Category archives for: Football

National Signing Day like ‘the Christmas of college football

Another National Signing Day has passed, as has most of the annual madness that comes along with it. I know, I know, that’s contradictory to what the title says, but even I have to admit that the hype surrounding National Signing Day borders on hysteria. When else is it socially acceptable to glue yourself to [...]

National Signing Day expert talks recruits

With two national championships in three years under its belt, the Crimson Tide looks to dominate the football world again on National Signing Day. The Tide currently holds the No. 1 spot on Rivals.com and is looking to add a couple more pieces to what some are calling Alabama’s best recruiting class since 2008. The [...]

Mental conditioning coach teaches toughness to young team

Trevor Moawad thinks of himself as a piece to a puzzle. That puzzle, far from one-dimensional, has two crystal balls, one Heisman Trophy and 101,000 screaming fans on autumn Saturdays. In 2007, the University hired Nick Saban as head football coach of the Crimson Tide football program. In that same year, Saban hired Moawad. Both [...]

Despite loss, one for memory book

The 2011 football season came to a satisfying conclusion Saturday as the Alabama Crimson Tide and roughly 30,000 fans filed into Bryant-Denny Stadium to celebrate the Tide’s 14th national championship. I was at that celebration with a friend of mine, and we were caught up in the pageantry of the moment: the season highlights, the [...]

Bama loses assistant head coach

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As Alabama’s football program has reasserted itself as a national power in recent years, the coaching carousel has made stops in Tuscaloosa several times, including one this off-season. UA’s assistant head coach and outside linebackers coach Sal Sunseri left the program to fill the defensive coordinator spot for the Tennessee Volunteers. Sunseri became the second [...]

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