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The Latest on the Auburn Men's Basketball Coaching Search

2010-03-15T15:05:00.004-05:00

The Tide Times and The Sports Times Network (STN) has been told today about a leading candidate, Tony Barbee, being linked to the Auburn men's basketball vacancy. Chuck Gallina, Auburn's men's basketball Media Relations Director, told STN that "We (Auburn) have no information regarding him (Tony Barbee.) It is incorrect that there is a press conference scheduled for late Thursday." The Associate Athletics Director and Media Relations at UTEP, Jeff Darby, also informed STN today that "We are busy, getting ready for a NCAA tournament game. He (Barbee) isn't going to talk to you about the Auburn job, if you want to talk to him. To be honest with you, I think it's hard to believe that questions about a coaching vacancy will be left off the table."

SOURCES TELL THE TIDE TIMES STOOPS VISIT TO UA WAS RELATED TO MEYER & GIVE INSIGHT INTO WHATS REALLY GOING ON BETWEEN MEYER AND A.D. JEREMY FOLEY

2009-12-30T11:53:00.021-06:00

BY NICK TAYLOR ND Dan Harralson

Last Wednesday current Oklahoma coach, Bob Stoops, visited his good friend Nick Saban in Tuscaloosa. Many people assumed that the reason for the visit was probably Texas, which is probably true (at least in part since Texas is Oklahoma's rival) and also because of the fact that Saban and Stoops have been good friends since they crossed paths as young men in Ohio (where Stoops grew up.)

Two sources, one a colleague of Nick Saban and the other a media member and friend of THE TIDE TIMES that THE TIDE TIMES has interviewed in the past, informed THE TIDE TIMES that Florida A.D. Jeremy Foley had contacted Bob Stoops gauging his interest in the UF coaching position after learning on December 18th that Coach Meyer was seriously contemplating retiring from coaching due to his health situation. Ironically on December 23rd, the same day that Stoops flew to Tuscaloosa, Urban Meyer flew to San Diego, CA to watch his good friend and Utah head coach Kyle Whittingham play California in the Poinsettia Bowl: and asked him if he would take the Florida job if his health did not allow him to coach anymore.

Our sources claim that Stoops agreed in principal to take the job at UF and that the reason for Coach Meyer's decision to take a leave of absence and attempt to remain the coach at Florida was more related to a concern that Stoops or another coach would come in and change everything he and his players had built. The most important fact in this story may be that the sources also suggested that the only reason Jeremy Foley offered Meyer a leave of absence was merely out of courtesy given his accomplishments as a coach, but that he never expected him to take the offer given his personality. The sources went on to state Foley was a little perturbed with Meyer about all the Notre Dame and other rumors involving the coach which have always made Foley question Meyer's loyalty to the UF program. In closing, I wish to make it clear that the people that I know (that know Coach Meyer including Coach Saban) believe that Coach Meyer is sick and they along with THE TIDE TIMES will keep him in our prayers because some things our bigger than football. We will see how this plays out.

PS for those people interested in this type of thing there is a website called Flight Aware that tracks planes and I am told there is record of Coach Meyer flying out to San Diego on there as well, but we have yet to locate it but CLICK HERE IF YOU WANT TO SEE STOOPS FLIGHT RECORD TO TUSCALOOSA...

