Kalen DeBoer is in his third season at Alabama and has already reached the playoffs once. Not just that, he also made it to the SEC title game last year. For many, those achievements would have kept criticism at bay for the foreseeable future. Not at Alabama. Echoing those emotions, ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith went […]
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Greg McElroy has weighed in on the Alabama quarterback competition, sharing why he thinks it goes into the first weeks of the season.
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These teams have been knocking on the door and are looking to break into the postseason party
Alabama's Lotzeir Brooks is poised for a bigger role in 2026 after a strong freshman campaign in Tuscaloosa last fall.
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Sam Sollie, a Class of 2028 quarterback recruit, is ready to make his commitment as he decides between 5 SEC teams.
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Former Alabama head coach Nick Saban recently shared new details about the advice he gave Lane Kiffin before Kiffin accepted the LSU Tigers head coaching job. Speaking during SEC Media Days, Saban said Kiffin reached out while weighing his options and asked for guidance. Rather than telling him what decision to make, Saban said he […]
Kalen DeBoer and Alabama scored another win in recruitment. The head coach kept Alabama moving fast on the recruiting trail, and the Crimson Tide beat out Georgia and Miami for four-star linebacker Tysir Young, the No. 7 linebacker in the 2028 class. Several sources claimed that Tysir Young, who’s from Delaware, originally planned to wait […]
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Nick Saban changed Alabama from just another program to a dynasty. There were periods when analysts predicted the Tide would fall off. When the playoff era began, Alabama won two national titles in four years. The reason for the program’s consistent success was the expectations Nick Saban set for it. That included the players and […]
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Nick Saban knows a little bit about expectations, and the SEC coaching legend revealed how Lane Kiffin should be measured in 2026.
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Paul Finebaum didn't mince words when he was asked about the Alabama and LSU head coaches as SEC Media Days wrapped up in Tampa.
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Illinois head coach Bret Bielema offered an amusing response to Nick Saban's stance that the SEC remains superior to the Big Ten, despite the latter conference producing the national champion in each of the last three seasons.
If you’ve come here for additional coverage of Pete Golding’s comments during Wednesday’s appearance at SEC Media Days, you’ll get said comments, but who knows to what they are referring. The way the No Context gimmick works is I turn on YouTube’s closed caption feature for this video of Golding’s time at the podium in […]
Nobody in college football walks into a tougher assignment than replacing the GOAT at Alabama. The expectations only multiply. That’s why Nick Saban wasn’t buying the latest wave of criticism aimed at Kalen DeBoer. While ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith argued that Alabama should move on from their third-year head coach, the seven-time national champion offered […]
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Nick Saban echoed Kalen DeBoer's words regarding the 2026 Crimson Tide.
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The SEC has historically been the best conference in college football. However, its status has faced a strong challenge from the Big Ten, and looking at the last three national champions, it’s hard to argue with it. For former Alabama head coach Nick Saban, just winning the national championship doesn’t make you the best conference. […]
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Rhodes Jr. fields questions at SEC Media Days 2026
Kitler meets with media at 2026 SEC Media Days
The Big Ten has surpassed the SEC as the top conference in college football by pretty much every metric possible… except when it comes to the approval of Nick Saban. After generational dominance as the best league in the sport, the balance of power has flipped. The SEC won 13 of 17 national championships from…
It is no longer a rumor, and wedding bells have rung for an Alabama WR. Ryan Coleman-Williams, who changed his name and the jersey number during the off-season, got married last month. However, he kept the news secret until his appearance at SEC Media Days. “So I got engaged, and then I actually got married […]
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One of the biggest quarterback competitions this summer is taking place in Tuscaloosa between Keelon Russell and Austin Mack, but it could be a while before Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer makes a decision.
Alabama wide receiver Ryan Coleman-Williams revealed during an interview on College Sports on SiriusXM at SEC Media Days on Wednesday that he gained 15 pounds of muscle this offseason.
Nick Saban lives in Florida and wants Jon Sumrall to get his sh-t together.
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Former Alabama head coach Nick Saban had a funny interaction with Florida's Jon Sumrall ahead of the 2026 college football season.
Eyeing a bounce-back season, Ryan Coleman-Williams laid out his individuals goals for his junior campaign with the Crimson Tide.
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Nick Saban arrived in Tuscaloosa for the 2007 season with great hype. He was already a national champion at LSU, and many expected immediate results that year. Instead, Bama finished with a modest 7-6 record. The next off-season, that hype immediately tanked; Saban’s Alabama wasn’t even in the top-5 favorites for the national title. What […]
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