BCS Championship Game: #2 Alabama vs #1 Notre Dame

Jan 7, 2013 (8pm EST):  #1 Notre Dame (12-0) vs #2 Alabama (12-1, 7-1 SEC) at Sun Life Stadium Here’s a quick guide to the arguments/debates/discussions regarding the upcoming Alabama vs Notre Dame match up.  And since statistically, practically and according to the Vegas odds makers, Alabama is favored to win this game (by 10 […]

RECAP WEEK 12: BCS Standings & Implications from Saturday 11/17

#1, now #6 Kansas State (10-1).  LOST to Baylor (5-5): 52-24 in Waco.  Fell from 1st place to 6th in the BCS.  Baylor came into this game (and is still) un-ranked and with a losing record and not only beat the #1 team in the nation, but absolutely dominated them for 60 minutes.  More details […]

Week 12: Big changes as both #1 AND #2 are DEFEATED

VS #1 Kansas State (10-1, 7-1 Big 12) loses to Baylor (5-5, 2-5 Big 12): 52-24 in WACO, Texas — “Collin Klein and Kansas State (No. 1 BCS, No. 2 AP) can still get to a BCS game. Getting to the BCS Championship Game is all but lost.” (AP) Baylor came into this game un-ranked, […]

Week 9 Aftermath: How the Top 5 Fared

#1 Alabama defeats #11 Mississippi State: 38-7 in Tuscaloosa. Alabama QB AJ McCarron hasn’t thrown an interception all season.  But are they good enough to go undefeated? Last year, Alabama won the National Championship with the #1 rushing defense, #1 passing defense, #1 total defense and #1 scoring defense.  Heading into Week 10, Alabama actually […]

Alabama Crimson Tide 2012

Alabama 2011 Statistics (SEC) The Crimson Tide play home games Bryant-Denny Stadium (seats 101,821, although in the regular season game against LSU on 11/5/11 they had a record 103,437 attendance) Head Coach Nick Saban is in his 6th year at Alabama.  After returning the national championship to Tuscaloosa in 2009, he did it again in […]

Update on Eligibility of Players: Tennessee, Alabama & LSU

Tennessee Safety Jansen Jackson:  8/24/2011 Derek Dooley announced that troubled Tennessee defensive back Janzen Jackson was dismissed from the Volunteers football team.  How this impacts them?  Jackson was third on the team in tackles last year (first out of all defensive backs) and tied for first on the team with 5 interceptions.  This could open up Tennessee’s […]

After suffering his own personal Tornado, Tyrone Prothro teams with Subway to help Tuscaloosa

If you want to know what college football is all about.  If you want to feel the passion and understand why we love this game so much.  Just put in the name “Prothro” on Youtube.com and you will be amazed.  A hero in Alabama to this day, Tyrone Prothro ignited fans with “the catch” and […]

Alabama 2011

Alabama 2010 Statistics (SEC) The Crimson Tide play home games at Bryant-Denny Stadium (seats 101,821). Head Coach Nick Saban is in his 5th year at Alabama.  He returned the national championship to Tuscaloosa in 2009 and some think he may have an opportunity to do it again.  As a reminder, Saban also won a championship […]

Alabama 2010

Alabama (2009 Statistics) Head Coach Nick Saban is in his 4th year and coming off of a National Title win for Alabama in 2009.  Saban also won a championship as head coach of LSU in 2003, but left shortly after that for a brief stint in the NFL at the Miami Dolphins (2005 and 2006).  […]