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Between November 2, 2009 and December 2, 2009

Better Late Than Never: Week 13 Awards

Sorry we're late this week. After getting tied up with writing pseudo obituaries for Charlie Weis and Bobby Bowden's careers at Notre Dame and Florida State, as well as giving Al Groh the British "two fingers," we thought we could rest...

Written by Alex Ferguson about about 5 hours ago 5 reads 0 comments
College Football Picks To Click-Championship Weekend

Just like Notre Dame's defense, I too took a long hiatus from doing this picking thing. With one of the biggest final weekends in recent memory approching, why not un-retire like Allan Iverson and make some picks...

Written by Victor Anderson about about 11 hours ago 43 reads 0 comments
Can Alabama Handle Meyer's Crazy "Quadruple" Shovel Option?

As a big Bama fan, I must say this is an almost unstoppable play with a guy like Tebow. However, I have not seen Urban Meyer run this that much since leaving Utah...

Written by scotty man about about 12 hours ago 34 reads 0 comments
Tim Tebow: Enough Already

When Tim Tebow won the Heisman two years ago as a true sophomore, I was impressed. Obviously, it wasn't just me that felt way...

Written by Brad Hannon about about 13 hours ago 49 reads 1 comments
Top 10 Candidates for College Football Coach of the Year

It's not easy being a coach. Just ask the now departed Charlie Weis. These guys show up each week with a game plan and hope to high heaven that things go exactly as they are drawn up—if they do, gold...

Written by Kimberley Nash about about 18 hours ago 569 reads 20 comments
Will Nick Saban Lead Alabama To the Promised Land at Long Last?

About a year ago I wrote a saga for CBS Sports called Alabama's Return From the Desert Wilderness and Land of Mediocrity. You can see it by clicking here . I also posted a copy of it here on a site that became a home away from home for me...

Written by Larry Burton about 1 day ago 1,097 reads 26 comments
20 Thoughts from Another Saturday In College Football

It was another fun Saturday (and Friday, and Thursday for that matter) in college football, and as always I had my pad and pen in hand, writing down all the sights and sounds that needed documentation...

Written by Aaron Torres about 1 day ago 381 reads 3 comments
The SEC Championship: Is Alabama Ready To Take The Next Step in Saban's Process?

Looking back it all seems like a bad dream. Alabama had suffered through its most difficult period in over 50 years. From 2000 to 2006 Alabama had four different head coaches and some of Alabama's ...

Written by Franklin Crittenden about 1 day ago 1,419 reads 37 comments
College Football: Baby's Losers for the First Week of December

The first week of December provides the opportunity to watch numerous championship games while jockeying for bowl position continues at a high level. Baby's Losers 1...

Written by BabyTate about 2 days ago 1,211 reads 93 comments
BCS Bowl Predictions: Final Week

This week featured some of the most compelling and meaningful games of the season. Oklahoma State's buckling at the Bedlam game had by far the most significant impact on final BCS destinations...

Written by Brian Nelson about 3 days ago 13,069 reads 97 comments
College Football's 11 Best 11s For December: The SEC Rules The ACC

During the final week of the regular season each season, arch-rivals in the two conferences who define southern sports meet to settle their differences...

Written by BabyTate about 3 days ago 915 reads 19 comments
Why Didn't Alabama and Auburn Play Football Against Each Other for 40 Years?

It does seem difficult to believe but, it is true. Alabama and Auburn went 40 years without playing their annual rivalry game...

Written by BabyTate about 4 days ago 1,307 reads 5 comments
The 2009 Iron Bowl: Auburn and Alabama Revisited

There’s an old saying that there is no moral victory in defeat. That may be true. But today, the Auburn Tigers reached a place where they haven’t been in a while...

Written by Kevin Bearden about 4 days ago 368 reads 2 comments
Alabama Faces Florida in the SEC Title Game For The BCS National Championship

Yes, you read that right. It wasn't a poorly conceived headline and it wasn't a typo. Alabama and Florida are actually playing for the BCS National Championship on December 5, 2009 in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA...

Written by Franklin Crittenden about 4 days ago 3,082 reads 104 comments
A Little Too Close For Comfort, 'Bama Tames The Tigers In a Nailbiter

The Iron Bowl, Auburn vs. Alabama, let's talk about an intense football game. If you thought Gene Chizik's Tigers were going to take this meeting lying down, you were sadly mistaken...

Written by adam biggers about 4 days ago 138 reads 5 comments
Dick Vitale Proclaims the Pac-10 Is the Best College Football Conference

Dick Vitale is about as famous as, well, Paul McCartney. Jack Nicholson? Donald Trump? Oprah Winfrey? Let's just agree he is one of the most famous personalities of the past 25 years...

