AALABAMALABAMA CCRIMSONRIMSON TIDETIDE FOOTBALLFOOTBALL 14 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 104 FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICANS 59 BOWL APPEARANCES 33 BOWL VICTORIES 22 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS No. 1/1 ALABAMA (7-0, 4-0 SEC) GAME EIGHT Sept. 1 vs. 8/8 Michigan (ABC) W, 41-14 Date ...........................Saturday, Oct. 27 Sept. 8 Western Kentucky (SEC Network) W, 35-0 Time.................................. 7:30 p.m. CT Sept. 15 *at NR/21 Arkansas (CBS) W, 52-0 Location ...................... Tuscaloosa, Ala. Sept. 22 Florida Atlantic (PPV) W, 40-7 Venue ................ Bryant-Denny Stadium Sept. 29 *Mississippi (ESPN) W, 33-14 Capacity................................... 101,821 Oct. 13 *at Missouri (CBS) W, 42-10 Television ................................... ESPN Oct. 20 *at Tennessee (ESPN) W, 44-13 Series Record ... Alabama leads 74-18-3 Oct. 27 *No. 13/12 Mississippi State (ESPN) 7:30 p.m. Alabama (7-0, 4-0 SEC) Last Meeting ....................Nov. 12, 2011 Miss. State (7-0, 3-0 SEC) Nov. 3 *at LSU (CBS) 7 p.m. CRIMSON TIDE .............. Alabama 24, Mississippi State 7 BULLDOGS Nov. 10 *Texas A&M TBA Nov. 17 Western Carolina TBA THE GAME: Alabama returns to the friendly confi nes of Bryant-Denny Stadium this week Nov. 24 *Auburn TBA when it hosts No. 13/12 Mississippi State. Th e game marks the 97th meeting between the Crimson Tide and the Bulldogs in a series that dates back to 1896. Alabama currently leads No. 13/12 MISSISSIPPI STATE (7-0, 3-0 SEC) 74-18-3 and has won the previous four games against Mississippi State. Last year’s contest in Starkville resulted in a 24-7 victory for the Tide. Th e game will be televised by ESPN with Sept. 1 Jackson State (FSN) W, 56-9 kickoff set for 7:30 p.m. CT. Brad Nessler will serve as the play-by-play announcer, with Sept. 8 *Auburn (ESPN) W, 28-10 Todd Blackledge at his side as the color analyst. Th e two will be joined by sideline reporter Sept. 15 at Troy (ESPN3.com) W, 30-24 Holly Rowe. Eli Gold and Phil Savage will handle the radio call on the Crimson Tide Sports Sept. 22 South Alabama (PPV) W, 30-10 Network, with Chris Stewart serving as sideline reporter. Oct. 6 *at Kentucky (SEC Network) W, 27-14 Oct. 13 *Tennessee (ESPN2) W, 41-31 HEAD COACH NICK SABAN: Alabama head coach Nick Saban (Kent State, 1973) Oct. 20 Middle Tennesse (ESPN2) W, 45-3 is in his sixth season with the Crimson Tide. Named the school’s 27th head coach on Oct. 27 *at Alabama (ESPN) 7:30 p.m. January 3, 2007, Saban has compiled a 57-12 record (62-12 before fi ve vacated wins in Nov. 3 *Texas A&M TBA 2007) at Alabama while leading the Tide to two SEC Western Division championships, one Nov. 10 *at LSU TBA conference title and two national championships. Saban holds a career record of 148-54-1 Nov. 17 *Arkansas TBA (153-54-1) as a collegiate head coach, while also serving at Toledo, Michigan State and Nov. 24 *at Mississippi TBA LSU. Saban won his fi rst national championship as head coach of the LSU Tigers in 2003, *Conference Game guiding the Tigers to a 13-1 record that season. Overall, Saban has coached four conference All times are central and subject to change championship teams (1990 Mid-American, 2001 SEC, 2003 SEC and 2009 SEC) and 13 of his 16 teams have played in postseason bowl games with the Tide appearing in a bowl game each year under Saban’s direction. Saban is the only active coach to win three BCS national ON THE AIR championships and the fi rst to accomplish the feat at two diff erent schools. TTELEVISIONELEVISION ESPN RANKINGS: Alabama remains at No. 1 in the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches’ Play-by-Play: Brad Nessler polls entering the ninth week of the 2012 season. Th e Tide is a unanimous No. 1 in the Color Analyst: Todd Blackledge coaches’ poll and only missed being unanimous in the Associated Press rankings by one vote. Sideline: Holly Rowe Mississippi State stands at No. 13 in the AP poll and No. 12 in the coaches’ poll. RRADIOADIO MISSISSIPPI STATE: Alabama will be meeting the Mississippi State Bulldogs for the Crimson Tide Sports Network 97th time in school history and boasts a 74-18-3 record (not including one forfeit and one Play-by-Play: Eli Gold vacated win) in the series. Th e Tide has won four straight in the series and nine of the last Color Analyst: Phil Savage 11 games. Alabama has outscored MSU 117-27 in the last four meetings. Th e Crimson Tide Sideline: Chris Stewart also boasts 40-9-1 (.810) record against the Bulldogs in Tuscaloosa and a 47-11-2 (.800) in the state of Alabama. SSATELLITEATELLITE RRADIOADIO CTSN on Sirius: 85 NEXT GAME: Alabama will play its fi nal road game of the 2012 season on Nov. 3 at CTSN on XM: 85 Tiger Stadium against No. 6 LSU. It will be the 77th meeting between the Crimson Tide and Tigers. Overall, Alabama leads the series 46-25-5 and has claimed three of the last fi ve NNATIONALATIONAL RRADIOADIO meetings, including a 21-0 shutout in the 2012 Allstate BCS National Championship Game Touchdown Radio in New Orleans. UA’s last win in Baton Rouge was a 27-21 overtime victory in 2008. 