The Alabama basketball team may have turned the corner — again.
Every year after National Signing Day, I like to put together a list of superlatives for Alabama’s recruiting class. Below are those superlatives.
And, in just a short week, the Robinson kiss of death takes full effect.
The Alabama men’s basketball team has had many opportunities to lose its last four games. In each of those contests, the Tide took a large lead, only to see it dwindle to near nothing.
Until I can properly digest the outcome of the national championship game between LSU and Clemson and this week’s basketball game between Auburn and Alabama, I’m taking a look back to 2019 and remembering some of the legendary sports figures who are no longer with us.
When you have written a weekly column for more 11 years, you are bound to be wrong a time or two — maybe a little more than that.
After so much talk about “giving” in the months leading up to Christmas, the weeks after have always been about “returning.” Usually it’s an ugly sweater or defective coffee maker, of course, but this year there was one potential return that kept everyone buzzing: The possible return to Alab…
As we come to the close of 2019, it’s only natural to look back at what has transpired over the past year. I made some annual predictions about college football back in April and it’s time to revisit those prognostications.
As if you won’t see this type of article hundreds of times as Jan. 1 approaches, here are my thoughts on various sports-related New Year’s resolutions.
An assortment of Christmas Eve thoughts for you to read as an excuse to get away from your intrusive family who is visiting. Consider it my gift to you:
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This past season wasn’t exactly the best one in Alabama Crimson Tide sports history. In fact, in terms of expectations versus results, it could go down as one of the more disappointing in memory.
We are on the heels of yet another incredible Iron Bowl. What a game it was! Both teams played their hearts out. I’m just thankful the good guys came out on top. It got me to thinking of my most memorable Iron Bowl matchups throughout my lifetime — that I remember.
There was a lot to unpack from a busy last few days in sports, so here are my scattered thoughts.
I said last week this year’s Iron Bowl was going to be very difficult to predict. There were several unknowns that made it nearly impossible to truly know what to expect.
When Joseph Bulovas’ toe met football leather with two minutes left in the Iron Bowl, there was slow-motion anxiety for every Alabama fan. Misses, pulls, yanks, shanks and doinks from years’ pasts came flooding through their memories like some demented, torturous highlight reel from hell.
The 93 points scored in Saturday’s Iron Bowl are the most Alabama and Auburn have combined for in the series in games played at Jordan-Hare Stadium. The previous high was 62 in 2013.
One year ago, student veterans from Auburn University and the University of Alabama used their Thanksgiving break to lace up their boots, throw on their rucksacks weighing 22 pounds, and march 151 miles from the “Plains” of Auburn to the “Druid City” of Tuscaloosa to raise awareness for vete…
First of all, I’d like to take an opportunity to wish everyone a very happy Thanksgiving.
Alabama’s football team rolled to a 66-3 Senior Day win over Western Carolina to close its home schedule Saturday afternoon in Bryant-Denny Stadium.
To the average college football connoisseur, this Saturday’s Iron Bowl may seem rather uneventful. That’s understandable; it’s simple math: Auburn’s lack of offense plus Alabama’s injuries times negative-Tua Tagovailoa equals less national interest.
A couple weeks ago, sports writer Caleb Turrentine penned a column about the potential environment of a high school basketball game. If the crowd is large and into it, it can be one of the best atmospheres around the sports world.
Alabama’s victory over Mississippi State last Saturday came with a huge cost — an almost incalculable cost, really. Losing quarterback Tua Tagovailoa for the season is a titanic blow to a team that has already had enough injuries to make any insurance company sweat.
A career day from Najee Harris along with a standout defensive performance led No. 5 Alabama to a dominant 38-7 road win against Mississippi State at Davis Wade Stadium on Saturday.
The LSU Tigers took a big step Saturday toward proving they are the class of the Southeastern Conference by beating Alabama 46-41 in Tuscaloosa.
Alabama came up just short in a back-and-forth affair with No. 2 LSU, 46-41, on Saturday.
