ALABAMA 2011 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE DATE
OPPONENT
LOCATION
Sept. 3
Kent State
Tuscaloosa
Sept. 10
Penn State
State College, Pa.
Sept. 17
North Texas
Tuscaloosa
Sept. 24
Arkansas
Tuscaloosa
Oct. 1
Florida
Gainesville, Fla.
Oct. 8
Vanderbilt
Tuscaloosa
Oct. 15
Ole Miss
Oxford, Miss.
Oct. 22
Tennessee
Tuscaloosa
Nov. 5
LSU
Tuscaloosa
Nov. 12
Mississippi State
Starkville, Miss.
Nov. 19
Georgia Southern
Tuscaloosa
Nov. 26
Auburn
Auburn, Ala.
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Deciding the Destiny The defense will be the strength of the 2011 Alabama football team Page 8
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PAGE 4 xbox 360 simulation
PAGE 13 column: pre-season rankings
PAGE 14 reliving the tradition: wilbur Jackson
Alabama’s offense dominated the Kent State defense, gaining over 700 yards on a big rushing day from Trent Richardson
Gameday examines the question: Is being ranked No. 2 in the pre-season a good or bad thing for the Crimson Tide?
Former Tide running back Wilbur Jackson talks about what it was like winning a national championship at Alabama
By Marquavius Burnett
By Laura Owens
By Zackary Al-Kateeb
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Gameday Staff • Tony Tsoukalas, GameDay editor • Marquavius Burnett, assistant GameDay editor • Victor Luckerson, editor-in-chief • Jonathan Reed, managing editor • Sarah Massey, magazine art director • Jessie Hancock, assistant design editor • Adam Greene, chief copy editor Cover photo: CW | John Michael Simpson
AP Poll
1. Oklahoma (36) 2. Alabama (17) 3. Oregon (4) LSU (1) What are you most excited about for Saturday? 4. 5. Boise State (2) 6. Florida State 7. Stanford 8. Texas A&M JOHN ANSELMO 9. Oklahoma State ADAM ADCOCK JOSH COX senior sophomore freshman political science 10. Nebraska mechanical engineering sports science economics 11. Wisconsin “I want to see who starts “I just want to see the de- “I’m just really excited to 12. South Carolina at quarterback.” fense a year older. I am a watch the game and 13. Virginia Tech fan of Phil Sims, and I’m experience the atmo14. TCU 15. Arkansas 16. Notre Dame WHEN September 3 at 11:20 a.m. 17. Michigan State 18. Ohio State 19. Georgia WHERE Bryant-Denny Stadium 20. Mississippi State Tuscaloosa 21. Missouri Alabama kicks off the 2011 22. Florida WHY season 23. Auburn 24. West Virginia WATCH SEC Network 25. USC
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GAMEDAY STAFF PICKS Predictions of Week One’s biggest matchups LSU OREGON
WEEK 1
GEORGIA ALABAMA NOTRE DAME BOISE STATE KENT STATE SOUTH FLORIDA
TCU BAYLOR
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SAN JOSE STATE
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2010 SEASON IN REVIEW
AUBURN
2010 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
FLORIDA
9/4
San Jose State
W 48-3
9/11
Penn State
W 24-3
9/18
at Duke
W 62-13
9/25
at Arkansas
W 24-20
10/2
Florida
W 31-6
10/9
at South Carolina
L 21-35
10/16 Ole Miss
W 23-10
10/23 at Tennessee
W 41-10
at LSU
L 21-24
11/6
11/13 Mississippi State W 30-10 11/20 Georgia State
W 63-7
11/26 Auburn
L 27-28
1/1
W 49-7
OLE MISS
SOUTH CAROLINA
CAPITAL ONE BOWL
Michigan State
LSU
GEORGIA STATE
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XBOX 360 WHO’S HOT WHO’S NOT HOT
SIMULATION
MARCUS LATTIMORe – When healthy, Lattimore is one of the best running backs in the nation. His combination of power and speed can cause defensive coordinators to lose sleep at night.
