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Kirby Smart no longer has to fret about his mentor-turned-nemesis in Tuscaloosa
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Kirby Smart no longer has to fret about his mentor-turned-nemesis in Tuscaloosa

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Smart said he’s glad that Saban — who retired in January after winning a record seven national titles, six of them in charge of the Alabama program — seems to be cherishing life after coaching. “I’m really happy he’s still part of college football because he …

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Kirk Ferentz still committed to Iowa after watching friends Bill Belichick, Nick Saban move on
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Kirk Ferentz still committed to Iowa after watching friends Bill Belichick, Nick Saban move on

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz watched two of his best coaching friends, Bill Belichick and Nick Saban, leave football after last season. I came home one day and I told my wife, ‘If I ever come home and say I’m surprised by anything, just hit me with a baseball bat right in the head.’ One thing I learned real …

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New rules empowering players have coaches frustrated, contemplating the future of their profession
9 months, 2 weeks ago

New rules empowering players have coaches frustrated, contemplating the future of their profession

Associated Press  

STORRS, Conn. — Minutes after his team won the Big East Tournament championship, UConn coach Dan Hurley was worrying aloud about one of his freshmen being lured toward the transfer portal with name, image and likeness compensation offers from other schools. “It’s a hard time of year for everybody, players, coaches, the whole nine yards,” said Clemson coach Brad Brownell, …

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Nick Saban Alabama Senate run poll: Democrats should recruit the former coach to beat Tommy Tuberville.
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Nick Saban Alabama Senate run poll: Democrats should recruit the former coach to beat Tommy Tuberville.

Slate  

Nick Saban has no apparent reason to run for political office and several reasons not to. Over two weeks in late January, pollsters from the market research firm YouGov surveyed 532 registered voters in Alabama and found Saban narrowly leading Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville, himself a former college football coach at Auburn, in a hypothetical matchup for Senate in 2026. …

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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.” …

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Kalen DeBoer hired to replace Nick Saban at Alabama, leaving national runner-up Washington
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Kalen DeBoer hired to replace Nick Saban at Alabama, leaving national runner-up Washington

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Alabama wasted little time in finding Nick Saban’s successor, hiring Kalen DeBoer away from national runner-up Washington. DeBoer became the first Washington coach to win 11 or more games in consecutive seasons after going 11-2 in 2022, twice earning Pac-12 coach of the year honors The …

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An ode to Nick Saban, the godfather of college football recruiting
1 year ago

An ode to Nick Saban, the godfather of college football recruiting

New York Times  

Nick Saban didn’t realize he was being recorded. They’ve got all these good players and you aren’t going to be able to play while you could play at our place earlier,’” Saban said. All those guys will tell you, ‘That made me better … the guy I practiced against was better than the guy I played in the game against.’” …

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Alabama coach Nick Saban retiring after winning 7 national titles, according to multiple reports
1 year ago

Alabama coach Nick Saban retiring after winning 7 national titles, according to multiple reports

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Nick Saban, the stern coach …

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Alabama coach Nick Saban retiring after winning 7 national titles
1 year ago

Alabama coach Nick Saban retiring after winning 7 national titles

LA Times  

Nick Saban, the stern coach who won seven national championships and turned Alabama back into a national powerhouse that included six of those titles in just 17 seasons, is retiring, according to multiple reports. Saban led the Crimson Tide from a shaky start this season to a Southeastern Conference championship and back into the College Football Playoff before falling to …

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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 …

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Mandel’s Mailbag: Deion Sanders isn’t just famous, he’s a heck of a football coach
1 year, 3 months ago

Mandel’s Mailbag: Deion Sanders isn’t just famous, he’s a heck of a football coach

New York Times  

Sign up for the Until Saturday newsletter | Jayna Bardahl and The Athletic’s college football staff deliver expert analysis on the biggest CFB stories five days per week. Consider this: More people watched a Week 3 Colorado-Colorado State game in the middle of the night than last year’s late-October clash between No. — John H. While there’s no one else …

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Nick Saban praises Deion Sanders, has ‘tremendous amount of respect’ for Colorado coach
1 year, 3 months ago

Nick Saban praises Deion Sanders, has ‘tremendous amount of respect’ for Colorado coach

New York Times  

Alabama coach Nick Saban took a moment Wednesday to praise Deion Sanders’ work at Colorado, saying he has a “tremendous amount of respect” for the Buffaloes coach. I saw a little bit of the game last week against Colorado State, but I have a tremendous amount of respect for Deion Sanders,” Saban said when asked about Sanders’ comments on him …

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No. 10 Alabama looks to rebound from loss to Texas when Crimson Tide visits rebuilding South Florida
1 year, 3 months ago

No. 10 Alabama looks to rebound from loss to Texas when Crimson Tide visits rebuilding South Florida

Associated Press  

TAMPA, Fla. — The daunting challenge South Florida faces hosting 10th-ranked Alabama isn’t lost on Alex Golesh. The first-year coach is rebuilding USF’s once-thriving program and understands the nationally televised game Saturday against the Crimson Tide offers an opportunity to showcase what he’s trying to accomplish with the Bulls. “It’s another measuring stick for us, another test as we lay …

