Alabama Crimson Tide NCAA Football News

All Alabama fans know the story as I'm sure you have heard a lot of talk lately about how the Bama O-line is going to have a ton of problems in '09. Yes, we are going to have our share of problems with the O-line but not for the reasons people are saying by Heath McGuff 28 reads Opinion July 04, 2009 All Alabama fans know the story as I'm sure you ...

Let's forget how the season ended for a minute and just step back and admire how the first twelve games of the season turned out.

Alabama senior center Evan Cardwell is not expected back with the Crimson Tide's football team this season, the Press-Register has learned.

This was a strange weekend. It really was. It began when a top-notch recruit made a long-awaited commitment not in the hot lights of the local media but in the shrouds of darkness at midnight.

There are all sorts of tidbits from the guy... Darnell opined that, Mike Shula's camp was a " dog-and-pony show ," Saban has " been known to make a few kids cry ," and that Darnell wanted to work the Tigers camp, but " They closed the doors at the Auburn camp and wouldn't let us in ." -- If you like pictures, keep an eye out for the new book by UA ...

Conference's plan for a playoff, Air Force coach Troy Calhoun leaned on his knowledge of history to fire a salvo.

Crimson Tide fans already know the story about redshirt-junior quarterback Greg McElroy.

Look on the bright side. There are some good reasons for the University of Alabama to appeal its NCAA sanctions from Bookgate, as the school has announced it will.

PULLMAN, Wash., April 26 -- Washington State University issued the following news release: Former Washington State University wide receiver Brandon Gibson was selected in the sixth round of the National Football League Draft by the Philadelphia Eagles, Sunday.

Statement from University President Dr. Robert E. Witt: The University of Alabama will appeal the sanctions announced on June 11 by the NCAA Committee on Infractions regarding violations of the NCAA's policies on textbooks for student-athletes. We appreciate that the Committee recognized the isolated nature of this violation as well as UA's ...

In the world of college athletics, NCAA rule infractions are a big deal. So when a collegiate football program as renowned as the University of Alabama 's is stripped of 21 wins - the most wins ever repealed by the NCAA - and Alabama players are forced to pay fines, one would assume that whatever rule was broken was very severe.

ONE of the complaints made by Rich Rodriguez when he was the football coach at WVU was that somebody at the university was always telling him "no." He found it frustrating.

On a truly terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day for University of Alabama athletics, it was refreshing to hear from one school official that -- in this writer's opinion -- seemed to really grasp how the Crimson Tide ended up back in the NCAA's doghouse for something as harmless as textbooks and, perhaps most importanly, what it means going ...

Last year the crimson tide were the surprise team of the college football season.

The NCAA hit Alabama's football program where it hurts - the Tide's famed history.

Wed Jun 10, 6:29 pm ET MONTGOMERY, Ala. has closed the investigation into former Alabama star Andre Smith 's alleged dealings with a sports agent .

There is an old Chilton County saying that 'the grass always looks greener over on the other side of the fence.' Despite not being from Chil ton County, but a native of Cale ra -- which is just a stone's toss from the Chilton County line -- Kevin LeSueur found out that his dream of being a head foot ball coach at a public high school wasn't ...

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Rolando McClain is expected to be an anchor for the Tide's defense. GOOD NEWS: Nine starters return from a defense that ranked second in the nation in stopping the run, including Terrence Cody and Rolando McClain .

It's about that time again - roughly three months from kickoff, and many fans are unsure.