1. Alabama Football: Getting over a Loss from a Fan's Perspective

    A crazy thing happened Sunday morning: The sun came up again. For some Crimson-clad Alabama fans, this probably seemed like an impossibility after Saturday's loss to Texas A&M...

    Damon Young Written by Damon Young about 7 months ago 670 reads 2 comments

  2. Alabama Football: Why Success Has Not Made the Crimson Tide Boring

    I've recently had some people ask me, "Aren't you bored watching Alabama destroy everyone?" Simply put, no. Do I long for stomach-twisting, nail-biting affairs that take years off my life? Absolutely not...

    Damon Young Written by Damon Young about 8 months ago 2,722 reads 12 comments

  3. Baltimore Orioles: What It Means to See the Birds Contending into September

    Do you remember where you were when Roberto Alomar struck out looking in game six of the 1997 ALCS? I was in my dorm room at the University of Alabama tearing the place apart at such an obviously bad call by the umpire...

    Damon Young Written by Damon Young about 10 months ago 1,642 reads 17 comments

  4. Alabama Basketball: 5 Reasons to Turn Your Attention to Crimson Tide Hoops

    The Alabama Crimson Tide have captured their 14th national championship and the college football season is over. Now what? Wait for signing day and spring ball? Hardly. How about turning your focus to Anthony Grant's version of the Crimson Tide...

    Damon Young Written by Damon Young about over 1 year ago 405 reads 1 comments

  5. Alabama Football: Celebrate Tuscaloosa, You Deserve It

    I'm not originally from Tuscaloosa and I don't live there now, but T-town is very special to me. It's special to any graduate of the University of Alabama...

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  6. BCS National Title: Alabama's 5 Best Returning Players to Defend Championship

    With Alabama just winning its 14th BCS national title on Monday night with a 21-0 victory over LSU, why waste time talking about 2011 when we can start looking ahead to 2012? Alabama ...

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  7. LSU vs. Alabama Rematch: 5 Crimson Tide Players Who Will Decide the Game

    There's no doubting that for Alabama to take down LSU it will require a total team effort. That being said, there are often a handful of players on the winning team that are the catalysts for the overall effort...

    Damon Young Written by Damon Young about over 1 year ago 2,141 reads 6 comments

  8. 5 New Year's Resolutions for the Alabama Crimson Tide To Take to New Orleans

    Out with the old and in with the new. Yes it's that time of year again: A time where people vow to change this thing or that thing in their life. The New Year's resolution. Personally, I think they are crap...

    Damon Young Written by Damon Young about over 1 year ago 5,067 reads 14 comments

  9. Notre Dame Football: Are the Irish Irrelevant in Today's College Football World?

    To be elite you must do something or gain an accomplishment that proves such a description. In the realm of college football a program can win their conference, win a BCS bowl game or the no-brainer, win a national championship...

    Damon Young Written by Damon Young about over 1 year ago 1,219 reads 42 comments

  10. Alabama Basketball: Taking a Closer Look at the Tide's First 5 Conference Foes

    Alabama sits at 9-3 coming off a solid beating of Oklahoma State before Christmas. The Tide will face two more non-conference games before entering SEC waters: a gimme game against Jacksonville and an absolute must-win in Atlanta against Georgia Tech...

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  11. Alabama Football: It's Been a World of Difference for the Tide in 5 Years

    It's amazing where a college football program can go in five years with the right guidance. Half a decade ago at this time, Alabama was prepping to play in an afterthought bowl game against Oklahoma State, with Joe Kines serving as the interim coach...

    Damon Young Written by Damon Young about over 1 year ago 2,140 reads 31 comments

  12. Alabama Basketball: The Crimson Tide Enter a Critical Stretch Ahead of SEC Play

    While Alabama rebounded nicely from their two-game losing streak with a 62-54 victory over Detroit, the Tide have a chance to push those sour losses even further from view with their next four contests...

