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Is college football drifting too far off course from what made it a national phenomenon? From a business perspective, which the sport certainly is, things are going tremendously. But as revenue and ratings going up, prestige is seemingly going down. Massive conference realignment has left many fans feeling anxious about the future, and now, Alabama […]

Alabama head coach Nick Saban isn’t the least bit worried about the Michigan sign-stealing saga ahead of their Rose Bowl matchup on New Year’s Day. Saban was asked about the sign-stealing situation during his joint press conference with Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh by AL.com’s Joe Goodman. “We’re really not concerned about that. Integrity in the […]

Nick Saban’s Alabama football team took an interesting route to the College Football Playoff, starting the season with some rocky performances, especially in the loss against the Texas football program, but Saban opened up on the journey the team has been through and what is next for his team ahead of the Rose Bowl game […]

With talks of college football adopting a 12-team playoff format in the future, Nick Saban shared his thoughts on the idea ahead of Alabama football’s College Football Playoff clash against Michigan. “The big games are going to be the big games and there’s always going to be speculation of who the best 12 teams are […]

During an appearance on ESPN’s College Game Day this Saturday morning, Alabama football head coach Nick Saban opened up on how he’s inspiring his team ahead of their Rose Bowl matchup against number one-ranked Michigan. When asked by Pat McAfee, “How many more times will you speak to your team before the game? And how […]

Nick Saban has been in the world of college football for a really long time. At the age of 72, he has produced four Heisman trophy winners. Moreover, his great mind also continues to keep the winning tradition in the Alabama football program. So much so that his latest pursuit involves winning the Rose Bowl […]

The Alabama football team is a slight underdog in Monday’s Rose Bowl against Michigan football despite Nick Saban’s incredible run of success in bowl games and Jim Harbaugh’s lack of success. Alabama coaches recently implemented a strange policy believed to be in reaction to the Wolverines’ Connor Stalions scandal. A photo of Saban with Harbaugh […]

Alabama football head coach Nick Saban has seen it all and done it all in college football. He’s also earned a reputation for his reluctance to show much emotion beyond anger on the sidelines. Jalen Milroe attested to the fact that Saban isn’t merely putting on an act for the TV cameras, and really isn’t […]

The College Football Playoff is almost here and it will get started on New Year’s Day with the Rose Bowl between Michigan football and Alabama football. The Crimson Tide are ranked #4 in the country, and the Wolverines are the top team in the nation. It’s not often that Nick Saban and Alabama are underdogs, […]

Alabama football coach Nick Saban went viral for his appearance with Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh at Disneyland ahead of the College Football Playoff matchup in the Rose Bowl coming up on Monday, and Nick Saban opened up on what it has been like to be in that type of setting leading up to such […]

We’re just a few days away from the Rose Bowl Game, which this year doubles as a College Football Playoff semifinal between Jim Harbaugh’s Michigan Wolverines and Nick Saban’s Alabama Crimson Tide, but before the two teams took the field in Pasadena, they went on a class field trip together to Disneyland. If for lord […]

The 2024 Rose Bowl is just days away, and Nick Saban’s Alabama football team has arrived in California for the big game. On Tuesday, the Alabama football team’s social media accounts published video of the team arriving in style, with a greeting worthy of the famous ‘The Bachelor’ TV show, a mainstay of the ABC […]

The Alabama football team is set to take on Jim Harbaugh and the Michigan football team on January 1, 2024 at the Rose Bowl. The game constitutes round one of the College Football Playoff and pits the fourth-seeded Crimson Tide against the top-seeded Wolverines. On Thursday, a curious hire was made by Alabama football coach […]

The college football transfer portal is the talk of the sport right now, and there has been plenty of movement early on. The Alabama football team has yet to be active since they are preparing for the College Football Playoff after defeating Georgia in the SEC title game. But, Nici Saban and the Crimson Tide […]

The controversy over Alabama football making the College Football Playoff over undefeated Florida State football has taken over conversations this week. The Crimson Tide were the fourth team selected for the Playoff after defeating Georgia in the SEC Championship Game. Despite losing a game this year while the Seminoles went undefeated, Alabama now gets the […]

Nick Saban is one of the most successful college football coaches in history. He has won seven national championships, one with LSU and six with Alabama, and is looking to win another one as Alabama football will be facing Michigan in the 2023-24 College Football Playoffs. He played college football while attending Kent State, but […]

College football analyst Paul Finebaum was on the show called “The Source” where he defended the decision of the Alabama football team making the playoffs over the likes of the undefeated Florida State Seminoles. He said that the event should have the four best teams and believes the Crimson Tide are part of that according […]

The College Football Playoff committee’s greatest fears came true last Saturday night when No. 8 Alabama upset No. 1 Georgia in the SEC Championship Game. How could the committee leave out the SEC Champion—something it had never done since the inception of the playoff—and, better yet, how could it then leave out Texas football, who […]

The Alabama football team is preparing for the Michigan football team in a matchup of two titanic, historically great football teams in Pasadena, California on January 1. Recently Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh spoke glowingly about the Tide’s QB Jalen Milroe. Coach Nick Saban reacted to the Tide’s draw of Michigan in the College Football […]

After a season of uncertainty, the Alabama Crimson Tide made the 2023-24 College Football Playoff as the fourth seed. The Crimson Tide boast one loss on the year and upset the previous top-ranked Georgia Bulldogs in the SEC Championship. Now, Nick Saban and co. set their sights on the undefeated Michigan football program. The head […]

