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Alabama's Jimmie Taylor Discovers New Way To Box Out
Kentucky won today’s SEC basketball battle in Tuscaloosa today 77-61, but it was the Crimson Tide that contributed to the college basketball corpus of literature as forward Jimmie Taylor introduced a new way of boxing out defenders to secure the offensive rebound. Despite this innovation, Taylor was...
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Cyrus Jones Takes Punt 57 Yards, Extends Alabama Lead To 24-0
Alabama’s Cyrus Jones increased an already big Crimson Tide lead to 24 with this 57-yard punt return. Above is the ESPN Deportes call; here’s how it sounded on Alabama’s Crimson Tide Sports Network:...
Chowderhead ADs Bemoan How College Athletes Choose To Spend Their Own Money
Those in charge of college athletics attempting to exert incomparable levels of control over the athletes they barely pay is nothing new. But even by the very low standards by which athletics directors should be held, Alabama’s Bill Battle and North Carolina State’s Debbie Yow said some some dumb sh...
Here Are Your College Football Playoff Matchups
ESPN just revealed the matchups for the second annual College Football Playoff. #1 Clemson will take on #4 Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl, and #2 Alabama has #3 Michigan State in the Cotton Bowl. Both games will be played on December 31, with the final on January 11 in Arizona. ...
Business Owned By Father Of Alabama's Rashaan Evans Burglarized In Craigslist Hoax
A venue for parties and gatherings owned by the father of Alabama sophomore linebacker Rashaan Evans has been broken into twice in the last month as a result of a Craigslist hoax, he told AL.com. According to Alan Evans, a post went up on Craigslist a couple of weeks ago that said the business was g...
Cam Newton Snaps At Heckling Alabama Fan
Cam Newton is normally as cool as a cucumber (remember when he gleefully smiled his way through a training camp scuffle?), but he got a bit rattled here when an Alabama fan brought up the alleged pay for play scandal that engulfed Newton during his college career....
Nick Saban Gets Heated With Media, Offers Some Impromptu Marriage Advice
Alabama is playing FCS school Charleston Southern this week, a cupcake opponent that would be very easy for the Crimson Tide to look past. Well, some of those turkeys in the media might be overlooking Charleston, but Nick Saban sure as hell isn’t....
University Of Alabama "Appalled" At Hurricane Katrina-Referencing Sign
The #7 Alabama Crimson Tide host #4 LSU today. It should be a good game, and like any rivalry game, it’s had its fair share of fan pranks, celebrity (kinda) appearances (almost), and moments of staggering public idiocy from college students. ...
Kiffin's Krimson Korner: Your Tuscaloosa <i>College GameDay</i> Sign Roundup
Another week, another SEC College GameDay location. This turnout was a bit depressed due to rain, so your choices are... suspect....
<i>Houston Chronicle</i> Accidentally Burns Urban Meyer, Apologizes
Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer took a dig at Alabama today when he disclosed the name of his team’s field goal return play. (It’s a reference to the 2013 Iron Bowl, in which the Crimson Tide found a way to fuck up a tie game with one second left in regulation, you see.) One employee at the Housto...
Bret Bielema Flops, Draws Flag, Celebrates Like A Giddy Child
Arkansas coach Bret Bielema pulled out all the stops in Saturday’s loss to Alabama, including a well executed stumble to draw an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on Crimson Tide lineman Cam Robinson....
Ex-Alabama St. Coach And Booster Get In A Fight During Deposition
Reggie Barlow was a decent NFL wide receiver for about a decade, where he played for some (somehow) good Jaguars teams and won a Super Bowl ring with the Buccaneers. After retiring, he quickly moved back home to Montgomery to coach his alma mater Alabama State football team. After eight relatively s...
Sad Bamafans: The Video
These are always popular, so we’re back to provide another special taste of what it was like to be an Alabama fan during last night’s 43-37 Ole Miss upset—the first Rebels win in Tuscaloosa since 1988. Here, via ESPN and Camera Obscura, are your saddest of sad Bamafans....
Ole Miss Takes Big Lead On Bama Thanks To Bonkers Touchdown
Ole Miss stormed into Tuscaloosa and took a big early lead when Rebels quarterback Chad Kelly brought down a poor snap that he then mishandled, threw the ball into double coverage, only to find it ricochet into the hands of Quincy Adeboyejo who took it 66 yards for the score....
"Beat Ole Piss": Your Tuscaloosa <i>College GameDay</i> Sign Roundup
ESPN censors took the day off in Tuscaloosa today. Here’s your occasionally profane and offensive College GameDay sign roundup:...
I Wrote The Nick Saban Biography. Come Ask Me Stuff About Him.
Monte Burke is the author of Saban: The Making of a Coach, which was excerpted here last week and is available for purchase now. He’s going to be hanging out in the comments section below, answering any questions you might have about Saban, or anything else for that matter. Go ask him stuff!...
The SEC Isn't The Best Conference Anymore, But It's Still Fun As Hell
Welcome to our college football conference previews, in which we will tell you what you need to know about various conferences, with an emphasis on watchability. First up was the Pac-12. Now, the SEC....
Former Raiders QB Ken Stabler Dead At 69
Former NFL quarterback Ken Stabler, who led the Raiders to victory in Super Bowl XI in 1977, died yesterday at the age of 69. According to his family, Stabler died due to complications with colon cancer, and donated his brain and spinal cord to Boston University to study degenerative brain diseases....