1 FOOTBALL CRIMSON TIDE FOOTBALL MEDIA SERVICES (MISSISSIPPI STATE) MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MEDIA DAY PRACTICE SEC COACHES CLOSED PRACTICE WALKTHROUGH MISSISSIPPI STATE OFF DAY 12 p.m. - Coach Saban TBA - Viewing TELECONFERENCE 4 p.m. Closed ESPN CSS REPLAY No Media Availability No Media Availability 7:30 p.m. CT 8 p.m. 12:30 p.m. - Players TBA - Selected Players 10:40 a.m. PRACTICE PRACTICE TBA - Viewing TBA - Viewing No Media Availability 5:45 p.m. - Coach Saban 6 p.m. - Players MONDAY THURSDAY 12 p.m. CT - Coach Saban Press Conference – Alabama head coach Nick Saban will 4 p.m. CT – Closed Practice at Th omas-Drew Practice Fields. be available to the media for his weekly press conference in the Naylor Stone Media (NO MEDIA AVAILABILITY) Room in the Mal Moore Building at 12 p.m. Th e audio of Coach Saban’s media briefi ng can also be heard by teleconference by calling (800) 973-1544 (password is University 7 p.m. CT – Nick Saban Radio Show at Buff alo Wild Wings. of Alabama). Selected players that have been requested 24 hours in advance will be available in the Naylor Stone Media Room following Coach Saban’s press conference at FRIDAY 12:30 p.m. Player requests should be made by e-mailing Josh Maxson ([email protected]. edu) or calling (205) 348-7496 no later than 5 p.m. CT on Sunday. Closed Walkthrough. (NO MEDIA AVAILABILITY) MONDAY PRESS CONFERENCE SCHEDULE SATURDAY 12 p.m. Coach Saban Postgame highlight feeds are available through the University of Alabama following 12:30 p.m. Selected Players all home football games. Coordinates will be available a week prior to the game. 3 p.m. CT – Game notes and press conference quotes posted on RollTide.com. ON THE INTERNET RollTide.com – Alabama’s offi cial athletics web site serves as a resource for in-depth 3:30 p.m. CT – Crimson Tide Video Uplink – Th e Crimson Tide Sports Network information on current and historical Crimson Tide student-athletes, coaches and will provide game highlights of Coach Saban’s news conference and player interviews teams. Th e football page includes links to rosters, coaching staff , notes packages, through its FTP site. Please contact the Alabama media relations offi ce for details. practice reports and schedules as well as Tide TV and all of Alabama’s rich football history and tradition. TBA – Practice at the Th omas-Drew Practice Fields (limited viewing period at beginning; no media availability following practice). SECsportsmedia.com – Media covering the Southeastern Conference have its own web site to get the latest information on the league. Th rough the services of Sports TUESDAY Systems, Inc., the site has the latest updated standings, results, schedules, statistics, TBA – Practice at the Th omas-Drew Practice Fields (limited viewing period at notes and PDF versions of all SEC releases and media guides. On the site, the SEC beginning). has a digital image platform that provides access to the SEC’s latest photographs, images, logos and links to all of the SEC school media web sites and home pages. TBA – Selected players available to the media following practice in the Naylor Stone Media Room. ALABAMA PLAYERS: Interview requests for Alabama players should be made through Josh Maxson. Josh can be reached at (205) 348-7496 or by e-mail at WEDNESDAY [email protected]. Player interviews are usually conducted at Monday’s press 10-12:10 a.m. – SEC Weekly Teleconference – Nick Saban (10:40-10:50 a.m.) - conference beginning at 12:30 p.m. and following practice on Tuesday and (877) 381-5694 (Confi dential). Contact SEC Offi ce (205) 458-3000 for weekly Wednesday. All player requests for Monday’s press conference need to be made by 5 passcode to access the call. p.m. on the Sunday before, so proper notice can be given to the players. Players are off limits for interviews beginning on Th ursday. TBA – Practice at the Th omas-Drew Practice Fields (limited viewing period at beginning). GAME CREDENTIALS: Media should apply for credentials at www.rolltide.com/ media.