Dale Earnhardt Jr. is spending this weekend as a NASCAR Hall of Fame race-car driver, and there are few who are more deserving. Read the full story
Georgia is a deserving national champion. This was their year, like so many others have been Alabama's years. The Crimson Tide finished second, and there's no shame in that.
Kirby Smart’s patience and loyalty to Stetson Bennett paid off.
NIL opportunities almost certainly are being used to entice recruits. That's why Nick Saban took time in a Sunday news conference to say that national legislation is needed to control the types of NIL offers athletes are allowed to accept.
Expect a trick play or two. Nick Saban and Kirby Smart have proven they're willing to line up and slug it out with opposing teams, with no tricks or gambles, but both always carry a little something extra in the game plan if they need an edge.
The Cotton Bowl final was 27-6, but when Alabama had the ball late in the first half and led only 10-3, the ending of this one seemed inevitable. And it was.
Nick Saban spent 22 minutes Thursday morning speaking with reporters one last time before top-ranked Alabama meets Cincinnati in Friday's Cotton Bowl. Saban seemed in a relatively good mood, and usually, that's good news for the Crimson Tide.
Alabama football coach Nick Saban is 70, and while the signs of age are showing, no reasonable person would look at him and say it's time he hung it up. He's still just as passionate, and also, he looks like he's having too much fun.
The result of a meaningless bowl game on a blah Tuesday morning in Birmingham hardly matters in the scheme of things. What matters is how Auburn moves forward.
T.J. Finley finished the season the way he started. Tank Bigsby added to an already impressive career. And Smoke Monday spring boarded to a likely NFL career with one last collegiate hurrah. But, in the end, the results were all too familiar.
Alabama's Nick Saban believes in preparation, and that includes preparing for the College Football Playoff's rules regarding the COVID-19 vaccine. That should pay off in a postseason that's seen six bowl games impacted by positive COVId-19 tests.
There was a time when Alabama didn't put much stock in the Heisman Trophy, which in turn didn't put much stock in Alabama, either.
Georgia was supposed to have a defense to remember, but the only transcendent force in Saturday's SEC Championship Game was Alabama's Bryce Young. He threw for 421 yards and relegated Georgia to a familiar spot — on the losing end against Alabama. Â
No. 1 Georgia and No. 3 Alabama will face off again today in the SEC Championship Game, and once again, the Bulldogs appear to have the Crimson Tide right where they want them. Or do they?
This weekend is mostly set aside for conference championship games, including the Southeastern Conference showdown in Atlanta. Let's get to the picks:
The cover of the Piedmont playbook must read, "Don't panic."
Thanksgiving is not a week of very much activity for your local golf writer. There was a senior two-man event at Cider Ridge won by the team of Steward/Shook, and that was about it for the week.
With 37 years in college coaching, Rich Rodriguez has experience and perspective, and he'll be a valuable voice as JSU navigates the transition from FCS powerhouse to trying to survive in deeper, murkier FBS waters.
For about 58 minutes, 25 seconds, this one looked like a lost cause for Alabama. That Jordan-Hare hex appeared to have claimed the national championship hopes of yet another Crimson Tide team. Then came the final drive.
It was just an old-fashioned, take-‘em-to-the-woodshed Iron Bowl, interrupted by an unexpected comeback, concluded by archrivals trading haymakers after the clock stopped,
So, who at Auburn took a tin box filled with his picture, graveyard dirt and some chicken bones and buried it at the intersection of two dirt roads to summon a crossroad demon?
The Alabama/Auburn game headlines the weekend for state football fans. There are plenty of other interesting games, too.
Jeremy McGatha was one of the golfers who was instrumental in getting the Calhoun County Tour off the ground in 2007, and he’s helped grow it to its current status as the 2021 season ends.
The Tigers' second-half malaise remains real. Latest evidence: South Carolina 21, Auburn 17.
Bryce Young entered the weekend as Vegas’ Heisman Trophy betting favorite. With a record performance Saturday afternoon, he may have lapped the field.
After Saturday's finger-tip win over Arkansas 42-35, it's still too hard to tell if Alabama in 2021 is a placeholder to better days or a seriously legitimate contender to win it all.
