The chaos of Week 6 in college football claimed a number of playoff contenders, with Alabama’s loss to Ole Miss or Oregon’s home loss to Arizona vying for the most unexpected. But through the bloodshed, Nick Marshall and Auburn burst through unscathed, throttling No. 15 LSU at home 41-7 and silencing the offensive concerns that […]

With the loss against Ole Miss and the loss of star running back Kenyan Drake, Alabama is forced to refocus. Drake was felled by a broken leg early in the second quarter of the game against Ole Miss, a gruesome injury that was mistakenly shown on replay twice. After being carted off the field, tears […]

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AJ McCarron seems to be playing a lot of armchair quarterback these days. While the former Alabama star is injured in Cincinnati, McCarron is continuing to criticize this new iteration of the Crimson Tide. During his weekly segment on “The Game” with local Tuscaloosa sports station 99.1 FM, McCarron said the team was bereft of […]

Well, that was interesting. Loads of top teams lost, meaning the power rankings look a bit different than they did last week. Of course, this isn’t the Final Four and there’s still plenty of football left to be played, but maybe this year will be filled with chaos instead of nice uniformity. My first idea […]

OXFORD, Miss.–The Grove in Oxford, Mississippi is where the party’s at, and it has been that way for years. Oak trees envelope the 10-acre centralized campus park and encase it in college football amber. It is an area straight out of central casting for a lush, Southern landscape — that is, except on Saturday October […]

As Yellowhammer’s Jonathan Biles wrote on Sunday, there’s a lot of football left to be played this year, and Alabama is far from being out of the title picture. But what Biles explained in about 800 words (which you should definitely read), former Alabama defensive back John Fulton summed up in a single tweet. I […]

Auburn fans, check your savings account. Monday (Oct. 6) is the first day you’ll have chance to start bidding for a piece of history: Chris Davis’ helmet from the 2013 Iron Bowl. Auburn alumnus Jimmy Brandt has put the helmet up for auction after acquiring several items worn by Davis during the miraculous 109-yard dash. […]

Alabama entered Saturday’s game against Ole Miss with lofty expectations, but the team left Oxford with a 23-17 loss and the need to once again find its wayward identity. How did this happen? Was it the crowd? The penalties? Turnovers, miscues, or the pressure of the moment? The reasons for Alabama’s eventual loss included all of these. […]

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(If you’re on an mobile device, click here to view the video) ESPN’s Linda Cohn put New York Yankees pitcher and University of Alabama alum David Robertson on the spot Thursday by asking him who he thought was a better leader — his current manager Joe Girardi, or Alabama head football coach Nick Saban. After […]

From last second catches to a footrace between future Top-5 picks, the Auburn-LSU rivalry has produced more than its fair share of dramatics in the last decade. There’s never a shortage of talent when these two teams meet. 67 former Tigers currently taking the field on Sundays (43 Bayou Bengals and 24 Tigers). With another […]

The bye week couldn’t have come at a better time for Alabama, especially for its starting quarterback. Blake Sims went down with a shoulder injury against Florida, but was able to return to the game and throw a few passes. Naturally, one of the primary concerns for Alabama going forward was Sims’ health. Would he […]

A Tribe Called Quest’s “Can I Kick It?” serves as the perfect backdrop for Auburn fans to relive the magic of the (in)famous “Kick Six” from last year’s Iron Bowl and other disastrous (for Alabama) moments in the game’s history. An Auburn fan put the above hype video on YouTube less than a week ago […]

Blake Sims isn’t the only Alabama player to put aside the Iron Bowl rivalry for a meaningful message this season. While Sims has been wearing a “Kayla” wristband — a tribute to Auburn student Kayla Perry, who was recently diagnosed with cancer — Alabama tight end Brian Vogler wears a navy blue band to commemorate […]

An unexpected visitor burst into 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu in Decatur, Alabama on Monday and ended up getting more than he bargained for. An unidentified wrestler, who said he had four years of experience, interrupted a class being led by Brandon McCaghren and demanded to square off against the veteran instructor. “This gentleman walked in […]

Week 5 turned out to be pretty fun after looking like a poor slate of games. Florida State and Texas A&M almost lost while several other top teams had bye weeks, but the truly big games start this Saturday. For now, here are this week’s top 10. The Crimson Tide had a bye and it […]

Yellowhammer News correspondent Cort Gatliff went to Railroad Park in Birmingham to test Alabamians’ knowledge on politics and sports in a brand new feature called “Pavement Press.” It went… ok, just watch for yourself.

AUBURN, Ala. — During an Alabama bye week there were multiple ways I could spend my Saturday. I could catch up on some reading, re-watch all of Game of Thrones to figure out who the Children of the Forest are, spend time with my family, or go to the Auburn game. Football is always the […]

Auburn’s homecoming game against Louisiana Tech on Saturday saw the Tigers secure their 300th win at Jordan-Hare Stadium and their 24th consecutive non-conference home game win. That’s great and all, but what may have been even more interesting was the premiere of “The Better Half: SEC Wives,” during ESPN’s College GameDay broadcast. The 6-minute video […]

In sports and in life, the weight of a loss can do two things: drag down or strengthen. When Sammie Coates was a child, his father passed away from an industrial accident—a sudden, jolting loss that would leave anyone shaken, let alone a ten-year-old boy. Sammie was tempted to leave sports altogether, feeling that the […]

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What a wacky game that was in Manhattan last Thursday. For starters, Nick Marshall and Cameron Artis-Payne were never able to get the engine started on Gus Malzahn’s Hurry Up, No Huddle. The Tigers’ 20 points were the fewest points Auburn has scored under Malzahn. If you’d told me before the game that Kansas State […]

With his checkered past as a head coach, Alabama’s hiring of Lane Kiffin was met with skepticism by many of the Crimson Tide faithful. And some saw it as an outright mistake, the invitation of unwanted baggage to a program in reloading mode. But the arrival of the oft-fired offensive coordinator has ended up being […]