Stories By Stephen M. Smith
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Alabama Football News
/ 11 years agoOregon State WR Richard Mullaney to transfer, visits Alabama
This offseason started with conversations involving Ohio State’s Braxton Miller and Notre Dame’s Everett Golson in transfer rumors. The statements on Golson...
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Alabama Football News
/ 11 years agoAlabama football: Stone wall against Penn State in the 1979 Sugar Bowl
Grantland Sports A game of inches. Football ultimately comes down to two questions, which team can impose its will? And which...
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Alabama Football News
/ 11 years agoAlabama football: Shocking LSU in 2014
Baton Rouge, La. It’s an exciting venue filled with culinary and musical festivities. Very few can resist its exotic charms, and...
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Alabama Football News
/ 11 years agoAlabama football: Reliving the 2014 Iron Bowl
Time is a valuable thing. One second separated Alabama football from its destiny in 2013. Mixed signals transpired in the Iron...
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Alabama Football News
/ 11 years agoFormer Alabama OG Evan Mathis cut from the Philadelphia Eagles
The Philadelphia Eagles parted ways with former Alabama offensive guard Evan Mathis Thursday. According to Phil Sheridan, a staff writer for...
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Alabama Football News
/ 11 years agoEddy Pineiro: Alabama’s 13 commitment for 2016
Alabama is slowly, but surely putting together a solid recruiting class for 2016. Eddy Pineiro, JUCO’s top punting/kicking prospect, became the...
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Alabama Football News
/ 11 years agoFormer Alabama DT Jesse Williams cleared for workouts
Alabama fans and Seattle Seahawk lovers received positive news Thursday, as defensive tackle Jesse Williams took to Twitter to express his...
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Alabama Football News
/ 11 years agoAlabama football: Breaking down its 2009 championship season
Former Alabama head coach Mike Shula wanted to be a winner. He was a gusty quarterback in the 1980s, and thought...
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Alabama Football News
/ 11 years agoKenny Bell: A national champion and a devoted father
Alabama’s 2009 recruiting class witnessed greatness under head coach Nick Saban. It watched the Crimson Tide win a national title in...
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Alabama Football News
/ 11 years agoCyrus Jones, Geno Smith: Anchoring Alabama’s secondary
It’s the dawn of a new era for Alabama’s secondary, as former Chicago Bears defensive coordinator Mel Tucker returns to college...
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Alabama Football News
/ 11 years agoRyan Anderson or Rashaan Evans: Who takes over at jack linebacker?
Former Alabama outside linebacker Xzavier Dickson peaked at the right time, during his tenure in Tuscaloosa. He had a productive senior...
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Alabama Football News
/ 11 years agoLinnie Patrick: Alabama’s diamond in the rough
He wasn’t as huge as Johnny Musso or Major Ogilvie, but there was something special about former Alabama running back Linnie...
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Alabama Football News
/ 11 years agoAlabama football: Blake Sims released from the CFL
Former Alabama quarterback Blake Sims finds himself in a tough situation. The National Football League passed on him, and he was...
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Alabama Football News
/ 11 years agoKenneth Stabler: Following Joe Namath
Alabama football in the 1960s was spearheaded by two quarterbacks, Joe Namath and Kenny Stabler. The former became the nation’s first...
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Alabama Football News
/ 11 years agoDwight Stephenson, Alabama football in the 1970s
Nothing was bigger than Alabama football in the 1970s. Head coach Paul Bryant was a dominant figure, and he knew how...
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Alabama Football News
/ 11 years agoDamien Harris, Desherrius Flowers: Alabama’s expectations for both freshmen
Alabama’s head coach Nick Saban released an injury report on freshman running back Bo Scarbrough Thursday. Saban said Scarbrough is rehabbing...
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Alabama Football News
/ 11 years agoShaun Alexander—Kentucky’s gift to Alabama
In our tenth installment of flashback features, Touchdown Alabama Magazine reflects on one of the golden ages in Alabama football, the...
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Alabama Football News
/ 11 years agoChris Black, Calvin Ridley: Alabama’s receivers in summer workouts
Redshirt junior wide receiver Chris Black has served as the media’s eyes and ears to start Alabama’s summer conditioning program. He...
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Alabama Football News
/ 11 years agoBlake Barnett—Improving his game
Sit down. Pay attention. Just learn. These are statements received by most true freshmen entering a college football program. Alabama is...
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Alabama Football News
/ 11 years agoPhil Steele’s All-American list: The Good, the Bad and the Weird
Preseason watch lists are like appetizers. It whets your taste buds as you prepare for the main course, however, it is...
