Monthly Archives: October 2009

Outside of Coleman Coliseum

Inside the arena

seats, seats and more seats

The brand new jumbotron

one of the sides

Yesterday I took a tour of the basketball arena, the Coleman Coliseum. There has been some minor renovations including the new addition of the jumbotron above center of the court. Basketball starts in a month, November 4. Alabama will be away this week at Ole Miss.

The following is from Rolltide.com:

Alabama Travels to Mississippi

Tide and Rebels meet in Top 20 showdown this Saturday in Oxford

GAME 6: ALABAMA (5-0, 2-0 SEC) VS. MISSISSIPPI (3-1, 1-1 SEC)

SATURDAY, OCT. 10 • 2:30 P.M. • CBS
VAUGHT-

HEMINGWAY STADIUM  (60,580) • OXFORD, MISS.

THE GAME: The third-ranked University of Alabama football team finishes a two-game Southeastern Conference road trip with a visit to Oxford, Miss., for a showdown with the No. 19 Mississippi Rebels, on Saturday, Oct. 10, at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. The game is scheduled to kick off at 2:30 p.m. on CBS with Craig Bolerjack and Steve Beuerlein calling the action. Eli Gold and Phil Savage and Barry Krauss will have the radio call on the Crimson Tide Sports Network.

This weeks game was away at the University of Kentucky. It was early in the day so I had to get up before 12, I will do it only for two things, God and Football. I went over to a friends apartment to watch the game, they have a big HD TV, so it works out nicely. Both Florida and Texas had a buy week, so they did not play. Because of that we had no chance of moving up in the national ranking, were staying strong at number 3, with the win against Kentucky. The final score was 38 to 20.

Going for the Distance

Since I did not attend the game, due to it being in Kentucky. I thought I would share some interesting facts about Byrant-Denny Stadium. First of all the name of the stadium comes from the legendary coach Paul “Bear” Bryant and the one time University of Alabama President George Denny.

George H. Denny

Paul “Bear” Bryant

The stadium at this point hold 92,138, which makes it the 7th biggest on campus college stadium. Once the new renovation to the South End Zone is complete in 2010 the final tally will be over a hundred thousand.

Byrant Denny Stadium from the left corner of the North End Zone

My favorite part of the Stadium is the Visitors Locker room, you probably wondering why. The names is the “Fail Room” which is named for Mr. James M. Fail an donor and alumni.

Mr. Fail

Finally, Hats off to my Alma Mater, Tracy High School on their big win against West High. The finally score was 42 to 21 and their record is 4 and 0.

Quarterback Casey Wichman

The following is from Rolltide.com:

No. 3 Alabama Travels to Kentucky

The Crimson Tide will play its frist “true” road game of the season on Saturday

GAME 5: ALABAMA (4-0, 1-0 SEC) 
VS.  KENTUCKY (2-1, 0-1 SEC)

SATURDAY, OCT. 3 • 11:21 A.M. •

SEC NETWORK ( Not in your local area unless you have Game Plan)

COMMONWEALTH STADIUM (67,942) • LEXINGTON, KY.

Opponent:   Kentucky Wlidcats

Site:    Commonwealth Stadium (67,942)

Alabama Game Notes vs. Kentucky

THE GAME: The University of Alabama football team goes on the road in Southeastern Conference play for the first this season with a trip to the commonwealth of Kentucky for a clash with the Wildcats, on Saturday, Sept. 26, at Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington. It is the first true road game of the season after three straight home games and a neutral-site tilt with Virginia Tech in the Georgia Dome. The game is scheduled to kick off at 11:21 a.m. on the SEC Network with Dave Neal, Andre Ware and Cara Capuano calling the action. Eli Gold and Phil Savage and Barry Krauss will have the radio call on the Crimson Tide Sports Network.