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The Crimson White

Serving The University of Alabama since 1894.

The Crimson White
Serving The University of Alabama since 1894.

The Crimson White
Offense staggers, strays in 42-35 Sugar Bowl loss

Offense staggers, strays in 42-35 Sugar Bowl loss

Sean Landry • January 6, 2015

NEW ORLEANS - All season, the Alabama Crimson Tide set offensive school records by sticking to a simple formula: keep pressure off of quarterback Blake Sims long enough for him to get the ball to the skill...

Defense bends, breaks in Sugar Bowl loss

Defense bends, breaks in Sugar Bowl loss

Kelly Ward • January 6, 2015

NEW ORLEANS – The Alabama defense that had kept the team in games so many times this season couldn’t hold its ground against the Ohio State Buckeyes, surrendering 28 consecutive points en route to...

Sugar Bowl ends Alabama postseason run

Sugar Bowl ends Alabama postseason run

Kelly Ward • January 6, 2015

NEW ORLEANS – As any college student knows, nothing is worth doing now if it can be done five minutes before it’s due. And any college student also knows that gamble doesn’t always pay off.Alabama...

Same Old Lang Syne: Alabama falls in Sugar Bowl again

Same Old Lang Syne: Alabama falls in Sugar Bowl again

Sean Landry • January 2, 2015

NEW ORLEANS | For the second time in a row, the Alabama Crimson Tide started its year in New Orleans, in the Sugar Bowl and in defeat.For the second year in a row, Alabama’s season ended in the Superdome...

A New Year: No. 1 Alabama takes on No. 4 Ohio State

A New Year: No. 1 Alabama takes on No. 4 Ohio State

Sean Landry • December 31, 2014

NEW ORLEANS | Forget the regular season. Forget the SEC Championship or revenge in the highest-scoring Iron Bowl of all-time or the win over then-No. 1 Mississippi State at home. Forget, too, the loss...

Saban reflects on season, previews Sugar Bowl

Saban reflects on season, previews Sugar Bowl

Kelly Ward • December 31, 2014

NEW ORLEANS | After No. 1 Alabama’s 23-17 loss to Ole Miss on Oct. 4, the Crimson Tide hasn’t dealt much with complacency.“Since the Ole Miss game, we've sort of been in a playoff of our own kind,”...

University announces national championship ticket allotment

Andy McWhorter • December 31, 2014

The University of Alabama received an allotment of 20,000 tickets to the national championship game in Arlington, Texas, should the team advance from the Sugar Bowl playoff game, according to an email...

Alabama defense prepares for unknown quarterback

Sean Landry • December 31, 2014

NEW ORLEANS | When the Alabama defense takes the field in the Superdome for the Sugar Bowl and one of the inaugural College Football Playoff semifinal games, it will face opponents both familiar and unknown....

Practice Report: Alabama continues Sugar Bowl prep

Kelly Ward • December 29, 2014

NEW ORLEANS | Alabama practiced inside the Superdome on Monday in preparation for Thursday's matchup against No. 4 Ohio State.The team practiced in shorts, shoulder pads and helmets in the last open...

Amari Cooper looks ahead to matchup with Ohio State

Kelly Ward • December 29, 2014

NEW ORLEANS | Amari Cooper doesn’t dislike New Orleans. He said he hasn’t been there enough to not like it.He doesn’t like Bourbon Street.“It’s just not my type of thing,” Cooper said on Monday....

Practice Report: Alabama preps for Sugar Bowl in Super Dome

Sean Landry • December 28, 2014

NEW ORLEANS | Alabama ventured to the Super Dome on Sunday for its first practice in New Orleans ahead of the Sugar Bowl on New Year’s Day. The team wore full pads.Yeldon limitedRunning back T.J. Yeldon...

College Football Playoff replaces BCS

Sean Landry • August 17, 2014

For 16 years, the Bowl Championship Series ruled the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision with an algorithm designed to put the two best college football teams on the field at the end of the season to decide...