Capstone Report

Tuberville in talks with LSU? Auburn has decided to play tough with Tommy Tuberville, if reports from al.com and trackemtigers.com are accurate. According to both of those outlets, Auburn has offered Tuberville a two-year extension; however, Tuberville would only earn a $200,000 raise next year as stipulated currently in his contract. Unless something is missing [...]

A jury handed down a $5 million verdict against the NCAA. The jury found Ray Keller was injured by the NCAA—Keller alleged defamation and invasion of privacy, and the jury found in his favor. From the Birmingham News: “This is a landmark case in many instances,” said Archie Lamb, Keller’s Birmingham-based attorney. “What the NCAA [...]

John Feinstein wrote a scathing hatchet job on Nick Saban. Why? The somewhat baffling reasoning essentially boiled down to Saban is a big meanie to the media. Screw the media. Feinstein’s whine-fest on Paul Finebaum’s radio program was insightful into what is wrong with the media. Namely, they are crybabies who demand special treatment, and [...]

Another season is gone. Another missed opportunity for excellence. This season should have been substantially better, but the malaise hanging over the Alabama program is more substantial than the malaise days of Jimmy Carter. This Alabama team underachieved not just because of lack of talent, but because a lack of character. Given time it will [...]

If using historical examples to illustrate a minor point is a crime, then most preachers and politicians I know would be in jail. Of course, the media knows Nick Saban was not equating losing football games to those historical events—but with sophistic dexterity media pundits (both national and local) are reporting Saban’s remarks on the [...]

“You all are putting winning before doing it right…You are putting winning a championship and winning games before getting people to do the right thing and being a champion. And that is wrong…” A dramatic exchange about halfway into the press conference resulted in a profound glimpse into Nick Saban’s problems with the Alabama program, [...]

Nick Saban spoke to the press Wednesday afternoon. He talked about while the team practiced inside, but it shouldn’t make a difference because the team should be focused and intense on the team goals, and to finish the season “the way we would like…” Very revealing comments during the press conference about formations, personnel, etc. [...]

Nick Saban talks about rebuilding being a process. While the process is underway you have to take the good and the bad. The loss was obviously bad, but at least the season is nearing an end, and the important recruiting efforts are bearing fruit. On Wednesday, Alabama filled a major need at linebacker with the [...]

Mississippi State performed better in almost every facet of the game Saturday in an upset win over Alabama. The Bulldogs defeated Alabama and Auburn in the same season—making Mississippi State the de facto best team in the states of Alabama and Mississippi. Croom was long thought to be a dead man walking, but he has [...]

Nick Saban took the sting off the weekend loss with another big round of commitments. The recruiting media was busy Tuesday as the morning began with another top offensive line prospect picking the Tide. Tennessee’s #1 player Barret Jones verbally committed to the Tide; Jones is ranked as the #41 player in the nation by [...]

The outcome of the game wasn’t what I expected; however, I never thought SEC officiating would be this bad. Whether you were an LSU fan upset at the discrepancy in penalties called or an Alabama fan angry over the reversals, there was sufficient reason to complain. Of course, while the officiating hampered both teams, that [...]