ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE RUMORS & GOSSIP
Nick Saban explains the way CFB should work
Nick Saban has made it his crusade to change the way college football schedules work. In recent weeks he has become quite vocal on the need for regimented conference scheduling in D-1A and we’ve written about it here. Saban has reached a point in his career where everything he says in public is noteworthy within his sport. Saban + microphones gave us a little more insight into...
Nick Saban ponders how to stop Johnny Manziel.
Alabama's loss to Texas A&M last season was the only mark against the Crimson Tide on the road to team's 39th 15th national title. The credit for the vast majority of that loss has to be given to the performance of Aggie quarterback Johnny Manziel, who managed to confound the 'Bama offense. That's not even counting Manziel's now-legendary "bobble"...
Alabama's Saban calls for SEC to expand schedule
Alabama coach Nick Saban has a strong - and seemingly solitary - stance on the Southeastern Conference potentially moving to a nine-game league schedule.
Saban says he would like to see the SEC expand from eight to nine games, an opinion that surely will draw debate and dissent during the league's annual spring meetings this week.
Saban is the only SEC coach to publicly call...
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2012 SEC attendance statistics
Last season was a historic year for the Southeastern Conference by topping an accumulated attendance of over seven million fans, first time ever for a conference. Expect the SEC attendance to rise further over the next couple years with additions by Texas A&M, Mississippi State, and LSU. By 2015, Texas A&M will have added on nearly 20,000 seats to its capacity. After the...
Ole Miss gets their Alabama on, doctors up trophies
One of the favorite memes among the college football bloggerati involves Alabama and their ever increasing count of mythical national championships. Obviously, these things are somewhat easier to tally these days, thanks to the BCS, but the Wild West days of yesteryear still offer plenty of opportunities to fabricate greatness. Just ask Ole Miss. Via Deadspin, we learn of Ole Miss...
Alabama Auctions Off Broken 2012 BCS Championship Trophy for $105K (Photo)
Given Alabama’s college football success in recent years, what’s one broken BCS championship trophy? Last year, the father of Crimson Tide long snapper Carson Tinker actually broke the Crimson Tide’s reward for its first place BCS ranking in 2011, knocking over the table on which the crystal football sat. The university ordered a replacement for $30,000, no hard feelings were...
HE'LL GET YOU THERE
Saban sends potential recruits persuasive pic
Alabama Head Coach Nick Saban has been sending out this photo of prospects that he recruited or coached that ended up in the NFL. Personally, I think it should just be a list of players that he coached that went drafted (which would still be a long list). Sure, showing which players he recruited shows that he can identify talent, but it only makes me think of the fact that he...
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Alabama's BCS title rings unveiled
Alabama Crimson Tide long snapper Carson Tink was the first to tweet out a photo of the ring that commemorates the team’s BCS National Championship Game victory over the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, a 42-14 thrashing at Miami’s Sun Life Stadium on Jan. 7, 2013, but several more followed, including the pics above, courtesy of [...]The post Alabama Crimson Tide’s BCS national championship...
HACK JOB?
Fluker tweet: I took money in college
A tweet from D.J. Fluker's Twitter account indicates that the Alabama offensive tackle is admitting he took money in college. His agent claims Fluker's account was hacked.
Alabama makes Nick Saban highest paid college coach
The University of Alabama made Nick Saban the highest paid head coach and Kirby Smart the highest paid defensive coordinator in college football on Tuesday, reports ESPN.com. Saban will make
Katherine Webb: “There’s more to me than just a girl in a swimsuit” (Video)
Katherine Webb, the 2013 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition model and Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron’s girlfriend, is appearing on the ABC celebrity diving show “Splash." But she wants you to know that there’s more to her than meets the eye.
Katherine Webb to Alabama QB AJ McCarron: “Put a ring on it”
Katherine Webb said she wants to marry Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron. They’ve been dating since December. Webb, who’s covering the Super Bowl this week for “Inside Edition,” revealed to “On Air with Ryan Seacrest” that’s she’s ready to become Mrs. A.J. McCarron if he pops the question.
Katherine Webb To Dancing With The Stars?
Just when you thought it couldn’t get any bigger for Katherine Webb, well, it does. Katherine was in New York City last week to shoot her photos for the upcoming Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition. Aside from meeting with agents, reps and even Donald Trump, Webb took the time to enjoy a lunch and speak with a few fans. The New York Post reported that Webb was planning on relocating...
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