TRenT RICHARDSOn – The running
back is primed and ready for a Heismancaliber season as he steps into the starting role at Alabama. XBOX 360 screenshot
NOT
alabama receiver marquis maze scores a touchdown in the tide’s 87-28 simulated victory over Kent state.
JORDAn JeFFeRSOn – Jefferson was
suspended indefinitely by LSU after being involved in a bar fight on Aug. 19. He was arrested on counts of second-degree battery, a felony.
MIAMI HURRICAneS – Miami will
have to do without eight players, including quarterback Jacory Harris, as the school suspended the players for taking improper benefits.
aLaBama 87 kENT STaTE 28 CRImSoN TIDE Statistics Total Yards: 777 Passing: 419 yds Rushing: 358 yds Turnovers: 1 (iNt) Top Passer: aJ mccarron: 18-of-29, 305 yds, 5 tDs, 1 iNt Top Rusher: trent richardson: 41 rushes, 240 yds, 1 tD Top Receiver: marquis maze: 7 catches, 168 yds, 3 tD Top Defensive performer: robert Lester: 10 tackles, 1 iNt (returned for touchdown)
GoLDEN fLaSHES Statistics Total Yards: 395 Passing: 307 yds Rushing: 88 yds Turnovers: 1 (fumble) Top Passer: spencer Keith: 11-of-23, 189 yds, 2 tDs, 1 iNts Top Rusher: Jacquise terry: 11 rushes, 106 yds, 1 tD Top Receiver: sam Kirkland: 5 catches, 210 yds, 2 tDs Top Defensive performer: Norman Wolfe Jr., 12 tackles Compiled by MARK FLEMING
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GameDay Editor Tony Tsoukalas checks out T-Town’s oldest restaurant
TONY’S TASTE OF THE TOWN
THE WAYSIDER
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ny true southerner will tell you that at the center of all southern cooking is a nice, hearty southern breakfast. Residents of Tuscaloosa can find one of the tastiest breakfast restaurants in the South in their own back yard. The Waysider, located at 1512 Greensboro Ave. in downtown Tuscaloosa is the oldest operating restaurant in Tuscaloosa, and just one taste of The Waysider’s melt-in yourmouth biscuits lets you know why. “We have been here since 1951 continually operating,” owner Linda Smelley said. “We just try to serve good food, and people enjoy breakfast. That is the number one thing I think people enjoy in town is breakfast. I guess it’s just good southern cooking.” The restaurant is no bigger than an average family living room and is packed every morning with loyal Tuscaloosa residents who have made The Waysider part of their daily routine. The intimate spacing and familiar faces add to the at-home atmosphere of the restaurant, and remind you what it used to be like waking up and having breakfast with family. “It is calming, people like that,” Smelley said “It has got that feel of Alabama. I just feel that it is a real homey atmosphere. Everybody comes in during football season and over time they become friends.” For some residents, the restaurant is like a second home, one that surrounds them with old friends and old memories too. “I’ve been coming here for years,” Tuscaloosa resident Beneta Essary said. “The food is good, especially the biscuits, there is always good service. It is just a homely place. I lost my husband 21 months ago and they are just like family to me.” The walls of the restaurant are decorated with Daniel Moore paintings of Alabama football. The restaurant could easily double as a gallery of Alabama history.
It is not just the scenery that enables Crimson Tide fans to relive past moments; the restaurant is rich in history too. Perhaps one of the most interesting aspects of The Waysider is the list of important patrons it has served over the years. The most notable being former Alabama head football coach Paul “Bear” Bryant. The restaurant now dedicates a corner to Bryant, and fans can actually sit in the same spot where the “Bear” used to sip his morning coffee. However nice the scenery may be, the thing that keeps The Waysider running as one of the best restaurants in the South is its mouth-watering southern cuisine. The restaurant is known first for its golden buttery biscuits, which are served to you warm and delicious right upon being seated. My favorite thing to order is the omelet, which can be filled with spinach, ham, sausage, bacon, or practically anything you can think of. Unlike other restaurants that add milk to their eggs to make them too fluffy, The Waysider cooks them just right, the way your mom used to when you were a kid. For kids there are pancakes, which are often shaped in the form of an elephant. Smelley said the restaurant will shape its pancakes in every way possible. “When the other team comes in here I will serve them elephant pancakes and make them say roll tide,” Smelley said. “We make all kinds of animals, dogs and bears and cats, pretty much everything you can think up.” If you are looking to get to The Waysider before a game it is advised that you get there close to the restaurant’s opening time of 5:30 a.m. In my experience, arriving at 6:30 a.m. will still get you a seat comfortably. Show up too late and you will find yourself waiting in a line out the door. For anyone wanting a true taste of Tuscaloosa, The Waysider is a can’t-miss spot. “It is a great place,” Essary said. “It is just a good representation of the town.”
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GAMEDAY PREPARATION But what you don’t see are the countless hours the grounds keeping staff put into getting the stadium prepared for game days and other events hosted inside Bryant-Denny. hen you walk inside Bryant-Denny “It takes months of planning and preparing,” stadium, you see 100,000 screaming Brandon Sevedge, director of athletic facilities, fans, a beautifully maintained field, said. “We started pressure washing the stadium and Jumbotrons that rival the one in about a month ago. We have to pressure wash the Dallas Cowboys’ “Jerry World.” all of the concrete inside and outside the Originally built with a capacity of 12,000, stadium, which is a timely process. Bryant-Denny Stadium has grown to be the “We had to get all of the windows cleaned fifth largest stadium in the country and second and check all of the mechanical, electrical and largest in the Southeastern Conference, seating plumbing systems to make sure everything is 101,821. in working order. We clean all of the carpet and BY MARQUAVIUS BURNETT ASSISTANT GAMEDAY EDITOR msburnett1@crimson.ua.edu
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“IT TAKES MONTHS OF PLANNING AND PREPARING.” touch up the paint. It takes a really long time.” Stadium clean-up may be an even longer process. After more than 100,000 people leave a place, there is bound to be a lot of garbage left behind. “There is a large amount of people that come in and clean up all of the trash in the stands,” Sevedge said. “They have used blowers to blow out all of the trash. They also have to clean up every skybox and the entire North and South Zones.” Alabama has one of the more beautiful stadiums among all of college football teams. One of the things that make it so great is the field display. When opposing teams come out, the Alabama logo in the center of the field sends an unspoken message about the history and tradition of how great Alabama football is and what it has meant to college football. To keep it beautiful, the field is always being worked on. “It’s constantly maintained on a daily basis,” Sevedge said. “It’s not on any special surface, but there is an under drain system to get rid of the water if it rains.” So next time you are enjoying the beautiful arena that is Bryant-Denny Stadium, be sure to pay a silent tribute to those who work hard on making Saturday in Tuscaloosa a great experience. And clean up your trash. Roll Tide!
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DECIDING THE DESTI BY MARQUAVIUS BURNETT
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e have all heard the old saying: Defense wins games and offense sells tickets. That is the case for the 2011 Alabama football team. Running back Trent Richardson will help sell tickets and keep fans excited, but the Crimson Tide’s defense will be the unit that helps win games for the team this season.
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(Top, left) Dre Kirkpatrick tackles an Old Miss reciever during the 2010 season; (Top, right) Courtney Upshaw goes for a fumble against Florida during the 2010 season; (Bottom, right) Chavis Williams gets to Florida quarterback John Brantley during the 2010 season; (Bottom, left)Alabama players Damion Square and C.J. Mosely take down Duke quarterback, Sean Renfree last season.
