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The Quad 2007
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Tide Tradition Breaking News
March 30, 2008
GRIDIRON BASH CANCELED
TUSCALOOSA | Country music singer Alan Jackson won’t be performing at Bryant-Denny Stadium after all.On Saturday, MSL Sports and Entertainment announced the Gridiron Bash, an event that sought to turn spring football games at 16 schools across the country into a weekend entertainment event, has been postponed until later this fall due to an NCAA interpretation that would limit student athletes involvement in the event.
“The issue over player participation has caused confusion among the schools during this critical window of time in which they had left to properly promote the event,” said Shawn Garrity, president of MSL Sports. “With valuable time being lost awaiting NCAA clarification, we felt it was in the best interest of all parties involved to allow our participating universities and their marketing partners more time to adequately prepare for this event.”
Garrity said the issue of student athletes promoting the Gridiron Bash was raised by a member Southeastern Conference institution to the SEC. The SEC then forwarded the issue to the NCAA.Garrity said in no way was a student athlete promoting the event, but was, instead, taking part in a pep rally.
“Whoever raised this issue misrepresented what the student athlete would be doing at the event to the NCAA,” Garrity said. “In accord with our commitment to each university that had agreed to participate with us, we would not risk the eligibility of a player and so we unselfishly decided to cancel the event.”
Garrity said the company had planned to straighten out the misinformation to the NCAA, but the timing was too close to the spring games to chance an athlete’s eligibility.According to a statement released by the University of Alabama, the event, which was to occur on April 11, the night before the A-Day game, was to feature a pep rally led by coach Nick Saban, with the Crimson Tide football team, the Million Dollar Band and cheerleaders that would be followed by the Jackson concert.
The event also involved fan participation, with the school with the most total points receiving $1 million toward its general scholarship fund. Points were earned by ticket sales and fan voting. As of Saturday, Alabama led the event in fan voting.Alabama had sold about 10,000 tickets, and UA officials said they are working on a refund procedure.
“While we are very disappointed that the Gridiron Bash has been canceled, we very much appreciate the tremendous support of our fan,” said UA Director of Athletics Mal Moore. “Our ticket office will issue ticket refunds very soon.”
Earlier this month, Garrity said last year’s record turnout of more than 92,000 people at the A-Day game was an inspiration for the event.
“It’s why we think Alabama is what they are in history,” Garrity said on UA’s eagerness to get involved with the Gridiron Bash. “They saw it and grabbed it with passion and fervor like they do with everything.”
There was no word from UA on whether they will still hold a pep rally at the stadium the night before the A-Day game.T.D. Wood, a 2006 UA graduate, said he was planning on going to the concert with a friend.
“We were going because it’s Alan Jackson, he’s a legend,” Wood said. “It’s really because we don’t get any big [artists] here in Tuscaloosa. We usually have to drive to Atlanta to see someone worth a damn.”
Wood said UA should still consider holding the pep rally the night before.“Why not? You figure there’s going to be enough people in town to do that anyway. It would be cool.”
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Witt postpones stadium expansion
TUSCALOOSA | University of Alabama President Robert Witt has postponed plans to expand Bryant-Denny Stadium because of the challenges of raising money to pay for it during an economic slowdown.
“I’m not certain it would be wise or prudent to embark on another major fundraising campaign for athletics right now,” Witt said in an interview with The Tuscaloosa News’ editorial board on Wednesday.
In his fall state of the university address to employees, Witt said university officials would begin this spring “seriously considering” expanding the football stadium because of enrollment growth and increased demand for tickets.
Last April, UA hired Davis Architects of Birmingham to study expanding the south end zone next to Paul W. Bryant Drive as part of an athletic facilities master plan. A $50 million line-item for the expansion was approved by trustees in the university’s Five-Year Facilities Development Plan, a list of projects that might begin in the time frame.
Witt said the slowdown in the state and national economy could affect donors’ pledges to the UA athletic department’s last capital campaign, which raised roughly $120 million. Witt said it’s possible donors might take longer to fulfill pledges to the previous campaign, and the economic impact needs to be understood before moving ahead with another expansion.
