Alabama Football

What To Watch For In NFL Draft

Posted 04.25.2012

By Barry Wilner, Associated Press NEW YORK — The NFL draft begins Thursday night with the first round, continues Friday night with the second and...

Obama Hosts BCS Champions

AP | Posted 04.19.2012

By The Associated Press WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is playing host to the national champion University of Alabama Crimson Tide football t...

Meet Alabama's Next Star

Posted 04.17.2012

By Dave Miller, National Football Post Replacing a potential Top 5 NFL Draft pick like Trent Richardson will not be easy for Alabama, but head coac...

Trent Richardson Going To Prom With Leukemia Survivor

The Huffington Post | Michael Klopman | Posted 04.13.2012

With the 2012 NFL Draft rapidly approaching, one would think top prospect Trent Richardson would be preparing for one of the biggest days of his life ...

Defending National Champions Land Another Top Recruiting Class

AP | JOHN ZENOR | Posted 04.02.2012

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — National champion Alabama restocked the nation's top defense, scooped up a few highly recruited offensive playmakers and gen...

Alabama Fan Arrested For Lewd Post-BCS Assault On LSU Fan

AP | By JANET McCONNAUGHEY | Posted 03.21.2012

NEW ORLEANS — Jail officials have released on bond an Alabama man accused of committing sexual battery on an unconscious LSU fan after the BCS c...

Top College Football Player Busted For Drugs

AP | Posted 01.17.2012

BRADENTON, Fla. -- Former Alabama cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick has been arrested on a marijuana possession charge. An arrest report on the Manatee Coun...

Do We Care?

The Huffington Post | Chris Greenberg | Posted 01.10.2012

If a trophy is lifted in a dome and nobody watches it, does it mean anything? While last night's initially enthusiastic crowd at the Superdome and...

For Some AP Voters, Alabama Not No. 1

AP | By RALPH D. RUSSO | Posted 01.10.2012

NEW ORLEANS -- Alabama's convincing victory in the BCS championship wasn't enough to convince all 60 Associated Press college football poll voters tha...

Top 5 Sports Stories

Len Berman | Posted 03.11.2012

Len Berman

Alabama is clearly the #1 college football team in the country. But I think last night's BCS Championship Game will be more remembered as the one that finally tipped the scales in favor of a playoff system.

Oklahoma State Would "Have Thrown It 50 Times" If Given BCS Chance

Posted 01.10.2012

Shortly before it was revealed that SEC foes Alabama and LSU would stage a rematch the BCS Championship Game in early December, Oklahoma State coach M...

Crimson Tide Is The Best After BCS Rout

AP | PAUL NEWBERRY | Posted 03.11.2012

NEW ORLEANS — As required, Alabama's players whooped it up amid the confetti and fireworks, yet there was something muted about this championshi...

Roll Tide Roll! Alabama Wins National Title

AP | By PAUL NEWBERRY | Posted 01.10.2012

NEW ORLEANS -- The Alabama defense took no chances in the rematch. When Jordan Jefferson dropped back to pass, he was swept under by a tide of crimso...

What Movie Inspired Alabama?

The Huffington Post | Chris Greenberg | Posted 01.10.2012

In the aftermath of Alabama's dominating 21-0 triumph over LSU in the BCS National Championship Game, reporters were hoping to hear Nick Saban expound...

The Only Touchdown In The BCS Title Game

Posted 01.10.2012

Through the first seven and a half quarters of football -- and an overtime period -- played between Alabama and LSU this season, the scoring consisted...

Tide Take No. 1 In AP Poll

AP | RALPH D. RUSSO | Posted 03.10.2012

NEW ORLEANS — Alabama split the games and swept the titles. The Crimson Tide was voted No. 1 in the final Associated Press poll for the eighth ...

Nick Saban Wins Third BCS Title

AP | TIM DAHLBERG | Posted 03.10.2012

NEW ORLEANS — The game, Nick Saban insisted rather testily the day before, was never about him. Said it wouldn't define him as a person or as a ...

Tide Celebration Rolls Onto Bourbon Street

AP | By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and MARY FOSTER | Posted 01.10.2012

NEW ORLEANS -- Alabama fans poured onto Bourbon Street late Monday night to celebrate the team's second BCS title win in three years with shouts of "R...

Alabama Kicker Ties Bowl Record In BCS Title Victory

AP | JOHN ZENOR | Posted 03.10.2012

NEW ORLEANS — Jeremy Shelley redeemed Alabama's kickers. Shelley overcame a few errant kicks to equal a bowl record with five field goals in th...

Alabama Defense Shuts Out LSU

AP | By DAVE SKRETTA | Posted 01.10.2012

NEW ORLEANS -- Alabama delivered what everyone expected from the first play of the BCS title game, when a host of red jerseys stuffed LSU running back...

Tide Shuts Out Tigers For BCS Title

AP | RALPH D. RUSSO | Posted 03.10.2012

NEW ORLEANS — Jeremy Shelley kicked five field goals and Trent Richardson broke a 34-yard touchdown run late in the fourth quarter as No. 2 Alab...

BCS Championship Game LIVE UPDATES

The Huffington Post | Chris Greenberg | Posted 01.09.2012

No. 1 Louisiana State Tigers (13-0, 8-0 SEC) vs. No. 2 Alabama Crimson Tide (11-1, 7-1 SEC) Mercedes-Benz Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana 8:30 ...

Point Well Taken: LSU, Alabama Rely On Defense

AP | By RALPH D. RUSSO | Posted 01.09.2012

NEW ORLEANS -- The points have been piling up so fast this postseason it's as if they're giving away touchdowns along with all those video games and w...

Big Parties In Big Easy

AP | JANET McCONNAUGHEY | Posted 03.10.2012

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Alabama fans poured onto Bourbon Street late Monday night to celebrate the team's second BCS title win in three years with shouts...

Ron Dicker

BCS Title Game Produces Record Ticket Prices

HuffingtonPost.com | Ron Dicker | Posted 01.06.2012

Monday's Bowl Championship Series title game between LSU and Alabama is already a blockbuster -- in ticket sales. StubHub, the ticket-resale site, rep...