How to Kill Your Draft stock, by Andre Smith

Posted By Eddie Griffin On Monday, February 23rd 2009. Under NFL Draft Tags: 2009 NFL Draft, Alabama, Andre Smith, Cincinnati, Detroit, Jacksonville, Nick Saban, Oakland, Seattle, St. Louis, Washington

I was occupied over the weekend, so I didn’t see this until today (late, I know), but what to make of Andre Smith’s disappearance from the combine? Yeah, he apologized for it, as he should’ve, but this was the last thing that the reigning Outland Trophy winner needed, with the ... Continue Reading

Alabama suspends Outland winner Smith for Sugar Bowl

Posted By Eddie Griffin On Monday, December 29th 2008. Under NCAA Football Tags: 2009 NFL Draft, Alabama, Andre Smith, Florida, Glen Coffee, Nick Saban, Paul Kruger, SEC Championship Game, Utah

Nothing like a little bowl season suspension news to spice things up, right? Alabama takes on 12-0 Utah in the Sugar Bowl on Friday, but the Crimson Tide will be taking the field in the Big Easy without one of their biggest players, as award-winning offensive lineman Andre Smith has ... Continue Reading

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do: Mullen Leaves Florida, Strong To Follow?

Posted By Chris Humpherys On Monday, December 15th 2008. Under NCAA Football, NCAA Recruiting Tags: auburn, Bobby Petrino, Central Florida, Charlie Strong, Dan Mullen, Florida, George O'Leary, Houston, Houston Nutt, Les Miles, Louisiana Tech, Mississippi State, Nick Saban, Tulane, UAB

Dan Mullen, offensive coordinator for the Florida Gators recently announced that he would be leaving Florida at season’s end, if not sooner, to take the head coaching job at Mississippi State. It is still unclear as to whether he’ll coach Florida in the upcoming national championship game. It is also ... Continue Reading

Tuberville out at Auburn, Leach or Calhoun next?

Posted By Eddie Griffin On Thursday, December 4th 2008. Under NCAA Football Tags: Air Force, Alabama, Arkansas, Bobby Petrino, Connecticut, Houston Nutt, kodi burns, Lane Kiffin, LSU, Mike Leach, Nick Saban, Ole Miss, Randy Edsall, SEC, Texas Tech, Tommy Tuberville, Troy Calhoun, Vanderbilt, Washington

In a move that almost all of the college football world saw coming for the majority of the season, Tommy Tuberville stepped down at Auburn today. The last time Tuberville was on edging towards the furnace, the Tigers went 13-0 the following season. Unfortunately, there was no escape ... Continue Reading

Another Gator Title: So Close And Yet So Far Away

Posted By Chris Humpherys On Friday, November 14th 2008. Under NCAA Football Tags: ACC, Alabama, Arkansas, Bobby Bowden, Brandon Spikes, Chris Rainey, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Jarvis Moss, Jeff Demps, Kentucky, Lee Corso, LSU, Michigan State, Nick Saban, Ole Miss, Penn State, Percy Harvin, SEC, South Carolina, Steve Spurrier, Tennessee, Tim Tebow, Urban Meyer, USC, Wake Forest

Less than one week ago, with what appeared to be three easy games remaining in their conference schedule, experts penciled in a then undefeated Penn State team into the national championship game. After all, how could the mighty Nittany Lions lose to either Iowa, Indiana or Michigan State. Well, they ... Continue Reading

Fulmer’s ouster at Tennessee painful, but justified

Posted By Eddie Griffin On Tuesday, November 4th 2008. Under NCAA Football Tags: Brian Kelly, david cutcliffe, David Oku, Duke, Gary Pinkel, Mark Richt, Mike Hamilton, Mike Leach, Nick Saban, Philip Fulmer, SEC, Tajh Boyd, Tennessee, Todd Graham, Urban Meyer, Washington

I was actually planning on doing a piece on Monday on who the next college football head coach to get that masking agent known as a buyout, but before I could get it hammered out, across the wire comes the news that Philip Fulmer is done at Tennessee. There ... Continue Reading

CFB Channel Cruisin’ Week 4: Rivalries and non-conference matchups highlight this week’s slate

Posted By Eddie Griffin On Wednesday, September 17th 2008. Under NCAA Football Tags: ABC, ACC Coastal Division, Alabama, Arizona State, Arkansas, auburn, Baylor, Boise St., Brandon Tate, CBS, Clemson, Colorado, Connecticut, Donald Brown, ESPN, ESPN2, Florida, Florida St., Georgia, John L. Smith, Justin Roper, Kansas St., Louisville, LSU, Michigan St., Nate Costa, Nick Saban, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Oregon, Robert Griffin, Tennessee, Tyrod Taylor, UConn, UL-Monroe, UNLV, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, West Virginia, Western Illinois

After an exciting week last week, there’s no game that’s the caliber of USC-Ohio State, but there’s not a letdown in the least. This weekend’s slate offers up several rivalry games, a few key early conference matchups, and some good non-conference showdowns as well, and it all gets started ... Continue Reading

Must Win Season for Nick Saban?

Posted By Shotgun Spratling On Thursday, July 3rd 2008. Under NCAA Football Tags: ACC, Alabama, Alabama Crimson Tide, Arkansas, Arkansas State, auburn, BCS, Bear Bryant, Clemson, Colorado, Cotton Bowl, D.J. Hall, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Independence Bowl, Jimmy Johns, John-Parker Wilson, Julio Jones, Justin Britt, Kentucky, Leigh Tiffin, Louisiana-Monroe, LSU, Mike Shula, Mississippi State, Nick Saban, P.J. Fitzgerald, Simeon Castille, Sylvester Croom, T.J. Elder, Tennessee, Terry Grant, Toledo, Tommy Bowden, Tulane, Wallace Gilberry, Western Kentucky

Shotgun Spratling is a part-time contributor for The Red Zone Report. He also contributes for The Blue Workhorse. Coach Nick Saban may have been inducted into the Independence Bowl Hall of Fame and quarterback John Parker Wilson may have been named to the 2008 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Watch List ... Continue Reading

National Signing Day Recap: Tide roll to top spot.

Posted By Joey Kaufman On Sunday, February 10th 2008. Under NCAA Football Tags: Alabama, Charlie Weis, college football recruiting, Crimson Tide, Matt Barkley, Michigan, Nick Saban, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oregon, Penn State, Pete Carroll, Randy Shannon, Rich Rodriguez, Terrelle Pryor, University of Miami, USC

Typically, Signing Day has been an oppurtunity for the rich to get even richer. While USC and Florida still reeled in top ten finishes, downtrodden programs such as Alabama, Notre Dame and Miami, all had some of the best recruiting classes of 2008. Saban Going to Work Earliar today, three major services, ... Continue Reading

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