Saban finishes filling his staff, Mac Jones shines at the Senior Bowl

Happy Thursday everyone. Looks like Nick Saban has finished filling his coaching staff.

Nick Saban is set to fill the remaining Alabama staff opening.

Tennessee running backs coach Jay Graham is expected to be hired as tight ends coach and special teams coordinator for the Crimson Tide, sources confirmed to AL.com.

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

Alex Scarbrough shares some concern about Alabama’s 2021 playoff chances.

Nick Saban has earned the benefit of the doubt when it comes to off-season attrition, whether it’s replacing star players or coaches. But that doesn’t mean we aren’t keeping a close watch. Aside from Bryce Young’s need to become a star at the quarterback or whether John Metchie III, Javon Baker & Co. can replace DeVonta Smith’s production at receiver. The big picture – and perhaps the key to competing to make the playoffs – is who will call the games. Hiring Bill O’Brien to coach quarterbacks and lead the offense is interesting because despite having college degrees, he’s obviously struggled 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 must be wondering if that is enough to knock Tide off the playoff table this season. – Alex scarborough

Looks like Erik isn’t completely alone in his worries about Bill O’Brien. In case you missed him, he wrote his thoughts on the matter yesterday in a surprisingly concise fanpost.

Moving on, SEC programmers have left Alabama with a week off disadvantage twice: Ole Miss is resting while Alabama takes on Southern Miss, and Mississippi State is inactive while Alabama plays Texas A&M. Of course, Alabama and LSU have byes before their game. This particular non-conference game will be fun.

Former Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze will return to his old playground when Liberty visits Ole Miss on November 6. number associated with a female escort service. Freeze took over the Liberty schedule in 2019 and went 18-6 in two seasons.

Insert all the jokes on the burner phone here.

Would you like a headphone schedule? Of course you would.

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

Players are limited or unable to participate in the week leading up to the All-Star Game for Seniors for various reasons. But few still bear the injuries of a national championship game.

“The guy was playing just two weeks ago,” Rhule told reporters on Wednesday. “The fact that he’s here, I think, says a lot about who he is. You have the chance to see his intelligence. He makes very quick decisions. It processes information quickly, very intelligently. He’s an alpha. He’s the first guy on the training ground. He’s the first guy in the runnings.

“He has a lot of really, really, really strong traits.”

Looks like he’ll cement that first-round pick. Al dot com has some pictures for you.

Discover this beautiful story of Terrell Owens.

Owens said he had “a friendly little bet of $ 200” on Alabama to win the championship game.

“Anyone can see when Alabama gets the ball, Tua comes into the game,” Owens said. “The crowd starts, like, erupting. My phone is ringing. My boy said, “Oh, you’re definitely going to lose now.” I say to myself: “Why do you say that?” I said, ‘Dude, trust me. This game is about to change. What did he say? Bet another hundred. I said, ‘OK, cool.’ Could I remind you, they lost 13-0 at halftime, and I’m making that bet because I saw him do what he did that summer, so I already knew what was going to happen. pass and what the world was going to see.

Needless to say, Owens is still pretty bullish on the Dolphins with Tua at the helm.

Finally, things are going well in Knoxville.

Haynesworth criticized Tennessee for not interviewing Tee Martin, the flight receiver coach and former quarterback, for the opener. Haynesworth signed with the Vols in 1999, just months after Martin led Tennessee to their only modern national championship.

“Obviously, Tennessee Flights take Tee Martin for granted!” Haynesworth wrote in a Facebook post. “Why (we swear) on him, the hell he even cut his salary to help college when he didn’t have to?” Is it because it is black? UT won’t even interview him.

The research was a disaster, and now one of the biggest players in school history is calling the department for racism. You must be wondering why Tee Martin was not considered for the job. He could have been their Mike Shula, but that’s none of my business.

It’s all for now. Have a nice day.

Roll Tide.