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VIDEO: 2014 Defensive End / Linebacker Recruit Lorenzo Carter

Lorenzo Carter of Norcross, Georgia is one of the top defensive end/linebacker prospects in the South. Carter is 6’6″, 232 lbs. with 4.6 speed in the 40. Lorenzo Carter holds offers from about 30 top programs, perhaps even more. Alabama, Auburn and Georgia all have offered and intently want to land Carter. He is a [...]

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VIDEO: 2014 Recruit Safety, Wide Receiver ATH Davion Hall

Davion Hall, Safety of Texarkana, texas is one of the top DBs in 2014.

Davion Hall is a talented Safety and wide receiver available in 2014 recruiting. He is committed to the Baylor Bears. He is 6’3″, 185 lbs. with speed of 4.5 in the 40. Watch the video below and see why scouts are impressed with Davion Hall’s skills.

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VIDEO: 2014 Recruit Nathan Starks Makes A 5-Star Catch

RB Nathan Starks impresses scouts

Watch in this video as a 2014 football recruit interested in Alabama makes a circus catch. Bishop Gorman High School running back Nathan Starks is one of the top running backs available in 2014 recruiting. He is 5’11″, 200 lbs. with 4.5 speed from Las Vegas, Nevada. While he doesn’t have an offer from Alabama [...]

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VIDEO: 2014 Recruit DE Solomon Thomas

Solomon Thomas is one of the top strongside defensive end recruits available in the 2014 class, according to most of the early scouting services. Here is video of what has impressed scouts about Thomas.

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VIDEO: 2014 Recruit Safety Laurence Jones

Jones holds offers from many SEC schools including Alabama and LSU. He is expected to be one of the top safeties available in this recruiting class. Watch the video and read to find out more about the 2014 recruiting class.

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RECRUITING: The secret of Auburn’s and Gene Chizik’s recruiting failures

Under former Auburn football coach Gene Chizik, the Auburn Tigers landed recruiting classes ranked seventh in 2011 and fourth in 2010, according to Rivals national team rankings. However, the highly rated classes were mostly failures. Fans wondered why. Now, Gene Chizik has answered the question. “Eighty-five percent of the guys that come into and report [...]

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VIDEO: 2014 Recruit ATH WR Shaq Davidson

Shaquille Davidson is a QB for Gaffney in South Carolina. Most of the major recruiting services have him listed at wide receiver for their evaluations, but he could project as a defensive back. Shaq Davidson is 6’0″, 170 lbs. with 4.4 speed in the 40. He holds offers from South Carolina along with Auburn, Clemson, [...]

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VIDEO: 2014 Recruit RB Sony Michel

Video of top 2014 running back recruit Sony Michel. Michel is 5’11′, 205 lbs. with 4.5 speed in the 40 out of Plantation, Florida. He holds offers from many of the top teams in the South including SEC powers Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and Alabama. His offer list includes non-SEC schools including FSU, Miami and [...]

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VIDEO: 2014 recruit WR Keenen Brown

Video of top 2014 wide receiver recruit Keenen Brown. Brown is 6’3″, 185 lbs. of Houston, Texas. Brown is a member of the Fox Sports Next 300. Brown holds scholarship offers from 10 schools with 2014 National Signing Day about 11 months away. One of Brown’s offers is from SEC members Missouri, Mississippi and LSU. [...]

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VIDEO: 2014 recruit OL Casey Tucker

Video of top 2014 recruit offensive lineman Casey Tucker. Tucker is a solid verbal to USC and plays offensive lineman. He is 6’6″, 280 lbs. of Chandler, Arizona. His offer list is impressive including schools in the Pac-12, Big Ten, Texas A&M of the SEC and Notre Dame. Watch the video below to see what [...]

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VIDEO: 2014 recruit WR Trey Quinn

Video of top 2014 recruit wide receiver Trey Quinn. Quinn is 6’1″ of Lakes Charles, Louisiana with impressive speed reported at around 4.4 in the 40. He holds 12 scholarship offers with 2014 National Signing Day about 11 months away. Quinn’s offers from SEC schools include Texas A&M, Ole Miss, Mississippi State and LSU. Rivals, [...]

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VIDEO: 2014 recruit WR K.J. Williams

Video of top 2014 recruit wide receiver K.J. Williams. Williams is 6’2″, 190 lbs. of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He holds five scholarship offers already with 2014 National Signing Day about 11 months away. Rivals, Fox Sports Next and other recruiting services believe he is one of the top prospects in the nation. Watch the video below [...]

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VIDEO: 2014 recruit WR Austin Roberts

Video of top 2014 recruit wide receiver Austin Roberts. Roberts is 6’2″, 210 lbs. of Carmel, Indiana. Roberts is already considered a top WR prospect by Fox Sports Next, Rivals and other recruiting services. With National Signing Day 2014 about 11 months away, Austin Roberts already has offers from 12 schools including many national powers. [...]

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RECRUITING: Alabama’s Top 2014 Running Back Prospects

FOX SPORTS NEXT: ‘Racean Thomas & Bo Scarborough are about to turn the Yellowhammer State into the Running Back State’

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Recruiting: The Top Five Moments of National Signing Day 2013

Shae Peppler and Amanda Pflugrad share the top five moments from college football’s National Signing Day 2013. A brief synopsis of their opinions in the video and then I will share a few of my top moments below. The TCS top five are: 5. Calvin Klein Model Signs with SMU Calvin Klein model Myles Crosby [...]

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Give me that old-time religion: Ole Miss recruiting strategy relies on God

Give me that old time religion Give me that old time religion Give me that old time religion It’s good enough for me Hugh Freeze is a Baptist preacher. Apparently, Mt. Zion Baptist Church ordained him many years ago. It seems a perfect training to be an SEC football coach. As an SEC coach you [...]

