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Terry Saban celebrates birthday on Wednesday

Terry Saban, the “better half” of University of Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban, is celebrating her birthday on Wednesday. “Miss Terry,” as she is fondly known, married Coach Saban on December 18, 1971. She is the former Terry Constable. Both are from West Virginia.

LSU beat Clemson 42-25 in Monday’s College Football Playoff National Championship game in New Orleans. The Bayou Bengals now have four national championships in school history. LSU also finished the 1958, 2003 and 2007 seasons as the nation’s No. 1 team. LSU’s second national championship, of course, was won by their then-head coach Nick Saban. […]

President Donald J. Trump famously received a raucous standing ovation when he attended the University of Alabama Crimson Tide’s game against LSU in Tuscaloosa’s Bryant-Denny Stadium this past college football season. The president on Monday evening again attended a marquee matchup featuring LSU, this time facing Clemson in the College Football Playoff National Championship. Just […]

Golf Advisor recently honored a trio of Alabama courses in its annual list of the best golf courses in the United States. The publication, which is associated with the Golf Channel, explained, “[We] received more than 153,000 golf course ratings and reviews from our golfer community in 2019, and we’ve compiled the very best courses in […]

University of Alabama linebacker Shane Lee and offensive guard Evan Neal on Monday were named to the 2019 Football Writers Association of America (FWAA)-Shaun Alexander Freshman All-America Team. The team is named after former Crimson Tide star running back Shaun Alexander.

Speaking to reporters ahead of Monday’s College Football Playoff National Championship, LSU head coach Ed Orgeron and Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney both had high praise for a certain quarterback not involved in the big game this year. University of Alabama Crimson Tide star QB Tua Tagovailoa, exactly one week ahead of the national championship game, […]

Iconic Collegiate Classics painter Daniel Moore has released a preliminary pencil drawing of his special tribute artwork to departing University of Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback Tua Tagovailoa. Moore, well-known for capturing famed Bama moments, players and coaches throughout the ages, has also opened preordering for the limited edition painting to be entitled ”Mahalo Tua.” Mahalo […]

As seen in a video tweeted out Thursday by University of Alabama Athletics head strength coach Scott Cochran, early Crimson Tide football enrollees are already getting attuned to the Bama culture of excellence. The group seen in the video, including incoming freshman quarterback Bryce Young, listened as Cochran explained to them his acronym, “P.R.I.D.E.”

Thursday marks three years to the date that the Clemson University Tigers beat the University of Alabama Crimson Tide to win the College Football Playoff National Championship, Dabo Swinney’s first as a head coach. The game to conclude the 2016-2017 bowl season was played January 9, 2017, with Clemson coming out out top 35-31 following […]

In an interview that originally aired on Tuesday, Galu Tagovailoa revealed the dramatic moments surrounding his eldest son, Tua, declaring for April’s NFL Draft. Speaking with WBRC’s Christina Chambers, Galu also – not for the first time by any stretch – gave a powerful testimony about his and his family’s faith in God. Galu described […]

In a powerful op-ed published in The Players’ Tribune, outgoing junior University of Alabama wide receiver Henry Ruggs III discussed his decision announced this week to enter April’s NFL Draft. Ruggs emotionally discusses the death of his best friend from his hometown of Montgomery, Rod Scott, who passed away after a car accident in 2016. […]

The Auburn University baseball program will head into the 2020 season ranked No. 6 in Perfect Game’s preseason poll. The rankings were released Wednesday.

One player each from the Auburn University and University of South Alabama baseball teams have been selected by Perfect Game to the Rawlings Preseason All-America teams. Seventeen players from across the nation were named to each the first, second and third teams. Players were reportedly chosen based on past performance, expectations for this coming season […]

The Alabama Crimson Tide start a new era at the quarterback position this week with Tua Tagovailoa’s announcement he would enter this year’s NFL draft. Head coach Nick Saban has no shortage of options in tapping his team’s next starting quarterback. Redshirt sophomore Mac Jones filled in admirably for the injured Tua, throwing for 937 […]

Jalen Hurts is heading back to Alabama to play again — the state of Alabama, that is. The former Crimson Tide quarterback is set to play in the Senior Bowl on January 25 at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile, per WPMI.

It is official. Tua Tagovailoa is headed for April’s NFL Draft, deciding against returning to Tuscaloosa for his final year of eligibility with the Crimson Tide. Yet, even while announcing his departure Monday alongside a somber Nick Saban, the star quarterback lit up the room and put smiles on the faces of Bama fans – […]

Tua Tagovailoa declares for 2020 NFL Draft

University of Alabama star quarterback Tua Tagovailoa on Monday announced that he will enter April’s NFL Draft, foregoing his senior season in Tuscaloosa. He revealed his decision alongside coach Nick Saban in an 11:00 a.m. press conference at UA’s athletics complex.

ESPN’s press room on Thursday announced that the January 1, 2020 Citrus Bowl between the University of Alabama Crimson Tide and Michigan was ABC’s most watched college football bowl game since the 2010 National Championship game. The latest Citrus Bowl generated an audience of 14,003,000 television viewers for the network.

The New Year’s Day bowl games are now in college football’s rear view mirror. The days which follow bowl season are met with extreme highs and lows for most fanbases. Some teams want to fire their coach – again. Others will fall victim to irrational exuberance. These swings for fans are made worse by the […]

Another big-name player will be back for his senior season with the University of Alabama Crimson Tide in 2020. Offensive tackle Alex Leatherwood on Thursday tweeted that he is coming back for his final year of eligibility rather than entering the NFL Draft this spring. A first-team All-SEC honoree in 2019, Leatherwood was viewed as […]

University of Alabama star quarterback Tua Tagovailoa on Wednesday tweeted that he will announce this coming Monday whether he will stay with the Crimson Tide for his senior season in 2020. Tagovailoa can opt to enter April’s NFL Draft instead of returning; the deadline for him to declare for the draft is January 20.

Who's next in Bama's line of succession?

The Alabama Crimson Tide start a new decade under head coach Nick Saban when they take the field to play Michigan in the Citrus Bowl on Wednesday. For the Tide, the previous 10 years amount to one of the greatest runs in the history of college football. Saban will be gunning for his 157th overall […]

University of Alabama star quarterback Tua Tagovailoa on Monday was named the winner of the 2019 Bobby Bowden Award by the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Named after the legendary Florida State head football coach, the award annually recognizes the Division I player “who epitomizes the student-athlete and conducts himself as a faith model in the […]

University of Alabama star linebacker Dylan Moses will return for his senior season in 2020. The 2018 All-American and Butkus Award finalist made the announcement Monday night on social media. Moses did not play during the 2019 season due to a torn ACL in August. He also missed the 2018 College Football Playoff due to […]