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No handlebars Student gains recognition as campus Unicycle Guy By Ellen Johnson | Staff Reporter
Heads turn as a one-wheeled vehicle zips by students making their way to their 8 a.m. classes. They wonder if it’s a bike or maybe a skateboard. It’s neither. It’s actually just your friendly neighborhood unicyclist. “I remember there used to be a different guy, but he graduated, so I guess now I’m the new unicycle guy,” said Ryan Van Voorhis, a senior majoring in mechanical engineering. He has become a local celebrity on campus since he began riding his unicycle to class this semester. Some know him as Ryan. Some know him as “the unicycle guy.” Thousands of students ride their bikes to class each day while thousands more trek across campus on foot, so the question on many peoples’ minds is why a unicycle? “How practical is it?” he said. “I don’t know. But it’s definitely the most fun way to get around.” He said unicycling is a recent hobby for him, having only taken up the one-wheeled skill in May of this year. “Over the summer I just decided to learn,” he said. “I bought one of the most basic unicycles, and I just started riding it.” Van Voorhis said learning to ride a unicycle can be difficult at first, but after a while it can become as easy as riding a bicycle. “There’s really no training wheels on it, so I just grabbed a wall to see how many rotations I could get,” he said. “Then it was just like riding a bike.” He said there are positives to unicycling other than the entertainment value. “It’s faster than walking or running, but not as fast as a bike,” he said. “But I can throw it in my trunk and drive to campus, then ride it around campus, so it’s technically practical.” SEE UNICYCLE PAGE 7
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UA Mortar Board chapter wins Gold Torch Award By Beth Wells | Contributing Writer
Mortar Board at The University of Alabama was recently recognized as one of the most elite chapters in the country. The Hypatia Chapter received the Gold Torch Award at the Mortar Board National Conference in Phoenix, Arizona, this August. This is the second year in a row they have won this award, said Susan Caples, senior chapter advisor. Caples said Mortar Board is an exclusive national honor society consisting of seniors that exhibit exemplary achievement in scholarship, leadership and service. The Hypatia Chapter has 74 members. Jenny Lamberth, the chapter president, attended the conference and accepted the award on behalf of her chapter. The award is given to chapters that go above and beyond the minimum requirements for the society. It was received as recognition of the chapter’s performance the previous year. “The award is truly a testimony to the incredible leadership of our advisers and former officers,” Lamberth said. “We certainly have big shoes to fill this year, and our current officers and members are excited about the upcoming projects and service events we have planned.” Caples said she is extremely proud of the students involved in Mortar Board, describing them as “leaders among leaders.” The Hypatia Chapter is currently
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Editor | Leigh Terry opinions@cw.ua.edu Monday, September 21, 2015
Coming to grips with a harsh loss
Mark Hammontree Staff Columnist
collaborate with one another and celebrate Homecoming Week. Pomping also facilitates bonding between paired sororities and fraternities. But I believe all of the time, money and valuable manpower could be better spent serving the greater Tuscaloosa community, accomplishing everything that pomping does and more. Pomps only stay standing for a week after homecoming, at most. In contrast, serving the community has an impact that extends much longer than a week or two. Just imagine the impact UA students, and the Greek system in particular, could make if those 102,800 hours were spent on service projects in our community or if that $45,000 was donated to organizations in need. What if, instead of a competition to see who can build the best pomp, we have a competition to see who can serve the most volunteer hours in Tuscaloosa? The same amount of creativity, drive and innovation could be applied to service. The possibilities are endless: food banks, mentoring, Habitat for Humanity, tutoring, nursing homes, etc. This could be a phenomenal opportunity for our university, which has had its fair share of controversy in the past few years, to set an example for colleges across the country. Now that would be something to celebrate.
