Annie Bates and Rebecca Cade of ESPNU's Campus Connection ask Nick Saban the really tough questions, such as "Do you like my shoes?"
Annie Bates and Rebecca Cade of ESPNU's Campus Connection ask Nick Saban the really tough questions, such as "Do you like my shoes?"
The Alabama football team received straight A’s in weekly grading four times during the 2012 regular season. But it gets straight B’s on its final regular-season report card.Is that a little harsh for team that is ranked No. 2 in the Nation?
BOL's weekly power ranking of Alabama's 14 opponents for the 2012 season
The annual coaching carousel hasn't quite stopped - there are still vacancies at Colorado and Texas Tech among the big schools, and those hires may create yet more holes at other places. Still, the Southeastern Conference seems to have done well, pursuing the best coaches no matter where they were from and landing them.
Looking back on Notre Dame's path to the BCS National Championship game-al.comA thorough breakdown of how and why Notre Dame is playing for the BCS National Championship.
Looking back on Alabama's path to the BCS National Championship game-al.comA thorough breakdown of how and why Alabama is playing for the BCS National Championship.
Scarbinsky: Terry Saban can see Kirby Smart following Nick Saban at Alabama-al.comNick Saban has reached that point in his career where winning is more relief than joy, but despite living with the greatest expectations in college football, Alabama will be his last coaching stop. When he does retire, he believes Kirby Smart could take over as head coach and not miss a beat. Says who? A source...
Alabama quarterback commitment Cooper Bateman finished a tough season in which his Cottonwood High team finished 3-8. He threw for 2,384 yards with 15 touchdowns in 11 games for the Salt Lake City school, which had its fourth head coach in four years. He also rushed for 12 touchdowns. Click here for his game-by-game high school career statistical breakdown, courtesy of the St. Lake Deseret News.
This schedule, with next year's team, will just about guarantee, another run... at #16!The game will be played on Sept. 21 at Bryant-Denny Stadiun.
Texas A&M's Johnny Manziel becomes first freshman to win Heisman Trophy-al.comThe redshirt freshman beat out Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o and Kansas State quarterback Collin Klein
They call it "silly season" for a reason. The frenzy that is college football's coaching carousel never lacks for bizarre and amusing twists and turns this time of the year, heightened by a slew of unfounded rumors and misinformation. Just consider the dominos that occurred over a roughly 72-hour period from Wednesday to Saturday. First, Colorado had apparently hired Cincinnati's Butch Jones. So said Woody Paige. But the deal was never done, and it's no coincidence that Jones began backtracking around the same time Louisville's Charlie Strong turned down Tennessee. Next thing you know, Jones, who also interviewed with Purdue last week, is the Vols' new coach.