Players who began Alabama careers as national champs try to help their coach do the same
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Players who began Alabama careers as national champs try to help their coach do the same

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Moore, Tim Smith, Jah-Marien Latham and Quindarrius “Que” Robinson are trying to bookend their careers with a second title during coach Kalen DeBoer’s own debut season. “After we won the first one, I’m thinking, I know I’m going to win two or three more before I leave,” Moore said. “Even as a recruit they talked about like how many national championships here.” Smith’s first experience On Smith’s first snap of the national championship game, he hit Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields “hard as heck,” planting him on the ground. He’s hard on us just like Coach Saban was and he’s very demanding of us to be at our best each and every day.” ___ Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season.

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Alabama loses edge rusher Que Robinson to season-ending injury
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Alabama loses edge rusher Que Robinson to season-ending injury

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Alabama’s defense suffered a major blow heading into the final games of the regular with edge rusher Que Robinson out for the rest of the season with a left arm injury. He is one of four current Tide players who were members of the 2020 national …

Kalen DeBoer far from only Alabama newcomer to shine in season-opening romp
4 months, 1 week ago

Kalen DeBoer far from only Alabama newcomer to shine in season-opening romp

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The 49-year-old made his Alabama debut in Saturday night’s 63-0 romp over Western Kentucky, replacing a seven-time national champion coach whose shadow still looms large on campus and across college football. The new guys especially enjoying it.” DeBoer wasn’t the only new guy making a huge …

Alabama football fan survey results: How has transition from Nick Saban to Kalen DeBoer gone?
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Alabama football fan survey results: How has transition from Nick Saban to Kalen DeBoer gone?

New York Times  

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — What a difference a year makes. Selection Percentage Very pleased 84.1 Somewhat pleased 11.4 Neutral/Not enough information 3.8 Displeased/Very displeased 0.7 It’s one of the biggest questions in college football : What will Alabama look like in the post-Saban era? Selection Percentage National championship 11.2 National Championship Game appearance 12.9 College Football Playoff semifinal/quarterfinal game appearance 57.6 …

Kalen DeBoer makes unofficial Alabama coaching debut before big crowd at spring game
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Kalen DeBoer makes unofficial Alabama coaching debut before big crowd at spring game

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama fans hungry for a return to national-title contention filled Bryant-Denny Stadium for Nick Saban’s first spring game. “Saban’s the type of guy, he built something,” said season-ticket holder Todd Eddleman, a 58-year-old from Cullman who also was at Saban’s first spring game. …

Once overlooked, point guard Mark Sears has carried Alabama to its first Final Four
9 months, 1 week ago

Once overlooked, point guard Mark Sears has carried Alabama to its first Final Four

Associated Press  

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Nate Oats admits it: He whiffed on Mark Sears out of high school. A sharp shooter with the quickness to dart by defenders, he has led the Crimson Tide to its first Final Four heading into Saturday night’s game against top-seeded UConn in Glendale, Arizona. “Coming out of high school, I wasn’t highly recruited,” Sears said after …

DeBoer embraces chance to replace Saban at Alabama, promises ex-coach ‘100 percent access’
11 months, 4 weeks ago

DeBoer embraces chance to replace Saban at Alabama, promises ex-coach ‘100 percent access’

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The former Washington coach, hired two days after Saban’s retirement, said he’s giving the 72-year-old ex-coach “100 percent access” to his program — saying he’d “be a fool not to” — and that Saban firmly wants the Crimson Tide’s success to continue. But it wasn’t easy.” …

Updated college football 2024 top 25 rankings: Georgia back on top, Washington slides
1 year ago

Updated college football 2024 top 25 rankings: Georgia back on top, Washington slides

LA Times  

Nick Saban, the greatest college football coach of all time, has retired from Alabama, where he won six of his seven national championships. I knew there was a reason we waited a bit longer this year to release my 2024 “way-too-early top 25.” With Saban’s exit, nothing will ever be the same in this sport — much less this projection …

