After a day off on Sunday the Alabama football team went back to work on Monday for practice number six of the spring practice session. The full pads practice was held outside as the players focus in on Friday's first scrimmage of the spring. The weather in Tuscaloosa today was simply sublime.

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The Alabama football team was once again in full pads on Saturday for its fifth practice of the spring. The practice marked the first time this spring that the Tide has worked on consecutive days, and they have now been in pads for three consecutive workouts.

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The Alabama football team held its fourth practice of the spring on Friday in fantastic weather in Tuscaloosa. The full pads practice was held in front of more than 1,200 guests as a part of Bama's annual coaching clinic.

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With the news coming in on Wednesday that a Darius McKeller has been granted a medical scholarship, it's time once again to take a look at the scholarship numbers situation on the Alabama football team.

The Alabama football team was in full pads for the first time this spring on Wednesday. With the weather in Tuscaloosa actually looking like spring, practice number three of 15 was held outside on the practice fields.

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The Alabama football team practiced inside the Hank Crisp Indoor Facility to escape the cold and wet weather in Tuscaloosa. Monday's practice was the second of 15 during the spring, and the first since the team came back from spring break. The practice was once again held in shorts and helmets.

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We got a little behind in the weekly Bama notes, but it's never too late to play catch up. So, here are the bullet points from the last few weeks of Bama athletics.

Sorry for the delay in this. I've had the plague for the last week, and it's still kicking my butt.

The Alabama football team held the first of its 14 spring practices on Friday, leading up to A-Day on April 17. The squad was in shorts and helmets, with no pads.

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When I said I would write Texas From the Couch later, because you guys would still be interested, it wasn't just because I'm lazy.  Although I am-and it sure has been tempting to hope everybody just forgot.  Which you probably did.

But really, this is as good a time as any to put it up; maybe the best time, because I'm going to do something a little bit different than usual.  Namely, I will look at the game in light of what it means for 2010, and more specifically, what it means for spring training.

Which is right around the corner!

This past weekend brought February to a close for the Bama athletic department. Here's what you need to know: