFL last weekend. Zero. That NFL draft shutout was the first for Alabama since 1970 and only the second in the draft's 72 years. Full Story (http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20080430/APS/804301251)