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'Bama Synagogue Issues "No Spoilers" Warning For Yom Kippur SEC Games
Bad news for Jewish college football fans in Alabama: next week's Auburn-Mississippi St. and Alabama-Texas A&M games fall smack-dab in the middle of Yom Kippur. That means fans will be tied up with prayer services while the Tide try to avenge last year's loss to Johnny Football's Aggies and the Tige...
Roll Tide
Our passionate Bama fan here is a Tennessee resident, proving once again that SEC fans are the worst. [Smoking Gun, via Spencer Hall]...
Why Football Is So Important In Alabama
I was in South Carolina last weekend, college football country. Clemson vs. Georgia was all anyone cared about unless you counted the local high school game and they cared even more about that. I went to a general store and found these vintage Bear Bryant bottles of Coke on the shelf. They sold frie...
Alabama WR Quits Team For Roughly Six Hours
Senior wide receiver Kenny Bell announced he'd be leaving the Crimson Tide on Twitter one game into the season, saying he wanted to pay more attention to his children. It turned out to be a short retirement....
Alabama High School Football Coaches Get Into Postgame Brawl
Alabama high school football coaches coming to blows after a game shouldn't be that surprising, considering how seriously Alabama takes football in general, but that doesn't make the incident any less ridiculous....
Welcome Back, College Football
Theory: people with three-word names are either assassins or college football fans....
Is Nick Saban Crazy? Ask The <em>GQ</em> Writer Who Profiled Him
This month's GQ includes a great profile of Alabama head coach Nick Saban by Warren St. John, author of Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer and Outcasts United. The profile includes plenty of anecdotes that make Nick Saban seem like an absolute lunatic, so we invited St. John to come and talk about what han...
Nick Saban Is A Lunatic
That's the only possible takeaway from this profile of the Alabama coach in this month's issue of GQ....
Alabama Fan's Dumb Tattoo Has Terrible Typo
Roll Tide. Roll. Motherfucking. Tide....
Nick Saban Is Like Hitler, Says Alabama Fan Who Loves Nick Saban
AL.com's Jon Solomon has written a wonderful article about the die-hard Alabama fans who flock to SEC media days with the hope that they will get a chance to meet Nick Saban. Some arrive looking for an autograph, others want to give gifts to Saban, and some just come to pay their respects—and also t...
Alabama Fan Dies, Will Miss First Crimson Tide Game Since 1945
Dick Coffee's streak would have been longer, but he put off college to serve in WWII. Then, in 1946, the Alabama freshman attended the season opener against Furman. He'd go to every single Crimson Tide game played—including road games and bowl—right up through January's national title. That's 781 st...
Alabama Basketball Player Arrested Following A Child's Kidnapping
Devonta Pollard, a rising junior basketball player at the University of Alabama, was arrested today following the April 30 kidnapping of a six-year-old girl from Mississippi. The Tuscaloosa News reports that he was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit kidnapping. Six people, including Poll...
Alabama Saves Tie Game With Glove Flip-Barehand Double Play
College baseball generally escapes the radar until College World Series time, but those of us in SEC territory are fortunate to see quality baseball all season long. This double play turned by Alabama in today's SEC Tournament game against rival Auburn is highlight reel-worthy at any level....
A Tribute To Rolando McClain's Brief, Brilliant NFL Career
23-year-old Ravens linebacker Rolando McClain retired from the NFL today, general manager Ozzie Newsome announced. But McClain will not be known as a Raven. He signed there just a little more than a month ago. He will instead be remembered as one of the Raideriest Raiders that ever Raidered....
Nick Saban Is Selling His Fancy-Ass Vacation Home
It's good to be a wildly successful head coach of athletes who don't get paid. Nick Saban will make $5.6 million in base salary this year, so it's time to trade up from his North Georgia vacation home. Because sometimes, an $11 million house with a freaking lighthouse isn't swank enough....
Rolando McClain Got Arrested Because He Shouted "Fuck The Police!"
We told you earlier about Ravens linebacker Rolando McClain's latest arrest in his hometown of Decatur, Ala., this time for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. We knew McClain had been in a park among a large group of people that refused to disperse, and that he had cursed at officers. But what...