Posts by Michael Brauner — Page 4

Will Muschamp Texas

One of the most well known names in SEC coaching circles is taking on a prominent new position. Former South Carolina head coach and longtime Georgia assistant Will Muschamp has been hired as the Texas Longhorns defensive coordinator, returning to Austin to take on the role he held from 2008-2010. A former assistant under Nick […]

Jeremy Pruitt NCAA

The battle between the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and former Alabama Crimson Tide defensive coordinator as well as Tennessee Volunteers head coach Jeremy Pruitt has been raging for years, but it’s coming to a head over the last couple months. Earlier this season, news emerged that the Jacksonville State Gamecocks were attempting to hire […]

Henry Ruggs

Henry Ruggs has officially graduated college while serving time at Northern Nevada Correctional Center. Former Alabama Crimson Tide standout wide receiver Henry Ruggs is currently serving a prison sentence of three to 10 years for a fatal 2021 DUI crash that killed 23-year-old Tina Tintor and her dog, a crime he pled guilty to back […]

Saban Christmas card

Nick Saban traded playoff prep for family time — and a hilarious Christmas card. One of the main reasons former Alabama head coach Nick Saban hung up the whistle  was to be able to spend more time with family. Especially at this time of year when he’d normally be gearing up for a playoff or […]

Former Alabama Crimson Tide standout Justin Thomas is making headlines with a massive donation of $1 million to the Crimson Standard — UA’s athletics facilities improvement fund — which will be used towards the new men and women’s golf facility known as the Crimson Reserve. The donation was announced in an official release by the […]

Alabama

The Alabama Crimson Tide won an absolute thriller in Norman on Friday night, defeating the Oklahoma Sooners 34-24 in the first round of the College Football Playoff to advance to the Rose Bowl and clinch a date with the undefeated No. 1 ranked Indiana Hoosiers. However, things did not start off well. For a minute […]

Kodi Burns

The Auburn Tigers are laying the groundwork for a new era this offseason led by a new head coach in Alex Golesh, and the first order of business for the new head man on The Plains is to assemble a staff that will give the program the best chance for success. Golesh is known around […]

The Alabama Crimson Tide, despite falling a bit from their level of dominance in recent years, still has one of the most talented rosters in college football year after year. Head coach Kalen DeBoer has done a nice job blending talent recruited by his predecessor Nick Saban and bringing in new talent of his own. […]

Birmingham WBRC reporter

The local sports community in the city of Birmingham was shaken up this week by news that former WBRC sports reporter Christina Chambers was found dead in Hoover. Chambers, a longtime reporter on both high school and collegiate sports in Alabama, was highly admired in the local sports media landscape. Since her death, many have posted […]

The biggest College Football Playoff game is happening on Friday night and it’s expected to bring in millions to OU’s college town. The Alabama Crimson Tide is taking on the Oklahoma Sooners in Norman, in what will be OU’s first home playoff game ever. With the field expanding to 12 teams in 2024, the first […]

Can Alabama finally take down Oklahoma?

Friday night, the Crimson Tide is playing in the College Football Playoff’s biggest matchup. The standalone game against the Oklahoma Sooners is happening over in Norman in front of a huge national audience. It’s the first playoff game and biggest showdown yet under Kalen DeBoer. It will be the culmination of what has been a […]

Nick Saban isn’t coaching anymore, but he’s still diagnosing what’s broken in college football pretty loudly. Arguably the biggest controversy right now in college football is the expanded College Football Playoff field and the resulting guaranteed spot to a Group of 5 team despite them having zero chance to actually win a championship. During a […]

AJ McCarron

AJ McCarron named head coach of Birmingham Stallions

Legendary former Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback AJ McCarron has been staying busy as of late, but his next step might just be the most surprising one yet. According to the team, McCarron has been hired as the next head coach of the UFL’s Birmingham Stallions just days after former head coach Skip Holtz stepped down. […]

The Alabama Crimson Tide is playing in its biggest game of the last two years on Friday night. They’ll face the Oklahoma Sooners in Norman for the first round of the College Football Playoff. The Tide has lost to the Sooners the last two times they’ve played under Kalen DeBoer, including last year’s season ender. […]

The Alabama Crimson Tide is going to be under the brightest spotlight possible this week with a standalone College Football Playoff game on Friday against the Oklahoma Sooners. Having already lost to Oklahoma this year — as well as last year — it’s a third chance at the Sooners for Alabama. It’ll be their first […]

Nick Saban Nashville Predators

Former Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban said he was going to stay busy in retirement, and that is exactly what he’s done to this point. Saban just took his next big step, this time into the world of hockey, according to an announcement from the Nashville Predators. Saban through Dream Sports Ventures LLC, […]

Alex Golesh

The Auburn Tigers made some huge waves across college football when they announced the hiring of their new head coach, South Florida’s Alex Golesh. Widely considered one of the brightest young offensive minds in the sport, Golesh arrived to The Plains hungry to turn around what has been a subpar time for Auburn football. He […]

The Moody High School football program has received some severe punishment for “flagrant unsportsmanlike conduct” in the wake of its Class 5A state championship victory over Vigor on December 4 in Birmingham. Members of the team — who are of course minors — were seen in viral social media photos smoking cigars in the locker room […]

The Alabama Crimson Tide has as many NFL stars as just about any program in the country, and fans down here get the chance each and every Sunday to cheer on those who used to wear Crimson. The chief among them might just be 2015 Heisman Trophy winner Derrick Henry, who has gone on for […]

DeBoer shuts the door on Michigan, all in on Alabama

Kalen DeBoer has put Michigan coaching rumors to rest ahead of the Tide’s next matchup. It’s been a wild ride this season for the Alabama Crimson Tide under the second season of DeBoer, and the successor to Nick Saban faces his biggest test yet this Friday in Norman — another chance at the Oklahoma Sooners. […]

With conference play in the 2025 season now officially wrapped up, the SEC has released its football schedules for the 2026 season. Fans can now start marking their calendars, booking hotels and planning their road game trips. The list of opponents were already known, but fans now have dates to plan how every Saturday of […]

With football season still in full swing, it’s tough for some fans to shift their focus from the gridiron to the hardwood — especially with the Tide gunning for a win against Oklahoma next Friday. Despite that, hoops season in the South is in its final stretch ahead of conference play. As is always the […]

Alabama is back in the College Football Playoff — and while Kalen DeBoer readies the Tide for a massive showdown at Oklahoma, a fresh round of Michigan-fueled coaching rumors threatens to steal the spotlight once again. DeBoer’s squad is facing a massive challenge on the road against the Oklahoma Sooners next Friday night. The game […]

It’s officially bowl season for college football, with conference championship week coming to a close and the College Football Playoff field being selected. The Alabama Crimson Tide is heading to Norman, Oklahoma for a rematch against the Sooners next Friday — for the right to get to the Rose Bowl against the No. 1 ranked […]