Something terrible happened Saturday, but I’m not going to let myself think about it. Instead I’m going to think about happy things. For example, on Sunday, I drove up to Birmingham to watch the U.S. Women’s National Team play one of their World Cup Victory Tour matches. It was a dominant performance, and before halftime, our champions had scored five goals against the Haitian national team. It was nice being able to watch a talented group of athletes play to their potential, unlike, you know, our football team. Also, there were a lot of damn Ole Miss fans at the game. I just can’t believe that happened. Sorry. I slipped a little there. Anyway, I also got to cat-sit my brother and sisterin-law’s cats a couple weeks ago, and cats are great. See, the thing with cats is that they are dependable. You can always count on cats to do cat things. They’ll hide from you at first, and then they’ll come rub up against you. Maybe they’ll ask you to rub their belly. You know what they won’t do? Throw the ball repeatedly into the hands of the defense. Sorry. Sorry. So, happy things. Blue Bell came back. That’s definitely happy. There’s just no other ice cream that can quite compare to Blue Bell’s Homemade Vanilla. That feeling you get when you dip the scoop into a fresh carton is sort of like the complete opposite feeling of losing to Ole Miss at home in a game you should have won. Barbecue is a great and happy thing. I had some good barbecue the other day – from Full Moon, I believe, with some of that yummy chow-chow. It was Saturday now that I think about it. Nevermind. It’s no use. Nothing can ease the pain of that loss. The despair and bitterness will linger on for the rest of the season, and nothing will really make it go away. Sure, that sounds dramatic. But it’s also very true for a good number of students at this university. Football is important to us, and we become very much affected by wins and losses of our football team. Sure we take it too far a lot of the time, and sure, we aren’t always gracious in victory, much less defeat. But I’m not going to apologize for any of it. I love football, and I hate losing. And sure, it’s a game, but it’s not just a game. It’s also a very large part of life for many students, alumni and fans. So, if you see me wallowing or perhaps occasionally bursting out into expletive-ridden mutterings, just let me be. Or join me. Grief is a process, and mine might last a while.
Benjamin Burkeen is a senior majoring in management. His column runs biweekly.
Mark Hammontree is a senior majoring in secondary education - language arts. His column runs weekly.
Pomping resources could be better used Benjamin Burkeen Staff Columnist
Homecoming planning is well underway for a number of student organizations, and it is arguably one of the events (besides football) that brings together the majority of our campus community. People get into homecoming. I myself have participated in several events for different organizations and have thoroughly enjoyed it; it’s a blast and a great way to facilitate interactions between multiple groups on campus. Pomping, or the “Large Lawn Decoration Competition,” according to the 2014 Red Book (rules for Homecoming Week), is a longstanding Homecoming tradition at The University of Alabama. Student organizations spend countless hours arranging colorful pieces of tissue paper into large (and I admit, impressive) decorative structures that are displayed at the end of Homecoming Week. Sororities in particular put much thought and attention into planning their pomps, and as their membership numbers have increased, so have the number of hours they spend creating these enormous pomps. According to the Alabama Panhellenic Association’s website, there are 18 sororities at the University. This year, 2,261 women
pledged the 16 Panhellenic sororities that participate in formal rush according to AL.com. If we divide the new pledges between these 16 sororities (Alpha Delta Chi and Sigma Delta Tau do not participate in formal rush or host their own lawn decorations; they are paired with a larger sorority), that means on average, there are 141 freshmen in each pledge class. Moving conservatively from there, let’s assume there are 75 sophomores, 60 juniors, and 50 seniors in each sorority (accounting for girls that drop or go inactive). We’ll also assume that freshmen are required to do 25 hours of pomping during Homecoming Week, sophomores 20 hours, juniors 15 hours and seniors 10 hours. That comes out to 6,425 pomping hours throughout the week per sorority. If you multiply that by 16 sororities, that equals 102,800 hours spent pomping, and that number doesn’t include the hours put in by ADX and SDT, the men in fraternities who come to assist or the other various student organizations that participate in pomping. Now let’s talk dollars. According to two executive members of separate Panhellenic sororities, large sororities spent somewhere in the neighborhood of $2,500 each on tissue paper alone for pomping during Homecoming 2014 – and that is not including scissors, glue, chicken wire, cardboard or zip ties. Assuming each sorority spent around $2,500, that brings us to a total of $45,000 spent on tissue paper alone. Pomping isn’t evil. It is a great opportunity for organizations to
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5 Christians cannot embrace willing ignorance OPINIONS Monday, September 21, 2015
By Danielle Waddell | Staff Columnist
