Fans finally met Coach Duckworth's expectations Friday night. Makarri Doggette returned to the bars lineup. Luisa Blanco and Lexi Graber both scored a 9.975.
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Alabama gymnastics head coach Dana Duckworth pleads for more fan energy at the meets week after week. This week I decided to take a meet off from reporting and join the student section to see if I could infuse some energy into the fans. Wha...
Bama basketball and football both lost to the Bulldogs in 2022, but the Crimson Tide gymnastics team hopes to end this streak on Friday. The team is coming off of a tri-meet win against UNC and Western Michigan. The theme is Power of Pink
Alabama gymnast Luisa Blanco competed the entire 2021 season with a torn labrum and a bicep tendonitis, but that didn't stop her from etching her name in the Alabama gymnastics record book. Blanco was a first-team All-American-All-Around, the 2021 NCAA balance beam champion, and won many other accolades in the 2021 season. She was also the first Bama gymnast to score a perfect 10.0 on the balance beam since Kaitlyn Clark in 2014, according to AL.com.
Alabama Gymnastics Head Coach Dana Duckworth called on students and fans to show up to Coleman Coliseum for the Crimson Tide's first home meet against the Kentucky Wildcats. She was happy with the turnout but wanted the fans to be louder. Some fans expressed that they don't know when to cheer. Not understanding how gymnastics is scored could play a part in that.
While the Crimson Tide didn't walk away from Auburn with the victory, the team did finish with five 9.900+ on arguably the hardest event in gymnastics, the balance beam.
The United States Football League. A spring league designed to give football starved fans something to eat during the offseason. The entire league is moving here. That's right. Alabama. Hosting the entire season of games. The U.S.F.L. is significant for several things in the history of modern football in America. For example, the league signed three straight Heisman Trophy winners.