GOD BLESS YOU COACH MEYER

Urban Meyer Engages with Kyle Whittingham

2009-12-28T14:34:00.005-06:00

By Dan Harralson

The SEC lost one of their most historical coaches an evening Saturday night. Coach Urban Meyer decided to stay at the University of Florida after "a change of heart." We all witnessed a press conference yesterday only to know zero information on why Coach Meyer left the game of college football for one evening, before returning. He was very secretive about his health situation and now it has turned into this health-related debacle. Paul Finebaum was just on ESPN telling what needs to be addressed, about a situation that was never addressed. Finebaum hit it on the head when he told ESPN about this debacle turning into pararells of a Tiger Woods situation. There are also some reports from the Florida that Coach Meyer's situation maybe in line of a family incident and/or problem. The one thing that sticks out in yesterday's press conference, is that Coach Meyer would not discuss any health related topics in great detail when this is all about his health that caused him to quit his profession for a day. As we have came to learn in the world of sports, health-related problems brings families, friends, and fan bases together. Why shy away from health-related matters when it is so severe that an individual like Urban Meyer would not come clean and tell all the fans that care about him? Look at Jimmy V, Magic Johnson, Lance Armstrong, etc. who all handled health-related matters to a perfect example. We do know, and was asked yesterday, Urban Meyer flew to California after the SEC Championship game. As Meyer stated, "It is a recruiting dead period", then would not answer why he flew to California (when he should not be since he is in bad health?) Multiple sources are aware that Urban flew to California during the same time his ex-team (Utah) and his ex-assistant (Kyle Whittingham) played in the Poinsettia Bowl against California (played in San Diego.) It has been known that he wanted Coach Whittingham to replace him at the University of Florida and he would take a prominent role with Florida. It was a great plan until the offer was turned down by his ex-assistant. Paul Finebaum knew a lot of the information that has been un-mentioned in this ordeal gone bad. ESPN tried underestimating his comments this afternoon, but the truth has been untold by Meyer and the University of Florida. We all hope Coach Meyer is in great health, but when you are a public figure, why go a secretive route when health-related problems can only bring people together (especially when you have a great spokesman in Tim Tebow still in your back pocket?) Urban Meyer needs to come clean and address the situation he caused and tell the details that were caused on him (how severe the health illness is and will be.) Paul Finebaum, I am sure will un-glue the distractions and the un-told information, in which what is really going on with Coach Urban Meyer. We all do hope Meyer will be okay regarding his health and his family.

Mark Ingram Wins Heisman - ESPN Coverage

2009-12-15T16:07:00.001-06:00

ESPN Coverage

INGRAM WINS HEISMAN

2009-12-11T10:50:00.005-06:00

BY NICK TAYLOR & DAN HARRALSON

A source that claims to be affiliated with the accounting firm that is supervising the vote count of The Heisman Trophy told THE TIDE TIMES Friday morning, via telephone, that Alabama running back Mark Ingram had won The Heisman Trophy. Seems farfetched I know but the voting info he went on to give doesn't seem to be. He stated that Ingram had won the award by the closest margin in its history and that Suh, the Nebraka DL had finished in second only a few total points away. Here's how the top 5 went down... Ingram, Suh, Gerhart, Mccoy, then Tebow... You can catch this historic moment in ALABAMA FOOTBALL legend @ 8PM Eastern 7 Central live on ESPN this Saturday night...

Local Flint, MI coverage

Bama 31 Mississippi State 3

2009-11-15T12:00:00.004-06:00

NEW BAMA INTRO

2009-10-26T19:31:00.002-05:00

OUR SPORTS TIMES NETWORK POLL AFTER WK 8

2009-10-26T13:28:00.003-05:00

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE POLL IT IS ON THE TOP LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE PAGE...

CODY COMES UP A HERO

2009-10-25T14:01:00.005-05:00

CHECKOUT THIS VIDEO BELOW SHOT BY A FRIEND OF MINE AND HUGE BAMA FAN... IT SAYS IT ALL... ENJOY ROLL TIDE!!!

CHECKOUT OUR TOP 25 AFTER WK 7

2009-10-19T17:19:00.002-05:00

CLICK HERE... TO VIEW THE POLL AS WELL AS THE CURRENT BCS STANDINGS... Note in order for the entire BCS STANDINGS to fit on your page you will need to shrink your page size to 75 percent after clicking the click here hyperlink...

OUR MIDSEASON POLL AFTER WK 6

2009-10-13T19:01:00.001-05:00

CLICK HERE TO VIEW OUR NEW POLL AFTER WK 6

VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS OF BAMA'S WIN ON THE BLUEGRASS

2009-10-05T14:52:00.005-05:00

BY DAN HARRALSON

WARNING THE ABOVE VIDEO CONTAINS BACKGROUND AUDIO OF A KENTUCKY FAN CURSING AFTER WE WENT FOR IT ON 4TH DOWN SOME HAVE COMPLAINED SO BE AWARE!!!

OUR TOP 25

2009-10-04T19:29:00.002-05:00

CLICK HERE TO VIEW OUR POLL AFTER WEEK 5

DAN HARRALSON OF THE TIDE TIMES TO COVER BAMA KY FOOTBALL GAME LIVE FROM LEXINGTON

2009-10-03T01:35:00.003-05:00

DAN HARRALSON OF THE TIDE TIMES HAS A MOMENT WITH UK COACH RICH BROOKS @ THE 2009 SEC MEDIA DAYS IN HOOVER BACK IN JULY....

