[ad_1] Stephen A. Smith doesn’t like what he’s seeing out of Tuscaloosa. As No. 3 Alabama (6-0) prepares for a road trip to No. 6 Tennessee (5-0), the ESPN host is in uncharted waters. “For the first time since I’ve been sitting up here, I’m actually thinking Alabama’s going to lose a game,” he told … Read more
[ad_1] Week 7 in the SEC features two massive cross-division games between ranked opponents that could go a long way toward separating the contenders and pretenders. No. 3 Alabama will head to Rocky Top to take on No. 6 Tennessee in the annual rivalry game known as the “Third Saturday in October.” Both teams will … Read more
[ad_1] CBS Sports ranked every team in FBS, from Nos. 1 to, 131 ahead of Week 7. And While Ohio State stayed firm atop the rankings, there is a new No. 2 teams. Georgia passed Alabama after a strong 42-10 win over Auburn. Even so, Bulldogs head coach Kirby Smart was not in … Read more
[ad_1] A few competing narratives will meet Saturday afternoon in Knoxville. The first is obvious: This is the most anticipated home game for sleeping giant Tennessee in decades. Ticket prices took a rocket ship right past affordability for most when the Vols stomped No. 25 LSU last week to ensure an undefeated record and top-10 … Read more
[ad_1] CBS Sports college football analyst Barrett Sallee didn’t make any friends with the fanatics in Tuscaloosa on Tuesday. Sallee joined “The Matt McClearin Show” on WJOX to talk about Saturday afternoon’s battle of unbeatens between No. 3 Alabama and No. 6 Tennessee in Knoxville. The Crimson Tide have won 15 in a row in … Read more
[ad_1] Deion Sanders and Jackson State’s game against Alabama State came with a lot of controversy. Not in the final score, but in how the home team acted towards the visitors. The Tigers traveled to Montgomery, Ala. to face the Hornets and were met with a lot of hostility. Before the game even started, Coach … Read more
[ad_1] Alabama football coach Nick Saban told reporters on Monday that his hopeful quarterback Bryce Young will be ready to play Saturday at Tennessee. Young, who missed last weekend’s win over Texas A&M because of shoulder soreness, was reevaluated by the training staff on Monday. “Hopefully we’re going to try to get him ready to … Read more
[ad_1] The Alabama Crimson Tide escaped an embarrassing home loss to the Texas A&M Aggies this past Saturday, and it may be because a certain cornerback has a keen eye for lip-reading. Alabama’s redshirt freshman corner Terrion Arnold told AL.com that he read the lips of Aggies head coach Jimbo Fisher on the final play … Read more
[ad_1] It looks like some trouble may be brewing between Deion Sanders and Eddie Robinson Jr., a pair of football legends who represent two HBCUs located in the Deep South. The matter came to public attention on Saturday, Oct. 8, when Alabama State University (3-3) hosted Jackson State University (5-0) for its homecoming game. After … Read more
[ad_1] The results from Week 6 in college football did not provide landscape-shifting upsets at the top of the rankings, but Texas A&M’s final shot at the end zone against Alabama showed how thin the margin can be for even the best teams in the sport. That narrow 24-20 win against the Aggies resulted in … Read more