Tuesday has to be the least respected and appreciated day of the week. Mondays signal new beginnings, Wednesdays let you know you are halfway home, Thursdays have the best TV programming, Fridays usher in the weekend, Saturdays are all for football and Sundays are made for chilling.
Alabama’s Mac Jones made the first start of his Crimson Tide career at quarterback, stepping in for an injured Tua Tagolvailoa. Jones was 18 of 22 for 235 yards and three touchdowns in just over two quarters of work as the Tide defeated Arkansas, 48-7, Saturday night.
A team that’s supposedly the best in the nation shouldn’t think its chances at a national championship could be dashed by the loss of one player.
The second-quarter play seemed rather innocuous at the time. When Alabama’s Tua Tagvailoa was sacked for a minor loss, there was no writhing in pain from the star quarterback. In fact, he actually took another snap.
No. 1 Alabama football claimed its 13th straight victory over Tennessee, coming out with a 35-13 win under the lights Saturday night.
To the surprise of college football fans around the world Saturday, the game in Athens, Georgia between UGA and South Carolina was actually worth watching. Well, let me rephrase: it was worth seeing to the result.
Big plays on offense and special teams helped No. 1 Alabama to a 47-28 road victory against No. 24 Texas A&M at Kyle Field on Saturday in College Station, Texas.
Dear LSU coach Ed Orgeron,
We are at the halfway mark of the college football season, so what better time to re-evaluate my preseason prognostications?
Last Saturday, Alabama flexed its offensive muscles in a way that would make the Hulk blush. Tua Tagovailoa was deadly accurate and Devonta Smith was extraordinarily X-Box-ish. Those two made records fall like an earthquake in Motown.
Alabama wideout DeVonta Smith had himself more than a day as he shattered multiple school records and tied the Southeastern Conference receiving touchdowns mark Saturday. Crimson Tide quarterback Tua Tagovailoa also broke several records of his own as No. 2 Alabama beat Ole Miss, 59-31 in Br…
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Tua Tagovailoa made Alabama history by throwing five touchdown passes for the second consecutive week and the third time in his career as No. 2 Alabama defeated Southern Miss, 49-7, on Saturday. The Crimson Tide moves to 4-0, while the Golden Eagles drop to 2-2 in their 2019 campaign.
The No. 2-ranked Alabama football team beat South Carolina, 47-23, in the Crimson Tide’s Southeastern Conference opener Saturday.
Miscellaneous thoughts from the college football weekend…
The No. 2-ranked Alabama football team put up 603 yards of total offense in its 62-10 win against New Mexico State in the Crimson Tide’s home opener inside Bryant-Denny Stadium Saturday. Alabama moved to 2-0 on the season while the Aggies dropped to 0-2.
A stout defense and stellar quarterback play propelled the No. 2 Alabama football team to a 42-3 win over Duke in the 2019 Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game in Mercedes-Benz Stadium ON Saturday. The Crimson Tide improved to 1-0 to start the season and 6-0 all-time in Chick-fil-A Kickoff Games.
After a college football weekend with more stories than Aesop’s grandfather, it seems a little weird to be talking about Tennessee.
With just a few days until college football’s official 2019 kickoff, I now present to you my final, set-in-stone, for-real-this-time predictions. Feel free to use these picks at your local gambling establishment. You can thank me later.
Another preseason honor has rolled in for Dadeville graduate Anfernee Jennings.
In preparation for the 2019 college football season, I present to you a few interesting thoughts (and one boring one).
The clock is ticking and we are now only 408 hours (give or take depending on what time you’re actually reading this) away from Auburn’s long-awaited Duck-hunting trip in the state of Texas.
The Auburn versus Oregon game in Dallas, Texas is easily the most influential college football game of the year.
The Reeltown Quarterback Club will be hosting its biggest fundraiser of the year Saturday, Aug. 17 when it hosts a Cow Patty Bingo at the high school baseball field.
Football is in the air again in Tuscaloosa as the University of Alabama opened its 2019 fall camp Friday afternoon. The Crimson Tide hosted a two-hour practice in helmets and shorts at the Thomas-Drew Practice Fields.
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