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Crimson Tide linebackers Don’t’a Hightower and Courtney Upshaw and offensive lineman Barrett Jones have all made the final cut for the Lombardi Award. The Lombardi Award is given to the best lineman in the country. Alabama and Stanford are the only two schools with multiple nominees. Alabama’s Cornelius Bennett won the award back in 1986The […]

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Oct
31

Former Bama Punter Dies

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The Birmingham News reported last week that former Alabama punter Greg Gantt, who was best known for having two of his punts blocked in the infamous “Punt Bama Punt” in the Auburn game, has died. According to his sister, Gantt died from complications due to heart disease and diabetes. Gantt also punted for the New […]

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Alabama is in a bye week this week and Coach Saban spoke to the media this morning (Wednesday) about those preparations. Alabama will be going over fundamentals once again today, and then will begin installing the game plan tomorrow for the LSU game. Coach Saban said one of the things that Alabama tries to do […]

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Will LSU and Alabama be undefeated when they play each other? How is this Alabama season different then others? Eli Gold, the voice of Alabama football shares his thoughts with Tim Brando. Tim Brando & Eli Gold got together on radio to talk about the biggest topic in the states of Alabama & Louisiana. It […]

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Oct
12

Simply A”Maze”ing!

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Marquis Maze has been showing up every week in a big way. On the season, he is the leading receiver for Alabama with 31 catches / 355 yards receiving and 504 yards on the return game. He has filled in the void left by the parting of Julio Jones to the NFL quite nicely. Week […]

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Oct
01

Back on Top: Alabama vs. Florida 1999

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The 1999 SEC Championship was a rematch between Alabama and Florida. Earlier in the season, Alabama upset Florida in the Swamp 40-39. Everyone thought for sure that Florida would get its revenge on Bama, but not this time. The Tide would prove that they were the best team in the SEC and they would take […]

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  The 2009 SEC Championship Game was supposed to be the game of the century. It was yet another rematch between the Gators and the Tide. In 2008, both teams came into the championship game undefeated, but behind Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow, the Gators would win 30-21. This time it would be the Gators […]

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Oct
01

Gators Helping with Tornado Relief

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Who says rivals can’t put their differences aside for a good cause? The University of Florida is helping raise money for tornado relief by selling t-shirts that say on the front “Gators helping the Tide” and the back features an elephant and a gator holding hands with the words “Champions helping Champions” below. The shirts […]

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As predicted by Harvey Updyke, his lawyer was not pleased with his appearance on the Paul Finbaum show earlier this week. Updyke went on the Finebaum show to apologize to Auburn, but he never formally said for what. Updyke’s lawyer, Glennon Threatt, who was in Huntsville this week for another trial said this about the […]

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Here is a taste of what you may have not known about Alabama and Florida going into the tomorrow’s game. Alabama’s offense is averaging 6.9 yards per play, which leads the SEC. Last year, three SEC teams were above 6.9 yards per play — Auburn (7.4), Arkansas (7.1) and Alabama (7.0). Alabama has allowed only four plays […]

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