All too many students who attended church for most, if not all, of their lives stop attending once they arrive at college. Many non-Christians blame this on the church, while the church puts the blame on college professors, lack of community and worldly influences. Rather than playing the blame game, both non-Christians and the church should realize where the fault actually lies. While many students do choose to stop attending church when they enter into college, this cannot be blamed on the church. The church has been criticized by some saying that it teaches Christian youth to avoid new ideas and shields students from the varying beliefs of the world. In my experience, this is not the case. Rather than being taught to isolate ourselves in ignorance, Christians have been called to live “in the world, but not of it.” Others have taken this verse and erroneously said that the church uses it as an excuse to avoid embracing new ideas. Reading through the rest of this passage in John 17, Jesus prays and asks that his disciples will live as he did: in this world, but not of it. Then he gives another call, “As you sent me
into the world, so I have sent them into the world.” Christ and his church aren’t calling Christians to remain intentionally ignorant of other ideas and beliefs or avoid learning about new theories and discoveries. Instead, he sends us. In Matthew 28, we are called to go make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. We can’t do this in ignorance. When traveling to a new place, learning the culture is a major asset. Being aware of the ins and outs of their culture helps any global goal to be accomplished. Christians aren’t called to learn in ignorance–how can we reach people if we don’t know where they stand? Instead we must learn the varying beliefs, cultures and ideas that surround us. It is our personal relationship with Christ that allows us to learn these things without being made vulnerable and allowing doubt to creep in. While standing firm in our own beliefs, we need to care enough about the people around us to learn about what they believe and find a way to bridge the gap and make a connection despite any differences. As for scientific discoveries, theories and ideas, a number of Christians connect ideas like evolution and the Big Bang to their Christian
beliefs. While not biblically supported, these ideas and others like them could easily be connected to the non-detailed creation account in Genesis. These ideas cannot be confirmed or denied through the Bible’s teachings, so it all circles back to a Christian’s personal walk with Christ and what he or she feels lines up with Scripture. Finally, this could be the true reason so many college students choose not to attend church: there was never a personal Christ-to-heart connection, and these students just assimilated the beliefs they’ve always heard of. Throughout the entire Bible, Christians are called to form a personal relationship with God, not merely relying on their knowledge of the Bible or the salvation of their family or their regular church attendance or their doing good deeds to save them from an eternity separated from God. While the church has received plenty of criticism for its lack of open-mindedness and its harsh denials of worldly beliefs, I could not be more proud. These are the churches that are following Christ’s call to live in the world-know it, see it, hear it, love the people in it despite differences of opinion–but not of the world. These churches stay true to Jesus’ teachings and continue to call sin sin in love and truth. Each of us is
Christians by Generation in U.S. Greatest Generation
88% 86%
Silent Generation
87% 85%
Baby Boomers
80% 78%
Generation X
76% 70%
Millenials 2007
68% 56% 2014
Info: Pew Research. CW / Melanie Viering
given a choice to take a personal walk toward and with Christ. The church can’t choose it for us. Seek the truth and you will find it; God’s word does not return void, Isaiah 55:11. Danielle Waddell is sophomore majoring in journalism. Her column runs weekly.
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6 University film scene flourishing Clinicals
MONDAY September 21, 2015
By Bailey Shoenberger | Staff Reporter
It wasn’t a model airplane flying high above Reese Phifer Hall last week. It was a class of telecommunication and film students testing out the latest innovation in filming: a camera drone. If that doesn’t seem exciting enough, consider trips to major film festivals, internships in places like Los Angeles, New York and Atlanta, and hands-on work making major motion pictures. All of these things are just daily occurrences for the students in The University of Alabama’s film scene. “The weirdest thing is just the reaction, like, “Oh, I’m a filmmaker and I go to Alabama,” when you’re out at festivals or places with other filmmakers, and it’s this sad side glance,” Hallie Tarpley, a sophomore majoring in TCF, said. Students like Tarpley have found that not only does Alabama have a growing film culture, but the TCF program at The University of Alabama gives students opportunities that bigger programs may not be able to provide. Tarpley, who has since worked at Birmingham’s Sidewalk Film Festival, is just one film student utilizing the University’s resources. “I was a little bit skeptical [of Alabama’s TCF program] at first, but I have been given so many opportunities through our TCF program,” Christina Irion, a junior majoring in TCF, said. “I’ve been able to get my hands on a camera earlier than at other programs. Our department and the TCF students really go above and beyond to show that we are something that’s worth paying attention to.” Not only does the program allow students the freedom to find and create their voice, but it also allows them to use that experience in a real world scenario. Outside of courses, the TCF program offers collaboration classes, travel to film festivals throughout the country and opportunities to intern at some of the major filmmaking locations throughout the country. “It’s so great to film in Alabama,” said UA alumnus Danny Ryan, who is currently working in the New York film industry. “Everyone is so excited for it and open to it–both the community and
History of Film at UA 1940 Department of Radio Arts established in College of Arts and Sciences; offered first courses. Chairman was John Carlile (former production chief of CBS radio).
