{"id":434509,"date":"2018-04-23T10:58:12","date_gmt":"2018-04-23T16:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/?p=434509"},"modified":"2018-04-23T11:12:13","modified_gmt":"2018-04-23T17:12:13","slug":"football-distracts-from-other-alabama-sports-that-need-to-tighten-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/football-distracts-from-other-alabama-sports-that-need-to-tighten-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Football distracts from other Alabama sports that need to tighten up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/TightenUp042318.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-434510\" src=\"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/TightenUp042318-1024x384.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"384\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I know all we\u2019re supposed to care about in this state is college football. And when there\u2019s no real football going on we\u2019re supposed to obsess over spring football.<br \/>\nI understand the sentiment.<\/p>\n<p>But there are other college sports going on, even if the people in the athletic department at Alabama would rather you not notice.<br \/>\nWhile Nick Saban was showing off what looks like another national championship contender at Bryant-Denny Stadium, the rest of the Alabama athletic teams were having perhaps the worst weekend in program history.<\/p>\n<p>First, the highly rated gymnastics team greatly underachieved at the national meet. The Tide was supposed to be one of the six teams competing for the championship Saturday but they were eliminated during Friday\u2019s preliminaries.<\/p>\n<p>The Alabama baseball teams lost 19-5 Friday night to rival Auburn. And that wasn\u2019t the most embarrassing performance of the series. Auburn went on to sweep a doubleheader Saturday 5-0 and 20-5, meaning the Tigers outscored the Tide 44-10 for the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The Alabama softball team was swept by the program\u2019s second-biggest rival, losing to Tennessee 1-0 and 13-3. The final game of the series is tonight.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, it was a disastrous weekend for Alabama. But, hey, football!<\/p>\n<p>Who do you think needs to Tighten Up? Call in and the best and most entertaining suggestion will win a $25 gift card to Buck\u2019s Pizza on Dauphin Street in downtown Mobile.<br \/>\nFor Threaded Fasteners, I\u2019m Randy Kennedy with Tighten Up.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-434509-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/TightenUp042318.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/TightenUp042318.mp3\">http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/TightenUp042318.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>I know all we\u2019re supposed to care about in this state is college football. 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