“We have one of the most athletic defenses that’s been through Alabama,” linebacker Dont’a Hightower said. “Last year, we lacked the speed part, getting after the quarterback. This year, I think it’s what our defense is about, getting after the quarterback. Last year, losing that one or two seconds, or giving the quarterback that extra time, that made a big difference. If we can get there faster, that relieves pressure off the defensive backs.” Head coach Nick Saban likes to run a base 3-4 defense. In this base formation, the nose tackle is one of the most important positions. His job is to clog up holes to stop the run and to take on multiple blockers, allowing linebackers to rush free and blitz the opposing team’s quarterback. Josh Chapman will be the main player filling that role. This will be Chapman’s second year as a starter and his third getting substantial playing time. As a redshirt freshman, Chapman backed up former All-American Terrence Cody. If Chapman can produce like Cody, he will be the perfect anchor for the Tide’s defensive front. Linebacker will be the deepest position on this year’s team. The Tide has seven players who could see significant playing time this year. Hightower, Courtney Upshaw, C.J. Mosley, Nico Johnson, Alex Watkins, Jerrel Harris and Chris Jordan will all look to terrorize opposing teams’ offenses with their ability to rush the passer and drop back in coverage. Each one possesses a different set of skills that he brings to the collective unit. “You won’t see a group of guys work harder in the country,” Hightower said. “C.J. Mosley helped us out tremendously last year. Courtney Upshaw had a great year. Nico [Johnson] and Jerrel [Harris] both have taken the next steps they need.” Mosley, Upshaw and Hightower will be looking to take their games to the next level this season. As a true freshman, Mosley played in all 13 games last year. He was third on the team in tackles, with 67, and he had two interceptions, including one he returned for a touchdown against Florida. After battling back from an ankle injury, Upshaw developed into the Tide’s most dangerous pass rusher. He had 51 tackles in the final 10 games of the season, including a team high 14.5 tackles for loss and seven sacks. When healthy, Upshaw can be a Clay Matthews-type pass rusher for the Tide. By his standards, last year was a down year for Hightower. He was second on the team in tackles with 69, but never seemed 100 percent healed from his knee injury in 2009. If Hightower can regain some of the brilliance from his freshman season, look for him to be one of the best linebackers in the country. “He’s got his explosive quickness back, his burst in pass-rush, playing with a little bit more speed, which is more like he played before his injury,” Saban said. Last year, the secondary went through a lot of growing pains. Injuries, lack of experience and no real pass rush put the secondary in tough spots and they often gave up big plays in
“WE WANT TO COME OUT AND WIN A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, TO BE UNDEFEATED. EVERY TIME WE STEP OUT ON THE FIELD, ONE OF OUR MOTIVATING FACTORS IS TO BE SPECIAL.” - MARK BARRON
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#41 Courtney Upshaw Linebacker 52 tackles Seven sacks Two forced fumbles
#99 Josh Chapman Defensive Line 31 tackles One sack
#37 Robert Lester Defensive Back 52 tackles One sack Eight INT
#4 Mark Barron Defensive Back 72 tackles Two sacks Three INT
#32 C.J. Mosley Linebacker 69 tackles .5 sacks Two INT Photos UA Athletics
key moments. Saban said how they use those experiences will determine the unit’s success. “Maturity and experience are important factors if they’re used correctly,” Saban said. “You can take your experience and create a comfort zone with it…. Or you can challenge yourself [to say] that I have experience now and I’ve learned from mistakes that I’ve made in the past and I’m going to play with more consistency in the future because of it and challenge yourself to get to the next level.” This year the secondary could be the team’s most talented and productive group. At the safety positions, Mark Barron and Robert Lester are two of the best in the country. Barron earned All-American honors while leading the team in tackles with 75 stops. In 2009, Barron led the SEC in interceptions with seven as a sophomore. Lester followed in Barron’s footsteps and led the SEC in interceptions in 2010 with eight. At cornerback, Dre Kirkpatrick, DeQuan Menzie and Dee Milliner will all be asked to play enormous roles in the secondary. With a year of starting experience under his belt, Kirkpatrick will look to be the shutdown corner scouts projected him to be out of high school. Kirkpatrick has all of the physical tools to be the best corner in the nation. Menzie is the key component to the secondary. If he stays healthy and performs, he gives the Tide a shutdown corner opposite of Kirkpatrick. Milliner will be asked to play more of a nickel back role, similar to the one Javier Arenas played in 2009. As a true freshman, he started 11 of 13 games and earned first-team Freshman All-American honors. “We want to come out and win a national championship, to be undefeated,” Barron said. “Every time we step out on the field, one of our motivating factors is to be special.” As a defense-minded coach, Saban has to be pleased with the talent the unit has as a whole. The only question is whether they will use their talent to become champions. With the defense leading the way for the Tide, it sure does feel like 2009 all over again.
