SEC This Week

Roll Bama Roll reports the Tide should be under the scholarship limits with the recent departure of Tarence Farmer.

Tide Druid reports Nick Saban has made public comments about the arrest of one of his star football players.

“The only thing that we can continue to do is to continue to have programs that build character in our program. We have an extension drug testing program right now. We do a lot of character development type stuff. We have a sport psychiatrist, a sports psychologist. We have a learning institute that came in this summer that does a character development and self image class that our entire team is involved in.

There are two things that we can do to improve our program. We have to improve the level of performance in the players that we have, in terms of developing them as people and as football players. The judgement they use off the field is going to carry on off the field. We have to recruit better players, and have a plan to develop them. That is certainly what we are going to continue to try to do.”

The Capstone Report attacks coacheshotseat.com over a report from the website that Nick Saban is on the hot seat in Tuscaloosa. Also from the same Alabama football blog, Tide fans are already looking at possible replacements for Mal Moore.

Third Saturday in Blogtober provides a sketch of what Alabama should expect from incoming freshmen in 2008.