The previous campaign paid for an expansion to the north end zone, improvements to Coleman Coliseum and facility upgrades for several other athletics programs.
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Jones' signing caps No. 1 day for Saban, Tide
TUSCALOOSA | After months of anxiously watching and waiting, Wednesday wasn’t just a red letter day on the calendar for the University of Alabama football faithful. It was even better.
It was Julio Jones, the wide receiver from Foley High School who many consider the top overall recruit in the nation, reaching for the hat with the big cursive “A.”
It was Gadsden City linebacker Jerrell Harris (6-2, 220) ignoring all the baseball caps lined up in front of him and pulling out a stylish houndstooth hat.
It was even Huffman defensive lineman Marcel Dareus, and his brother Demarious, who will first attend a junior college, drawing heaps of applause when they said they were Capstone-bound.
Cumulatively, it left fans not only celebrating the one-sided performance compared to rival Auburn, but a No. 1 national ranking, something that hadn’t occurred in a long time.
Granted, it was only in recruiting, and coach Nick Saban maintained a very business-as-usual attitude during his press conference, but National Signing Day, which is usually a precursor of what’s to come, could only be described as a crimson-letter day.
“I knew they were going to do it,” CSTV recruiting analyst Tom Lemming said. “I predicted last year they’d be top five, and I didn’t think they’d be number one, but they did it. They controlled the state. They dominated from start to finish. In the 30 years I’ve been doing this, it’s as good as any Alabama class I’ve ever seen.
“It’s not unusual for Nick Saban.”
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Alabama Releases 2008 Football Schedule
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – With the announcement of a season-opening contest against Clemson University, the University of Alabama has finalized its 2008 football schedule. The Tide will host seven home games in Bryant-Denny Stadium, including the regular-season finale against rival Auburn on Nov. 29.
The schedule features eight teams that qualified for bowl games in 2007. Eight Southeastern Conference opponents are on the slate as is customary, including games against Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Ole Miss, Tennessee, LSU, Mississippi State and Auburn.
Following the opener in Atlanta against Clemson on Aug. 30, the Tide plays its home opener in Tuscaloosa on Sept. 6 against Tulane. Alabama goes on the road for its SEC opener, travelling to Fayetteville, Ark., to face the Razorbacks on Sept. 20. The Tide’s league home opener is set for Oct. 4 against Kentucky.
Kentucky, Ole Miss, Mississippi State and Auburn travel to Tuscaloosa for SEC contests, while Alabama will face road games against SEC opponents Arkansas, Georgia, Tennessee and LSU.
Game times and television information have not been finalized for any of the Tide’s 2008 games. Ticket information will be made available at a later date.
2008 Crimson Tide Football Schedule
Date Opponent Location
Aug. 30 vs. Clemson Atlanta, Ga.
Sept. 6 Tulane Tuscaloosa
Sept. 13 Western Kentucky Tuscaloosa
Sept. 20 at Arkansas* Fayetteville, Ark.
Sept. 27 at Georgia* Athens, Ga.
Oct. 4 Kentucky* Tuscaloosa
Oct. 18 Ole Miss* Tuscaloosa
Oct. 25 at Tennessee* Knoxville, Tenn.
Nov. 1 Arkansas State Tuscaloosa
Nov. 8 at LSU* Baton Rouge, La.
Nov. 15 Mississippi State* Tuscaloosa
Nov. 29 Auburn* Tuscaloosa
*Denotes SEC games
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2007 ALABAMA FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
* conference games
Sat, Sep 01 Western Carolina Tuscaloosa
Sat, Sep 08 Vanderbilt * at Nashville, TN
Sat, Sep 15 Arkansas* Tuscaloosa
Sat, Sep 22 Georgia * Tuscaloosa
Sat, Sep 29 Florida State at Jacksonville, FL
Sat, Oct 06 Houston Tuscaloosa
Sat, Oct 13 Ole Miss * at Oxford, MS
Sat, Oct 20 Tennessee * Tuscaloosa
Sat, Nov 03 LSU* Tuscaloosa
Sat, Nov 10 Mississippi State * at Starkville, MS
Sat, Nov 17 Louisiana-Monroe Tuscaloosa
Sat, Nov 18 Auburn * at Auburn, AL