The way ESPN national recruiting analyst Tom Luginbill sees it, Alabama's August could feature a heated competition for the backup quarterback job between Ely and Morris.

"He fits more of their mold of what they want their quarterback to look like, what they want him to be," Luginbill said of the 6-foot-3, 235-pound Morris. "I think this thrusts him right into the fray to hopefully create an environment of competition that those coaches want to have.

"It won't take very long before he enters himself into the mix."

Bama beats UGS 1-0. We play Florida for the Tournament tomorrow at 1:00.

Roll Tide.

I have to give the defense a big kudo today. As Lee said, Traina didn't have her best stuff today but boy did the defense come up big when she needed help. With the bats being as silent as they were, this team found another way to win today.

Tomorrow should be an interresting game since Bama has just beaten Florida in their season ending series last weekend. Traina has got to be a little worn but here of late she has just sucked it up and gotten the job done. Can she do it one more time???  Roll Tide!!!

FIFY

 

I like things the way they are, especially now that we have 6 games in your division and 2 in the other.  South Carolina lost to Auburn 16-13 last year, while UGA beat the tar out of them 45-7.  The pitiful home loss to Auburn is what knocked them out of the game in Atlanta, not the loss to Arkansas.  The bottom line is SC did not handle their business against the easy teams from the West, where UGA did.  They did not have to win that Arkansas game at all if they had taken care of business.

Let's think this through for just a second.  If you beat everyone in your division, you can still afford one loss to the other division and still win because you would have the head to head tiebreaker over everyone else in your division.  You would need 2 losses to the other division to knock yourself out of contention, and even then there would have to be someone else in your division who won all of their games except for that head to head loss.  That is exactly what happened to South Carolina last year.

So, as it is right now, a loss to the other division already does not hurt as bad as a loss within your division.  If you beat everyone else in your division, you will always be able to afford at least one more loss to the other division than what your competitors have.  In other words, SC could have lost 2 games to the west, had UGA lost 1 game to the west.  SC could have lost all 3 games with the west, if UGA had lost 2 games to the west.  This current system still gives you an advantage if you beat everyone in your division, yet every game is still important.

In hindsight, I think UGA may have actually been the better team last year, especially by the end of the season.  SC caught UGA the week after a very disappointing loss to Boise State where they let the entire conference down, and SC barely beat them 45-42.  Later in the season SC was squeaking by Miss St. 14-12, losing to Auburn, and they only beat Tennessee 14-3.  Meanwhile UGA lost the first 2 and didn't lose again during the regular season, winning the next 10 in a row.

Brady Hoke is praying that Delaney will shut his mouth before he pisses off Saban enough that he desires to send a message via Michigan by way of Jerry's World.

I voted for divisional winners. I would not have done that in the past with 5 divisional games and 3 from the other side. Beginning this year it will be 6-2. You play the exact schedule as everyone else within the division. IMO it really does not matter which way it goes. Normally the best team wins either way.

I think the only way you would play in the SECCG with only the best divisional record, is if you only play games within your division. If you're going to play games with teams from the other division as well, IMO, the overall record has to matter.

If you're attending this weekend's SEC softball tournament at Alabama's Rhoads Stadium, or simply tuning in to the na­tionally televised broadcast, here's some ad­vice.

Keep your eyes peeled. You might just spot a coach from one of the Crimson Tide's other sports.

It's probably unfair to call it a new devel­opment, but it's certainly been noticeable over the past month or so. Alabama's coaches have seemingly made a conscien­tious effort to support to their fellow coaches by, well, showing up.
 

Sorry Corch, if I'm paying that kinda money for house, it won't be on a lake.