The Back Alley Archives

Yeah, I think we were probably there about the same time. I also caught a football player who turned in a plagiarized paper, so I failed him as per university policy. I got a phone call about it from someone who coordinated the tutoring for athletes for the AD. I thought it might be pressure to not ...

I'm interested to see the details Rolling Stone has about the alleged cover-ups on the drug tests. I was in grad school and worked as a TA towards the end of the Spurrier era and taught a number of athletes. One of my students ran track and she mentioned one day how she'd been hit with a drug test. ...

The interview is actually interesting. She tells a story about how she was in school for some sort of nursing thing and was doing an internship. Someone told one of her supervisors that she'd been in porn and they refused to sign off on her completion of the internship. I saw some really crazy shit ...

I typed Luke Cage into Google and it gave me a suggestion of Luke Cage Movie so I searched for it. IMDB lists it as being in production.

One more. Saban fully admits that his father's perfectionism informed the process, even if it took decades for him to codify it. Big Nick's influence also has something to do with why, even after a big victory, Saban feels less joy than relief. Saban is reaching for a standard, so there are only two...

More excerpts (it's a long piece but worth it): 4. Saban's guiding vision is something he calls "the process," a philosophy that emphasizes preparation and hard work over consideration of outcomes or results. Barrett Jones, an offensive lineman on all three of Saban's national championship...

This article is great. The author is an avowed Bama fan and even he admits that Saban's a weirdo. http://www.gq.com/entertainment/sports/201309/coach-nick-saban-alabama-maniac Bryant's appeal came not just from winning games but also from a winning personality. Saban has established himself as a gre...

If I recall, Matt was a big fan of hers back in the olden days of The Pub. http://gawker.com/famous-former-porn-star-mounts-comeback-after-civilian-1206939421 In a lengthy tell-all interview with Billy "Mister POV" Watson, the diminutive Southern belle talks about her post-porn attempts to...

I read that Rhett's going to wear the same outfit Mr Two Bits did (yellow shirt, orange and blue tie) and he's been looking at film so he can get it right. I like the idea. I bet if they asked Joakim Noah to do it, he'd come back for it.

I suspect that if Muschamp keeps building the team the way he wants it and keeps winning, the boosters will have no problem with him over time. I'm just happy the season is almost here. The defense sounds like it's going to be nasty again and Driskel has been sounding way more comfortable and confid...

Luck is part of the game. We got lucky in a couple of games in 2006 and we won the title. I'm not one who claims to hate Urban now that he's no longer here. I was fine with him as a coach. But I recognize that part of his schtick was his showmanship. Will isn't like that and I get the feeling people...

No offense, dude, but that column sucked. Muschamp doesn't have supporters among Florida fans because people didn't participate in some bullshit Sentinel online poll? As Ochocinqo would say, child please. I may be in the minority, but I have come to love Muschamp. I wasn't sold on his hiring initial...

Not exactly doing us any favors there, but at least we got bye weeks between Bama and Tennessee and before Georgia.

NCAA has always been completely arbitrary and inconsistent in how they punish players and schools. What do you think, Ricky Williams? “You know once you win the Heisman Trophy, there's going to be more attention on you,” the former University of Texas star said to KEYE TV. “You are probably not goin...

Not only do we have a football team, I'm also seeing positive reports about Solomon Patton's play. We might have three receivers contributing this year!

Did you see the rule the NCAA is citing to justify this? It's total crap. According to The Daily News Journal, the rule essentially says student-athletes that do not enroll in college within a year of graduating high school will be charged one year of collegiate eligibility for every academic year t...

Other notes: Driskel, who had a tendency to lock onto his primary receiver at times last season, seems much more comfortable now going through his progressions until he finds the open receiver. The 20-yard pass to Dunbar during 11-on-11 was a perfect example. Driskel dropped back and looked to the r...

Sort of been looking around to see what I could find out of the public practices over the past few days. Thought I'd share a few things I'd found. I was concerned about the defensive line, what with Shariff Floyd leaving, but it sounds like we should have a pretty good line again. Read somewhere the...

I think Easley is probably one of my favorite players on the team currently. But there's got to be some weird irony to the fact that the guy who carries around a Chucky doll and is good for crazy sounding quotes after games also likes to munch on animal crackers and came back for his senior year bec...

Oh yeah, I posted those Laura Prepon boobies somewhere in the Loose Women forum.

[quote=DocZaius]Yup, looking rough: http://global.fncstatic.com/static/managed/img/Entertainment/lisa%20robin%20kelly%20660.jpg [/QUOTE] Yeah, I always thought she was cute on the show. But she had some bad issues over the past few years with substance abuse and arrests for DUIs and domestic violenc...

Lisa Robin Kelly from That 70's Show dead at age 43. Same day her co-star Mila Kunis turns 30.

The Lord may work in mysterious ways. On Tebow's birthday, no less. Happy birthday, Tim! According to multiple reports, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady just felt something in his left knee in practice, and then left the field after consulting with coach Bill Belichick. During their joint practice wit...

Interesting long piece up at Deadspin on the Manziel family history. They're the rather colorful family. If Johnny Football's so rich, the thinking went, why would he stoop to selling autographs for pocket change? But maybe it isn't so weird. It turns out the Manziels are a much more colorful and in...