Rivalries of College Football
The Rivalries of Arkansas and Alabama’s College Football Team
Dona Rudd
COM/170
February 14, 2012
John Dague
The Rivalries of Arkansas and Alabama’s College Football Team
Alabama Crimson Tide college football team is a better team than the Arkansas Razorbacks for three main reasons: First, the number one team in the South Eastern Conference (SEC) is Alabama Crimson Tide, second Alabama beat the number one team LSU, and the most important is Alabama won the South Eastern Conference championship game for the 2011 season. The number three team in the South Eastern Conference is Arkansas Razorbacks. Arkansas Razorbacks football team was formed in 1894, and the team’s mascot name was the “Arkansas Cardinals” at the time. As for Alabama Crimson Tide, they were once known as the “Thin Red Line.” In 1908, Hugo Bezdek was the first full- time paid coach for the Razorbacks he came aboard in 1908” (“Arkansas Razorbacks Football History,” 2012).
Alabama Crimson Tide History According to” Football Hosts Arkansas in Southeastern conference Opener” (2011) “Alabama and Arkansas first met on January 1, 1962, as the Tide defeated the Razorbacks 10-3, in the Sugar Bowl en route to Alabama’s sixth national championship. The Tide won the last four meetings against Arkansas with Alabama’s last loss to the Razorbacks coming in double overtime on September 23, 2006, Arkansas won 24-23, in Fayetteville” (para 4). According to Steve Townsend, “The University of Alabama fielded its first football team in 1892” (para 1). “Eugene B. Beaumont was the first football coach at the University of Alabama, leading the team during the 1892-93 seasons. Beaumont’s team included future U.S. senator William B. Bankhead and future Alabama governor Bibb Graves” (Encyclopedia of Alabama, 2012), (p. 1). The coach for Alabama Crimson Tide is Nick Saban. “ Nick Saban took over the Alabama program after serving two years at the helm of the Miami Dolphins in 2004,” (Alabama
Dona Rudd
COM/170
February 14, 2012
John Dague
The Rivalries of Arkansas and Alabama’s College Football Team
Alabama Crimson Tide college football team is a better team than the Arkansas Razorbacks for three main reasons: First, the number one team in the South Eastern Conference (SEC) is Alabama Crimson Tide, second Alabama beat the number one team LSU, and the most important is Alabama won the South Eastern Conference championship game for the 2011 season. The number three team in the South Eastern Conference is Arkansas Razorbacks. Arkansas Razorbacks football team was formed in 1894, and the team’s mascot name was the “Arkansas Cardinals” at the time. As for Alabama Crimson Tide, they were once known as the “Thin Red Line.” In 1908, Hugo Bezdek was the first full- time paid coach for the Razorbacks he came aboard in 1908” (“Arkansas Razorbacks Football History,” 2012).
Alabama Crimson Tide History According to” Football Hosts Arkansas in Southeastern conference Opener” (2011) “Alabama and Arkansas first met on January 1, 1962, as the Tide defeated the Razorbacks 10-3, in the Sugar Bowl en route to Alabama’s sixth national championship. The Tide won the last four meetings against Arkansas with Alabama’s last loss to the Razorbacks coming in double overtime on September 23, 2006, Arkansas won 24-23, in Fayetteville” (para 4). According to Steve Townsend, “The University of Alabama fielded its first football team in 1892” (para 1). “Eugene B. Beaumont was the first football coach at the University of Alabama, leading the team during the 1892-93 seasons. Beaumont’s team included future U.S. senator William B. Bankhead and future Alabama governor Bibb Graves” (Encyclopedia of Alabama, 2012), (p. 1). The coach for Alabama Crimson Tide is Nick Saban. “ Nick Saban took over the Alabama program after serving two years at the helm of the Miami Dolphins in 2004,” (Alabama
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