Nick Saban is breaking barriers in recruiting once again, as he landed one of the country’s best linebacker prospects in the 2014 class with a Skype call (h/t AL.com). Zach Whitley is a 4-star linebacker out of North Shore High School in Texas. He chose the Tide over a number of top offers that included Texas A&M, LSU and Florida, to name a few. Whitley took an unofficial visit to Tuscaloosa for Alabama ...

On the play of the quarterbacks (other than AJ McCarron) “I would say that they all need to improve. Alec probably played as well as any of them. Blake, who’s had a really good spring and made really good progress, if you look at the spring as a whole, sort of went a little bit rat trap out there today. Aborted his reads early, started scrambling, didn’t do things like he’s really improved in scrimmages as ...

TUSCALOOSA – Alec Morris nearly pulled it off. He came up short on fourth down from the 11, and thus the mantra for the winning White squad was “Let them eat steak.” And maybe some cake. Morris took over down 17-14 after a T.J. Yeldon seven-yard touchdown run with 64 seconds left put the White squad (first offense, second defense) ahead. Morris completed passes of 22 yards to DeAndrew White and 36 to Chris ...

Just as Bear Bryant stepped down as head coach at the University of Alabama and passed away, so did Mal Moore.  After stepping down as Athletic Director merely 10 days ago the longtime University of Alabama legacy, passed away Saturday at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C. Moore. The 73 year old had been battling pulmonary difficulties. Moore had been hospitalized in Durham since March 13 and of ...

Only two days (day and a half really) after UA president Judy Bonner recommended Bill Battle as the next Athletic Director for the University of Alabama, the Board of Trustees unanimously approved the decision on a Friday morning teleconference. UA president Judy Bonner: “Our dear friend and colleague, Mal Moore, has given us a good blueprint … in order to be successful as AD.” Battle, 71, steps in as longt ...

Dr. Judy Bonner, president of The University of Alabama, announced today that she will recommend to the Chancellor and the Board of Trustees approval of her hiring Bill Battle as the University’s new Athletics Director. “Over the past several weeks, we have had multiple conversations about who should follow Coach Moore as AD,” said Bonner. “Based on Mal’s strong endorsement as well as Coach Battle’s affilia ...

The Crimson Tide started off the 2012 Championship season in Arlington, Texas against the Michigan Wolverines.  Well, Alabama is now set to kick off the 2015 season against another Big 10 opponent in Cowboys  Stadium on September 15th.  The Alabama football team will face Wisconsin to open the 2015 season for the “Cowboys Stadium Classic” with television network coverage and kickoff time to be determined at ...

After being hospitalized for the last week with irregular heart beat/health concerns Coach Mal Moore will be stepping down as athletics director. The University of Alabama announced today that effective March 20, 2013, Moore will become the special assistant to President Judy Moore. “Mal Moore is Crimson Tide sports,” said Bonner.  “During his tenure as athletics director, our student athletes have experien ...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama football team began spring practice on Saturday afternoon with a two-hour workout in shorts and helmets on the Thomas-Drew Practice Fields. “The main objective to me for spring practice is to focus on player improvement,” Alabama head coach Nick Saban said on Saturday. “Whether it is what a player needs to be able to do, the technique of how he should do it and t ...

With each year of success on the football field more and more NFL teams are drawn to the University of Alabama campus.  Not only to watch some great games during the season or to speak with coaches and lure them away to the "big leagues" but to evaluate potential NFL prospects.  Today was no different and it was a big deal for this "big league" University with all 32 NFL teams coming into Tuscaloosa for the ...