1952 Department name shortened to Department of Radio and Television.
1966 Name changed to Broadcast and Film Communication (BFC) to reflect inclusion of film studies.
1989 Loy Singleton appointed chair; BFC became the Telecommunication and Film Department (TCF).
1988 The School of Communication was renamed the College of Communication.
2014 UA senior Danny Ryan wins first place for his film idea at the New Orleans Film Festival Pitch Perfect contest. 2007 The University of Alabama participates in Campus MovieFest, a festival for student-made films.
1991 TCF’s home building was renamed Reese Phifer Hall–having originally been built in 1930 as the Alabama Union (the student union building).
2013 The Black Warrior Film Festival is established at The University of Alabama highlighting student-made films and featured guests.
2014 Short film “Manta,” made by Tuscaloosa native Connor Simpson, wins best film in nation at Campus MovieFest. Simpson also wins best director.
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the students. There is so much potential that is untapped because there is not as much of it going on.” The Black Warrior Film Festival, started by Ryan and other TCF students after an inspirational trip to the Sundance Film Festival, has grown exponentially each year since its inception in 2013. The community’s support of the festival and the quality of films it produces shows how passionate about the program University students are. Many faculty members are creating opportunities for aspiring filmmakers to get professional experience in Tuscaloosa. Two University professors, Seth Panitch and Adam Schwartz, finished a feature film, “Service to Man,” shot almost fully in Tuscaloosa. The film utilized students and faculty from the University throughout the process. “In terms of using UA students, a lot of them don’t have experience on feature film professional sets, but they turned this negative into a positive by taking it as an educational experience and kept their ears open and their egos closed,” Panitch said. “They learned very quickly how the sets work and their professionalism was just as good as the professional actors we hired.”
He said the challenges of creating a professional film in an area without a strong film infrastructure were not a problem for the dedicated crew. “You have fewer options in a small market, so you are trained to problem solve on a different level,” Panitch said. “It keeps you constantly thinking about problem solving, and then when smaller problems come up, you solve them more quickly because your mind is more acute towards coming up with solutions. It also forces us to be more creative, which I think is ultimately reflected in the project.” The biggest advantage Tuscaloosa has, however, is the support the community shows for every step of the process. Despite the progress the film department and city of Tuscaloosa has made, Scwartz said the filmmakers at the University are not going to stop pushing the envelope. “I still think there is a lot of room to grow, even in just understanding the importance of film for both informing and entertaining, and UA is supportive,” Schwartz said. “We are able to do a lot here.”
develop nursing students By Kyarra Harris | Contributing Writer
Assistant professor Sara Kaylor is in charge of the student nurses during their second semester in the UA nursing program, which includes clinical sessions. “Our students start off in clinical practice labs here on campus,” Kaylor said. “They learn skills such as running an IV or giving medications using models.” Kaylor said these sessions give students an idea of what to expect in hospitals and give them the confidence they need before working with real patients. Toward the end of the semester, students will work in a simulation that serves as a lifelike model. “It’s about being hands-on,” Kaylor said. “Even more so, it is about gaining confidence. With the practice lab, you get comfortable, master the skills and develop critical thinking. The simulation is nice because it combines all of that with active hands-on learning.” Haley Strickland, assistant professor and coordinator of student nurses’ fifth semester, said the goal is to have their students be able to work under stress. “We offer a class called Complex Client, which are critical care patients,” Strickland said. “Students have six weeks in the ICU setting. During the midterm of the semester, they start their preceptorship. Students request to work with a nurse and work with them for a total of 225 hours. Students have a number of options, from DCH or anywhere in Birmingham. We’ve had students go to Huntsville, Mobile, the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, and we’ve even had a student go to Vanderbilt.” Kaylor said she loves watching students develop a passion for what they do. “The ultimate goal is that they love and have passion for nursing,” Kaylor said. “I want them to develop that passion and translate that into great nursing care. Nursing is awesome because we’re invited into someone’s personal space when they are at their most vulnerable. To be in that space takes a lot of skill and talent. Being able to do that, while treading softly and being keenly aware, is a great skill.”