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Rise of the college football GM: How personnel heads became program-shaping roles
1 year, 3 months ago

Rise of the college football GM: How personnel heads became program-shaping roles

New York Times  

Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of stories about innovation and change in college football throughout the 2023 season. “To say I ran the recruiting department probably doesn’t fit,” Grant said, “because there was no department.” Much has changed since for Grant, now 29 and running the personnel staff at Cincinnati. “There’s no way you can micromanage …

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Hook ‘em Horns! No. 11 Texas, Ewers pull off 34-24 victory at No. 3 Alabama
1 year, 4 months ago

Hook ‘em Horns! No. 11 Texas, Ewers pull off 34-24 victory at No. 3 Alabama

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! As a freshman Mitchell’s 40-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter of the national championship game against the Tide gave Georgia the lead and the first of back-to-back titles. Texas fans lingered, sometimes breaking into chants of “SEC.” Sarkisian reiterated that this game wouldn’t make or break …

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No. 11 Texas and No. 3 Alabama meet again to battle for national stakes, not SEC supremacy. For now
1 year, 4 months ago

No. 11 Texas and No. 3 Alabama meet again to battle for national stakes, not SEC supremacy. For now

Associated Press  

Texas and Alabama will someday meet as Southeastern Conference rivals bidding for league supremacy. “It’s a great opportunity for our team to see kind of where you’re at as a football team,” Alabama coach Nick Saban said. “It’s an opportunity to show what Texas is all about,” Longhorns defensive back Jahdae Barron said. We just want to go out there …

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No. 1 Georgia tries to launch dynasty against emboldened TCU
2 years ago

No. 1 Georgia tries to launch dynasty against emboldened TCU

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Georgia coach Kirby Smart was part of college football’s greatest dynasty as an assistant for Nick Saban at Alabama and now is on the verge of launching his own. After going through the Crimson Tide last season to win Georgia’s first national …

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Get Smart: Kirby’s carves his own path to dynasty at Georgia
2 years ago

Get Smart: Kirby’s carves his own path to dynasty at Georgia

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Kirby Smart landed his first coaching job because the price was right. “We were the perfect match for a guy that had no coaching experience.” From those humble beginnings — overseeing the defensive backs at a small school near the Georgia-Florida line on a poverty-level salary — Smart has evolved into one of college football’s most dominant forces, …

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For Alabama, Kansas State, mentality matters in Sugar Bowl
2 years ago

For Alabama, Kansas State, mentality matters in Sugar Bowl

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! NEW ORLEANS — Alabama coach Nick Saban gave his players a history lesson after they learned they’d been left out of the College Football Playoff and would instead meet Kansas State in the Sugar Bowl. “Growing up, I always looked at Alabama as the best program …

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Texas A&M had national title hopes, a $94.9 million coach and a No. 1 recruiting class. What went wrong?
2 years, 1 month ago

Texas A&M had national title hopes, a $94.9 million coach and a No. 1 recruiting class. What went wrong?

New York Times  

Texas A&M and Jimbo Fisher are expected to part ways on Nov. 12, 2023, The Athletic reports. But baseless accusations that a $30 million war chest — via name, image and likeness deals — was largely responsible for A&M’s recruiting success irritated Fisher, who called the claims “garbage.” And irritation turned to anger in May, when Alabama coach Nick Saban …

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Alabama football recruiting thoughts: Will Nick Saban close another No. 1 class?
2 years, 1 month ago

Alabama football recruiting thoughts: Will Nick Saban close another No. 1 class?

New York Times  

Monday was a prime example of just how hectic roster management can be this time of year. pic.twitter.com/mufyBrJXMu — Jed May December 3, 2022 That’s him standing next to Alabama running backs coach Robert Gillespie and Georgia running backs coach Dell McGee. It can’t hurt Alabama’s case that it’s produced the most dominant edge rusher in the country the past …

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Texas has chance for big turnaround against No. 1 Alabama
2 years, 4 months ago

Texas has chance for big turnaround against No. 1 Alabama

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! But to a man, they pretty much all know this about the Crimson Tide’s 37-21 victory to win the 2009 season national championship: That’s the game where “Colt got hurt.” Three words describe the early injury to standout quarterback Colt McCoy and the ripple effect it …

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‘No love lost’ between Nick Saban and Jimbo Fisher: Inside the prickly relationship that boiled over
2 years, 7 months ago

‘No love lost’ between Nick Saban and Jimbo Fisher: Inside the prickly relationship that boiled over

New York Times  

— Reporting by Brody Miller, Bruce Feldman and Matt Fortuna Editor’s note: This story has been updated with additional reporting. “Everybody’s kissing Saban’s ass like a big fraternity,” said one former SEC coach. “They’re so similar personality-wise, both are from similar areas when they grew up with that whole West Virginia mentality,” said one staffer who worked with both coaches …

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With CFP title on line, Georgia gets another crack at 'Bama
3 years ago

With CFP title on line, Georgia gets another crack at 'Bama

The Independent  

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