Capstone Report

The Public Service Commission (PSC) is little more than a rubber stamp for Alabama’s big utilities I think most readers would recognize the Capstone Report as politically conservative whenever we’ve spoken on non-football issues. We’ll admit it. We like small government, honest policies, low taxes and a free market. And those core principles are troubled [...]

Hunter Ford posted a new sports column in our comment section. I thought it was a good read, and would be a little easier to read in its own section. You can read where he posted it by clicking here. Mr. Ford is a staff writer with The Western Star in Bessemer. Bessemer is one [...]

Alabama will be better than Auburn. At least if you believe the experts (gamblers). Covers.com released its SEC West predictions with LSU at the top followed by Alabama and Auburn. Covers.com predicts LSU winning the west with a record of 12-0. Alabama runner-up with a record of 9-3, and Auburn in third with a record [...]

The third installment of the Crimson & White Roundtable is up, and this week’s host is the Tide Druid. Be sure to check it out as the Internet’s best talk about Alabama’s chances for an upset (and other matters) in the 2007 season. Advertisement: (Story continues below)

The Tuscaloosa News reported Alabama’s director of athletic marketing has resigned. The department was in the process of being restructured. Let’s hope the restructuring will be a continuous process in the athletic department, and doesn’t stop here. If only a few more prominent persons were shuffled out the door we could solve most of UA’s [...]

The Birmingham News, and most other major newspapers, editorialize ad nauseam about the need for more local autonomy. They don’t like the 1901 constitution’s restrictions on local governments. (Read they don’t like the fact local governments can’t raise taxes as easily as they would like.) What type of governments do they want to have more [...]

ESPN columnist Pat Forde finds the football preview magazines a welcome diversion. I wish I could be that enthusiastic. Perhaps it is the heat, but football seems ages away, even with the magazines on the stands. Perhaps when media days arrive, it will feel more like college football is nigh. Until then, we must make [...]

Gov. Bob Riley has asked the public to pray for rain to end our serious drought. You would think such a request would provoke little criticism. You would be wrong. Today, clever bloggers and political opponents deride Gov. Riley’s request. Why? Because they cannot conceive why anyone would want to pray. It is just some [...]

According to a press release from af2, former Alabama football coach Joe Kines will speak Saturday at the Alabama Steeldogs 2007 Faith Night. Advertisement: (Story continues below) Birmingham—Former University of Alabama Football Coach Joe Kines will speak at the Alabama Steeldogs 2007 Faith Night this Saturday at the BJCC Arena. Kines will give an inspirational [...]

Quick kicks can be a useful, according to this sports writer. He makes a great point. Football is all about field position. You can gain field position either through a potent offensive attack that moves the ball with precision, or you can gain field position with cunning. When you lack talent or can’t execute, cunning [...]

Eight In The Box has an excellent analysis of Hunter Ford’s Monday appearance on the Paul Finebaum radio show. He softened his analysis a bit, but there is a palapable sense of frustration over the manner in which the story has unfolded. Another good read is over at Alabama Gameday. Here the blog takes a [...]

UPDATE: Philip Propst, brother of Rush Propst, called in to the Finebaum program with a lawsuit threat against Ford. He said he was tired of his family name being drug through the mud. Finebaum’s radio show started with an interesting conversation with fired Hoover Gazette reporter Hunter Ford, and Finebaum’s recapitulation of his talk with [...]

It is Monday, so time for another installment of the Hoover drama on the Paul Finebaum Radio Network. I know my radio will be tuned to the show this afternoon—where else would we get to listen in on someone getting fired? So much for reality television. Finebaum is reality radio. But how does Finebaum top [...]

Hoover’s football program and Coach Rush Propst run amok—that is the story du juor. And it just got worse for Hoover, as the Birmingham News reported that Hoover High School failed to self-report two distinct violations of AHSAA rules. First, the school knew about, but failed to report the JV football team played two ineligible [...]

No respectable Alabama fan should miss the inaugural installment of The Crimson & White Roundtable. I was amazed at the profundity on display by these wise bloggers. Yes, they included me in the roundtable. I told you they were wise! Advertisement: (Story continues below)