Thursday, August 20, 2009

The Upshaw Redemption

Courtney Upshaw did indeed practice today even though he was arrested for third degree domestic violence last night. Attending practice today, should be the first step in putting all of this off the field fanfare behind him. **** Update from Saban News conference. Upshaw will not be suspended. Saban called him "as fine a young man as we have on this team". (According to Gentry Estes from Bama Beat).


There were some notable absentees from practice and Dre Kirkpatrick rode a stationary bike while sporting a black jersey. Read more practice notes here.

Check out Chris Dufresne's assessment of the Crimson Tide in his preseason top 25 segment that releases one team, each day (yawn). Hint: We did not make it into the top ten.

Lastly, a more favorable analysis of our team has been posted on Fox Sports by Pete Fiutak. He quips that Bama has been put on the "pay-no-mind" list while Ole Miss has received all of the favorable hype. He states that Alabama has the uncanny ability to channel the "no one believes in us" energy. He goes on to declare that no one should be surprised if Bama is competing for a National Championship towards the end of the season