Word: fields
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...superstars but stocked with hordes of fine players used so freely that they seemed to be, well, a Crimson Tide. In the season opener against Georgia Tech, three quarterbacks and eleven running backs shuttled in and out of the lineup. The searing heat in Birmingham (105° on the field) was one reason; an offense that had but two starting players return was another. While Bryant waits for his offense to gel, he has come up with a few surprises. Split End James Mallard, a world-class track man until a few weeks ago (in 1979 Mallard ran the world...
They tell the story in the S.E.C. that Bryant has a game plan for a hurricane in the first quarter, a flood in the second, a drought in the third and an eagle swooping down to block a field goal in the fourth. Reminded of the tale, Bryant chuckles, but does not deny it. "Well," the voice rumbles, "we do try to be prepared...
Bryant serves similar notice before each game. He leads his team in a street-clothes tour of the stadium before retiring to the locker room. Following their coach's example, the players peer at the sun, test the wind, check the footing on the field. The message to rivals is clear: Alabama is checking things out; Alabama will be ready...
...late signee. The team was already practicing, and he was up in the tower. He calls me up and points out over the field and is talking to me, but I didn't understand a word he was saying. He's pointing down at players, saying, "That ole stud." I didn't know what the word meant, but he was trying to relate to a young kid, Stud. That was the only word he said that I understood my first three weeks there...
Underlying most current licensing reform proposals is the assumption that teaching can be improved by making the field more professional through use of measurable standards and uniform review procedures. In marked contrast, another licensing proposal is aimed at wresting control of teacher standards away from the present educational establishment. That radical notion has been proposed by Philosopher Mortimer Adler, 77, who argues that most of the nation's education schools and departments "are themselves the reason why our schools are staffed by woefully incompetent, uneducated, illiterate, unmotivated teachers...