The State of the SEC
The SEC meetings are right around the corner so this is the perfect time to start breaking down the nation’s top conference in my yearly SEC preview. The SEC continues to dominate the college football landscape on the field, in recruiting and in media attention. After Alabama won last year’s BCS Championship game, the leagues [...]
New year, new ballgame
Alabama coach Nick Saban has expressed several times this year that armies defend forts but college football teams don’t defend national championships. Saban believes that what happened last season — the Crimson Tide capping their first 14-0 record with a 37-21 win over Texas in the BCS title game — stays in last season. Yet [...]
Mal Moore to get contract extension soon
The University of Alabama plans to extend Mal Moore’s term as director of athletics beyond the term of his current contract, which runs for about another year. UA President Robert Witt told The Tuscaloosa News on Friday that the school intends to keep Moore in place. “Mal Moore’s current contract goes through 2011,” Witt said. [...]
Saban doing what he loves best – coaching
Nick Saban was truly in his element. He was in an enormous room with hundreds of people who speak his language, who share his passion. He was with coaches. Fraternity brothers, of a sort. One thing to remember about the Alabama coach, he’s something of a football nerd. That’s meant in nothing but the most [...]
Cody Mandell set his mind on punting for Alabama
Since March, former Acadiana High punter Cody Mandell has had his mind set on punting for the defending national champion Alabama Crimson Tide this fall. He still does. Only Mandell is much closer now to making that dream a reality. Declared eligible on June 28 after completing a summer math course with a 92-A, Mandell [...]
McElroy on watch list for Unitas Golden Arm Award
Alabama senior Greg McElroy was one of 22 college quarterbacks named today to the watch list for the 2010 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award. The Crimson Tide has not had a Unitas winner since Jay Barker in 1994, though John Parker Wilson made the same watch list in 2008. McElroy will also be one of [...]
Alabama’s Most Irreplaceable Player
Attrition is a hurdle for every college football team. Whether because of foolish steps off the field or full-speed steps on it, players are lost for games and even seasons. Keeping stars available is one of the biggest variables for a season’s success. Having a team’s full complement can be the difference between a bad [...]
SEC media days storylines
The SEC West is stacked. LSU is expected to have a top-notch defense, while many are picking Arkansas and Auburn to make a run at Alabama. The question for the Hogs and Tigers is not about offense, but whether their defenses will be good enough. Can Alabama repeat? All Nick Saban needs to do to [...]
Saban at top of the SEC football coaches
As a group, the current crop of Southeastern Conference football coaches owns six national championships, 860 wins and 39 bowl victories. Their annual salary is a combined $25.6 million. Talk about fast company. There’s a lot of star power here — Saban, Meyer, Spurrier, Richt. No wonder several coaches have said that it is [...]
The SEC’s winningest coaches
Four of the best eight coaches in SEC history will be on the sidelines when the 2010 season kicks off, at least when measured by their career winning percentages. For coaches who have spent at least five seasons at an SEC member, Florida’s Urban Meyer in the winningest coach in league history. In his five [...]
Ingram is Wearing a Bullseye
“When the ball is snapped and I get the ball, I just hear noises – pow, pow,” Ingram said. “Then I just see flashes of different colors of jerseys and I react to it. People ask me what did I see, but I really can’t tell you what I saw … all I did was [...]
Tide expected to be back in Atlanta
Even with the inequities in scheduling, Alabama should still rule the roost in the SEC West of the spectrum. The Crimson Tide is not only facing the scheduling issue, but also replacing nearly an entire defense. The key will be if Alabama’s potent offense can post enough TDs on the board while the defense learns [...]