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CULTURE Monday, September 21, 2015
Student learns to unicycle during spare time over summer vacation UNICYCLE FROM PAGE 1
Van Voorhis had wanted to learn to ride a unicycle for several years before actually taking the step and purchasing his own. As a child growing up in Washington D.C., his elementary school began teaching unicycle lessons in the third grade, but his family moved away from the city before he could learn. “In gym class, they would have a whole unit where they taught you how to ride a unicycle,“ he said. “I was always really annoyed because we moved away when I was in second grade, so I never got to take a unicycle class.” This summer, he took advantage of his spare time and rekindled his childhood dream of learning how to ride a unicycle. “So this summer I was like, ‘I have money. I have free time. There’s nothing stopping me,’” he said. “So I learned how to ride a unicycle, and I’ve been unicycling pretty much everyday since I got it.” When it comes to recruiting new unicyclists, Van Voorhis has some words of encouragement for anyone who is trying to learn or interested in unicycles. “At the beginning, you’re going to fall a lot, but if you just practice for half an hour a day for a week or two, you’ll start to get it,” he said. “And if you start to really enjoy it, I definitely recommend getting one of the [unicycles with larger wheels].” Katherine Bittman, a sophomore majoring in accounting, said she thinks it’s interesting that the “unicycle guy” has accumulated so much fame on campus while using a more eclectic, environmentally-friendly mode of transportation. “I think it’s cool that he dares to be different,” she said. “I’m glad people on campus are using other forms of transportation to be green.” She also pointed out that it takes a special person to have the patience to learn a unique skill like unicycling. “Learning a new skill, especially having a busy life in college, will
benefit him later in life,” she said. While Van Voorhis doesn’t have many unicycle haters, he does still get the occasional confused look or intrigued pedestrian. “I get a lot of ‘roll tide’s,” he said. “Other than that I usually don’t get stopped unless I’m at a crosswalk or something.” He is one of the few unicyclists on campus; thus, he acquired the nickname “the unicycle guy.” But he insists it’s not too late to join him. “I’m always looking for more people to unicycle with,” Van Voorhis said. “I should start the unicycle club. It’d be epic.”
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Monday, September 21, 2015
Homeless shelters struggle to meet local needs By Lauren Lane | Staff Reporter
For many students, Tuscaloosa is a place to spend the best four years of their lives. For many families, it is a place to teach their children to become die-hard fans of the Crimson Tide. But for almost one fifth of Tuscaloosa’s 95,334 residents, it is a place to suffer from poverty or homelessness with nowhere to turn, according to Love Inc. Tuscaloosa, an organization that helps bring relief to those living below poverty level in Tuscaloosa County. “This is just not a good homeless town,” said Pastor Larry Doughty, founder of Jesus Way Homeless Shelter. “By this I mean that there are not a lot of opportunities here for the homeless to be taken care of or to come out of their homelessness. There’s no good reason for them to be here, but they are, so that’s why we exist.” Doughty and his staff receive 15 to 20 calls daily about different homeless people in the area looking for some stability. The first thing he asks them is where they came from and where they want to be. He said that those who don’t reply to either question with Tuscaloosa are given the option to have a bus ticket to a bigger city that will provide them with more opportunities to get back on their feet. But, he said, a majority of these people have lived in Tuscaloosa all their lives and can’t imagine being anywhere else, even if there is not much offered to them here. “I’ve been a resident of the west side all my life,” said Regina, a woman taking shelter at Jesus Way for the past week. “I know a lot of people that went to Birmingham and got shelter, got their own place quicker and had more offered to them than could ever be found in Tuscaloosa. But this place is my home, even if I don’t really have one.” Regina struggled for years to keep a job due to fibromyalgia and severe back problems, leaving her homeless since 2013. After Tuscaloosa’s largest homeless shelter was destroyed in the devastating tornado in April 2011, there are few places for the homeless to find refuge. “There seems to be a bigger issue than there are just a lot of homeless people,”
