Cecil Hurt Blog and Columns
AUGUST 26 COLUMN: Tide continues to reap benefits of national title
As great as Alabama's football program has been over the decades, it has never enjoyed the pervasive media presence that it now enjoys. Read more →
AUGUST 22 COLUMN: Now comes the hard part — waiting And now for the longest two weeks in college football... Read more →
Aug. 19 Column: Alabama No. 1 on my first ballot The Associated Press releases its preseason football poll this weekend, but I don't think I am breaking any embargo on educated guesses when I say that I think the University of Alabama will be No. 1. Read more →
8/18- Cecil Hurt Show Cecil and Rachel break down the first scrimmage of Fall camp, discuss the Tide’s defensive backs, Glen Coffee’s decision to leave Pro Football, and more on this episode of the Cecil Hurt Show. Read more →
AUG. 15 COLUMN: DB situation exasperating for Saban Nick Saban struck an unusual tone in Saturday's press conference, a session held immediately after the 2010 Crimson Tide's first full-scale scrimmage of August at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Read more →
8/9 – Cecil Hurt Show Cecil Hurt and Rachael Barbeau discuss Fan Day, the upcoming season and the stadium expansion. Read more →
More details about Marvin Austin, Dareus’ buddy… There hasn’t been much information lately concerning Marcell Dareus and his status going into the University of Alabama’s 2010 football season. Dareus is practicing with the Crimson Tide and head coach Nick Saban says that there will be no announcement concerning an NCAA probe into possible agent contact until a final ruling has been reached. But more details are coming into focus about Marvin Austin, the North Carolina player who reportedly paid for Dareus to fly to Miami and party in May. Yahoo Sports, which played a key role in unearthing information about Reggie Bush, has a very interesting story about Austin, his UNC position coach John Blake and agent Gary Wichard. http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=ys-agentcoach080910 It would be premature in the extreme to speculate on any outcome from this, but the Blake involvement, if proven, would be a big compliance problem for North Carolina. It’s the wrong issue at the wrong time, in the wake of the USC case and the current tide of displeasure with certain agents. The NCAA cannot control the agents but they can definitely have a big impact on assistant football coaches — and football programs. Will any of this affect Dareus? Perhaps not, if his contact with Austin was limited. But it does bring new and vivid detail to just what the NCAA is looking for. Read more →
AUGUST 8 COLUMN: Alabama has a target on its back this season The University of Alabama football team has started practice and will start full contact scrimmaging soon, endeavoring to answer a few questions that lingered coming out of the spring. Read more →
August 6 Cecil Hurt Show Rachel and Cecil break down the team as football practice begins, they discuss the Tide’s pre-season ranking and more, on this episode of the Cecil Hurt Show. Read more →
AUGUST 6 COLUMN: Schedules for BCS teams need tweaking Perhaps the most intriguing thing I saw on the University of Alabama’s first day of football practice didn’t come from the UA practice field at all. Read more →
AUGUST 22 COLUMN: Now comes the hard part — waiting And now for the longest two weeks in college football... Read more →
Aug. 19 Column: Alabama No. 1 on my first ballot The Associated Press releases its preseason football poll this weekend, but I don't think I am breaking any embargo on educated guesses when I say that I think the University of Alabama will be No. 1. Read more →
8/18- Cecil Hurt Show Cecil and Rachel break down the first scrimmage of Fall camp, discuss the Tide’s defensive backs, Glen Coffee’s decision to leave Pro Football, and more on this episode of the Cecil Hurt Show. Read more →
AUG. 15 COLUMN: DB situation exasperating for Saban Nick Saban struck an unusual tone in Saturday's press conference, a session held immediately after the 2010 Crimson Tide's first full-scale scrimmage of August at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Read more →
8/9 – Cecil Hurt Show Cecil Hurt and Rachael Barbeau discuss Fan Day, the upcoming season and the stadium expansion. Read more →
More details about Marvin Austin, Dareus’ buddy… There hasn’t been much information lately concerning Marcell Dareus and his status going into the University of Alabama’s 2010 football season. Dareus is practicing with the Crimson Tide and head coach Nick Saban says that there will be no announcement concerning an NCAA probe into possible agent contact until a final ruling has been reached. But more details are coming into focus about Marvin Austin, the North Carolina player who reportedly paid for Dareus to fly to Miami and party in May. Yahoo Sports, which played a key role in unearthing information about Reggie Bush, has a very interesting story about Austin, his UNC position coach John Blake and agent Gary Wichard. http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=ys-agentcoach080910 It would be premature in the extreme to speculate on any outcome from this, but the Blake involvement, if proven, would be a big compliance problem for North Carolina. It’s the wrong issue at the wrong time, in the wake of the USC case and the current tide of displeasure with certain agents. The NCAA cannot control the agents but they can definitely have a big impact on assistant football coaches — and football programs. Will any of this affect Dareus? Perhaps not, if his contact with Austin was limited. But it does bring new and vivid detail to just what the NCAA is looking for. Read more →
AUGUST 8 COLUMN: Alabama has a target on its back this season The University of Alabama football team has started practice and will start full contact scrimmaging soon, endeavoring to answer a few questions that lingered coming out of the spring. Read more →
August 6 Cecil Hurt Show Rachel and Cecil break down the team as football practice begins, they discuss the Tide’s pre-season ranking and more, on this episode of the Cecil Hurt Show. Read more →
AUGUST 6 COLUMN: Schedules for BCS teams need tweaking Perhaps the most intriguing thing I saw on the University of Alabama’s first day of football practice didn’t come from the UA practice field at all. Read more →
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Cecil Hurt has covered Alabama football for the Tuscaloosa News since 1982.
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