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Crimson Tide quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is out for the season after having hip surgery last week, however he still traveled with his teammates to Jordan-Hare Stadium for the Iron Bowl on Saturday. In fact, it was reported by Cecil Hurt that Tagovailoa counted against the Tide’s 70-player game day roster because the SEC did not […]
In a new video for YellaWood, Auburn University Athletic Director Allen Greene sat down with two legendary Tigers — former head football coach Pat Dye and former linebacker Craig Ogletree — ahead of Saturday’s Iron Bowl game. This marks the 30th anniversary of the Iron Bowl being hosted in Auburn when the Tigers are the […]
Quentin Riggins was presented the Walter Gilbert Award Nov. 23 during the Auburn football game against Samford in Jordan-Hare Stadium. Riggins, senior vice president of Governmental and Corporate Affairs at Alabama Power, is a former linebacker for the Tigers football team and a former member of the radio broadcast team. The Gilbert Award is presented […]
The colors orange and blue make his blood pressure rise. The words “War Eagle” make him queasy. And an Iron Bowl win by the Tigers make him question his reason for living. Why? He’s a former University of Alabama center who played for Bill Curry and Gene Stallings. He’s a two-time All-SEC lineman, and he’s […]
Thursday was the day everyone remembered why they were thankful. But Friday has become the day symbolizing everything we take for granted. So let’s join the crowds. Although, rather than get into a fist fight over a big screen TV, let’s talk about something else people take for granted: having a top-shelf college football coach.
Former University of Alabama football star Mark Barron, now playing for the Pittsburgh Steelers, was honored as this week’s NFL Players Association “Community MVP” after giving away 1,500 turkeys in his hometown of Prichard, Alabama. This is the fourth straight year Barron has hosted the turkey giveaway in Mobile County. “It is humbling to be […]
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It’s a heartwarming story that will bring tears to your eyes, and I bring it to you just in time for Thanksgiving. Chris Stewart is back home after spending nearly four months in a Birmingham hospital. Chris, a University of Alabama Athletics Department play-by-play announcer who calls men’s basketball, Crimson Tide football and baseball (he […]
Are you as excited as I am? Of course you are! The 2019 Iron Bowl is only days away, and if you are like me, you are playing the big game over and over in your mind in a futile effort to determine how the game will turn out. Of course if we knew that, […]
The college football playoff committee announced its latest rankings, and this week may have revealed more about the committee’s thinking than any other so far. The SEC placed three teams in the top 10 with LSU at No. 2, Georgia at No. 4 and Alabama at No. 5. The committee ranked the Auburn Tigers No. […]
The Maxwell Football Club on Monday announced the three 2019 finalists for both the 83rd Maxwell Award for the Collegiate Player of the Year and the 25th Chuck Bednarik Award for the Outstanding Defensive Player of the Year. Each list of three college football players contains a tie to the Yellowhammer State. First, senior Auburn […]
In his first interview since injuring his right hip and subsequently having surgery, University of Alabama star quarterback Tua Tagovailoa once again gave his testimony to a national television audience. ESPN sideline reporter Lauren Sisler caught up to Tagovailoa during the first quarter of the Crimson Tide’s game Saturday against Western Carolina, telling him, “Tua, it is […]
In a video posted by the University of Alabama football program on Friday evening, star quarterback Tua Tagovailoa can be seen joyously reuniting with teammates and Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban. As players, coaches and staff apparently arrived to eat their game day eve meal, Tagovailoa greeted everyone with a smile and an upbeat message. […]
It won’t be long now! With all due respect to Saturday’s Tide and Tigers games, the road ahead is all about the Iron Bowl — and oh, how that game looks different than it did a week ago.
Following a “successful” right hip surgery Monday in Houston, University of Alabama star quarterback Tua Tagovailoa has been itching to get back to Tuscaloosa in time for this weekend’s Senior Day game against Western Carolina. In a tweet on Friday, he confirmed that he has indeed touched back down in T-Town in time for Saturday’s […]
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The Auburn board of trustees voted Friday to retire the beloved 20-year-old golden eagle Nova, the university announced in a press release. Nova had been serving since 2006 as the university’s seventh official War Eagle. In games following his flights, the Auburn football team went 44-14.
Jessica Taylor has got some game. During a recent trip to Washington, D.C., the GOP candidate for Alabama’s second congressional district race stopped by an outdoor court to play Daily Caller reporter Will Davis in a game of H.O.R.S.E. Except, since they were in D.C., Taylor changed the acronym to S.W.A.M.P. Taylor, who drew national […]
In a video ad released on social media on Friday, former Auburn University head football coach Tommy Tuberville takes aim at former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who has become synonymous with kneeling during the national anthem. Tuberville, a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Alabama, tweaked his first ad to produce this latest 60-second […]
The University of Alabama Athletics Department, led by Athletic Director Greg Byrne, is encouraging Crimson Tide fans to proactively donate tickets they do not intend on using this weekend to American veterans who want to attend a beautiful fall game in Bryant-Denny Stadium. Nick Saban’s football team will face off against Western Carolina at 11:00 […]
On Wednesday, Auburn star defensive tackle Derrick Brown was named one of five finalists for the 2019 Bronko Nagurski Trophy. The Nagurski Trophy is given annually to the best defensive player in college football. The Sugar Hill, GA, native is one of Auburn’s team captains. Consistently double-teamed, he has still produced nine tackles for a […]
A Colbert County man has been charged with murder after a fight over a football game went too far. David Allen Fulkerson, a University of Alabama Crimson Tide fan, had a group of people at his residence to watch his Tide play the LSU Tigers on November 9. One of his guests was LSU fan […]
Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin on Tuesday posted an open letter to star University of Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, who underwent right hip surgery on Monday after being injured in the Crimson Tide’s game against Mississippi State. In the letter, Woodfin wished Tagovailoa a “speedy recovery” while sharing sage advice on his situation. Saying he was […]
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama has given athletic director Greg Byrne a raise and one-year contract extension. The university’s board of trustees compensation committee approved the new deal Tuesday. Byrne will make $1.3 million this year in the deal which dates back to July 1. That will go up to $1.54 million in the final […]