    Damon Young Written by Damon Young about over 1 year ago 265 reads 7 comments

  13. Alabama Football: The Tide Offense Soared to New Heights Under Jim McElwain

    With news last week that Alabama offensive coordinator Jim McElwain is about to take over at Memphis, Alabama fans seemed split on their initial reaction...

    Damon Young Written by Damon Young about over 1 year ago 416 reads 6 comments

  14. Alabama Crimson Tide Basketball: JaMychal Green, Team Fall to Dayton Flyers

    Alabama basketball fans were hoping for the Tide to bounce back. Instead, as a followup to their worst home performance of the season, the Tide endured chants of "L-S-U" and "overrated" as they laid an egg at UD Arena against the Dayton Flyers...

    Damon Young Written by Damon Young about over 1 year ago 365 reads 4 comments

  15. LSU vs. Alabama: How the Tide Got the Rematch They Wanted

    There's been outrage, elation, whining, cheering and disgust. Whether you are for or against a BCS title game featuring a rematch with LSU and Alabama, you shouldn't hate the teams involved...

    Damon Young Written by Damon Young about over 1 year ago 1,584 reads 10 comments

  16. LSU vs. Alabama Rematch: Will Oklahoma State Edge the Tide out on the Final Day?

    Last week at this time it had already been decided. There were no lingering questions for some and matchup t-shirts were already being designed and printed. LSU and Alabama were destined to meet again in New Orleans for the crystal football...

    Damon Young Written by Damon Young about over 1 year ago 1,583 reads 13 comments

  17. Alabama Basketball: Grading the Tide Through 8 Games

    Through eight games, Alabama is now 7-1. Yes, their 24-game home winning streak was snapped by Georgetown, but this is the kind of start this team needed...

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  18. LSU vs Alabama Rematch: The System Is Flawed, but Alabama Shouldn't Be Punished

    I truly feel sorry for the poor saps out there wishing for anything but an LSU vs. Alabama rematch for the national title game. The next month is going to be very long for you...

    Damon Young Written by Damon Young about over 1 year ago 853 reads 27 comments

  19. Alabama vs. Auburn: The Iron Bowl Beatdown Leads to a BCS Title Shot

    It was the beatdown on the plains, a slaughter if you will. The final score may read 42-14 in favor of Alabama, but not even that is indicative of the Tide's dominance over Auburn...

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  20. Alabama Basketball: Crimson Tide's Top 3 Recruiting Targets for 2012

    Recruiting is the lifeblood of every athletic program whether it be basketball or football. Alabama pulled in a top five recruiting class in 2011 featuring the likes of Levi Randolph and Trevor Lacy...

    Damon Young Written by Damon Young about over 1 year ago 1,874 reads 3 comments

  21. Alabama Football: 5 Things to Be Thankful for This Thanksgiving

    What are you thankful for? It's a question we all ask ourselves as we sit down, hopefully with family and friends, to share that special annual meal with one another...

    Damon Young Written by Damon Young about over 1 year ago 785 reads 2 comments

  22. Alabama Basketball: 5 Things We Learned from Puerto Rico

    It was paradise in San Juan for Alabama. After failing miserable in an early season invitational last season, the Crimson Tide went 3-0 to capture the Puerto Rico Tip-off this time around...

    Damon Young Written by Damon Young about over 1 year ago 459 reads 8 comments

  23. Alabama Football: The Crimson Tide Wins 4 Times in One Weekend

    Four games and four wins, but Alabama only had to actually play one of them. Iowa State, USC and Baylor played the other three, but cleared any obstacles left in Alabama's way that were not in the Tide's control...

    Damon Young Written by Damon Young about over 1 year ago 749 reads 4 comments

  24. Alabama Basketball: The Crimson Tide Take Aim on This Season's First Title

    Championships. Titles. These are accomplishments that mark success no matter how small they are, which is especially important when you are trying to re-build program...

    Damon Young Written by Damon Young about over 1 year ago 177 reads 1 comments

  25. Alabama Football: Iowa State Provides the Tide with an Early Christmas Gift

    This weekend of college football was to be rather mundane. The past two Saturdays provided us with pivotal Top 10 matchups around the country...

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