What Alabama football preseason US LBM Coaches Poll means
The Tuscaloosa News’ Alabama football beat writer Colin Gay explains the Crimson Tide’s No. 8 ranking in the preseason US LBM Coaches Poll
Each time Mark Ingram touched the ball for Alabama football, he ran with a purpose. He ran for his family. He ran carrying the dreams and aspirations of his teammates and the Crimson Tide program as a whole. He ran to be the best.
“I wanted to be the best that ever carried the football,” Ingram said on the “New Wave Podcast” with Ryan Williams and Dre Kirkpatrick Jr. “Like, and that’s crazy to say or crazy to think about, but that’s what drove me every single day. I wanted to be known as the best running back to ever carry the football. And I respect every running back who has come before me who was great. And that’s really what inspired me: the Walter Paytons, Adrian Petersons, Emmitt Smiths, the Frank Gores. Those guys, I wanted to be better than them. And I believed I was better than them.”
Ingram, Alabama’s first Heisman Trophy winner and the 2009 SEC Offensive Player of the Year, reminisced with Williams and Kirkpatrick on his three-year career with the Crimson Tide from 2008-10.
As he remembered, Ingram also shared advice, calling for Williams and Kirkpatrick to not take their Alabama playing days for granted.
“Y’all ballers,” Ingram said. “Y’all will be out of here soon.”
Ingram was seen taking in an Alabama football practice, and told Kirkpatrick and Williams “the vibes (are) immaculate.”
In an Instagram video posted by Alabama assistant director of player personnel Tony Jones, Ingram asked the Crimson Tide a simple question: “Why not us?”
“Somebody gonna have a legacy,” Ingram said. “Why not us? Somebody gonna go out there and win the ‘ship. Why not us? So take it one day at a time, one rep at a time, one…
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