Nice little update on RB Dee Hart.......

[AuburnChopper 3.0]

Locker Room, Weight Room, Practice Field...maybe throw in a few meeting rooms.  Making sure Hasean and Hart approve of all of it, maybe have them throw in a few idears.

I think this is one of those places, where if you have something, to put it here quickly.  I haven't heard WHAT type of upgrades, or facilities Bama provided, or whatever...

If it's just temporary showers, then I'd have a hard time having an issue with it. 

[The Prowler]

http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/is-alabama-bowl-prep-also-recruiting-malpractice-29359

Boom!!!

Don't forget about the coach that was paid to come do a coaching clinic at SPuat.  The coach was from OHIO and he just so happened to have a Top 10 LBer playing for him named Trey DePriest.  Trey committed to SPuat not long after the clinic.

[The Prowler]

seriously Prowler? We play for (and we will win) the NC in one week bro.

What???  Why was I not informed of this???

[AuburnChopper 3.0]

http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/is-alabama-bowl-prep-also-recruiting-malpractice-29359

Boom!!!

Don't forget about the coach that was paid to come do a coaching clinic at SPuat.  The coach was from OHIO and he just so happened to have a Top 10 LBer playing for him named Trey DePriest.  Trey committed to SPuat not long after the clinic.

Sounds like more than removable showers, Mr. Information Minister, RWS??  Haha...    Still might be nothing, but it's clear that you were talking out of your ass when you decided to try and thump Prowler.

[Token]

Never said they were credible...

http://www.tigersx.com/forum/post/quote,165033/num_replies,14/war_damn_eagle/sportsbybrooks_is_getting_bammers_hissy_fit_lol...._11830.0.html

Tool, thy name is prowler.

[The Prowler]

http://www.tigersx.com/forum/post/quote,165033/num_replies,14/war_damn_eagle/sportsbybrooks_is_getting_bammers_hissy_fit_lol...._11830.0.html

Tool, thy name is prowler.

They aren't credible.  But THOUSANDS of $$$ seems a bit much for these...

[Saniflush]

I want a charger.

[RWS]

Sounds like more than removable showers, Mr. Information Minister, RWS??  Haha...    Still might be nothing, but it's clear that you were talking out of your ass when you decided to try and thump Prowler.

Seriously? I posted a link from a credible news source, chock full of quotes from the guy that heads the Florida Citrus Bowl himself saying "We're paying for all this stuff, because it is the same thing other college teams have requested when practicing here. UA is paying for showers for the week.", and I'm talking out my ass? The SBB page basically claims the same modifications I'm talking about; doesn't say anything about weight room, conference rooms, etc. They're just saying Alabama is paying for it. Go ahead and believe SBB if you want, and keep up that crusade for your little brother Prowler. For fucks sake, even Prowler himself admits SBB isn't a credible site. Of course, he wouldn't have had Token not brought up a previous thread.

[AuburnChopper 3.0]

Seriously? I posted a link from a credible news source, chock full of quotes from the guy that heads the Florida Citrus Bowl himself saying "We're paying for all this stuff, because it is the same thing other college teams have requested when practicing here. UA is paying for showers for the week.", and I'm talking out my ass? The SBB page basically claims the same modifications I'm talking about; doesn't say anything about weight room, conference rooms, etc. They're just saying Alabama is paying for it. Go ahead and believe SBB if you want, and keep up that crusade for your little brother Prowler. For fucks sake, even Prowler himself admits SBB isn't a credible site. Of course, he wouldn't have had Token not brought up a previous thread.

I thought the coaches attitude was classic...    I know.  I know.  It's not the Tuscaloosa News... Just a TV station in Orlando...where it happens...talking to a very excited coach....

"Anytime you can get this type of improvements for free"

http://www.wftv.com/video/26166791/index.html

[Buzz Killington]

"Anytime you can get this type of improvements for free"

http://www.wftv.com/video/26166791/index.html

Oh...I assure you it wasn't free.

[djsimp]

Oh...I assure you it wasn't free.

Somebody has to pay for it.

[RWS]

I thought the coaches attitude was classic...    I know.  I know.  It's not the Tuscaloosa News... Just a TV station in Orlando...where it happens...talking to a very excited coach....

"Anytime you can get this type of improvements for free"

http://www.wftv.com/video/26166791/index.html

Nobody is denying that things are being done at no cost to the school. The link I posted directly calls out the video you just posted.

Orlando television station WFTV reported Tuesday that UA will pay the school $50 an hour to use the practice facility and is also spending more money to upgrade the practice fields and locker room. UA and bowl sources said reports of the locker room being repainted and new carpet installed are untrue, and that the bowl is paying for the preparations of the practice facilities.

John Magrino, athletics director at Dr. Phillips High School, said the entire episode is standard procedure for bowl week and has been overblown.

“The only thing being done at our school is rye grass seeding and top dressing of the field to fill any holes, which is standard practice when the (Florida Citrus) Bowl Committee rents any facility,” the athletics director said by e-mail. “Nothing is being done in the locker rooms. We did vacuum them, though ... maybe that will be breaking news.”

The field improvements are not a major landscaping undertaking, said Steve Hogan, chief executive officer of Florida Citrus Sports, the bowl host.

“You're basically putting sand and peat down on certain areas of the field,” Hogan said.

That Alabama is practicing at Dr. Phillips High — home to Hasean Clinton-Dix, who is rated as the No. 1 safety in the country by Rivals.com and who committed to UA back in April, and Dee Hart, who is ranked as the nation's No. 1 all-purpose back and who has been reported to be wavering on his commitment to Michigan — has nothing to do with recruiting. LSU, the Southeastern Conference representative at the Capital One Bowl a year ago, also practiced at the school.

Capital One Bowl spokesman Greg Crease said Dr. Phillips High “is the field the SEC traditionally gets,” and noted that UA's field upgrade “isn't too much different than any other year.”

Said Hogan, “Alabama's practicing at a site that we've been using for years for our college teams, and they're assigned to that site.

“We as a bowl oversee those fields for the SEC and Big Ten teams. We make sure the fields are in as pristine a condition as they can be for them to practice.”

The site fee for use of the school's facilities is paid by the bowl, not by UA.

“It doesn't matter what the number is at either practice site,” Hogan said, “the bowl pays for it. It's all the bowl's responsibility. The only thing the team ever pays for is over and above what the field is that they need.”

Hogan said the only thing Alabama is doing above what the bowl normally provides is having temporary shower facilities installed for the week. UA will be charged for the rental fee, and the showers will be removed after the bowl week.

“In no way have we been asked to do anything that any other school hasn't done at one time or another to improve the practice facility,” Hogan said. “There's not anything that could be left behind or improve the school in any shape or form other than to have a successful practice. It's simply a one-week practice thing to use while the team is there.”

And it makes perfect sense that the bowl pays the school to use the facilities. Why would a bowl invite a team down to play, then tell them they are going to have to pay for a place to practice, etc? Bottom line, the report you posted was incorrect, Chop. The coach himself never said anything about Alabama paying for squat. The story I posted had direct quotes from the AD at Dr. Phillips and the executive officer of Florida Citrus Sports (who hosts the bowl) saying that the bowl is paying for everything except the showers.

[RWS]

They aren't credible.  But THOUSANDS of $$$ seems a bit much for these...

Renting a larger SUV from a rent-a-car place for a week would run you close to a thousand dollars. Is it that far fetched to think that renting multiple portable shower trailers for a week might run you a few thousand dollars?

[AuburnChopper 3.0]

Nobody is denying that things are being done at no cost to the school. The link I posted directly calls out the video you just posted.
And it makes perfect sense that the bowl pays the school to use the facilities. Why would a bowl invite a team down to play, then tell them they are going to have to pay for a place to practice, etc? Bottom line, the report you posted was incorrect, Chop. The coach himself never said anything about Alabama paying for squat. The story I posted had direct quotes from the AD at Dr. Phillips and the executive officer of Florida Citrus Sports (who hosts the bowl) saying that the bowl is paying for everything except the showers.

I gotcha.  It is clear though, that not everything AU fans are saying came from a rumor, or JUST SBB.  If nothing happened? Then dandy.

[The Prowler]

Renting a larger SUV from a rent-a-car place for a week would run you close to a thousand dollars. Is it that far fetched to think that renting multiple portable shower trailers for a week might run you a few thousand dollars?

By Thousands of $$$, should be Hundreds of Thousands.  SPuat also paid for new renovations to the High School...

[GH2001]

By Thousands of $$$, should be Hundreds of Thousands.  SPuat also paid for new renovations to the High School...

Link? I would like to see this.

[RWS]

Link? I would like to see this.

A walk-on probably texted him with the information.

[Snaggletiger]

The skreets have no name

[AU_Tiger_2000]

The skreets have no name

So that's what Bono was going on about!  I didn't know U2 was into recruiting.

[Snaggletiger]

So that's what Bono was going on about!  I didn't know U2 was into recruiting.

Only on New Year's Day.