It was a muggy morning in the summer of 2007 — I had done my best to clean up my house to make it look respectable. It may have been 6:15 a.m., but as I sat alongside Paul Finebaum, TV cameramen and technicians, I was nervous about our special guest who was about to walk […]

It will be a monumental battle in Tuscaloosa come November 9. Barring an unexpected shake-up in the polls this weekend, No. 1 LSU will face No. 2 Alabama, with the winner getting the inside track at the West’s berth in the SEC Championship Game — and the College Football Playoffs. Which team wins the big […]

Former University of Alabama football star Mark Ingram and his wife, Chelsea, spent Saturday in Tuscaloosa as the Crimson Tide’s 2009 national championship team was honored. However, their trip soon got even more memorable. Before they could fly home to Baltimore on Sunday (Mark is now playing for the Ravens), their little “Bama Belle” decided […]

Another big weekend of SEC football is upon us, and the road ahead for the Auburn Tigers will be a challenging one. The Tigers are taking the Gus Bus to Baton Rouge for a top 10 showdown with LSU. Auburn hasn’t won in Death Valley in 20 years — can they down LSU this weekend? […]

Oh, how time flies. It’s been 10 years since Eddie Conyers had a strong feeling that his days were over. Today at age 91, the University of Alabama football practice official is alive and well, looking back on his 57 years with the football team while each day eagerly reporting to practice at the university […]

Now it’s getting interesting! It’s that time of year when every college football game counts. When you’re the Auburn Tigers ready to play in Death Valley, you are a hot topic. And when you are an Alabama quarterback facing the same injury that you suffered last season but on the other ankle? It’s déjà vu […]

Where did the good old days go? You know, like a third Saturday in October back in 2005… Back then, we didn’t know which way an Alabama-Tennessee football game would go. These days? Bama fans simply grab some nachos and a drink, take a seat and watch the game, with their only unanswered question being […]

Three weeks. Just three weeks. That was the time between the greatest high of his life and the greatest low. Today, 14 years later, the memories of two college football Saturdays please him, yet haunt him. From heaven to hell in a span of three weeks, and to this day, both places remain with him. […]

I was really touched by the scene I saw Sunday as the Cincinnati Bengals faced the Baltimore Ravens in a key NFL matchup. Bengals cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick suffered a knee injury early in the game. As medics and trainers attended to the Gadsden native, it was not a Bengals teammate that knelt by Dre’s side, […]

Oh, my heart! Former Auburn University quarterback Brandon Cox sent me this video of his son, Peyton, meeting his baby brother for the first time. Parker Cox was born just a few days ago, and when Peyton first met his baby ‘bro? So sweet! Watch:

There’s no need to tell you that the Alabama Crimson Tide are playing great football — and one of the best ways to tell that coach Nick Saban knows it as well? He uttered those two familiar words: “Rat poison.” It was two years ago when these words went viral, as Saban attempted to squelch […]

If you’re like me, you sometimes get caught up in what lies ahead rather than what’s in the moment — and while I know that I should enjoy today rather than concerning myself with tomorrow, I can’t help myself. I’m here to tell you that I am almost beside myself with excitement as I think […]

I’d like to bring you a beautiful story sent to me by Holly Whitt Sutherland. Last week, Haleyville City Schools held “Super Hero Day.” While many students dressed up as Superman, Batman and others, a second-grader named Paxton Robertson dressed up as Mark Forester. Who was Mark Forester? Raised in Haleyville, Forester was shocked by […]

As I drifted off to sleep on Sunday night, I was suddenly filled with thoughts of a hero. He wasn’t a strapping football player, nor was he a winner of a Super Bowl, a World Series or an Olympic medal. Instead, Walt Gary enriched the lives of Alabama football players, family and friends; and he […]

There’s just one thing I ask of you before you read — and watch — this post: grab some tissues. I’m honored to bring you the story of Samford offensive lineman George Musto, whose loving gesture has made my week. The big Samford football lineman grew up in Miami as George Grimwade.

Can you do me a favor? Close your eyes and think back to when you were 19-years-old. Think about everything that you were learning, the life lessons that you were absorbing. Now imagine being a 19-year-old kid who is playing quarterback at Auburn, preparing to take a snap as you stare at four mean, drooling […]

Let’s be honest: Big Al and Aubie are animals of few words. But what if the Alabama and Auburn mascots could really talk? You know, like Toy Story? Have these two been fooling us all along? I can only imagine their conversation if they met for Sunday lunch:

I’ve looked over the top quotes of the weekend and Oklahoma quarterback Jalen Hurts gets my vote as the best. Asked about the prospects of playing in a huge game such as the Red River Rivalry next weekend, when his Sooners will face the Texas Longhorns, Hurts responded, “I played in the Iron Bowl … […]

Every once in a while we get lucky. We get lucky because someone comes into our lives who makes us feel good — makes us feel re-energized. I’ve known former Alabama running back Shaun Alexander for over twenty years, and while we don’t run into one another often, my mood improves every time we speak. […]

I have to tell you that the college football road ahead is going to be wild — and that road for the Alabama and Auburn teams will come to an intersection come November 30. Yes, the Iron Bowl has all the makings of a classic, as the Tide and the Tigers are, for now, unbeaten. […]

University of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban is considered by many to be the greatest coach in the history of college football — he is one of the biggest names in sports. But what happened when I walked around our nation’s capital just a few days ago? I quickly found out that even Coach […]