DAN HARRALSON OF THE TIDE TIMES WILL PROVIDE LIVE COVERAGE FROM THE GAME IN LEXINGTON AS WELL AS PHOTOS TAKEN BY HIM INCLUDING HIS OBSERVATIONS OF THE GAME SATURDAY NIGHT AFTER THE GAME CONCLUDES... STAY TUNED TO THE TIIDE TIMES FOR YOUR PRE AND POSTGAME COVERAGE OF THE TIDE AS THEY JOURNEY TO LEXINGTON TO FACE KENTUCKY IN THEIR SEC ROAD OPENER OF THE 2009 FOOTBALL SEASON...

COLLEGE FOOTBALL BIG GAME BREAKDOWN FOR OCTOBER 3

2009-10-03T01:31:00.001-05:00

CLICK HERE TO SEE OUR ANALYSIS & PREDICTIONS OF ALL THE BIG GAMES WITH NATIONAL IMPLICATIONS...

TRENT TAKES OFF AGAINST ARKANSAS

2009-09-29T00:35:00.001-05:00

A friend of mine shot this and sent it to me enjoy!

2009-09-29T00:31:00.000-05:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMcYrtH1p34

BREAKING NEWS LB JERRELL HARRIS CLEARED TO PLAY BY NCAA

2009-09-28T15:27:00.002-05:00

JERRELL HARRIS CLEARED TO PLAY VS SC OCT 17

TRENT RICHARDSON NAMED SEC FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK

2009-09-28T15:20:00.002-05:00

TRENT RICHARDSON

BAMA BULLETIN

2009-09-27T18:45:00.005-05:00

BAMA FOOTBALL RANKED 3RD IN AP AND USA TODAY POLLS
BAMA VOLLEYBALL LOSE TO FLORIDA- 1ST SEC LOSS
KELSEY ANDERSEN NAMED SEC FR VB PLAYER OF THE WEEK
BAMA SOCCER TO FACE MISS STATE IN MAKEUP GAME TUESDAY

OUR TOP 25 POLL

2009-09-27T15:33:00.004-05:00

CLICK HERE TO VIEW OUR TOP 25 POLL...

BAMA ATTEMPTS TO BBQ HOGS AS CONFERENCE PLAY BEGINS

2009-09-25T22:36:00.008-05:00

BY NICK TAYLOR

JAVIER ARENAS

The Alabama Football Team will begin SEC play Saturday afternoon as Arkansas will visit Tuscaloosa in a nationally televised game broadcasted by CBS. At first glance Arkansas may be considered by some to be the most improved team in the SEC under second year coach Bobby Petrino. Michian transfer QB RYAN MALLET appears to be the perfect pro style gunslinging type of quarterback that coach Petrino prefers to run his offense. Arkansas has three areas of obvious weakness defense, special teams, and an inability to maintain possession of the ball without turing it over. It is mainly for this reason as well as overall team depth that Alabama should pull away in the 3rd quarter and win this game handily. My key to the game will be Javier Arenas's abilty to disrupt the flow of the razorback offense from the Alabama secondary as well as his potiential gamebreaker ability on special teams.

The key defensively for the tide may hinge on Terrance Cody's ability to stop the run as well as push the pocket with an occasional pass rush. Alabama comes in as a 17 point favorite in this one and in my opinion they will cover. PREDICTED SCORE BAMA 38 ARKANSAS 17...

BIG GAME BREAKDOWN

2009-09-25T22:21:00.001-05:00

FOR ANYALYSIS OF THE BIG GAMES ON SATURDAY CLICK HERE....

OUR TOP 25 AFTEER WEEK 3

2009-09-20T20:15:00.002-05:00

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BAMA BULLETIN

2009-09-20T19:26:00.004-05:00

BAMA RANKED 3RD IN AP & COACHES POLL JUST RELEASED
VOLLEYBALL DEFEATS AUBURN SUNDAY 3 GAMES TO 1

BIG GAME BREAKDOWN FOR SEPTEMBER 19

2009-09-18T20:06:00.003-05:00

BY NICK TAYLOR
CLICK HERE TO CHECKOUT OUR BREAKDOWN OF THE BIG GAMES FOR THIS SATURDAY

OUR SPORTS TIMES NETWORK TOP 25

2009-09-13T20:12:00.001-05:00

BY NICK TAYLOR & DAN HARRALSON

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE POLL....

