Eclipse just another ‘distraction’ for Saban and Tide to tackle

There will be an added “air” of excitement to Alabama’s Homecoming game next week. Not only will the Crimson Tide’s Oct. 14 matchup against Arkansas feature homecoming festivities in Tuscaloosa, but a solar eclipse will happen right around halftime. The path of the partial eclipse is several hundred miles away but its peak – at 60-70% shadowing over the southwestern part of the state – will occur between 12:05 and 12:10 p.m. The game is scheduled for an 11 a.m. kickoff. For Head Coach Nick Saban, the news of the eclipse was revealed to him by meteorologist James Spann (via Charlie Potter of Al