Here is the official press release via UA Media Relations: Alabama-Michigan Game To Be Televised By ABC at 7 p.m. on Saturday, September 1 The kickoff time for the 2012 Cowboys Classic football game pitting Alabama against Michigan has been set for 7 p.m. Central Time on Saturday, September 1, with ABC Sports televising [...]
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FOOTBALL: SEC & Big 12 conference champs to meet in bowl game
Here is the official release from the SEC on the SEC vs. Big 12 bowl game: SEC AND BIG 12 CHAMPIONS TO MEET IN POST-SEASON BOWL GAME The Southeastern Conference and the Big 12 Conference announced today a five-year agreement for their football champions to meet in a post-season bowl game following the 2014 season. [...]
ALABAMA FOOTBALL: Coach Nick Saban, Mal Moore talk about game against West Virginia
Alabama confirms game against West Virginia to open 2014 season in Atlanta. Alabama football coach Nick Saban says West Virginia “provides a great challenge for our players and gives us something to look forward to in the offseason.”
Nick Saban, Alabama continue plans to annex Atlanta
Alabama Football: Crimson Tide could face West Virginia in 2014 Chick-Fil-A College Kickoff Game in Atlanta
Recruiting: Alabama lands commitment from #6 pro style QB Cooper Bateman
Alabama needed a quarterback in the next recruiting class, and it landed a commitment from one of the top pro-style quarterbacks available. Wednesday morning Cooper Bateman committed to Alabama. In a statement emailed to the Daily Bama Blog Bateman said, “I have chosen to attend the University of Alabama. I am honored that I will [...]
Leadership the Nick Saban Way: How to rally after a loss—four lessons from Alabama’s BCS National Championship
Leadership lessons from Alabama football coach Nick Saban: Turning a loss into an opportunity for growth The Alabama football team won its 14th national championship after overcoming an overtime loss to LSU during the regular season. The loss on Alabama’s home field looked to be the end of the Crimson Tide’s championship push. However, Alabama [...]
Conference expansion paid off for the ACC; What looms for the SEC?
The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) raided the Big East in an attempt to improve its position during the conference realignment process. Today, the ACC reaped the benefits of its Machiavellian policy—a new rights deal with ESPN. Details of the new media deal with ESPN were released by ESPN and the ACC today. Of course, the [...]
ALABAMA FOOTBALL: The leadership keys to Nick Saban’s success
I love studying leadership. I confess that my favorite book on leadership is Machiavelli’s The Prince, but there are many other great resources on leadership from a moral perspective. One of the best ways to learn about leadership is the many fine blogs that study the topic—some are secular and some are religious. One particular [...]
SEC FOOTBALL: Alabama coach Nick Saban, LSU coach Les Miles and South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier are top three coaches in the conference
See why some think Alabama Crimson Tide Coach Nick Saban is the best coach in college football.
Hey NFL, I’ll risk a concussion if you’ll give me a shot
Would someone reading this please help me? I’ve got a real problem on my hands and I’m out of answers. I’ve lost count of the number of days and nights NFL reps have pounded on my door trying to force me to play professional football. All I simply want to do is follow my dream [...]
College football erases racial, political divides and thrives despite poor management in some places
Ban football? Sure, the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) should end its moneypit of a football program. However, it doesn’t follow that every school’s athletic program is a waste of time, resources or fails to deliver important benefits to the college campus and atmosphere. However, that is the precise argument used by Buzz Bissinger [...]
Q&A: Finebaum on getting fired from radio by an Alabama football coach & getting his ass kicked by Tommy Charles
This is part of our series of interviews with important voices in the college football media. Paul Finebaum is the preeminent media voice in Alabama with a career that has spanned newspapers to talk radio. You can read earlier installments of this series including Finebaum’s thoughts on how reporters misuse Twitter. In this installment of [...]
Q&A: Finebaum says Alabama stands alone in college football, Auburn better off today than under Tuberville
Alabama is the top program in college football, according to talk radio host Paul Finebaum. In this Q&A, Finebaum talks about Alabama, Auburn, LSU, Florida and Tennessee football programs.
Over 70 University of Alabama Student-Athletes Set to Graduate
(courtesy UA Media Relations) The Crimson Tide is slated to graduate seven student-athletes that have been a part of two national championships during their careers and more than 70 overall When the University of Alabama holds its spring commencement ceremonies in Coleman Coliseum over the weekend, more than 70 Crimson Tide student-athletes are slated to [...]
Q&A: Paul Finebaum on the decline of reporting & today’s media environment
People don’t want to admit to reading the paper; Reporters now get tips from sites like Tider Insider
Finebaum believes race lingers as issue in Alabama, but Alabama and Auburn football have made progress; Cam Newton a symbol of progress
Race is a frequent topic on the Paul Finebaum Show. Finebaum says race remains an issue in Birmingham and everywhere else including Columbia University; Finebaum says race issues are “significantly” better at Alabama and Auburn today.
Who are Paul Finebaum’s daily must-reads and what does this say about the state of the media?
Paul Finebaum of the Paul Finebaum Radio Network shared his thoughts on today’s media, race in the state of Alabama and within Alabama and Auburn’s football programs, and the state of some of the SEC’s major football programs in a wide-ranging interview with the Capstone Report. This is part of our series on the major [...]
Mal Moore comments on death of Billy Neighbors
STATEMENT FROM ALABAMA DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS MAL MOORE ON THE PASSING OF BILLY NEIGHBORS “Hearing the news of the passing of Billy Neighbors is very difficult,” Alabama athletic director Mal Moore said. “Billy meant so much to Alabama football over the decades. He was one of our first great players under Coach Bryant, and he [...]
Bama lands eight in the NFL draft, and Saban’s process keeps moving along
Nick Saban has made a statement. And no, I’m not talking about winning championships: Unlike some flash-in-the-pan schools, it’s become a given that the University of Alabama will be in the championship conversation year after year. The statement Nick Saban is making loud and clear is this: “Elite prospect…come to Alabama and with a little [...]
ALABAMA FOOTBALL: Quarterback Phillip Sims to transfer to be closer to family
Alabama football coach Nick Saban and Quarterback Phillip Sims comment on transfer of backup QB.
Recruits allegedly ‘routed’ by recruiting services to All-Star Games
Shannon B. Terry is one of the most influential names in media and recruiting. Terry founded Rivals, sold it at a mindboggling profit and then went on to found 247Sports. It is safe to say few people know recruiting or the business of reporting on it better than Terry. Terry is honest, accessible and transparent [...]
Why the Miami Dolphins won NFL Draft 2012: A&M’s Ryan Tannehill obviously better than Andrew Luck, RGIII
CNBC’s Darren Rovell knows the storyline of the night better than anyone. While fans were watching the NFL Draft, Rovell had one eye on Twitter and noticed an interesting trend that occurred right after the Miami Dolphins selected Texas A&M quarterback Ryan Tannehill. According to Rovell via Twitter, “In the first 10 minutes after Ryan [...]
ALABAMA FOOTBALL: Four Crimson Tide Players Selected in First Round of NFL Draft
Trent Richardson, Mark Barron, Dre Kirkpatrick and Dont’a Hightower all hear their named called by the Commissioner (via UA Media Relations) The University of Alabama equaled a school-record with four players selected in the first round of the 2012 National Football League Draft on Thursday evening at Radio City Music Hall. For the second straight [...]
BCS UPDATE: four-team playoff gaining favor; spirit of cooperation forms
Breaking news from the BCS meetings in Hollywood, Florida: BCS officials released a statement on the future of college football’s postseason. Breaking down the major changes and the news is TCS College Football Insider Teddy Greenstein in the embedded video. Quick hits from the video follows below as does today’s statement from the BCS.
SEC revenue surges to $261,046,772 for latest fiscal year, TV revenue more than doubles since FY 2008-2009
With the Southeastern Conference (SEC) renegotiating its television contracts and poised to add two new members in Texas A&M and Missouri, now is a good time to take a look at the financial strength of the conference. Television revenue more than doubled for the SEC between 2009 and 2011, according to an analysis of the [...]
NFL Draft 2012: Profile of Alabama running back Trent Richardson
Pro Football Weekly ranks Trent Richardson as the second best player available in the draft. ‘Wherever he goes, he is going to be an impact player,” one draft expert said. Find out where Richardson is expected to go and why in this report.
NFL Draft 2012: Alabama’s Dont’a Hightower rising in eyes of scouts, GMs; Safety Mark Barron hottest name on the board & more draft news
Former Alabama Crimson Tide linebacker Dont’a Hightower is gaining steam heading into the NFL Draft. Hightower is now considered a Top 15 pick, and Alabama safety Mark Barron is the hottest name on the board for teams who need a safety. Teams may trade up to nab Barron.
Getting to know TCS College Football Insider Teddy Greenstein
Background on the Total College Sports expert and a brief Q&A; watch as Greenstein defends Alabama football coach Nick Saban
LIVE: SEC football coaches talk about Spring Practice starting at 9 a.m. CT
The SEC football coaches including Nick Saban of the defending BCS National Champion Alabama Crimson Tide are on a Spring Football Coaches Media Teleconference today. You can listen live to the teleconference here at the Capstone Report in the embedded media player. In case you miss the live webcast, you can check back later for [...]
Hoover braces for baseball tournament without Bama
As the Southeastern Conference baseball tournament begins, Hoover businesses are getting ready to feel, well, not much of anything. Since the Alabama baseball team invented new and creative ways of being terrible this season, the city of Hoover will feel the brunt of their malfeasance with lower than normal revenue over the week and weekend. [...]