Nick Saban and company went a long way today towards solidifying the long-term outlook of the quarterback position at Alabama by landing Cooper Bateman, the 6'3 and 210 pound quarterback prospect out Salt Lake City, Utah. Bateman made his commitment pu... »
Tide rides reputation as nation's top DB producer (videos) | al.com With six Crimson Tide defensive backs chosen in the NFL Draft in the last four years, Alabama has earned a reputation as arguably the nation's top producer of talent in the secondary. ... »
The Holy Grail of Alabama football literature is, without a doubt, James Steward Edson's 1946 book, Alabama's Crimson Tide. It is the foundation of Alabama football history made all the more valuable by its rarity. Edson was a Birmingham attorney who g... »
Second-team quarterback Phillip Sims plans to transfer, sources close to the Alabama football team have told al.com's Tuscaloosa Bureau. An official announcement is expected later this afternoon. Backup quarterback Phillip Sims is transferring from Ala... »
ed. - I've sat here for quite some time trying to find the right words to say about what happened a year ago, but sometimes words don't come as easily as we'd like them to. I finally just sat down and let the words flow with little to no editing. I rem... »
Paul W. Bryant once famously described tie games as being "like kissing your sister." Which couldn't possibly be an accurate statement since it doesn't quite capture the degree he despised tie outcomes. Bryant played in or coached college football for ... »
NFL draft: Former Alabama linebacker Dont'a Hightower sees his stock rise | Columbus Ledger Enquirer "(NFL officials) know coach Saban and they know coach Smart, and the fact that they gave me that much leeway in the national championship game against ... »
Gymnastics Goes for Sixth National Championship on Saturday - rolltide.com The Alabama gymnastics team goes for its sixth NCAA Championship today in the Arena at Gwinnett Center in Duluth, Ga. starting at 4 p.m. EDT. The Crimson Tide starts the Super S... »
Carleton Tinker 'not really sure' how he broke Alabama Crimson Tide's BCS Championship trophy - ESPN "[Saban] said, 'Look, he didn't mean to do it. Nobody was hurt. We'll get another one,' " Carleton Tinker said. "That kind of makes you feel better." C... »
The conventional wisdom concerning the 2011 Alabama Crimson Tide attributes the team's success to a historically great defense supported by a better-than-average offense. And that's when the writer was being generous. While the pundits slathered over t... »
al.com: Birmingham : Mel Kiper Jr.: Alabama players 'so much more well prepared for what the NFL has to offer' During a teleconference this morning, ESPN NFL Draft expert Mel Kiper Jr. said Alabama players, particularly the ones available in the later ... »
Now that spring practice is wrapped up, the only quasi-Alabama football related thing we have to look forward to before fall camp is the NFL draft. With that in mind, it's time for the fans to start daydreaming in earnest about the 2012 season. The hom... »
Paul W. Byrant’s stature over Alabama football presents a difficult problem for an author: how do you get close enough to glean a true understanding but stay far enough away to avoid the coaches considerable aura of influence? The sheer passage of time... »
TideSports.com - Slive confident expansion will be good for SEC A&M's move to the SEC, in part, was motivated by it's distaste for rival Texas launching its own television network. Slive said the SEC's motives for expansion weren't in those categories.... »
BREAKING NEWS REPORTING NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!!! The Tuscaloosa News has been awarded the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting for their coverage of the tornadoes that struck the town last April. Congratulations. »
