Posts Tagged ‘Alabama Crimson Tide’

Posted on January 13th, 2010 by Matt Hooper

Bama wins, 2010 and amen

Bama wins, 2010 and amen

Part two of the college football season recap.

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Posted on January 8th, 2010 by Matt Hooper

Alabama Captures BCS Title

Alabama Captures BCS Title

Nick Saban’s “process” has netted Alabama its first national championship in 17 years.

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Posted on December 30th, 2009 by Matt Hooper

Lucky 13? – Previewing Alabama/Texas

Lucky 13? – Previewing Alabama/Texas

Matt Hooper picks the biggest college football game of the year: Alabama vs. Texas!

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Posted on December 17th, 2009 by Matt Hooper

Matt’s Holiday Mailbag!

Matt’s Holiday Mailbag!

Since I don’t really get enough incoming mail to warrant a traditional mailbag – ahem, [...]

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Posted on December 10th, 2009 by Matt Hooper

Bama’s best, Tebow bawls, BCS blows

Bama’s best, Tebow bawls, BCS blows

And just like that, college football’s regular season is over

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Posted on December 5th, 2009 by Matt Hooper

Bama wins SEC title, clinches BCS championship berth

Bama wins SEC title, clinches BCS championship berth

Alabama captured its 22nd SEC title and a berth in the BCS championship game after beating Florida, 32-13.

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Posted on December 2nd, 2009 by Matt Hooper

SEC Championship Preview: Alabama vs. Florida

SEC Championship Preview: Alabama vs. Florida

The biggest game of the year in college football is this weekend in Atlanta. Alabama and Florida are playing for the SEC Championship and a birth in the BCS title game.

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Posted on November 12th, 2009 by Matt Hooper

Glengarry Glen Saban: Bama’s Back (For Real)

Glengarry Glen Saban: Bama’s Back (For Real)

For real this time, Bama’s back!

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Posted on October 15th, 2009 by Matt Hooper

Mid-Season Football Review!

Mid-Season Football Review!

It seems almost incomprehensible that half of college football’s regular season is over, but with [...]

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Posted on September 12th, 2009 by Matt Hooper

College Football Game Day, Week Two

College Football Game Day, Week Two

The Weekly’s coverage of week two of the college football season…

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Posted on September 9th, 2009 by Matt Hooper

College football’s back (and throwing me curves)

College football’s back (and throwing me curves)

After only one week of college football, I’ve already learned a lesson: My predictions were terrible.

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Posted on September 5th, 2009 by Matt Hooper

College Football Game Day, Week One

College Football Game Day, Week One

The Weekly’s comprehensive coverage of college football in the state of Alabama, week one.

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Posted on September 2nd, 2009 by Matt Hooper

Julio Jones, Mark Ingram both cleared to play for Bama this weekend

Julio Jones, Mark Ingram both cleared to play for Bama this weekend

ESPN is reporting that NCAA has cleared University of Alabama stars Julio Jones and Mark [...]

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Posted on September 2nd, 2009 by Matt Hooper

College football? We’re live-blogging it!

College football? We’re live-blogging it!

As most of you know, this Saturday marks the first full day of college football [...]

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Posted on August 27th, 2009 by Matt Hooper

Alabama’s 2009 record will be…

Alabama’s 2009 record will be…

The expectations for Nick Saban’s Tide are sky high for the 2009 season…but with so many new faces on both sides of the ball making their debut in 2009, are fans expecting too much?

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Posted on August 16th, 2009 by Matt Hooper

Football’s [almost] back

Football’s [almost] back

It occurred to me as I was watching the Hall of Fame Game last Sunday [...]

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Posted on June 17th, 2009 by Matt Hooper

Monday morning bull session: Matt and Kyle discuss the NCAA

Monday morning bull session: Matt and Kyle discuss the NCAA

Ever wonder what it’s like working with Matt Hooper and Kyle Whitmire? We talk in circles a lot and drive all of our co-workers crazy. Take this week for example, when we riffed on the NCAA…

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Posted on June 11th, 2009 by Matt Hooper

NCAA puts Alabama football back on probation, vacates wins

NCAA puts Alabama football back on probation, vacates wins

The NCAA has placed the University of Alabama football team on three years probation and forced the program to vacate wins from three of the past four seasons as punishment for a textbook disbursement scandal involving Tide players.

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Posted on June 10th, 2009 by Matt Hooper

LOW TIDE: “Ears” Whitworth and the Lost History of Alabama Football

LOW TIDE: “Ears” Whitworth and the Lost History of Alabama Football

With a 4-24-2 record in three years as the head football coach at the University of Alabama, it’s no wonder that J.B. “Ears” Whitworth has been designated a pariah by the Tide fan base. But should the former coach shoulder all the blame for Alabama’s wayward years in the mid-to-late 1950s? Find out as Birmingham Weekly’s Matt Hooper pulls back the curtain on the darkest chapter in Crimson Tide football history.

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Posted on May 26th, 2009 by Matt Hooper

Midnight Writers: Alabama baseball and a long night’s journey into day

Midnight Writers: Alabama baseball and a long night’s journey into day

If they played a baseball game at 2 a.m., would anyone cover it? Yes, yes they would. In fact, the Weekly did.

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Birmingham 101: What will history say about us?

Birmingham 101: What will history say about us?

‘The city of perpetual promise.’ Does that mean incessant failure? Or rather, that Birmingham never gives up hope?

Upon Further Review

Bama wins, 2010 and amen

Bama wins, 2010 and amen

Part two of the college football season recap.

Column

Ringing the changes

Ringing the changes

Thoughts on navigation, prevarication & vindication

Film

Wonderland without wonder

Wonderland without wonder

Burton’s film looks but doesn’t feel like “Alice”

Small World Cartoons

Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Narcissistic Personality Disorder

In lieu of politics, I bring you talking roaches. Cartoonists are primary NPD sufferers.

Suburban Legends

The King of Rock: No, Not Elvis

The King of Rock: No, Not Elvis

The world is designed to piss me off