ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE RUMORS & GOSSIP
Alabama Football: Nick Saban doesn't 'reflect back' on past
Nick Saban has won at least 10 games in five of six seasons with Alabama, boasting three BCS National Championship rings since 2009 and without doubt has turned the Crimson Tide into a dynasty program.
But according to the 62-year-old coach, all accolades earned thus far are a thing of the past.
"I give myself a vacation, but I don't really reflect back," Saban...
2012 SEC attendance statistics
Last season was a historic year for the Southeastern Conference by topping an accumulated attendance of over seven million fans, first time ever for a conference. Expect the SEC attendance to rise further over the next couple years with additions by Texas A&M, Mississippi State, and LSU. By 2015, Texas A&M will have added on nearly 20,000 seats to its capacity. After the...
Ole Miss gets their Alabama on, doctors up trophies
One of the favorite memes among the college football bloggerati involves Alabama and their ever increasing count of mythical national championships. Obviously, these things are somewhat easier to tally these days, thanks to the BCS, but the Wild West days of yesteryear still offer plenty of opportunities to fabricate greatness. Just ask Ole Miss. Via Deadspin, we learn of Ole Miss...
Alabama Auctions Off Broken 2012 BCS Championship Trophy for $105K (Photo)
Given Alabama’s college football success in recent years, what’s one broken BCS championship trophy? Last year, the father of Crimson Tide long snapper Carson Tinker actually broke the Crimson Tide’s reward for its first place BCS ranking in 2011, knocking over the table on which the crystal football sat. The university ordered a replacement for $30,000, no hard feelings were...
New Saban Letter Touts Future NFL Pros
You’d think that offering potential recruits a scholarship to a program that has won three out of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
HE'LL GET YOU THERE
Saban sends potential recruits persuasive pic
Alabama Head Coach Nick Saban has been sending out this photo of prospects that he recruited or coached that ended up in the NFL. Personally, I think it should just be a list of players that he coached that went drafted (which would still be a long list). Sure, showing which players he recruited shows that he can identify talent, but it only makes me think of the fact that he...
Alabama’s McCarron Has a Shot at Becoming College Football’s G.O.A.T.
There are plenty of names in the conversation: Archie Griffin, Tim Tebow, Roger Stabauch, Barry Sanders and Hershel Walker to name a few. Nobody, however, can step forward and definitively name one player as the single greatest player in college football history, which make it a great conversation.
Alabama quarterback A.J. McCarron has a serious shot of inserting himself into that...
BLING BLING
Alabama's BCS title rings unveiled
Alabama Crimson Tide long snapper Carson Tink was the first to tweet out a photo of the ring that commemorates the team’s BCS National Championship Game victory over the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, a 42-14 thrashing at Miami’s Sun Life Stadium on Jan. 7, 2013, but several more followed, including the pics above, courtesy of [...]The post Alabama Crimson Tide’s BCS national championship...
YOU'RE IN THE WAY
Nick Saban photobombs Alabama grad
A new Alabama graduate had a big surprise waiting for him after Saturday's commencement ceremony in Tuscaloosa. Imagine the look on his face when he checked out his graduation pictures and realized that he was photobombed in one of them by none other than football coach Nick Saban himself. @claytravisbgid Check out this Nick Saban photobomb at graduation. twitter.com/bradleyrharris…—...
Michael Waltrip to drive car celebrating Alabama’s NCAA National Championships
Michael Waltrip will drive the No. 55 Toyota Camry this weekend at Talladega Superspeedway. The car will feature the name and logos of the Alabama Crimson Tide celebrating their back to back National Championships. Waltrip has competed in one race this year, the season opening Daytona 500 in the No. 26 car for Swan Racing.
Last year Waltrip finished 19th in the spring race at Talladega...
HACK JOB?
Fluker tweet: I took money in college
A tweet from D.J. Fluker's Twitter account indicates that the Alabama offensive tackle is admitting he took money in college. His agent claims Fluker's account was hacked.
Katherine Webb To Dancing With The Stars?
Just when you thought it couldn’t get any bigger for Katherine Webb, well, it does. Katherine was in New York City last week to shoot her photos for the upcoming Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition. Aside from meeting with agents, reps and even Donald Trump, Webb took the time to enjoy a lunch and speak with a few fans. The New York Post reported that Webb was planning on relocating...
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