BAMA BULLETIN

2009-09-12T09:13:00.004-05:00

RB MARK INGRAM NOT LIKELY TO PLAY RECOVERING FROM FLU

BAMA 34 POINT FAVORITE VS FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL

STAR JACKSON TO PLAY QB IN BAMAS WILDCAT PACKAGE

BRODIE CROYLE TO START FOR CHIEFS VS RAVENS ON SUNDAY

THE TIDE TIMES A MEMBER OF THE SPORTS TIMES NETWORK RELEASES OUR TOP 25

2009-09-08T14:45:00.001-05:00

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CRIMSON TRADITION VIDEO TO GET YOU FANS FIRED UP FOR THE START OF THE SEASON ROLL TIDE!!!

2009-09-04T11:08:00.003-05:00

LEGENDARY COACH TOM IZZO TALKS COLLEGE BASKETBALL AND HIS FRIENDSHIP WITH NICK SABAN

2009-09-02T07:56:00.001-05:00

VIRGINIA TECH DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR, BUD FOSTER, TALKS VIRGINIA TECH FOOTBALL AND THE ALABAMA GAME THIS SATURDAY

2009-09-02T04:17:00.000-05:00

RICH BROOKS DISCUSSES 2009 KENTUCKY FOOTBALL WITH THE TIDE TIMES

2009-09-02T03:26:00.000-05:00

AIR FORCE HEAD COACH TALKS 2009 AIR FORCE FOOTBALL, AS WELL AS WHAT IT MEANS TO COACH FOR A SERVICE ACADEMY

2009-09-02T02:28:00.000-05:00

TUESDAY'S BAMA BULLETIN

2009-09-01T18:29:00.006-05:00

BAMA BASEBALL COACH JIM WELLS RETIRES
MITCH GASPARD NAMED BASEBALL COACH
FORMER BAMA LINEMAN ANDRE SMITH BREAKS FOOT IN PRACTICE
BRANDON DEADERICK RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL

BRANDON DEADERICK SHOT NEAR GIRLFRIENDS RESIDENCE SUSPECT REMAINS AT-LARGE!!!!!

2009-09-01T00:37:00.011-05:00

UPDATE MIDNIGHT DEADERICK NOW STABLE... IT IS BELIEVED HE SUFFERED A SINGLE GUNSHOT WOUND IN THE FOREARM... THERE WAS ALOT OF BLOOD LOSS BUT DEADERICK WILL BE OK INJURIES NOT LIFE THREATENING... DEADERICK #95 IS A NATIVE OF ELIZABETHTOWN KENTUCKY. THE SENIOR DEFENSIVE LINEMAN IS REGARDED AS ONE OF THE TIDES BEST PASS RUSHERS!

BREAKING NEWS- 1115 PM MONDAY AUG 31 2O009 BRANDON DEADERERICK SHOT DETAILS COMING asap!!! REPORTED CAUSE BELIEVED TO BE ATTEMPTED ROBBERY... AT RIVERMONT APARTMENTS the place of residence for deaderick'S girlfriend...... COACH SABAN ARRIVED ON THE SCENE SOON FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT ACCORDING TO A RESIDENT AT THE COMPLEX...SUSPECT REMAINS AT-LARGE & IS BELIEVED TO BE AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN MALE ACCORDING TO TUSCALOOSA POLICE CHIEF STEVE ANDERSEN...

STAY TUNED TO THE TIDE TIMES FOR MORE INFO AS IT BECOMES AVAILIBLE...

GET WELL BRANDON ROLL TIDE LOVE YA MAN!

BAMA BULLETIN BREAKING NEWS

2009-08-31T10:26:00.006-05:00

Fans this is our new bama bulletin section... it does NOT contain articles just quick facts and major news pertaining to ALABAMA ATHLETICS. It will be updated at least once everyday perhaps more often depending on the volume of bulletin news material on that particular day...

BRANDON DEADERICK SHOT VICTUM OF AN ATTEMPTED ROBBERY
STAR JACKSON TO RECEIVE TIME AT WIDE RECEIVER
GYMNASTICS TEAM BEGIN FALL WORKOUTS
BAMA WOMEN'S SOCCER TEAM DEFEATS JACKSONVILLE STATE 2-1
BAMA LT ANDRE SMITH TO SIGN WITH BENGALS SUNDAY
COACH SABAN SIGNS EXTENSION THROUGH 2017