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Alabama Is Looking Like An SEC Powerhouse … In Basketball

The all-consuming wave of the Alabama Crimson Tide was supposed to dissipate in January after Nick Saban claimed his seventh national title. Instead, it appears to have swelled and swallowed the SEC again, this time on a different field of play. Shortly after capping its best season in program history on the gridiron, Alabama is […]

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College Football’s Flawed Season Gave Us A Flawless Champion

We start with college football’s national championship game, in which Alabama dominated a slightly winded Ohio State. The Tide’s victory was, seemingly, inevitable. But how they did it remains impressive — with an offense of stars, including DeVonta Smith and Najee Harris. If anything, quarterback Mac Jones has gotten sold a little short, putting up […]

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Alabama’s Case As The Best College Football Team Ever

Less than six months after the COVID-19 pandemic nearly closed its campus, the Alabama Crimson Tide will return to Tuscaloosa having laid claim to the greatest college football team of all time. Of course they did. The team with the most national championships to its credit in the poll era won yet another, while Nick […]

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