Posts by Michael Brauner — Page 12
It’s finally here. After what always feels like an eternity, we’ve arrived at game week — not just for the Alabama Crimson Tide — but for college football as whole, with the SEC back on screens across the Yellowhammer State. The good news for Tide fans is that, unlike many years when Alabama plays Cupcake […]
The Alabama Crimson Tide is just days away from the start of the 2025 season as the team gets ready to head to Tallahassee to take on the Florida State Seminoles. Perhaps the biggest spotlight on the field is going to be on the quarterback position as program veteran Ty Simpson prepares to make his […]
The Alabama Crimson Tide is just a couple of weeks away from putting toe to leather on a new season, and the program has just taken a major step to mark the new year in Tuscaloosa. As first reported by the University’s NIL collective, Yea Alabama, the new team captains for the year have been […]
The Birmingham Stallions are here to stay. Throughout the offseason, rumors have persisted that the Magic City was no longer going to have a professional football team. It was even reported as recently as July, that the Stallions were confirmed to be leaving the city along with relocations for the Michigan, Houston, and Memphis markets. […]
The days of Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) in college football have completely changed the game in terms of how rosters are built, how recruits are secured and how the offseason functions. With players able to get paid and bringing a yearly free agency to the sport via the transfer portal, now more than ever […]
Over the last several years in college football, one of the most widely discussed talking points surrounding the Southeastern Conference has been the schedule within the league. While most Power Four conferences have been on a nine-game schedule for years, the SEC has held firm at eight and contended that they did not want to […]
The Alabama Crimson Tide is just two weeks away from getting started on the second season of the Kalen DeBoer era. After a first year that saw highs, as well as some serious lows with four losses, the pressure is squarely on DeBoer to get it right With a new-look offense headed up by his […]
Auburn University announced a major partnership with one of their most prominent boosters on Wednesday which is going to honor their most legendary head coach and display the words “Pat Dye Field” on the playing surface at Jordan-Hare Stadium. Entering into a five-year agreement with YellaWood treated pine as well as founder and CEO Jimmy […]
Auburn University announced this week it will claim seven additional football national championships, expanding the program’s recognized total to nine and formally acknowledging the undefeated 2004 team. While the claim gives Auburn now nine titles and numerous more SEC titles, the significant majority of them are from the last century and out of the memories […]
The Alabama Community College System is receiving a huge boost to their women’s athletics programs with a $300,000 award in 2025 Alabama Education Trust Fund Supplemental Appropriations specifically to support the development and expansion of women’s sports in the ACCC. The appropriation was championed for inclusion in the budget package by State Rep. Chris Blackshear […]
Former Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban has left a massive hole in the sport of college football since he announced his retirement after the 2023 season. Though Saban has stayed involved and become a critical fixture on the ESPN College GameDay desk, as well as trying to help the future of college athletics […]
The Auburn Tigers made a big statement this week to bring their football program to the very upper echelon of the sport — at least in terms of claimed national titles. It was confirmed by the school on Tuesday that they are recognizing seven national titles in addition to the two they already claimed, bringing […]
The Auburn Tigers have a storied and rich football tradition with some of the most passionate fans in all of college football. In their long history with football on the Plains, it’s hard to argue any one player had more of an impact on the program in a season than Heisman-winning quarterback Cam Newton. Carrying […]
The Alabama Crimson Tide is just a couple of weeks away from the start of the season, and the team is going to need all hands on deck if they have any chance to avenge the way last year went in the first campaign of the Kalen DeBoer era. With a new-look offense being quarterbacked […]
The Auburn Tigers start the third season of the Hugh Freeze era in just a few short weeks with Freeze under more pressure than he has been throughout his entire career. While the results have not been there so far, Freeze has overhauled the roster over the last two years and his team is by […]
The Alabama Crimson Tide is just a few weeks away from putting toe to leather on a brand new football season, and it’s the second year under Kalen DeBoer after the former Washington head coach took over for Nick Saban following the 2023 campaign. While the DeBoer era got off to a roaring start with […]
The University of Alabama has always been known as a football school, and of course this is for good reason as maybe the most decorated program in the history of the sport. Ever since Nate Oats has taken over the basketball program though, the roundball sport in Tuscaloosa has become among the premiere programs in […]
Former NFL coach and college assistant Jon Gruden, one of the biggest personalities in the sport, sounds like he isn’t quite done with coaching. Gruden, who has been working in an absolutely incredible media role for the last year with Barstool Sports, is dying to get back onto the sidelines. In his most recent YouTube […]
Over the last half decade, Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL), the transfer portal, and the intertwining of the two have been some of the biggest topics discussed in college football outside of the actual games, and sometimes even more so. It’s a new era in college sports, and the current presidential administration has taken steps […]
The Alabama Crimson Tide is just a couple of weeks away from kicking off their 2025 season on the road against the Florida State Seminoles, and the biggest question of the offseason finally has an official answer. It was first reported on Monday evening and later confirmed on Tuesday by offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb that […]
The Alabama Crimson Tide is still trying to get back to the same level of domination it experienced under Nick Saban now that the GOAT has hung up the whistle — we think — for good. However, the memories of some of his teams are very much in the equation. Winning six national titles during […]
A familiar face could be looking to return to the sidelines. The Texas A&M Aggies have recruited at a high level over the last calendar year and shown steps of improvement after disposing of Jimbo Fisher and hiring Mike Elko — but the former wants another shot. During a recent interview on Trials and Triumph with […]
The college football season is almost here, and the latest sign came Monday afternoon with the release of the preseason AP Top 25 poll. Fans now know which number will show next to their team — if they’re lucky enough to be ranked — during the first week of the season. Though it does not […]
As College football season approaches, so does the release of the polls from some of the most prominent insiders in the sport. Notably, one of them is not only a former Alabama quarterback, but also an SEC Network analyst and radio host on Birmingham’s WJOX. Greg McElroy made some major headlines at SEC Media Days […]

