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UPDATED: Lane Kiffin hired to be next Alabama offensive coordinator

UPDATED: Lane Kiffin hired to be next Alabama offensive coordinator

Marc Torrence January 10, 2014

Former Tennessee and Southern California head coach Lane Kiffin will be the next Alabama offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, the Crimson Tide announced on its Twitter feed Friday evening. ESPN...

UPDATED: 4 Crimson Tide juniors declare for NFL Draft

Charlie Potter January 9, 2014

Four Crimson Tide juniors have decided to leave Alabama a year early and enter the NFL Draft, while a fifth may reportedly join the quartet. Cyrus Kouandjio, Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, Jeoffrey Pagan and Adrian...

Doug Nussmeier to leave Alabama

Doug Nussmeier to leave Alabama

Marc Torrence January 8, 2014

Alabama offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier has been hired to hold the same position at Michigan, Michigan head coach Brady Hoke announced Thursday on the team's website. "I am extremely excited to join...

Tide overrun with errors in Sugar Bowl

Tide overrun with errors in Sugar Bowl

Charlie Potter January 8, 2014

It took less than two minutes for Alabama to cross the goal line against Oklahoma and begin to remove the stain of the Iron Bowl. On the Sooners’ next drive, sophomore safety Landon Collins scooped...

Derrick Henry has big game in Sugar Bowl loss

Derrick Henry has big game in Sugar Bowl loss

Marc Torrence January 8, 2014

While Alabama’s loss to Oklahoma was demoralizing in many aspects, fans were no doubt ecstatic with the play of freshman running back Derrick Henry. Henry rushed for 100 yards and a touchdown on eight...

Oklahoma stuns Alabama 45-31 in Sugar Bowl

Kelly Ward January 3, 2014

NEW ORLEANS—It was not the end to the BCS era that Alabama wanted. The two-time defending national champion Crimson Tide was stunned in the Allstate Sugar Bowl by a 45-31 loss to Oklahoma. If Alabama...

Alabama wants to finish the season “with a bang” in Sugar Bowl

Charlie Potter January 1, 2014

NEW ORLEANS – As the 2013 season comes to a close for Alabama, the players say they want to wash away the stain of the Iron Bowl with a strong showing in the Sugar Bowl. “We’re going to try to follow...

Alabama practices in Superdome as Sugar Bowl nears

Marc Torrence December 31, 2013

NEW ORLEANS—The Alabama football team held its last full practice of the season in the Superdome ahead of the Sugar Bowl. The team practiced in shells Tuesday afternoon. Freshman running back Derrick...

Alabama juniors mull NFL Draft decisions

Marc Torrence December 30, 2013

NEW ORLEANS—While a season-ending Sugar Bowl matchup with Oklahoma looms for the Alabama football team, so too do draft decisions for eligible juniors. Several members of the Crimson Tide will still...

Kirby Smart to appear in fifth Sugar Bowl

Kelly Ward December 30, 2013

NEW ORLEANS — Kirby Smart is no stranger to the Sugar Bowl. This is his fifth. He’s no stranger to pressure either. He’s been Alabama’s defensive coordinator since 2008, and in that time has been...

Sooners enter Sugar Bowl with multiple options at quarterback

Charlie Potter December 30, 2013

NEW ORLEANS—The Oklahoma Sooners are preparing for the Sugar Bowl without knowing who will be under center against the No. 3 Alabama Crimson Tide. Redshirt junior Blake Bell and redshirt freshman Trevor...

Doug Nussmeier more comfortable in second year as Alabama offensive coordinator

Charlie Potter December 29, 2013

NEW ORLEANS—Alabama offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier was all smiles when he stepped up to the podium for a Sunday morning press conference ahead of the Sugar Bowl. Part of it was because of the...