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Is The SEC Network Worth The Cost?

It’s been 85 years since the first broadcast signal was put on on American airwaves. Since then, it’s evolved into so much more than we can imagine. We have cameras that show more detail than…Read More

Westboro Baptist Church to Protest The University of Alabama

The Westboro Baptist Church has announced plans to picket at the University of Alabama later this month. As you might have noticed in my bio, one of my favorite topics is theology. Today, I think it is…Read More

Alabama Athletics: On Championships, Tornadoes and Two Years Ago

It’s an old saying that the worst disasters bring out the best in people. That phrase applies to many of the disasters that America has faced. From 9/11 terror attacks to the Virginia Tech shootings…Read More

Alabama Football: Consider Pumping Brakes on Auburn Scandal

Another year, another Auburn scandal. It is becoming a yearly rite of passage. Alabama wins a crystal football. The sun rises in the east. Auburn is accused of doing some new heinous thing. Such things…Read More

Remembering a legend: Mal Moore

Throughout everyone’s life, we get the opportunity to meet people who influence us in ways we didn’t realize at the time. For me, Mal Moore was one of those people. In my former career as…Read More

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NFL Football: Eddie Lacy Faces a Different Approach to Football

Eddie Lacy is a big, powerful running back. Many experts on the NFL draft have suggested the former…Read More

Alabama Baseball: Crucial series coming up for Crimson Tide

The Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team will look to repeat a bit of history when they meet Auburn on…Read More

Alabama Basketball: As Season Ends, Questions Loom On Future Of The Program

The Alabama Crimson Tide men’s basketball season came to a sudden halt on Tuesday night. In front…Read More

Harvey Updyke Guilty: Alabama and Auburn Fans Can’t See The Forest For The Trees

Somewhere in the middle of Linn Park in Birmingham, Alabama, a 65-year-old hatchet lies buried. In 1948,…Read More

Alabama Athletics: A Thank You Letter To Mal Moore From A Recent UA Graduate

Many Alabama students, faculty and staff, as well as alumni and fans were shocked to hear that renowned…Read More

Alabama Football Recruiting: Re-Regulating the Deregulated

Since the Alabama Crimson Tide lifted its second consecutive BCS National Championship down in Miami,…Read More

Alabama Basketball: The Crimson Tide’s Season is Down to One Game

It’s funny how a season always comes down to one game. It doesn’t matter at what sport it is. It…Read More

Alabama Football: Success on Field is Good for Academics

Recently, a friend from another country and I were in a discussion about college and he commented that…Read More

Alabama Football: Crimson Tide’s Past and Future Contribute to Current Success

With the arrival of Nick Saban, the Alabama Crimson Tide made a conscious decision to invest heavily…Read More

Alabama Basketball: On Judging The 2012-13 Season

After Alabama basketball closed out a tumultuous season on a buzzer-beater win against Georgia, the…Read More

Alabama Football: Beginning of Spring Practice Brings Plenty of Predictions and Questions

The 2013 Alabama Crimson Tide football team begins spring practice this Saturday, marking the first…Read More

Alabama Basketball: Why Anthony Grant Should Not Be Fired

The Alabama Crimson Tide’s hopes of making the NCAA Tournament this year were all but extinguished…Read More

NCAA Athletics: The Big, Bad NCAA Cannot And Will Not Be Overthrown

After the recent revelation that NCAA investigators were tampering with evidence in a investigation…Read More

Football Cliches: Overused, but Still Great

The 2013 Alabama Crimson Tide football season remains over 170 days away.  That does not mean we cannot…Read More

Alabama Football: Among the Most Desirable Coaching Jobs

This past week, Athlon Sports published an article ranking the top coaching jobs in college football.…Read More