EDITORIAL: Never stop playing the FCS game. Players and fans have earned it.
Kyle Copeland. His name is Kyle Copeland and he played his ass off for the Charleston Southern Bucs. | Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Sorry, ESPN et al. You’re just wrong. NB: This was originally published in 2018. My feelings have not changed, nor has the underlying substance — the FCS game is meaningful […]
Gump Day: CFP Committee buffoons remain impressed with Big Ten kicking cripples on weak schedules
scoreboard, bitch | Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images What’s the point of even playing a tough schedule? My tagline has for years been “Director of Hot Takes,” because while I am known for pointing out the black fly in our chardonnay, when I get animated by injustice, I become viscerally prolix in ‘Bama’s defense. One […]
College Football Playoff Rankings Prediction: Where will Alabama rank tonight?
Stephen Lew-Imagn Images The Tide should be in the field, but how high? The second College Football Playoff rankings drop tonight, somewhere around 7:30pm CT on ESPN, in between State Farm Classic games. There will be some movement in the coveted final 12 slots. Things to watch: How far will 4th ranked Miami fall after […]
Random Thoughts Week 11: Cream Rises to the Top
Saturday Night in Death Valley All the College Football news, scores, injuries, gaffes, upsets, derps, and snark that you can handle. Dere’s nuttin’ like Def Valley awn uh Saderday night. Funny thing about college football. As the season wears on, the cream always rises to the top. Fans have seen many changes in the game […]
Jumbo Package: Alabama is down two edge rushers, what’s the plan to replace them?
John David Mercer-Imagn Images With Que Robinson out for the season, Alabama will turn to Qua Russaw to man the Wolf position going forward. We have our usual round up of press conferences from the coaches after taking down LSU this past weekend. Kalen DeBoer Everything Kalen DeBoer said during his weekly press conference On […]
Grant Nelson leads as Tide holds off McNeese State
Grant Nelson led the Tide with 22 points and seven rebounds | Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images The 2nd ranked Tide shot out to a big lead and held on to win 72-64 on Monday night in Coleman Coliseum over McNeese State. McNeese State might not move the needle for most college basketball fans, but […]
Victory Thread: Tide struggles to win over McNeese State
Will McLelland-Imagn Images Alabama 72, McNeese St. 64 Alabama was heavily favored at home tonight against a solid McNeese State squad, but the visiting Cowboys gave them all they could handle as the Tide held on 72-64. Alabama was a bit sluggish to open this one. McNeese State knocked down a couple of threes early […]
‘Bama Basketball Breakdown: McNeese brings its high-octane offense and scumbag Will Wade to town
All my homies hate Will Wade Strong-ass game tonight, folks. Last year’s Southland champ, McNeese State, won 30 games in Will Wade’s first season back on the bench, and earned an NCAA tourney appearance. That man, and his trail of slime and sleaze, requires no introduction. Let’s just say that Nate Oats absolutely despises him, […]
Giving Away Money: Victory over LSU lands Tide among CFP title favorites
Stephen Lew-Imagn Images If ‘Bama holds serve, the playoffs are a matter of when, not if. What two weeks and one game can do, huh? Just two weeks ago, when we last checked in, ‘Bama was just about even money to make the playoffs. But then ‘Bama got some great breaks on one hand — […]
Let’s check in on that first down offense…
Stephen Lew-Imagn Images Nick Sheridan called one of his best games of the season Saturday night’s castration of LSU in Death Valley, before 100,000 howling drunkards and a roadshow circus rent-a-tiger, was thoroughly cathartic. The defense played exceptionally well against one of the SEC’s best offenses. However, they’ve quietly been very good since the Vandy […]