Week three of high school football is the full-scale kickoff of region play around the state.
Facing the unknown is often a tricky part of season opening college football games. Potentially facing 11 new starters on the opposing defense, which UAB could do on Thursday night against Alabama A&M takes unknown to a new level.
Speed got Starling Thomas V into college football. Speed got him into the starting lineup at UAB. Speed is the primary reason he landed on Bruce Feldman’s Freaks List, which is an annual list honoring the most athletically gifted players in college football.
Will Anderson, Jr. is on every watch list for awards that honor college football defensive players. The University of Alabama standout outside linebacker is considered one of the favorites for an award – the Heisman Trophy - which has honored a defensive player as its winner in 86 years of existence.
The quarterback tussle between Michael Hiers and Nik Scalzo did not end the way that Samford head coach Chris Hatcher hoped it would.
The bond between quarterback and receivers started with communication and developed through on-the-field reps with more off-the-field conversation. On Saturday, we’ll see how that process worked for University of Alabama quarterback Bryce Young and a receiver corps filled with newcomers and first-time contributors.
Veteran center Nick Brahms, one of the most experienced players on the Auburn football roster and entering his sixth season on the Plains, has retired from football.
When it comes to football – whether he’s running an offense or running the entire team – routine is very important to Bryant Vincent.
Jon Sumrall's first game as a college football head coach is on the road against a top 25-ranked team with one of the most explosive offensive attacks in the nation.
Fred Farrier is going to be on both Protective Stadium sidelines in Thursday’s season opener between UAB and Alabama A&M.
Three college football games on Thursday, including UAB playing host to Alabama A&M, begin a busy slate.
Late night at Center Parc Stadium was worth wait for the Alabama State football team and first-year head coach Eddie Robinson as the Hornets opened the 2022 season with a 23-13 victory over Howard.
Picking a signature UAB moment for DeWayne McBride Jr. is not a simple task, partly because there’s that feeling that the signature moment is still out there. Or, perhaps, because signature moments come with different definitions.
First, before you make any assumptions about where this story is going, please note that I did not attend Auburn or Alabama and don’t watch college football. (I know, sacrilege.) I’m an NFL guy. That said, pretty much everyone I know is a fan of one school or the other.
Jacksonville State quarterback Zion Webb, playing in a game for the first time, looked rusty at the beginning of the Gamecocks weather-shortened 42-17 victory over 10th ranked Stephen F. Austin in the FCS Kickoff at the Cramton Bowl.
High school football got in full swing on Friday night. Each week we’ll take a quick look around the state at what happened under the Friday night lights.
Jacksonville State is in Montgomery and Alabama State travels to Atlanta to begin the football season.
Auburn University on Friday announced its athletics director, Allen Greene, was stepping down after over four years of leading the Athletics Department.
Iverson Hooks wanted to find his way onto the field in his first college football season.
The Football Championship Subdivision playoff carrot disappeared. The excitement over moving up a college football level and settling into some new facilities is reserved from someone else. That’s just part of reality for a group of 14 Jacksonville State senior football players.
High school football teams gear up another week of early season games. Some teams opened last week while others delayed their season opener to this week. Each week, we’ll take a quick look at notable games.
Dylan Hopkins will start at quarterback for the UAB Blazers in the Sept. 1 season opener against Alabama A&M at Protective Stadium.
Former UAB football coach Bill Clark missing football is not exactly unexpected news. For nearly 35 years, he’s coached football. For a lot longer than that, as the son of a high school coach, he’s been around the game. It’s toward the end of August, which means fall camp for college teams has ended and the first game quickly approaching.
On the surface, it looked like the Samford men’s basketball team’s trip to the Dominican Republic was about the game of basketball. Dig past the surface, though, and it was about much more. And you really don’t have to dig far.
He’s considering on making a fashion statement by wearing shorts, will keep his starting quarterback a secret, at least to the public, until kickoff and had to adjust some things because he believes a couple staff members from the opening day opponent were at his team’s spring game. That covers some of the highlights of the first game week press conference for first-year Jacksonville State head coach Rich Rodriguez.
Although University of Georgia head coach Kirby Smart got the best of Nick Saban in January, the legendary University of Alabama head coach again has bragging rights over his former defensive coordinator.
Bryce Damous and his fellow UAB tight end teammates know very well that their position comes complete with a question mark heading into the season.