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Brought to you by The Tuscaloosa News and TideSports.com, Cecil Hurt and Clint Lamb team up to talk all things Alabama football and Alabama sports.... more
FAQs about The 'Bama Beat:How many episodes does The 'Bama Beat have?The podcast currently has 422 episodes available.
May 03, 2019Gary Harris, sports director of WVUA in Tuscaloosa - The Bama Beat #211Gary Harris is the sports director of WVUA-23 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He's worked with the station for 18 years. WVUA is owned by the University of Alabama but is broadcast over the air and is Tuscaloosa's only local TV station. He's also host of the Gary Harris Show on 102.9 FM in Tuscaloosa. He and Ben Jones talk about how the station works with Alabama students, how realistic 'Anchorman' is and the maddest Nick Saban ever got at him....more27minPlay
May 01, 2019How a newspaper comes together on deadline - The Bama Beat #210Edwin Stanton, the new executive sports editor of The Tuscaloosa News, joins Ben Jones to talk about his new position and his background with the paper. They talk about his responsibilities for making a newspaper on deadline following games on Saturday night and how the staff works to put out a print product....more26minPlay
April 29, 201910 Alabama players picked in 2019 NFL draft - The Bama Beat #209Ben Jones, Cecil Hurt and Terrin Waack convene to discuss the 10 Alabama players selected in the 2019 NFL draft. Quinnen Williams led the way while going 3rd overall to the New York Jets, while Mack Wilson and Deionte Thompson both fell into the fifth round....more25minPlay
April 25, 2019Alabama gymnastics, baseball, softball, men's basketball roundup - The Bama Beat #208The TideSports staff goes around the horn to discuss the latest news for several Alabama sports. Terrin Waack and Ben Jones begin by discussing how the gymnastics team finished its season, followed by how the baseball team is currently doing. Edwin Stanton then joins to give the latest on softball. Cecil Hurt wraps things up with Nate Oats' progress as the men's basketball coach....more42minPlay
April 22, 20192019 NFL Draft preview with Chase Goodbread of NFL.com - The Bama Beat #207Chase Goodbread of NFL.com joins the podcast to talk about Alabama players in the 2019 NFL draft. Goodbread previously worked at TideSports and The Tuscaloosa News and still lives in Tuscaloosa. He talks with Cecil Hurt and Ben Jones about Quinnen Williams, Jonah Williams, Josh Jacobs and which Alabama prospects might be better pro players than they were in college. He also talks about the maddest Nick Saban ever got at him. You can read his work at http://www.nfl.com/back2campus....more34minPlay
April 19, 2019Road to Saban: The search for Saban; answering listener questions: The Bama Beat #206Cecil Hurt and Ben Jones wrap up the "Road to Saban" podcast series with a look back at the coaching search that led to Nick Saban. They discuss Rich Rodriguez, Steve Spurrier and the process that led to Saban as well as some of the lessons learned through the 24 seasons between Coach Paul W. "Bear" Bryant and Nick Saban. They also answer reader questions about former Alabama assistant Bill Oliver, the brick in Bill Curry's office and the possibility of hiring Pat Dye or Les Miles to be coach at Alabama....more35minPlay
April 17, 2019Road to Saban: Mike Shula returns under dire circumstances - The Bama Beat #205"The Road to Saban" series continues with Mike Shula's return to Alabama in 2003 after Mike Price's abrupt firing. Cecil Hurt and Ben Jones are joined by Taylor Watson, curator of the Bryant Museum, to discuss the final head coach between Paul W. "Bear" Bryant and Nick Saban. Shula took over a program with significant NCAA sanctions and a recent off-field scandal with no head coaching experience. He won 10 games in 2005 but was fired in 2006....more34minPlay
April 15, 2019Final thoughts from Spring Football 2019 - The Bama Beat #204Ben Jones, Cecil Hurt and Terrin Waack recap the end of Alabama's 2019 spring practice and the A-Day game. They talk about which freshmen are already establishing roles for themselves, the depth on defense, how the passing game looked and some development in Alabama's kicking game. They also talk about Nick Saban announcing he's having his hip examined....more26minPlay
April 12, 2019Road to Saban: Mike Price's hiring and firing - The Bama Beat #203"The Road to Saban" series continues with a look at the tenure of coach Mike Price. He succeeded Dennis Franchione and had led Washington State to back-to-back 10-win seasons but never coached a game at Alabama. He was fired in spring of 2003 after university president Dr. Robert Witt determined his off-field behavior was unacceptable. Cecil Hurt and Taylor Watson of the Bryant Museum discuss whether this was the low point for Alabama football after the retirement of Coach Paul W. "Bear" Bryant....more33minPlay
April 09, 2019Nate Oats' first priorities at Alabama - The Bama Beat #202Cecil Hurt and Ben Jones sit down to discuss the start of Nate Oats' tenure at Alabama. The new basketball coach convinced Kira Lewis Jr. and John Petty to remain in Tuscaloosa and has assembled his first coaching staff. They also discuss some of the players Oats is recruiting to finish the roster out, including Trendon Watford and graduate transfer possibilities....more27minPlay
FAQs about The 'Bama Beat:How many episodes does The 'Bama Beat have?The podcast currently has 422 episodes available.