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AP Top 25 Takeaways: While trying to escape ACC in court, Florida State falls from top 10 to 0-3
Since suing the Atlantic Coast Conference, and essentially announcing to the world that it is too good to be associated with the likes of Georgia Tech and Boston College, Florida State has not won a football game. The Seminoles have gone from preseason top 10 to 0-3 after losing at...
Opinions on what Tagovailoa should do next vary after his 3rd concussion since joining Dolphins
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Nick Saban has a message for Tua Tagovailoa: Listen to experts, then decide what happens next. Antonio Pierce had another message: It's time to retire. Saban, Pierce and countless others within the game were speaking out Friday about...
Alabama officially adds Saban Field to stadium name in pre-game ceremony
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Nick Saban made Alabama's traditional pre-game “Walk of Champions” through throngs of cheering fans one more time. This time the coach who led the Crimson Tide to six national championships in 17 seasons went through doors underneath a sign declaring it...
Milroe, No. 4 Alabama host South Florida in rematch of low-scoring 2023 game
South Florida (1-0) at No. 4 Alabama (1-0), Saturday, 7 p.m. ET (ESPN) BetMGM College Football Odds: Alabama by 31 1/2. Series record: Alabama leads 2-0. WHAT’S AT STAKE? For Alabama, it's a chance to put on a better showing than it did...
Alabama's Jalen Milroe goes from spectator role to star status in rematch with South Florida
Jalen Milroe watched from the sidelines as Alabama's offense sputtered against South Florida last season. Kalen DeBoer was coaching at Washington. And Ryan Williams was a high school junior at the time. Now, they are central figures in trying to make sure the fourth-ranked Crimson...
Live fan calls can be minefields in tough times, but some SEC coaches still take them on radio shows
Gathered at a local restaurant for his weekly coaches’ show, Nick Saban took his traditional first call from Pee Wee of Grand Bay, Alabama. Fresh from a loss to Texas last season, the now-former Alabama coach faced a rare situation where he might expect a critical question on his...
A lesson from Saban: Miami will have to deal with the praise he called 'rat poison'
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Miami coach Mario Cristobal worked at Alabama under Nick Saban, so he’s fully aware of what his former boss considers to be one of the biggest threats to a good football team. Saban called it “rat poison” — his term for praise from the outside...
Kalen DeBoer far from only Alabama newcomer to shine in season-opening romp
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Kalen DeBoer led his team through the pre-game walk of champions, past the statue of Nick Saban and later onto Nick Saban Field. The pre-game hype video included Saban's famous comment in 2010 celebrating the first of his six national titles with the Crimson...
No. 5 Alabama, Jalen Milroe rout Western Kentucky 63-0 in coach Kalen DeBoer's debut
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Jalen Milroe ran for two touchdowns and passed for three more, including scores of 84 and 55 yards to highly touted freshman Ryan Williams, and No. 5 Alabama breezed through Kalen DeBoer's debut with a 63-0 victory over Western Kentucky Saturday night. The...
Kalen DeBoer era finally kicks off for No. 5 Alabama, facing Western Kentucky
The Kalen DeBoer era finally shifts from the headlines to the sidelines. No. 5 Alabama's new coach and Nick Saban's successor leads the defending Southeastern Conference champion Crimson Tide onto the field on a Saturday night for the first time against Western Kentucky. It's the...
