An unabashed Southerner. Fried okra makes me happy. Lover of bourbon. Director of Content for Yea Alabama. I will go in this way and find my own way out.
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Writers are supposed to have words for all of lifeās moments, but today all I have are these.
For 13 years you were the bestest good girl.
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Well, this is a moment for which little man will one day laugh at me.
Thanks to Coach Nick Saban for showing me some graciousness as I was forced to pull dad duty during his press conference tonight.
What an adorable moment! Coach Saban jokes with @AaronSuttles after his son joins the press conference. (SOURCE: Alabama Athletics) bit.ly/3pnzF2m?utm_source=twā¦
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Lane Kiffin: Replay blew it
SEC: Replay blew it
Also SEC: Hereās a $25,000 fine, Lane, for correctly pointing out we blew it.
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Breaking News: Tua Tagovailoa is out for the season with a dislocated hip with a posterior wall fracture, a person with knowledge of the situation tells me.
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Raw and powerful words from Jalen Hurts:
"After the national championship game I'm in the hotel room with my family, and I'm in mom and dad's arms crying asking, 'What are we going to do now?'
"My dad looked at me and said, 'We're going to fight.'"
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The SEC West since 2010
2010: Aub won natty
2011: Ala won natty/LSU runner-up
2012: Ala won natty
2013: Aub runner-up
2014: Ala beat in semis
2015: Ala won natty
2016: Ala runner-up
2017: Ala won natty
2018: Ala runner-up
2019: LSU won natty
SEC West don't play, son.
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Jalen Milroe had tears in his eyes in the locker room. Tyler Bookerās voice cracked when he addressed the team. Malachi Moore couldnāt stop smiling. None of them has ever lost the Iron Bowl.
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Itās with sadness and heartbreak that I relay the news that Cecil Hurt passed today. Please pray for Cecilās family and friends and the many who loved him dearly. I love and miss you, friend.
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Remember that time Derrick Henry, T.J. Yeldon, Alvin Kamara and Kenyan Drake were all on Alabamaās running back depth chart?
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Iāve reported on a lot of things, but nothing touches the reaction people are having to this Tua news. 1. It speaks to how talented he is. 2. It shows how much people genuinely like him. Just a very sad for college football.
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They let Landon Dickerson finish his career snapping the ball to take knees. How awesome is that?
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Take a bow, Florida crowd.
That's the loudest football game I've ever attended. And I've been to LSU and Auburn when those places were rocking. Nothing comes close to the noise I heard today.
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The "kid" wanted to play this week. He advocated for it. He was given the opportunity to not play. He and his family wanted to play because they felt he was well enough to play. Stop blaming and just be concerned about the "kid." You don't know what the hell you're talking about.
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Nick Saban wins the Paul āBearā Bryant Coach of the Year Award. Itās the first time heās won the award while at Alabama. He won it previously at LSU.
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Brian Robinson on his toughness: "I literally put my heart into this, this university, that team, that locker room. I don't ever whant to let my brothers down. I don't ever want to let my coaches down. I don't ever want to let this university down."
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Regardless of what Tua Tagovailoa decides today, the only acceptable response from anyone should be āIām glad you made the right choice for you.ā
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A quick way to identify people telling on themselves. Itās OK to be upset that FSU didnāt get into CFP. But pay attention to people, especially media, who focus their ire on Alabama/SEC but are silent on Texas. Theyāre OK with one 1-loss P5 champion passing FSU, just not Ala.
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For my colleague. For my mentor. For my friend. For Cecil.
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I covered every second of the Nick Saban era at Alabama. I documented a historical run. Legendary became normal. And itās with zero hyperbole that I confidently proclaim heās the best to ever do it.
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He made everything look so easy.
He made every throw.
He made Alabama an offensive juggernaut.
He made you forget how fleeting it all can be.
Tua Tagovailoa had his season stripped from him in the cruelest of ways. On todayās injury. theathletic.com/1383894/2019ā¦
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I'm in shock that in the house where weird stuff happens when Alabama plays there, Alabama won the weirdest Iron Bowl of all time.
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I miss this show. At times it was pure absurdity, like when they did Final Verdict. But it was also pure joy. In other words, it was purely college football.
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Alabama is going to play in its eighth national championship game in 12 years and fifth in six years.
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Iām proud as hell to be a native Alabamian. My state has the beauty of Mentone and Smith Lake and Orange Beach, and, dammit, there are so many kind, loving and beautiful people here. If people whoāve never been here choose to pick at low-hanging fruit, so be it. I love Alabama.
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So Alabama football and menās basketball play the No. 1 teams in the country next Saturday.
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Someone has gotten the phone number to the press box and keeps calling. One said he was Luke Fickell and Alabama was dumb to run slants against the Cincy secondary. The other caller called Nick Saban some not nice names.
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Najee Harris, before interviews began today, said he didn't want any Tua questions because the injury bothered him that much.
The two became great friends during the recruiting process.
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Mac Jones: āI think weāre the best team to ever play. No one has ever played this kind of schedule.ā
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I know some have joked about it before tonight and I know heās loaded at WR with and has an offensive line that excels at pass blocking, but can we talk about Mac Jones for Heisman?
Heās 23 of 31 for 410 yards, 4 TDs, 1 INT against a legit great defense.
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Ryan Williams has played in four college football games.
Ryan Williams has scored a touchdown in every game heās played.
