The 2013 Alabama linebackers are a group loaded with experience and talent. The Tide’s top two tacklers for 2012 and leader in tackles for loss bypassed the NFL draft, opting to return for another go. Both C.J. Mosley and Trey Depriest’s play will be important to just how good the 2013 Alabama defense can be. [...]
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Is Notre Dame the latest to be processed? The answer is in your Sunday Cup of Coffee
There’s a term that has come to be affectionately known amoung Tide faithful as the earmark of the effect Nick Saban has had on college football. That term? Processed. The term was birthed when Alabama head coach Nick Saban preached the importance of “the process” upon his arrival at Alabama. That you have to go [...]
What will Paul Finebaum’s move mean to Alabama, Auburn?
One has to wonder what the Alabama – Auburn rivalry would have been over the last 30 years without Paul Finebaum. News broke Tuesday that Finebaum’s silence would soon cease, as the ultra successful talk show host will soon join ESPN. The marriage will include a new show broadcast from Charlotte, North Carolina, a television [...]
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 SEC’s perceived dominance being “a lot of propaganda that gets fed out to you.” His argument was this: The top half of a league isn’t what determines its strength, but instead it’s how well the [...]
Eddie Lacy a Green Bay Packer
Friday Eddie Lacy became the 61st pick in 2013 NFL draft, going late in the 2nd round to the Green Bay Packers. Amazingly, the Offensive MVP of the 2013 Discover BCS National Championships Game was the third runnng back taken in the 2nd round, behind Michigan State’s Le’Veon Bell and Wisconsin’s Montee Ball. And the [...]
A-Day 2013: What to watch for
Whether you’re watching today’s Golden Flake Spring A-Day Game inside Bryant-Denny Stadium or live on ESPN2, there will be several storylines worth the attention. Quarterback No, AJ Mccarron’s job isn’t in danger. But how have back-ups Phillip Ely and Blake Sims developed? Is Sims more than a clock killer at the end of a blow-out, [...]
Freshman running back Derrick Henry to miss A-Day
Runningback Derrick Henry suffered a fractured fibula in Saturday’s scrimmage that required surgery this morning. The early enrollee had been having an impressive spring, but the injury will sideline him from the rest of spring practice, including Saturday’s A-Day game. “Derrick Henry suffered a fractured fibula in Saturday’s scrimmage and had successful surgery this morning [...]
What does OJ Simpson and Auburn have in common? The answer is in your Sunday Cup of Coffee – 4/07/13
With spring practice a little over the halfway mark, yesterday’s scrimmage produced what you’d expect from a team in the midst of rebuilding. First, the good. AJ McCarron and back-up Blake Sims had good days, according to Alabama head coach Nick Saban. Monster runningback Derrick Henry got mention as well, saying “he has flashed at [...]
Building a stronger SEC: How the SEC Network will increase the distance between SEC football and everyone else
The gulf between SEC football and everyone is about to get larger, as the SEC prepares to announce details of its new cable SEC network. Pat Forde of Yahoo broke news that the SEC will announce details of this revenue bonanza in April. What separates SEC football from the rest of college football? Yes, the [...]
Proof of “The Process”: Arizona Cardinals re-sign Rashaad Johnson
Rashaad Johnson should have his own plaque in the University of Alabama football complex. And under his picture should appear the words, “If you’ll do what Nick Saban says, this could be you.” Johnson was on the front end of the current runaway freight train of success in Tuscaloosa, mowing everything and everyone down in [...]
Your Sunday cup of coffee: 3/10/13
As we wake up this Sunday morning, much is brewing, but none funnier than Auburn athletics. With yesterday’s loss at Mississippi State, Auburn has successfully finished dead last in the SEC in football and basketball in the same year. Auburn Athletics Director Jay Jacobs must be proud. Kevin Scarbinsky writes that the top man in [...]
Alabama Football: Will Katherine Webb distract A.J. McCarron?
A.J. McCarron’s girlfriend Katherine Webb poses in lingerie for Vanity Fair magazine
2013 Alabama Football Schedule
Here is your 2013 Alabama football schedule with updates on Television, game time and location.
VIDEO: Alabama’s Eddie Lacy is one of the top running backs in the 2013 NFL Draft
Nolan Nawrocki breaks down the best RBs of each type in the 2013 draft class, including Alabama RB Eddie Lacy, whose National Championship performance is still sticking out in our minds.
Texas A&M and Johnny Football caving under the pressure? The answer is in your Sunday Cup of Coffee
Texas A&M’s mighty might QB is showing signs of buckling under pressure. The little hero that could, who tiptoed into the hearts of Aggie fans last year with his amazing backyard football skills looked like he was immune to such a thing. But not now. Now the boy wonder appears to be folding like a [...]