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IS THE TIDE’S RANKING A GOOD OR BAD OMEN?
PRESEASON RANKINGS CREATE PRESSURE THAT TEAMS CAN’T ALWAYS LIVE UP TO
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t’s not a secret that the 2011 Alabama Crimson Tide football team is expected to be good. Both the Associated Press poll and the USA Today poll have Alabama ranked No. 2 in the preseason. While it’s great that the rest of the nation agrees with our campus that Alabama is awesome, a high preseason ranking might not favor the Tide in the long run. Since 2001, three teams that have started the season No. 2 have finished No. 1. Most recently it happened in 2007 when LSU won the national championship after starting out at No. 2. But for LSU, it was a bumpy ride. The 2007 season saw eight different teams at the No. 2 spot. LSU held the spot the longest, going for five weeks, but once the Tigers were dethroned, the other No. 2 teams held on for only a week or two at a time. In the past decade, there has been a fair mix of teams in the AP polls that started high and ended high, along with teams that started high and ended low. However, starting high and ending high doesn’t matter if it doesn’t result in a national championship. Here at Alabama, students don’t want to start high only to end at No. 3. They want their 14th title. Looking solely at Alabama’s ability to keep a top ranking, the Tide’s record isn’t very good. Last season when Alabama started at No. 1, it finished at No. 10, which did not impress Tide
faithful too much. In 2008 when Alabama took Alabama reached was in the 2005 season, the No. 1 spot in week 11, Florida then knocked coming in at No. 4, before losing to LSU and the Tide off in the SEC Championship game. then Auburn and finishing at No. 8. With Alabama, it seems like getting there Most recently before 2008, the highest ranking isn’t always the hard part; it’s staying there that causes problems. Between a star-packed defense and an offense that holds its own, the Tide should be a top-tier team in 2011. Everyone knows Alabama is talented, so the team gets a good ranking. But in the SEC especially, it’s hard to stay the top team. 2010 1. Alabama (10) 2. Ohio State (5) The coaches and the players all claim that the rankings don’t get in their heads. But last 2009 1. Florida (3) 2. Texas (2) year, when the team went into South Carolina 2008 1. Georgia (13) 2. Ohio State (9) thinking they could win just because they were Alabama, those situations make it seem like 2007 1. USC (3) 2. LSU (1) maybe the ranking does get to them a little. 2006 1. Ohio State (2) 2. Notre Dame (17) As far as talk of Oklahoma being the team to stop the SEC’s BCS championship run, the 2005 1. USC (2) 2. Texas (1) numbers from the past decade don’t support 2004 1. USC (1) 2. Oklahoma (3) that theory. The only time the AP actually predicted the title game in the past decade was 2003 1. Oklahoma (3) 2. Ohio State (4) in the 2005, when USC and Texas were the top 2002 1. Miami (2) 2. Oklahoma (5) two teams. The final rankings switched the teams’ preseason rankings, with Texas taking 2001 1. Florida (3) 2. Miami (1) the title. 2000 1. Nebraska (8) 2. Florida State (5) Another plus for Alabama is that only twice since 1999 has the preseason No. 1 team won 1999 1. Florida State (1) 2. Tennessee (9) the national championship. So Oklahoma has 1998 1. Ohio State (2) 2. Florida State (3) its own forces to fight against.