Hollywood indeed.
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If you think āAlabama fatigueā isnāt real, just casually scroll through college football Twitter tonight and see just how much people are discussing the team that is currently ranked 12th.
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Some guys just have swag.
Dre Kirkpatrick is wearing a No. 21 autographed jersey from his son Dre Kirkpatrick Jr.
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I donāt know that this team will get into the CFP. But hereās what I know. This has been the most enjoyable season Iāve been around Alabama because no one had any expectations of them, but they just kept winning and every win was a little unexpected and more and more exciting.
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Lost in all thisā¦
Jimbo Fisher said heās never been a cheater.
Nick Saban didnāt call him a cheater.
As far as Iām aware, no one has said another school is cheating, just that theyāre using NIL differently.
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The Andersons. You wonāt find better people. Their son is a pretty good football player too.
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Tua Tagvailoa leaves the field on a cart to the locker room. Gotta feel that maybe the last time we see him in that #13 jersey inside this stadium. What a damn collegiate career.
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This was my 16th consecutive Iron Bowl. I will remember it for the weirdness of the game and for how Auburn honored my friend. Just filed my story, and Iāll tweet it as soon as itās posted. But I know Cecil wouldāve done it better. Really wish I could read him after this one.
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Can we talk for a minute about how a coaching staff that makes millions of dollars designed a fake field goal that had the kicker as the lead blocker and not one of them in game planning said, 'You know what? Maybe we should try something else."
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The Sabans take a celebratory stroll on the Walk of Champions for the first time at Saban Field.
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Bryce Young wins the 2021 Heisman Trophy, becoming the fourth University of Alabama player to do so and going back to back with DeVonta Smith in 2020.
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Dylan Moses back for Alabama in 2020 is, um, significant. Huge news for the Crimson Tide.
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I know I cover him, but itās laughable Will Anderson could possibly not win a national award this year.
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Scott Cochran leaves for a special teams position at Georgia and suddenly Alabama is out here making 52-yard bombs.
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Big day for Alabama football and basketball. And Iām officially out of the prediction business.
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Alabama won the first SEC Western Division Championship (1992)
Alabama won the last SEC Western Division Championship (2023)
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We celebrated our friend today. It was beautiful. He is missed beyond measure. We love you, Cecil.
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Iāll leave yāall with this for tonight.
As Nick Saban said, fans are entitled to criticize, to want perfection, to be unhappy when things donāt go well. But I hope your criticisms donāt prevent at least some joy watching Will Anderson and Bryce Young on a second-ranked team.
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Iām just going to say it. People from outside the South, your southern accent sucks. Donāt feel bad, itās a tough accent to master. Even Reese Witherspoon, whoās from the South, canāt do one. So save yourself the embarrassment and stop it.
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Nick Saban: There's no doubt in my mind, Cincinnati belongs in the playoff. They gave us all we could handle.
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I'm on record that both players deserved the Heisman Trophy this season. But maybe, just maybe, it's time to move the voting to after the season. That allows voters to get to see every game played.
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Re-watching the game and did anyone else find it unnecessary that Gary just continued to hammer Tank Bigsby for not getting out of bounds? We get it. It was a big play. But the guy was trying to make a play for his team. Mentioning once or twice was enough.
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Itās OK to not like Nick Saban. Plenty donāt. But to call him a dirt bag and say he has no value to society? Heās built 17 homes through Habitat For Humanity. He gives away hundreds of thousands of dollars to local charities through his foundation.
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The SEC has won 13 of the last 17 national championships.
Like it or not, all conferences are not created equal.
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Being in this role, Iāve gotten to know these players well. I donāt know if Iāve ever been happier for a group of guys. They ate a lot of shit earlier this year and rightfully so. They didnāt quit and just went on the road and ended Georgiaās 33-game home winning streak.
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The fact that Butch made Tennessee pay him all his money before taking another head coaching job is a level of petty to which I aspire.
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This will eventually die down, but.....
The thing I'll never forget is that Jimbo Fisher, while sitting in front of the official Texas A&M logo, said on the record in a hastily-called press conference for the world to hear that someone should slap Nick Saban.
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Today, Sept, 28, shall henceforth be known as DeVonta Smith Day.
9 catches on 9 targets
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What a mature approach. Tua is an impression human.
Really enjoyed my visit to Tuscaloosa to sit down with @Tuaamann and his parents this week.
SC will have parts of it all week and weāll have a nice feature on Tua Saturday on @CollegeGameDay.
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A reminder of a fact that always blows my mind.
Nick Saban has not won the Paul āBearā Bryant Coach of the Year Award while heās been at Alabama. He won it at LSU in 2003.
Dabo Swinneyās won it 3 times.
*Saban is a finalist this year
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The players rush to the student section and climb up the seats to celebrate. Big Proc is living it up. Ty comes out to āHeisman, Heisman chants.ā
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Some of yāall wouldnāt have survived Nov. 27, 2006 until Jan. 3 2007. Forty-four hours got yāall in a pretzel.
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How dumb has the Heisman Trophy become? The broadcasters are asking if Mac Jones needs to pad his stats to keep pace in the Heisman, in a game in which his team leads 31-3.
I mean, what are we doing?
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Bryce Young 9 of 15 for 189 yards and 2 TDs.
That's more passing yards than eight teams had against Georgia this season.
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