Alabama football head coach Nick Saban opened up about the team’s only loss to the University of Texas as the Crimson Tide prepare for another run at the National Championship this season. In a conference call Sunday, Saban said that the Alabama football team back then is not the same one as their current stage […]

The College Football Playoff will feature two of the most well-known and popular programs in the history of the sport facing off in the Rose Bowl on New Year’s Day when top-ranked Michigan faces Alabama. Wolverines head coach Jim Harbaugh described the matchup against Nick Saban’s Crimson Tide as “iconic.” The Michigan-Alabama matchup almost certainly […]

Nick Saban has a lot to celebrate. Not only did Alabama football beat No. 1 Georgia to win the SEC title on Saturday, but the Crimson Tide vaulted over Florida State for the final spot in the College Football Playoff rankings released less than 24 hours later. Discussing his team’s stroke of CFP fortune Sunday […]

Alabama football has pushed its ticket to the College Football Playoff. The Crimson Tide are fresh off an SEC Championship against the No. 1 Georgia Bulldogs, holding one of the best strength of schedules in the country. The controversy for the No. 4 slot in the CFP was between Alabama and Florida State. While the […]

Despite the odds, the Alabama football program won the 2023 SEC Championship against the Georgia Bulldogs. The 27-24 victory could give the Crimson Tide a greater chance to make the College Football Playoff. Head coach Nick Saban shared his thoughts on a potential Alabama playoff berth after their big win. Nick Saban believes the Crimson […]

The Alabama football team has become something of an afterthought during the two-title run of Kirby Smart’s Georgia Bulldogs. That is no longer the case after a big win over Smart’s team in the SEC Title Game on Saturday. The College Football Playoff Picture is now in completely disarray after the Tide’s win over Georgia […]

Every year since it’s inception in 2014, the four-team field in the College Football Playoff has included at least one team from the SEC. This year, if Nick Saban were to lead the Alabama football team to an upset over the top-ranked Georgia Bulldogs in the SEC Championship Game, there’s a doomsday scenario for the […]

The Alabama football team is soaking up the excitement and good vibes of last weekend’s late game heroics vs. rival Auburn football. Nick Saban and the Crimson Tide now has the unenviable, or some would say enviable, task of taking on the two-time defending NCAA champion Georgia Bulldogs in the SEC Championship Game on Saturday. […]

For the first time since 2021, Kirby Smart and No. 1 Georgia football will face Nick Saban and No. 8 Alabama this weekend in yet another game with massive stakes. This time it will be the SEC Championship Game, with College Football Playoff implications on the line. It’s unclear if this could be an elimination […]

Alabama football and head coach Nick Saban may have been written off at the beginning of the 2023 college football season, but the Crimson Tide will never rest without a fight. Despite early struggles under quarterback Jalen Milroe, Alabama is fighting for a spot in the College Football Playoff with an 11-1 record. The battle […]

From getting benched to weeks later leading a clutch touchdown on 4th-and-goal from the 31-yard line that won the Iron Bowl and kept Alabama football’s College Football Playoff hopes alive, it’s been quite the season for Jalen Milroe. Once considered the weakness of the Crimson Tide this year, Milroe has become a strength for this […]

Alabama football took home the win over Auburn in what will be one of the most unforgettable Iron Bowls for years to come. After the game, quarterback Jalen Milroe was simply living in the moment during postgame interviews. The first thing he did after leaving the locker room was give his father a big hug, […]

In an Iron Bowl showdown against Auburn, Jalen Milroe etched his name into the annals of Alabama football history with a once-in-a-lifetime performance that has kept Nick Saban’s Crimson Tide in the College Football Playoff hunt. The quarterback’s heroics on the field, particularly during a breathtaking fourth-and-goal play from the 31-yard line, may have sparked […]

The Alabama football program escaped with a 27-24 win over Auburn in the Iron Bowl on Saturday, and head coach Nick Saban got real about the lesson his team needs to learn from the game. “It’s kind of a reality check,” Nick Saban said, via Ross Dellenger of Yahoo! Sports. “That’s what I told the […]

The Iron Bowl is one of the most highly-anticipated matchups annually on the college football slate. This year’s matchup between Alabama football and Auburn football lived up to the hype as the game came down to the final. With 4th-and-goal from the 31-yard line, trailing 24-20 with less than a minute left on the clock, […]

Alabama football team knocked off Auburn football in the 2023 iteration of the Iron Bowl on a miraculous last-minute play that will go down in Iron Bowl history. Alabama football receiver Isaiah Bond’s closing touchdown has fans going absolutely nuts. Crimson Tide Coach Nick Saban had a mouthful to say about QB Jalen Milroe after […]

The Alabama Crimson Tide have their College Football Playoff hopes very much alive following a wild 27-24 victory over the Auburn Tigers at Jordan-Hare Stadium Saturday night. That was made possible in large part to Alabama football quarterback Jalen Milroe stepping up when his team needed him the most, as he delivered a game-winning touchdown […]

The Alabama football program somehow found a way to beat the Auburn Tigers in the closing seconds. After it was looking like there was no chance at all, Nick Saban and the Crimson Tide kept their College Football Playoff hopes alive. It was fourth and forever and Alabama’s only option was to score a touchdown […]

In what will be their 88th meeting, Alabama football will take on their most heated rival, Auburn, in the Iron Bowl on Saturday. The No. 8 Crimson Tide is currently on a three-game winning streak but has suffered its last two losses in the series when the game has shifted to Jordan-Hare Stadium, which is […]