Alabama vs. Florida [SEC Championship 2008 Breakdown]

It seems as though everyone is saying, for all intents and purposes, that the SEC Championship game this year is a National Championship semi-final. Alabama is ranked #1, Florida #2, and the winner will undoubtedly advance to play in Miami for the title. They’re also ready to hand Florida the crown before the game is even [...]

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Can Alabama Beat Florida?

Sure they can. Remember 1992? Going to play Miami in the Sugar Bowl the media pronounced the game over before it even began. Alabama had a “second rate defense and a one-dimensional offense.” Miami had the Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback and were the defending national champions. And then Alabama plowed them under, 34-13.
There are plenty of [...]

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One Hundred Years of Domination

Alabama’s been playing football since 1892. They won their first Rose Bowl and National Championship under Coach Wallace Wade in 1925. Over their 100+ year history, they’ve amassed 12 national championships and have been to more bowls–and won more–than any other team. In the history of college football, only Notre Dame has been nearly as [...]

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11-0

Not much else to say. Roll Tide Roll and keep on Rollin.

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Alabama Will Break You

When the season began, Alabama had one of the toughest schedules in the country. 5 teams in the top 20, 4 in the top 10, including the #1 team in the country. But now, in week 11, the strength of schedule has dropped dramatically to #71 out of 120. Why? Well, because Alabama breaks the [...]

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Shades of 1992

Is it just me, or does this year’s Alabama squad resemble 1992’s team in a lot of ways? Dominating defense, workmanlike offense with a QB who’s not statistically great but is managing the offense brilliantly…but the similarities don’t end there. The scenario in which the team finds itself is also very similar.

Alabama has a relatively [...]

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To be great, or simply good?

The spotlight is on, and now it’s time to see how the Tide handles pressure. Because from here on out, every game, every playeven, will be a chance at greatness. One slip and suddenly you’re merely good–not great. But if anyone can prepare a team for this moment, it’s Nick Saban.
It might have been better [...]

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101 Things Every Alabama Fan Should Know #1: Yea, Alabama!

Wade Wallace famously was invited to take the 9-0 Crimson Tide to California in 1925 to face off against Washington. At game’s end, the Tide was 10-0, declared national champions, and the nation, collectively, turned its head south and recognized that southern football was legitimate. As southerners, of course, we still face the national stigma of [...]

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Auburn and the Dawn of the Age of Irrelevance

Has General Tecumseh Sherman returned to Georgia? No, it’s only Nick Saban, and that dark cloud of smoke hanging over Athens is just the smoke from 90,000 black shirts burning. I think it’s safe to say the Georgia “blackout” is a thing of the past, and Nick Saban has, at least according to Jim Rome, [...]

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Year of the Bird

It’s been a long offseason, but now that the college football season is upon us again, Real Men Wear Houndstooth is back.
Is anyone else excited that the big bully is back? Alabama’s been down for a long time, but those days are over. Last year Alabama lost six games, but didn’t lose a single game [...]

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