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said Tricia Perkins, communications and events director at Calvary Baptist Church. “A lot of people you see here in your day-to-day lives are just one paycheck away from being homeless. One thing we have learned from [working with the homeless] is that there are a lot of people trying really hard but falling short still.” Regina understands the stigma associated with being homeless–that many choose to be because they don’t want to take care of themselves. She said some people have no choice and don’t have many options to get out. “I’m most concerned with being able to take care of my granddaughter,” Regina said. “She’s four and has been having seizures since she was a baby. I’m so desperate to get my own place so that I can take the best care of her. I just can’t do it on my own.” Regina and several of the other women living in the compound struggled to receive any support from the community before arriving at Jesus Way. “It seems like it’s a circle of agencies that you keep coming back to,” Ebony, another resident of Jesus Way said. “Someone will tell you to call Temporary Emergency Services, and they tell you to call Turning Point or somewhere like that, and then they tell you to call the place that referred them to you first. If there [are] only four or five agencies doing the same thing, especially with so much need here, they can’t help everyone. It gets frustrating. People can’t get their basic needs met.” Ebony works at the University during football games, alongside several other part-time jobs in order to save up for a house for her and her three daughters. “I think, if anything, a lot of the properties in the area are being bought by [the University] and rented out to students,” she said. “Now that’s a great thing, but I also understand that there are a lot of families here looking for the same low prices and better locations than where they are now, but those prices and locations are only for students. Tuscaloosa has become so developed since the tornado, but only for certain people and in certain areas.” Ebony and her youngest daughter are the longest-residing people at Jesus
Jesus Way Homeless Shelter offers temporary housing for families in need. CW / Layton Dudley
Way, and she said that being there has done wonders for her both physically and emotionally. “Being homeless doesn’t just put you in a rough physical state; it’s just as rough emotionally,” she said. “Just being here three or four days gives a whole new outlook for a person. There’s some hope again.” Doughty is excited for the community to have The Salvation Army shelter
rebuilt by the end of the year so more people can find refuge, but Ebony hopes to stay at Jesus Way until she finds a permanent residence. She likes that the shelter has been set up like a village, where each family has their own cottage to stay in for as long as they need so that she and her daughter don’t have to constantly be reminded of their homelessness like they would in a typical shelter.
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SPORTS Monday, September 21, 2015
Charged defense unable to make up big losses By Terrin Waack | Staff Reporter
Alabama may have received the kickoff, but within six seconds, Ole Miss recovered a fumble and Alabama’s defense was out on the field sooner than it expected. It came out amped up, and at its own 17-yard line, the Alabama defense held the Rebels and forced them to settle for a field goal. Six plays later, the defense was back out again. It kept it quick once again, forcing a punt after four plays thanks to two batted down passes. The fire the Alabama defense possessed early on in the game slowly fizzled out though. “We batted some balls down early, which was a big thing we wanted to do,” coach Nick Saban said. “I thought we did a good job on defense for a while, but then we gave away big plays in the second half and that was critical.” Reggie Ragland led Alabama defense with nine total tackles, four solo. He assisted in a sack for a loss of two yards. In total, the Alabama defense sacked Ole Miss quarterback Chad Kelly six times for a loss of 18 yards. Going into halftime, Ole Miss led 17-10. Then, there were two big plays that changed the game. This first play will boggle football fans’ minds for quite some time.
The Rebel’s quarterback threw a 66-yard touchdown pass that can only be described as a hot potato pass as it bounced off one Ole Miss player, then an Alabama player, only to finally find its way into the waiting arms of Quincy Adeboyejo. “It wasn’t no blown coverage,” Alabama defensive back Cyrus Jones said. “I batted the ball down and it knocked on somebody’s helmet or something like that and bounced right into his hands. I don’t know.” After that, the momentum seemed to swing in favor of Ole Miss. Two field goals followed, creating the largest score difference of the game, 30-10. “We never got down on ourselves,” Jones said. “We always knew it felt like we were in the game. It just took one or two plays here and there. We made the plays at time and times we didn’t.” Alabama started the fourth with an 8-yard touchdown pass from Jake Coker to ArDarius Stewart, decreasing the Rebels’ lead to only six points. It was a moment where a comeback seemed possible. Then, the second big play for the Ole Miss offense happened. Kelly found Cody Core wide open, and an Alabama defender never got close enough to threaten what became a 73-yard touchdown pass.