No. 8 Alabama knocks off No. 1 Georgia 27-24 for SEC title. Both teams await postseason fate
1 year, 1 month ago

No. 8 Alabama knocks off No. 1 Georgia 27-24 for SEC title. Both teams await postseason fate

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! ATLANTA — After handing Georgia its first loss in nearly two years, Alabama mixed a raucous celebration of its latest Southeastern Conference championship with a whole lot of lobbying for a College Football Playoff spot that no one could’ve envisioned in September. “Georgia is number one, …

Alabama defeats two-time defending national champions Georgia for the SEC title
1 year, 1 month ago

Alabama defeats two-time defending national champions Georgia for the SEC title

LA Times  

Alabama players celebrate after defeating Georgia in the SEC championship game Saturday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. Alabama is again the top dog in the Southeastern Conference — and perhaps headed to the College Football Playoff — after ending Georgia’s 29-game winning streak with a 27-24 victory over the No. That’s just what happened two years ago, when Alabama romped …

Young, No. 4 Alabama face stiff test from No. 1 Georgia’s D
3 years, 1 month ago

Young, No. 4 Alabama face stiff test from No. 1 Georgia’s D

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! If he can’t play, that leaves Trey Sanders as the Tide’s only healthy scholarship running back against a defense allowing a nation’s best 6.9 points and 229.7 total yards per game. “What really motivates us is to make sure we come with our ‘A’ game,” Alabama …

College football: Bryce Young aces road test as No. 1 Alabama edges No. 11 Florida
3 years, 3 months ago

College football: Bryce Young aces road test as No. 1 Alabama edges No. 11 Florida

LA Times  

Alabama quarterback Bryce Young, a former Santa Ana Mater Dei standout, threw for three touchdowns, and the No. 9 Ohio State 41, Tulsa 20 TreVeyon Henderson broke Archie Griffin’s 49-year-old freshman rushing record, romping for 277 yards and three touchdowns as the Buckeyes pulled away late to beat the Golden Hurricane. The Ohio State defense, while holding Tulsa to 73 …

Unstoppable Tide: Alabama routs Ohio St for national title
3 years, 11 months ago

Unstoppable Tide: Alabama routs Ohio St for national title

Associated Press  

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — The celebration was at once familiar and unique. This time, though, the band playing the fight song was a piped -in recording, and when “Sweet Home Alabama” blared, only a few thousand Tide fans were still in the stadium to sing along. DeVonta Smith was uncoverable, Najee Harris unstoppable and Mac Jones impeccable as the top-ranked …

6 years later, Alabama and Ohio State go at it again
4 years ago

6 years later, Alabama and Ohio State go at it again

Associated Press  

ARLINGTON, Texas — When Ohio State upset Alabama in the semifinals of the first College Football Playoff on the way to the Buckeyes’ last national title, it seemed like the start of budding postseason rivalry between the two traditional powers. 3 Buckeyes of the Big Ten beat Clemson 49-28 in the other CFP semifinal at the Sugar Bowl on Friday …

The most important Alabama players: No. 10, Christopher Allen and King Mwikuta
4 years, 6 months ago

The most important Alabama players: No. 10, Christopher Allen and King Mwikuta

New York Times  

Alabama could win a national championship this year. That spot is a tie between the two leading candidates to vie for the starting positions at outside linebacker: Christopher Allen and King Mwikuta Why they’re 10th: The defense needs an outside presence in the front seven. What’s needed: According to SIS, Jennings and Lewis accounted for a combined 88 pressures last …

Monday Sports in Brief
5 years, 4 months ago

Monday Sports in Brief

Associated Press  

COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEW YORK — Cross off another milestone for Clemson, college football’s newest superpower. COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State coach Ryan Day says Georgia transfer Justin Fields will be the starting quarterback when the Buckeyes open the season Aug. 31 against Florida Atlantic. As Ohio State’s newly minted coach, Day lured Fields — one of the top-ranked prep prospects …

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