BillsFever
08-31-2003, 11:15 PM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- Mike Shula's debut was successful in the end -- thanks to Shaud Williams.
Williams had 177 total yards and scored three touchdowns to lead Alabama to a 40-17 win over South Florida after a shaky start Saturday in the opener for both teams.
"A lot of attention has been focused on me this week, but these guys are the ones who have been working hard and they're the ones who went out there and made the plays," Shula said.
Shula took the helm after an unsettling nine months at Alabama. Last year's coach, Dennis Franchione, unexpectedly left for Texas A&M in December.
Alabama settled on Washington State's Mike Price, but he was fired before ever coaching a game with the Tide for his conduct at a strip club and hotel during a weekend golf tournament in Pensacola, Fla.
Enter Shula. The former Tide quarterback was hired in May despite having never been a head coach or a collegiate coach at any level
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2003/football/ncaa/08/30/bc.fbc.sflorida.alabama.ap/index.html
Williams had 177 total yards and scored three touchdowns to lead Alabama to a 40-17 win over South Florida after a shaky start Saturday in the opener for both teams.
"A lot of attention has been focused on me this week, but these guys are the ones who have been working hard and they're the ones who went out there and made the plays," Shula said.
Shula took the helm after an unsettling nine months at Alabama. Last year's coach, Dennis Franchione, unexpectedly left for Texas A&M in December.
Alabama settled on Washington State's Mike Price, but he was fired before ever coaching a game with the Tide for his conduct at a strip club and hotel during a weekend golf tournament in Pensacola, Fla.
Enter Shula. The former Tide quarterback was hired in May despite having never been a head coach or a collegiate coach at any level
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2003/football/ncaa/08/30/bc.fbc.sflorida.alabama.ap/index.html