Alabama gave up 433 yards in its 43-37 loss to Ole Miss at home on Saturday night. CW / Layton Dudley
“We had a coverage bust on the long pass, a miscommunication,” Saban said. “Everybody wasn’t playing the same coverage on the option pass they hit.” Core was Marlon Humphrey’s to cover, but he read the play wrong. Although the play was reviewed, in the end, the touchdown still stood. Ole Miss widened the score gap again, 36-24. “You’re always going to be upset when you miss a play,” Jones said. “At corner, you got to have a short memory and be ready to play.” Although there were other big plays in the second half, Saban said the bust on that long pass was huge for Ole Miss. “They do a great job of executing their offense,” he said. “Their quarterback played very well.” Ole Miss increased its lead, 43-24, with a 24-yard touchdown pass to receiver Laquon Treadwell. That was the last scoring play the Alabama
defense allowed. “Even when we were down 19, we still felt like we were in the game,” wide receiver Richard Mullaney said. “We kept shooting ourself in the foot the whole game. Ole Miss is a good team, and when you give a good team a chance – chances like we did – it’s hard to win the game.” Jones said he didn’t think Ole Miss wore out the Alabama defense at all though – defense fought hard the entire game. There may have been those big plays, but that didn’t mean it was the end. He said that as long as there was time on the clock, the team felt like it had a chance. In the end, whether defense lost its energy or not to the Ole Miss offense, the Rebels won for the second year in a row by six points, 43-37. “I don’t think their schemes fooled us at all,” Jones said. “We gave them plays. They didn’t beat us. We beat ourselves.”
12 World champion USWNT takes Legion Field SPORTS
Monday, September 21, 2015
By Kelly Ward | Digital Managing Editor
BIRMINGHAM — In its fourth appearance at Legion Field, the U.S. Women’s National Team gave the 35,753 fans in attendance a show in an 8-0 rout of Haiti. The crowd was a record for a USWNT match in the southeast and made itself known throughout the match with The American Outlaws leading songs and cheers for the 2015 Women’s World Cup champions. In the three matches the team has played at Legion Field, it has played in front of an average crowd of around 9,500. Sunday’s record crowd was nearly triple the size of the next largest crowd (12,102 on May 17, 2003, against England). “They’re genuine fans,” USWNT head coach Jill Ellis said. “It’s not casual fans, and they come dressed out, kitted out, ready to go. I think our reception everywhere has been very good. It’s so funny. I think the players have commented here that it’s, ‘May I have an autograph, please, ma’am?’ It’s really polite.” The U.S. took a 1-0 lead in the first minute of the game on a Julie Johnston goal off a Kelley O’Hara assist. Carli Lloyd netted a penalty and Crystal Dunn scored her second goal in as many matches to put the U.S. up 3-0 in the 17th minute. Lloyd finished off a hat trick before the half. It was her second hat trick in as many games. “I think she’s just a great professional,” Ellis said. “I think she’s so mentally strong that regardless of the opponent, regardless of the surface, she just takes the same approach. It’s a high standard she has for herself and obviously wants to deliver for her teammates.” Lloyd has five career hat tricks and three this year. “I don’t think that I just kind of broke out as a star,” Lloyd said. “I think I’ve kind of been chugging along each and every year and flying under the radar. I happened to score a hat trick in the World Cup Final and everybody kind of took notice, so it’s all about improvement for me. It’s all about continuing to fight like an underdog, and there’s a lot more room to improve that I can do on my end.” Lloyd and the U.S. were no underdogs against Haiti. The U.S. dominated possession throughout the entire match and had 39 shots, 19 of which were on goal. Haiti did not have any shots and only crossed midfield a handful of times. After scoring five in the first half, the team added three in the second. The first came in the 51st minute from Amy Rodriguez from outside the box. Alex Morgan scored in the 85th minute with a header over the keeper. In the 89th minute, Heather O’Reilly scored the final goal of the day. The team continues its victory tour against Brazil in Seattle on Oct. 21 at 9 p.m. CT.
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13 Turnovers prove difference in Ole Miss loss SPORTS Monday, September 21, 2015
By Terrin Waack | Staff Reporter
Alabama’s 43-37 loss to Ole Miss can best be summed up by the number five. Alabama had five turnovers. The first one was within five seconds of the start of the game. Those turnovers turned into 24 out of 43 points for Ole Miss in its victory over the Crimson Tide. “Turnovers just kill you,” coach Nick Saban said. “I don’t know if there’s anybody we can beat if we give away [24] points.” Within the first half, Alabama had three turnovers, and Ole Miss cashed all three of those turnovers in for all 17 points Ole Miss went into halftime with. It all started during Alabama’s kickoff return. ArDarius Stewart fumbled the ball and A.J. Moore recovered it for Ole Miss. Four plays later, Ole Miss had three points on the board. “I think if you’re going to be a great competitor, you got to take what you want,” Saban said. “You got to compete that way. You can’t give the other team 24 points off of turnovers from the 30-yard line in.” Cooper Bateman started as Alabama’s quarterback but was taken out after he threw an early second quarter interception off a deep pass. Soon after, Ole Miss was at the Alabama 1-yard line. Defense tried to hold the Rebels there, but Jordan Wilkins found an open path to the end zone for the first touchdown of the game. Jake Coker played as Alabama’s quarterback for the remainder of the game. “There was a bunch of ups and downs within the game, but we kept fighting,” Alabama wide receiver Richard Mullaney said. Ole Miss kicked off and running back Kenyan Drake received and then fumbled the ball for Alabama.
That was turnover number three. Another Ole Miss touchdown followed. Ole Miss scored all 17 of its first half points off of turnovers. Thankfully for Alabama, that was the last turnover within the first half. “There were just a lot of things we did that allowed them to dig, put us in a hole in the game,” Saban said. The two remaining Alabama turnovers of the game were interceptions thrown by Coker, and both occurred in the fourth quarter. Only one led to another Ole Miss touchdown, however, for a grand total of 24 points from Alabama turnovers. “Ole Miss played great, but it’s going to be hard to win a game when you have five turnovers,” Mullaney said. Although defense came out onto the field more than it would have liked due to the circumstances, defensive back Cyrus Jones said the defense has to be prepared to do its job, no matter how tough. “We have each other’s back,” Jones said. “We have the offense’s back when we need to have theirs, and they have our back when we need them to have ours. It’s a team effort.” Five turnovers or not, Jones isn’t blaming the offense for the loss. Ole Miss did not have a turnover the entire game. “We’re not going to sit here and point our fingers at nobody,” he said. “We didn’t play like we needed to play on either side of the ball.” Last year, Alabama also lost by six, 23-17, and last year Alabama also lost the turnover battle. The Crimson Tide had two turnovers while Ole Miss had only one. “I think [Ole Miss] deserved to win this game,” Saban said. “They just outplayed us. That’s just a fact of the matter.”
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The Alabama football team fell 43-37 to Ole Miss at home Saturday night. Top: Richard Mullaney hurdles Kendarius Webster on the way to scoring his first touchdown for Alabama. Left: Calvin Ridley evades a host of Ole Miss defenders at midfield. Right: Cyrus Jones breaks up a pass intended for receiver Laquon Treadwell in the end zone. CW / Layton Dudley
15 Davis talks time at UA, College GameDay SPORTS Monday, September 21, 2015
By Terrin Waack | Staff Reporter
The Quad at The University of Alabama looks completely different the day before and the day of an Alabama football game. ESPN College GameDay host Rece Davis took a walk through the Quad and simply reminisced on his time as a student here. Davis said he hadn’t been to Tuscaloosa for a game day since 1991. College GameDay analyst Kirk Herbstreit said as a former Ohio State
graduate, he can relate to how Davis feels. “Even though we’re in suit and ties and we look like idiots since it’s 100 degrees out, we’re not different than you guys,” Herbstreit said. “We have just as much passion for this game, and we try to be professional when we’re on the air, but deep down, our school means everything–as much as your school means to you.” As Davis crossed the Quad, it wasn’t a sense of déjà vu that came over him. “Don’t get me wrong, I love it here,”
Davis said. “It has a special place in my heart, but I think that when you do a show like this, I get into a locked-in mode and part of it is I like to feel the energy wherever we are.” Davis said he grew up loving Alabama and still does. “I’ve learned as a professional to take a step back in terms of being a fan, but that doesn’t mean I love it any less,” Davis said. Now the host of College GameDay, some asked if Davis ever pictured himself
making it this far. “The humble answer is no, but the real answer is yes,” Davis said. Davis just completed his third show of College GameDay and said his favorite part of each show is seeing how excited Lee Corso gets when making his final headgear pick. “We may have, hopefully, 20 great things in a show, but nothing tops that moment when Coach puts on that headgear–at least to me,” Davis said.
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Monday, September 21, 2015
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2 back-to-back games Alabama has lost against Ole Miss Rebels. announced as starters. Cooper Bateman actually started the game 2 quarterbacks as a quarterback. 6 point difference in both losses: 43-37 this year and 23-17 last year. turnovers that led to 24 of the 43 points Ole Miss scored. Three were 5 Alabama within the first half.
total interceptions. Jake Coker threw two. Cooper Bateman threw one. Also, 3 total fumbles in the game. Alabama lost 2 out of 2. Ole Miss lost 0 out of 1. is the number of hours the game lasted, plus some change. total offensive plays for a total of 503 yards compared to Ole Miss’ 433.
20-yard field goal made by Adam Griffith, his first successful field goal of the season.
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