AROUND THE SOUTH
SEC
ALABAMA: Alabama (11-9 overall, 3-6 in the SEC) is trying to stay positive when it returns to Coleman Coliseum for the first time in 15 days to play host to Tennessee (12-8, 4-5). The remaining six games consist of home games against Vanderbilt and Ole Miss, visits to Auburn and Arkansas and home-and-away matchups with Mississippi State. No one knows how many wins it will take to make the Crimson Tide NCAA Tournament-worthy. But 'Bama guard Earnest Shelton knows one thing. "We've got to keep playing," Shelton said. "We can't give up. Where does that get us? That's the sign of a loser. We don't have losers on our team." "We've got to look forward," Alabama coach Mark Gottfried added, "Obviously we've had a tough stretch. For a number of different reasons we had a tough stretch. The bottom line is we've got seven games left. We've got to look forward. We've got to stay positive. We are the same team which beat Wisconsin and beat Oregon. We've just got to get going. I beli!
eve we will. I really do."
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"Alabama players don't win Heisman Trophies, Bama Teams win national championships"
(Paul "Bear" Bryant)
SEC
ALABAMA: Alabama (11-9 overall, 3-6 in the SEC) is trying to stay positive when it returns to Coleman Coliseum for the first time in 15 days to play host to Tennessee (12-8, 4-5). The remaining six games consist of home games against Vanderbilt and Ole Miss, visits to Auburn and Arkansas and home-and-away matchups with Mississippi State. No one knows how many wins it will take to make the Crimson Tide NCAA Tournament-worthy. But 'Bama guard Earnest Shelton knows one thing. "We've got to keep playing," Shelton said. "We can't give up. Where does that get us? That's the sign of a loser. We don't have losers on our team." "We've got to look forward," Alabama coach Mark Gottfried added, "Obviously we've had a tough stretch. For a number of different reasons we had a tough stretch. The bottom line is we've got seven games left. We've got to look forward. We've got to stay positive. We are the same team which beat Wisconsin and beat Oregon. We've just got to get going. I beli!
eve we will. I really do."
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"Alabama players don't win Heisman Trophies, Bama Teams win national championships"
(Paul "Bear" Bryant)
