Posts Tagged ‘Alabama Crimson Tide’

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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Posted on May 21st, 2009 by Matt Hooper

Live blog recap: Alabama vs. LSU, SEC Tourney Game No. 6

Live blog recap: Alabama vs. LSU, SEC Tourney Game No. 6

Two games, two live blogs. We. are. exhausted. Check out our handiwork in the blog archive!

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Posted on May 20th, 2009 by Matt Hooper

Live-blog recap of Alabama/S. Carolina baseball

Live-blog recap of Alabama/S. Carolina baseball

We live-blogged the SEC Tournament into the wee hours of Thursday morning from Regions Park in Hoover, Ala. Follow along with our madness!

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Posted on May 18th, 2009 by Matt Hooper

It’s SEC Tourney Time!

It’s SEC Tourney Time!

One of the area’s most anticipated sporting events returns for a 12th straight year, as Hoover’s Regions Park readies for the 2009 SEC Baseball Tournament.

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Posted on May 7th, 2009 by Matt Hooper

Five in Five, No. 4: Just how many national championships does Alabama really have?

Five in Five, No. 4: Just how many national championships does Alabama really have?

The question of how many national championships the University of Alabama football team has won over its 117-year history, as cut-and-dry as it may seem, has baffled fans and experts alike for generations. So how many does the Tide really have?

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Posted on May 5th, 2009 by Matt Hooper

Five in Five, No 2: How bad was that Lane Kiffin hire?

Five in Five, No 2: How bad was that Lane Kiffin hire?

Fans across the country are still scratching their heads as to why Tennessee hired Lane Kiffin to replace the legendary Phil Fulmer. But is he the worst SEC hire in the modern era? Let’s break it down and find out.

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Posted on May 4th, 2009 by Matt Hooper

Bham News: Julio Jones had surgery to repair sports hernia

Bham News: Julio Jones had surgery to repair sports hernia

Ian Rapoport, the Birmingham News‘ Bama beat writer, cites an unnamed source who claims that [...]

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Posted on April 29th, 2009 by Matt Hooper

A Weekly Sports Grab Bag!

A Weekly Sports Grab Bag!

The NFL Draft is done, Alabama’s spring football record is no more, a battle of attrition is on in the NBA and hundreds of rednecks defied Darwinism at Talladega. Sounds like it’s time for a Weekly Sports Grab Bag!

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Lane Kiffin’s players are undisciplined? You don’t say…

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