NORMAN, OK -- Under the lights in prime time, former Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback Jalen Hurts put on a show for his new team in the Oklahoma Sooners during a 49-31 win over the visiting Houston Cougars. Hurts set career highs in rushing for 176 yards and total touchdowns (6) on the ground. In becoming the fourth quarterback in modern history to pass for 300-plus yards (323), six total touchdowns
laTua vs. Kyler. An unstoppable force vs. an immovable object. With the Capital One Orange Bowl between No.4 Oklahoma vs the defending national champion No.1 Alabama Crimson Tide in the first national semifinal game of the College Football Playoff, fans may be in for what promises to be a real treat. Alabama, coached by arguably the greatest college football coach of this generation in Nick Saban, who is 140-20 in
They are as indomitable as their trademark elephant mascot, as dominating and imposing as their trademark Crimson Tide nickname suggests and are on a run of college football supremacy unseen since the days of Knute Rockne. Alabama is the Mt. Everest of college football, towering, imposing Andy seeming impossible to summit. Winners of two national titles (2015 and '17) in the last three years, the Tuscaloosa-based de facto NFL factory
The Tide were the team to beat this season. There were moments this season where the Tide looked like they couldn’t be beaten, taking down their first eleven opponents by an average margin of 31.2 points per game. Their 11-0 record heading into the Iron Bowl was impressive simply due to the fact that only three teams possessed an undefeated record heading into Alabama’s matchup with Auburn at Jordan-Hare Stadium.
The Alabama Crimson Tide faced their toughest test of the season when Coach Ed Orgeron’s LSU Tigers came into Tuscaloosa hungry for their first win against Alabama since the so-called “Game of the Century” in 2011. This matchup was very even throughout the game, which is highlighted by the 7-yard difference in total yards between the two teams, with LSU actually outgaining Alabama 306-299. The real difference in the game
The formula for the Heisman Trophy is usually pretty simple. Be the best offensive player on the best team, and you would have a pretty good chance of winning the award. That formula has held true over the years, with very few exceptions to it. One of those exceptions to that was Robert Griffin III, who won the Heisman for a 3-loss Baylor team. The following season, Johnny Manziel captured
The Crimson Tide traveled to College Station with one goal in mind: dominate every play. That plan was not executed to fruition, as Alabama struggled to a 27-19 victory over the upstart Aggies, who many underrated coming into the game. The Aggies, led by Coach Kevin Sumlin, had won four games in a row after the heartbreaking season opener loss to UCLA in Los Angeles, and they showed that they
With the New York Giants season coming to an end over the weekend at the hands of the Green Bay Packers, their focus can turn to building off the success off a playoff-type season and improving. Especially at the TE position. One name they should consider is OJ Howard from the University of Alabama. Last year, it was trying to form a roster that could make the Giants competitive again;
With the college football season finishing up and moving towards the Bowls, there is a lot of talk about the playoff. Honestly, I think it should be expanded from 4 teams. This year leads a great case for that. Let us delve into the top teams and see why college football need and expanded playoff system. Alabama The Crimson Tide is most certainly the best team in the country. Heck,
Last week, the No. 1 team in the land, the Alabama Crimson Tide, had their annual slugfest with the LSU Tigers, and even though they came home with a victory, they came out of the game slightly bloodied. For each game after the LSU game since 2001, it normally takes Alabama some time to get going, and there have been games where they suffered a so-called "LSU hangover", losing to