Written by BabyTate about 6 days ago 585 reads 24 comments
Alabama-Auburn and the Rest of Week 13 College Football Preview

Aaron Torres is a journalist whose work has been published by Sports Illustrated and syndicated by USA Today, AOL.com, and Slam Online...

Written by Aaron Torres about 6 days ago 548 reads 8 comments
It's Hate Week!: Week 13 College Football Predictions

It's always a bummer for us at the VFA that Penn State really has no natural rivals. Sure, the Lions played Pitt, USC, and Notre Dame a bunch of times back in the "independent days," but now ...

Written by Alex Ferguson about 7 days ago 1,198 reads 11 comments
BCS Bowl Predictions: Pitt In, Cincy Out

After yet another ho-hum weekend of a forgettable college football season, things are about to get exciting. All the noise about the BCS and the regular season isn't just noise anymore...

Written by Brian Nelson about 7 days ago 3,442 reads 19 comments
The Iron Bowl Match Up: Dream Team Versus Team Still Dreaming Pt II

The Nick Saban Era House Cleaning In 2006, none of the players on the Alabama roster were recruited by Saban while he coached at rival LSU. Not one...

Written by jonathan fravel about 7 days ago 1,038 reads 15 comments
Carter's NCAA Football Power Rankings: Week 13

Here's how I see it: The Longhorns deserve to be number one, Boise State should get at least a little more respect, Central Michigan is highly underrated, and why isn't Temple on anybody else's top 25 list? Things just don't make any sense...

Written by David Carter about 7 days ago 19 reads 1 comments
Are BCS Fans Really This Naive?

We’ve all heard them over and over again. It’s the same stuff year after year. Blanket assumptions opined by ignorant fans from BCS teams questioning the worthiness of non-BCS teams and their quest to bust the BCS...

Written by Brian Nelson about 8 days ago 522 reads 102 comments
Rumor: Nick Saban Contacted For The Notre Dame Job

In a somewhat shocking turn of events Coach Nick Saban of the University of Alabama has been contacted by officials from Notre Dame according to an anonymous official...

Written by Todd Carlton about 8 days ago 6,757 reads 6 comments
20 Thoughts From Another Saturday In College Football

(Aaron Torres is an accomplished journalist whose work has been published by Sports Illustrated online and syndicated by USA Today, AOL.com and Slam Online. To read all of his work, including this article in its entirety, please visit him at www...

Written by Aaron Torres about 8 days ago 601 reads 0 comments
Alabama Barely Edges Out Florida: Week 12 College Football Power Poll

Week 12 Power Poll It's been quite the year for undefeated squads in college football. This week we saw the power three take control as each team annihilated their opponent leaving absolutely no doubt they continue to belong above the rest of the pack...

Written by Phil Aiello about 8 days ago 660 reads 5 comments

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Nick Saban Article Archive

Better Late Than Never: Week 13 Awards

College Football Picks To Click-Championship Weekend

Can Alabama Handle Meyer's Crazy "Quadruple" Shovel Option?

Tim Tebow: Enough Already

Top 10 Candidates for College Football Coach of the Year

Will Nick Saban Lead Alabama To the Promised Land at Long Last?

20 Thoughts from Another Saturday In College Football

The SEC Championship: Is Alabama Ready To Take The Next Step in Saban's Process?

College Football: Baby's Losers for the First Week of December

BCS Bowl Predictions: Final Week

College Football's 11 Best 11s For December: The SEC Rules The ACC

Why Didn't Alabama and Auburn Play Football Against Each Other for 40 Years?

The 2009 Iron Bowl: Auburn and Alabama Revisited

Alabama Faces Florida in the SEC Title Game For The BCS National Championship

A Little Too Close For Comfort, 'Bama Tames The Tigers In a Nailbiter

Dick Vitale Proclaims the Pac-10 Is the Best College Football Conference

Alabama-Auburn and the Rest of Week 13 College Football Preview

It's Hate Week!: Week 13 College Football Predictions

BCS Bowl Predictions: Pitt In, Cincy Out

The Iron Bowl Match Up: Dream Team Versus Team Still Dreaming Pt II

Carter's NCAA Football Power Rankings: Week 13

Are BCS Fans Really This Naive?

Rumor: Nick Saban Contacted For The Notre Dame Job

20 Thoughts From Another Saturday In College Football

Alabama Barely Edges Out Florida: Week 12 College Football Power Poll

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