Nate Oats Has The Basketball Squad The Hottest Team In The Country Bama haters, Alabama basketball, college basketball, sports blog By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Basketball Editor National champions. Again. No. 1 recruiting class. Again. Super-rival Auburn fires its coach. Rival Tennessee fires its coach amid turmoil that could result in severe … [Read more...]
Watch Out SEC – And College Football – The ‘Bama Factor’ Is Back
Crimson Tide's Domination Of Georgia Sends A Clear Message: Alabama Is Back By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Editor There were questions after the defense gave up more than 600 yards to Ole Miss the previous week but make no mistake, Alabama is back and not only that, but the "Bama factor" is back. So watch out SEC and college football. The … [Read more...]
How Alabama’s Dominance Is Saving College Football
Nick Saban's Crimson Tide Creating Much Needed Fan & Media Interest In A Down Year By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger Forget what Paul Finebaum said – Alabama is not sucking the life out of college football. Instead, it's quite the opposite. The dominance of Alabama is saving college football. While some people are tired of seeing … [Read more...]
College Football Blogger: One Thing Alabama Fans Don’t Like About Watching Tua Tagovailoa
The Tide Is On A Roll With It's Amazing Quarterback By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger Alabama fans are taking great pleasure in watching Tua Tagovailoa play for their Crimson Tide. He is leading the team to unprecedented offensive heights to the point it's reached ridiculous levels. Tagovailoa has Tiders slapping their thighs when he … [Read more...]
College Football Blogger: Alabama So Good Nick Saban Wants Negative Media Coverage
Tide Coach Asks Reporters To Write About Bad Things After Latest Rout By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger Nick Saban continues to be creative in the ways he uses the media to send messages to his team. There was the "they ran through us like sh** through a tin horn" rant after the Georgia Southern game in 2015. There was last year's "rat … [Read more...]
Alabama’s ABC Board Reverses Ban On Sale Of Pitchers Of Margaritas In Bars
It's Back To Margaritaville In Jimmy Buffett's Home State By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger You had better grab a margarita for this one. Or, make it a pitcher of margaritas! You can do that again if you are in the state of Alabama because the Heart of Dixie's Alcoholic Beverage Control Board (ABC) has reversed its ban on selling pitchers of … [Read more...]
Alabama Tourism Reaches Out To Tourists With The Alabama Pass
WWII Battleship, Kayaking & Even A Party Bus On List Of Attractions When you think of visiting the state of Alabama, the Crimson Tide football team probably comes first to mind. And for good reason: the Tide is a perennial powerhouse in college football and Tuscaloosa is a fine place to be on fall Saturdays. But there's more to see in the state, particularly in … [Read more...]
Alabama Hires New Athletic Director, The Easiest Job In College Sports
Greg Byrne Just Has To Keep Nick Saban Happy By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger The University of Alabama – my alma mater – has hired a new athletic director. It's Greg Byrne, who came from the University of Arizona. Arizona!? The school that has never played in the Rose Bowl (once a reward for winning the league title), that has produced … [Read more...]
An Alabama Signing Day Story With Paul ‘Bear’ Bryant
Young Reporter Recalls The Day The Bear Called By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger It was National Signing Day and I was due to interview Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant about that year's class. I was a young reporter for the Alabama student newspaper, the Crimson White. Bryant was late in his coaching career, on the verge of retirement, … [Read more...]
The Secret To Alabama’s Success Is Not Just Recruiting
Nick Saban Develops The Talent He Recruits To Play For The Crimson Tide The numbers of Nick Saban's recruiting success are mind boggling. In his time at Alabama, Saban and staff have signed a whopping 33 five-star recruits and a wipe-your-eyes-am-I-reading-this-correctly 134 four-star recruits. Every single player in the 2016 class is either a three-star, four-star … [Read more...]