Taking up the cause for Alabama and the SEC feels like going to bat for Apple or Amazon. It’s fighting for a tax break for Elon Musk or Warren Buffet. It’s rushing to the defense of the biggest bully on the block the one time somebody gets in a shot that knocks him to his…
Taking up the cause for Alabama and the SEC feels like going to bat for Apple or Amazon. It’s fighting for a tax break for Elon Musk or Warren Buffet. It’s rushing to the defense of the biggest bully on the block the one time somebody gets in a shot that knocks him to his…
The SMU versus Alabama debate for the final at-large bid in the 2025 College Football Playoff has understandably stolen the spotlight entering Selection Sunday. There is also significant consternation about how the first few teams outside the top four conference champions will be decided. Ultimately, how the committee interprets those league title game results will…
In the SEC, as it’s often said, it just means more. That sentiment applies to college football, the sport in which the conference has been home to 13 of the past 18 FBS national champions, but it’s just as relevant to recruiting. After all, how do you think all those pieces from those title-winning squads…
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Medrick Burnett Jr., a college football player at Alabama A&M University, died this week after suffering a head injury in a recent game. Who Is Medrick Burnett Jr.? Burnett, a 20-year-old linebacker for Alabama A&M University, suffered a head injury on October 26 during the Magic City Classic against Alabama State University, the school announced….
For JaMarcus Shephard, Alabama football is “war,” whether it’s on the practice field or on Saturdays. And with that intensity and physicality comes injuries like the lower-body ailment that ended Cole Adams’ season. It’s part of the game, Shephard said. And with that comes a lesson, one the Alabama wide receivers coach has repeatedly conveyed…
A season full of surprises didn’t produce many when the first set of rankings on the road to college football’s new 12-team playoff came out Tuesday. Undefeated Oregon got top billing. The selection committee liked Ohio State just a touch more than Georgia in its top 25 — the first of six weekly polls the…
Oregon made quite the statement heading into college football’s midseason junction, holding off previously-unbeaten Ohio State to move up in this week’s national rankings. The victory validates the Ducks as one of the College Football Playoff national championship frontrunners and puts the Buckeyes in the unfamiliar position of needing to play flawlessly over their final…
