Saban finishes filling his team, Mac Jones shines in the Senior Bowl

Happy Thursday to all. It seems that Nick Saban has finished filling out his coaching staff.

Nick Saban is set to fill the remaining vacancy on the Alabama team.

Tennessee running back coach Jay Graham is expected to be hired as Crimson Tide’s tight end coach and special team coordinator, sources confirmed to AL.com.

Funny, Graham was hired as a coach for special teams for Texas A&M after Jeff Banks left for Alabama. The coaching world is small.

Alex Scarbrough shares some concerns about Alabama’s chances in the 2021 playoffs.

Nick Saban has gained the benefit of the doubt when it comes to off-season wear, whether replacing famous players or coaches. But that does not mean that we are not watching closely. Let go of the need for Bryce Young to become a star in the quarterback or if John Metchie III, Javon Baker & Co. can replace DeVonta Smith’s production on the receiver. The big picture – and perhaps the key to competing to reach the playoff – is who will call the shots. Hiring Bill O’Brien to coach defenders and lead the attack is interesting because, although he has college credentials, he obviously had some difficulties in the NFL with the Houston Texans. He could be great and still fall short of the expectations set by Steve Sarkisian and Lane Kiffin before him. And if O’Brien is struggling, you might wonder if that’s enough to get Tide out of the playoffs this season. – Alex Scarborough

It seems that Erik is not completely alone in his concerns about Bill O’Brien. In case you missed it, he wrote his thoughts on the subject in a surprisingly concise fanpost yesterday.

Moving on, SEC planners left Alabama twice with a handicap in the farewell week: Ole Miss rests while Alabama faces Southern Miss, and the state of Mississippi is idle while Alabama plays Texas A&M. Of course, both Alabama and LSU have farewells before the game. This particular non-conference showdown will be fun.

Former Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze will return to his former stronghold when Liberty travels to Ole Miss on November 6. Freeze spent five seasons as Ole Miss’s head coach before resigning in 2017 after school officials found a pattern that included calls to a number associated with a female escort service. Freeze took over the Liberty program in 2019 and went 18-6 over two seasons.

Insert all the jokes from the recording phone here.

Would you like a helmet schedule? Of course yes.

Mac Jones is making a big name for himself in the Senior Bowl.

Players are limited or unable to participate in the preparation of a week for the game of stars for the elderly for various reasons. But few still have the wounds of a national championship game.

“The guy was playing just two weeks ago,” Rhule told reporters on Wednesday. “The fact that he is here, I think, speaks volumes about who he is. You have a chance to see your intelligence. He makes very quick decisions. It processes information quickly and highly intelligently. He’s an alpha. He’s the first guy in the field of practice. He’s the first guy in the race.

“He has many very, very, very strong traits.”

It looks like he will cement the choice of the first round. Al dot com has some pictures for you.

Check out this great story by Terrell Owens.

Owens said he had “a small friendly $ 200 bet” in Alabama to win the championship game.

“Everyone can see when Alabama catches the ball, Tua enters the game,” said Owens. “The crowd starts, like, erupting. My phone rings. My son says, ‘Oh, you’re definitely going to lose now.’ I’m like, ‘Why do you say that?’ I said, ‘Dude, trust me. This game is about to change. ‘ He said what? Bet another hundred. I said, ‘OK, cool.’ I must remember that they lost 13-0 at halftime, and I bet because I saw him do what he did that summer, so I already knew what was going to happen and what the world was about to see.

Needless to say, Owens is still quite optimistic about the Dolphins, with Tua in charge.

Finally, things are going very well in Knoxville.

Haynesworth criticized Tennessee for not interviewing Tee Martin, the Vols’ wide receiver coach and former quarterback, for the debut. Haynesworth signed with the Vols in 1999, just a few months after Martin took Tennessee to his only modern national championship.

“Obviously, Tennessee Vols don’t value Tee Martin!” Haynesworth wrote in a post on Facebook. “Why (expletive) with him, what the hell did he even reduce his salary to help the university when he didn’t need to?” Is it because he is black? UT won’t even interview you. “

The search was a disaster, and now one of the biggest actors in the school’s history is calling the department racism. You may wonder why Tee Martin was not considered for the position. He could be Mike Shula, but that’s none of my business.

That’s all for now. Have a great day.

Roll Tide.