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Alabama Football: Nick Saban says Tide not ‘stacked’ at RB, talks defensive recruiting strategy change & reviews signing class

Alabama Head Coach Nick Saban National Signing Day 2013 Press Conference Transcript (courtesy of UA Media Relations) Opening Statement: “I think that signing day is combination of a lot of hard work from a lot of people. The assistant coaches do a good job supporting the staff and that this organization does a good job. [...]

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Recruiting: Does National Signing Day Need Fixing?

Do you enjoy what National Signing Day has become? Some people believe it illustrates the worst and not the best of college football.

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RECRUITING: Auburn loses a coach; Does it have anything to do with NCAA cloud over program?

Auburn assistant coach Rich Bisaccia is headed to Dallas, according to al.com. The spin is that this job is the opportunity of a lifetime. It is everyone’s dream to work for Jerry Jones. Certainly, Jones is known for how stable his coaching situation is. You don’t take play calling responsibilities away from the coach without [...]

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Recruiting: Alabama’s Nick Saban is a rock star, Auburn’s Gus Malzahn is irrelevant

Nick Saban is a rock star. But where does that leave Auburn football coach Gus Malzahn? The truth is Auburn’s Malzahn is insignificant. The AJC provides two good examples of the situation in this state and beyond. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution explains the frenzy the Alabama football coach creates when he visits a high school. In [...]

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Nothing to see here! NCAA talks to Auburn RB Jovon Robinson’s summer coach

Biased Memphis Commercial Appeal at it again! Paper continues to publish stories about Auburn football and NCAA recruiting invsetigation.

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BREAKING: NCAA to meet with 5-star Auburn commit Reuben Foster

Nothing going on with Reuben Foster just like nothing going on in Memphis with Jovon Robinson’s false transcript. Auburn football fans should not worry about these obviously false accusations. These are the times that try a Tiger’s soul.

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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 [...]

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RECRUITING: Two things you should know about Georgia Coach Mark Richt

The Atlanta Journal Constitution’s recruiting coverage was enlightening today about the state of Georgia football. If you want to know about Georgia’s recruiting and leadership, then listen to what a football recruit had to say about the Bulldogs. The AJC asked about the most creative recruiting gimmicks, and this was Kenyan Drake’s answer: “There really [...]

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RECRUITING: Alabama has two five-star recruits committed in Maxprep’s rankings

Alabama football recruiting continues to roll with Nick Saban at the helm of the Crimson Tide. Alabama had two five-star recruits committed from Tom Lemming’s Maxprep’s 2013 Top 100 recruits. See the entire Top 100 here. Alabama has a commitment for the #3 prospect in the nation Reuben Foster, LB Troup County Georgia. Foster is [...]

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REPORT: Alabama signee Dalvin Tomlinson suffers ‘significant’ knee injury

Alabama signee Dalvin Tomlinson suffered a knee injury, according to reports from Georgia’s Henry Herald and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The injury occurred while playing soccer. In addition, it will require surgery. However, Tomlinson said he should be ready for football season. According to the Henry Herald, “I’ll be over it by the time the season [...]

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Monday Afternoon Briefing: Saban’s contract extended with pay raise; Football recruiting update

Alabama head football coach Nick Saban and Alabama agreed to a two-year contract extension that takes his deal to January 31, 2020. This commitment is good news for Alabama fans who believe Saban could finish his coaching career at Alabama. According to the Daily Bama Blog, Saban’s pay increases to almost $6 million ($5.72 million) [...]

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Darius Philon story just another attempt by the media to attack that mean ole Nick Saban

In the never ending effort to try and besmirch the good name of Alabama head coach Nick Saban, the latest soup du jour among the media and Crimson Tide detractors involves former Alabama commitment and current Arkansas signee Darius Philon. An Alabama commmitment from September, Philon never took another visit. But as Mike Herndon of [...]

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RECRUITING: Alabama starts National Signing Day 2012 with 8 already on campus

The Alabama Crimson Tide football team had a nice head start on National Signing Day 2012 with eight players already enrolled at the Capstone and eligible to take part in Spring Practice. Below you will find some information about the early enrollees. Also, check back throughout the day for more information about this year’s signing [...]

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RECRUITING: ArDarius Stewart explains his choice of Alabama for 2013

Watch video of Alabama Crimson Tide 2013 commitment ArDarius Stewart talk about why he picked Alabama. While most everyone is talking about the 2012 recruiting class, Alabama has already landed a few commitments for 2013. One of these is Ardarius Stewart of Fultondale. Stewart is a 6’1″, 170-lbs. quarterback/defensive back with some impressive stats. According [...]

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Football Preview: Alabama’s T.J. Yeldon stars for the 2013 Tide

This is part 2 of our Alabama Football Preview. Here is the first part of our 2013 Alabama Football Preview [...]

2013 Alabama Football Preview: A look at QB A.J. McCarron & the backup situation

Guest Post Alabama Football Preview by Joshua Right now, the Mighty Alabama Crimson Tide are the “New England Patriots” of [...]

Florida assistant coach mocks Alabama football coach Nick Saban

Tell me if you have heard this one before—Nick Saban is Darth Vader…only meaner. Nick Saban makes people cry. The [...]

Basketball: SEC Big 12 Challenge matchups announced; Alabama faces Texas Tech Nov. 14

The SEC and Big 12 announced a partnership to create a SEC Big 12 Challenge in men’s basketball. Here is [...]

Bob Stoops leads entire state of Oklahoma “Up In Smoke”

It’s been a week since Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops made his idiotic statements to The Tulsa World about the [...]

Alabama getting love from Forbes again

People don’t read Forbes magazine for the cartoons or advice columns. There isn’t a lot of filler fodder to take [...]