Auburn’s backup quarterback stands an imposing six-foot-five and completed 12 passes for a total of 243 yards and two touchdowns against Arkansas this past weekend. Impressive enough, but he had some unexpected passing competition on the field at the season opener. Standing 10 feet tall with a launching distance of 180 feet, the Double Barrel […]

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Though Blake Sims had a solid outing at quarterback against West Virginia, Alabama head coach Nick Saban says the team’s quarterback race isn’t over yet. “I still don’t hesitate to say that there’s a quarterback competition, and that, in some way, we’ll probably try to play both quarterbacks in this game,” Saban […]

ATLANTA — Alabama came into its game against West Virginia with plenty of questions marks. Saturday evening in the Georgia Dome answered many of them, but it’s the first game and first games can only present so much. “What you find out in the first game is where you are,” Alabama head coach Nick Saban […]

Jonathan Biles Playoff Four: Florida State Higher expectations, same schedule. Returning Heisman trophy winner Jameis Winston has his summer sorted and will presumably sashay through the Seminoles’ list of subpar conference opponents, a down Oklahoma State and a rebuilding Florida. This is the easiest team to pick into the College Football Playoff, which obviously means […]

Football is a dangerous game, and Alabama coach Nick Saban knows that from first-hand experience. Before he became the perfectly quaffed coach, he played high school football in West Virginia. He played quarterback and safety, but apparently also dabbled in special teams, with some plays going better than others. D.C. Reeves of TideSports.com posted two masterful […]

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Normally with a new assistant coach in a new environment, steps are taken to ease them into a system and let them feel things out slowly. But Alabama coach Nick Saban has decided to push new offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin out of his comfort zone in the press box and put him […]

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama linebacker Trey DePriest will miss the team’s upcoming game against West Virginia due to a “minor NCAA infraction,” head coach Nick Saban announced Wednesday. Saban referred to the suspension as a “one-time thing,” and added that the linebacker should be eligible to return for next week’s game against Florida Atlantic. Reggie […]

My how things have changed in a little over a year. Long gone are those scrappy, underdog Tigers who snuck up on the likes of Texas A&M and the rest of the SEC West last season. As I’ll get into later, much remains the same for Auburn this fall, but implementing and adjusting to offseason […]

Big time college football programs like those at Alabama and Auburn have a nationwide — even worldwide — reach when it comes to recruiting the top talent. From private jets to helicopters, no expense is spared as coaches from the Tide and Tigers fan out across the U.S. delivering their pitches. As a result, both […]

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It’s finally game week so that means hastily taken photos of printed depth charts and teams deciding who will start where. Though some decisions were clarified with today’s release of Alabama’s 2014 depth chart — like true freshman Cam Robinson starting at left tackle — others, like the quarterback battle, were simply given a slash. […]

Nick Saban has an interesting way of speaking. “The time is now to resurrect the identity of the Alabama football program,” said Saban, in a very serious manner, at the beginning of fall camp. He said this, of course, after losing just two games last year and being ranked preseason No. 2 this season, which is […]

AUBURN, Ala. — As Cam Newton sweats it out in Gatorade’s latest national ad campaign, another Auburn Heisman hopeful is left to wonder when he will have the opportunity to earn a Gatorade of his own during this weekend’s season opener against Arkansas. When the internet lit up in July with the news of Nick […]

Many months removed from the “Kick Six” and the Sugar Bowl collapse that doesn’t have a catchy title yet, Alabama is now just days away from beginning a new season with somewhat of a new look. The experienced leaders are gone, taken away by the NFL and graduation day, and replaced by fresh faces waiting […]

Relax, Alabama politicians, University of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban does not want your job. But he and the Crimson Tide will indeed be on the campaign trail over the next several months, stumping for a spot in the newly formed 4-team College Football Playoff. It’s an election year, so in an effort to […]

In his new book, “My Conference Can Beat Your Conference: Why the SEC Still Rules College Football,” sports talk radio host and SEC Network analyst Paul Finebaum writes in great detail about Alabama head football coach Nick Saban. In a lengthy excerpt from the book posted on The Wall St. Journal’s website over the weekend, […]

Was Alabama football legend Derrick Thomas’ 1988 Butkus Award-winning effort the greatest season ever by a college football player? What about Cam Newton’s BCS and Heisman-winning 2010 campaign for Auburn? ESPN has compiled a list of what they believe to be the 16 greatest individual seasons in the history of college football, and is now […]

My summers growing up were consumed by “travel ball.” I feel like I saw most of the southeastern United States before I was 12 because every summer weekend meant another district tournament, state championship, world series, or showcase. During the school year, football season overlapped with basketball season, which led right back into baseball. I […]

Answers.com, which calls itself “the world’s largest community for sharing questions and answers,” this week took a crack at answering the question “What college football programs have the most loyal fans?” Although their responses are highly subjective, residents of The Yellowhammer State will be happy to see the fan bases of both their SEC teams […]

Book publisher HarperCollins announced Monday that Paul Finebaum’s upcoming book, My Conference Can Beat Your Conference: Why the SEC Still Rules College Football, is now available for pre-order. Here’s how Harper Collins describes the book: An all-access pass into the powerhouse teams and passionate fanbases of the legendary Southeastern Conference, from one of the most […]

The World Series, Wimbledon, The Masters, the NCAA Final Four and the Super Bowl — each of those events represents the pinnacle of its sport, and each appeared on USA Today’s “10 best bucket-list sporting events” that sports fans should attend before they die. Conspicuously missing from the list was the BCS Championship, or the […]

This video ended the memorial service for Philip Lutzenkirchen Wednesday night. Well done, Auburn. Follow Cliff on Twitter @Cliff_Sims

Former Auburn tight end Philip Lutzenkirchen tragically died early Sunday morning in a car accident, but his legacy as a great player — and even even greater person — lives on. “I’d much rather be known for what I’ve done off the field in impacting other people’s lives than how many touchdowns or how many […]

The U.S. Men’s National Team stumbled into the knockout phase of the World Cup in spite of a loss to Germany, thanks to Portugal knocking off Ghana in the final match of the group stage. The Americans are now set to square off with Belgium, who were dominant in their first three matches. Here’s what […]