Say Bye to the mental fatigue

This bye week comes at a much needed point in the season. The Crimson Tide just finished up a five game stretch of all SEC games and they were mentally and physically fatigued. Nick Saban said “I could see it in the players in meetings last week. They were struggling to pay attention in the meetings. So it’s not just physical, it’s probably more mental than physical. They’re not ready for another game plan, and the cumulative affect of that is you make more mental errors in the game, you don’t execute as well and it affects your performance.”

Since it's the bye week, we have little to dwell on except the block, a smitten Kiffin, and the anxiety of a new Daniel Moore painting. There is a semi-exciting game tonight with Virginia Tech Hokies facing the menacing North Carolina Tarheels, but that will barely hold me over until Saturday. I was dwelling on this youtube video below, and reliving the moment of being saved by Terrence Cody. I love how the referee points to the live ball after the blocked field goal and how our players are the only ones going after it. My cigar is still burning...

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The Real Reason UT had Headset Problems. . .

I am not sure if this story is true, but it sure is entertaining. Supposedly Tennessee had headset problems, and Kiffin was quick to blame Bama of sabotage. An article released from the Capstone Report is saying that the problem was that Tennessee had plugged to many electrical devices including the headsets into the same generator causing the electricity to fail on their bench. Supposedly Alabama provides more than one generator to keep this problem from happening, but Tennessee opted to use just one.

And I apologize for writing more about Tennessee because that game is over and in the past, but it is hard to pass up the antics of Lane Kiffin.  The press has tried to bait him into a response regarding his reprimand from SEC Commissioner Mike Slive, but he is holding his tongue for now. I predict that he will be suspended before the 2009 Season is over.

And with all the commotion and drama this year, I would have to say the 2009 Saban Effect is having the defeated Coach whine like baby after the game (Last year's Saban Effect was the defeated Coach getting Fired).

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Cody and Tiffin receive weekly SEC awards

Terrence Cody and Leigh Tiffin received weekly honors from the SEC front office this week for their performance against the Volunteers. Cody was named the SEC defensive lineman of the week and Tiffin was named SEC Special teams player of the week.

In one of his smartest moves in the past week, Kiffin has chosen not to comment on the reprimand that he received from the SEC. "I'm not gonna get into it. I'm excited about this match up versus South Carolina. As hard as it is for me to do, I'm not gonna do that. I'd love to," said Kiffin when asked about his second reprimand as Volunteers coach. Really Kiffin? Did you read the NCAA rule book? I think he knows that he was wrong and talking further about "the block" would be useless.

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Kiffin complains to SEC about Cody taking his helmet off

We all know that Lame Kiffin has more moments in the press than he does on the football field. According to the Tennessean.com, Kiffin filed a complaint and publicly reprimanded the officials for not flagging Mt. Cody for taking his helmet off after his game winning block. He thinks that we should have been flagged for unsportsman-like conduct, and Tennessee should have been awarded another kick.

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