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RELIVING THE TRADITION
with WILBUR JACKSON Wilbur Jackson, the first black player to be offered a football scholarship at the University of Alabama, played running back from 1970-73 in Coach Paul “Bear” Bryant’s newly implemented wishbone offense. In three years, Jackson accumulated 1529 yards rushing and 17 rushing touchdowns, helping Alabama win the 1973 national championship. Jackson was a first-round NFL draft pick, playing for the San Francisco 49ers before ending his career with the Washington Redskins and a Super Bowl victory. - ZACKARY AL-KATEEB
always on your mind: winning the conference championship, going undefeated, getting into a major bowl and getting to play on New Year’s Day. And it all started with that first day, so you felt like your entire season hinged on that first game, so there was always that anticipation.
GD: Talk about winning a national championship at Alabama. WJ: It was great. It’s almost like it is now. Everybody’s going for the same goal. For a lot of schools it was unrealistic, but at that time, Alabama, Auburn, Tennessee, Ohio State, Nebraska, Oklahoma all had a legitimate shot to win. And Coach Bryant would always talk about the teams in the ‘60s that had won a championship, and we all wanted to live up to those teams. Even now, I sit down and watch a Gameday: What was it like playing relief. You go through spring training, summer game, and my hands are all sweaty because I under Coach Bryant? workouts, then fall practice... it was just a lot of know what all the players have gone through. I Wilbur Jackson: It was interesting. He was hard work, and finally, finally you get a chance know what their ultimate goal is. tough, he was hard, he was fair. He didn’t play to play somebody else and measure yourself favorites. It was an experience I look back to and see how you’ve done. So I’d just say it was GD: Having won a national championship, what do you think Alabama’s chances are now, and it’s something I’m glad I had. It was a huge relief. that it will win its 14th this year? some tough times, but you look back now, and WJ: I can’t speak odds, but I think we have a you sure are glad to have it. GD: You’ve talked about your feelings good chance, but I don’t want to jinx it. There’s leading up to the game, but what was it a lot of big expectations there, but I’m sure GD: Alabama’s about to play their first like actually playing in it? Saban has put it in their heads, let’s win the game of the season. Could you talk about WJ: The first game was always the beginning. first game, then worry about the second game the feelings you had leading up to the first When I was there, the talk was always about the second week, the third game the third game of the season as a player? a national championship. There was no week. And I’m sure that’s their mindset right now. WJ: You know, it was always a sense of a BCS back then, so there were four things
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LSU vs. OREGON LSU has had some serious off-the-field troubles recently, with starting QB Jordan Jefferson being arrested for 2nd degree battery after a bar fight. Oregon, on the other hand, is looking to avenge last year’s national title loss with the core of offensive talent coming back, including RB LaMichael James. Ron Brooks celebrates in the end zone during the 2010 Alabama-LSU game. LSU beat Alabama 24-21.
GEORGIA BOISE STATE
OLE MISS BYU
Aaron Murray leads the Bulldogs into Atlanta to take on the Broncos, who have a lot to prove in their first season in the Mountain West Conference.
Ole Miss lost to Jacksonville State in last year’s opener and hopes to avoid a similar fate against the Cougars, who are in their first season as an independent team.
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Jadaveon Clowney could make his debut for the Gamecocks against East Carolina, whose program has been on the downslide after losing Skip Holtz to South Florida.
Arkansas head coach Bobby Petrino is going to be breaking in a new starting quarterback, Tyler Wilson, and trying to cope with the loss of RB Kniles Davis.
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