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WEEK 8: Comprehensive College Football TV guide

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Should Condi Succeed Goodell as NFL Commissioner?

(News Analysis) Former Secretary of State and Alabama native Condoleezza Rice is a woman of many interests and talents. In addition to her love of politics and country, she also loves football. In fact, Rice gave an interview with with the New York Times in 2002, saying that she would like to be commissioner of […]

Coach Clark and the guys discuss UAB resurrection, the current success the team has experience, and a some leadership qualities that set Coach Clark apart. http://media.blubrry.com/yellowhammer/content.blubrry.com/yellowhammer/UAB_Head_Football_Coach_Bill_Clark_joins_The_Ford_Faction.mp3   Click here to play in a new window. Subscribe to the Yellowhammer Radio Presents The Ford Faction podcast on iTunes or Stitcher.

Avery Johnson Picks Up 4-Star Recruit 

As reported by Bleacher Report, Alabama Basketball Coach Avery Johnson scored big for the Tide by picking up point guard Jared Butler. Announcing his decision on Twitter, Butler was a highly sought-after prospect. According to 247Sports, he was the 89th overall recruit in the nation in the 2018 class and No. 15 among point guards. […]

Auburn Receiver Kyle Davis Dismissed from Program

Kyle Davis has been dismissed from the Auburn football team after a year and a half long career on the plains. Auburn head coach Gus Malzahn made the announcement on Tuesday. “I just want to let everybody know that Kyle Davis has been dismissed from our team for breaking team rules,” Malzahn said. “We wish him […]

When Dabo Swinney was in Alabama for the Rane Foundation Charity Banquet last May, a small group of journalists gathered in a room to interview Mr. Rane and the Clemson coach. While Swinney was clear on his tremendous respect for Nick Saban and spoke about the good-natured jousting the two enjoy, it didn’t take long […]

Brad Keselowski escaped three major wrecks over the last 16 laps to win the Alabama 500 Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway. Only 14 drivers crossed the finish line in the accident-filled race. Keselowski was able to pass Ryan Newman for the lead on a white flag and held on to secure the win. The victory advances […]

WEEK 7: Comprehensive College Football TV guide

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According to ESPN, Alabama Senator Del Marsh will be waving the green flag this Sunday as the honorary starter of this year’s 500 Monster Energy’s NASCAR Cup Series at Talladega Superspeedway. Marsh is currently serving his second term as President Pro Tempore of the Senate. He represents Senate District 12, which encompasses Calhoun County and portions […]

College Football Preview: Alabama vs. Arkansas

Set for a 6:15 kickoff, Bret Bielema’s Razorbacks are traveling to Tuscaloosa to take on the #1 Crimson Tide. While the matchup has become a midseason right of passage, it’s hardly an even contest. Over the past ten seasons, Alabama has gone undefeated against Arkansas. Some games haven’t been pretty, like the 2014 game where […]

After Beating LSU, Troy is Upset by South Alabama

South Alabama always seems to upset someone each year, usually a team with high hopes who’s caught not looking. This year, that team was their state rival, the Troy Trojans. Troy has been feeling pretty good since they went in to Death Valley and upset the LSU Tigers on homecoming. And with a paycheck of […]

If you’ve watched football this year, then you’ve undoubtedly noticed Alabama’s Damien Harris running the football. He’s been outperforming the competition, and many believe that he might be the best back in the SEC. But if you think those skills came without sacrifice, you’d be mistaken. Just like us mortals, Harris has a weakness of […]

Big Changes At Talladega This Year

As reported by ABC 33/40, NASCAR fans are gearing up for one of the hottest venues in the racing world. Like every year, thousands will flock to Alabama for the opportunity to experience the Alabama 500. And this year, there is a new law fans are going to love. For the first time in the […]

Suspended Auburn Associate Head Basketball Coach Chuck Person has been released from federal custody on a $100,000 bond. As we reported earlier, Person was arrested by federal officers after the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York charged himself and four other collegiate basketball coaches with fraud and corruption. Federal officials […]

College Football Preview: Auburn vs. LSU

Week seven of college football has the Auburn Tigers traveling to Baton Rouge to face off against LSU in Death Valley. This Tigers vs. Tigers matchup never disappoints. Last year, both programs left the game looking a little different than when they came in. In one of the most bizarre endings in college football, Auburn […]

Governor Kay Ivey has declared this coming Sunday, Oct. 15th ‘Dale Earnhardt Jr. Day’ in the state of Alabama. Ivey, who will serve as Grand Marshal for the Alabama 500 this Sunday “made the announcement in celebration of six-time Talladega winner Earnhardt Jr. and his legacy at the world’s greatest “Super” Superspeedway. This Sunday – […]

See Whats Got Coach Saban Fired Up This Week

Following their somewhat narrow victory over Texas A&M this weekend, coach Nick Saban made it abundantly clear that it takes a lot more than just winning football games to make him satisfied. Not to take anything away from A&M, but it was apparent Alabama didn’t come with the same type of focus we’ve seen the […]

Jake Pratt, the Vestavia Hills High School senior with Down Syndrome who went viral after his touchdown run in the preseason game against Briarwood Christian is getting even more national attention. Just weeks after being invited to Death Valley to meet Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney, Pratt was invited to take a recruiting trip to […]

A Birmingham high school, Briarwood Christian, honored first responders in a big way during their homecoming game Friday night. The team used the run-through to start the game not to kneel in protest, but to give first responders across the nation the respect and recognition they deserve. Each player burst through the “Thank You First […]

College Football Preview: Alabama vs. Texas A&M

After the thrashing Alabama put on Ole Miss last week, they are heading into their third consecutive SEC game. This week they will travel to College Station, as they try to put together another dominating performance against the Texas A&M Aggies. There has been bad blood between these two teams since the Aggies, being led […]

WEEK 6: Comprehensive College Football TV guide

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College Football Preview: Auburn vs. Ole Miss

With week six of college football rolling in, the landscape of the 2017 season is starting to take shape. Alabama and Clemson are undoubtedly still the best, and everyone else is playing catch up. Perhaps the more interesting races are happening within respective conferences, and the race in the SEC West could be shaping up […]

As reported by SEC Country, former Alabama Coach Gene Stallings in a Dallas hospital after he suffered a serious heart attack over the weekend. Breaking the news, Rick Karle of Fox 6 News wrote, “Please pray for Coach Gene Stallings! Coach had a serious heart attack last Friday night and has since been transferred from […]

If this past Saturday taught the world of college football anything, it taught every Power Five football team in America that the old adage “they’re everybody’s homecoming game” should never be applied to the Troy Trojans. LSU invited Troy to Death Valley Saturday, which is quite common when schools in Power Five conferences expect an […]