By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Editor About mid-way through the third quarter of Alabama's second loss to a Tennessee team this year I texted an influential booster and Sky Box holder to inqure about how many Jack & Cokes he had drank to that point. "I lost count," was his reply. Like my friend, Alabama football fans have gone from sitting on … [Read more...]
Nick Saban Is Right – 2021 WAS A Rebuilding Year For Alabama
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Editor I'm with Nick Saban here (I usually am, by the way). What's the big deal about him saying that 2021 was a rebuilding year for Alabama? It WAS a rebuilding year. Yet the media is going crazy, basically calling Saban crazy for saying that about a team that went … [Read more...]
Nick Saban Comments At SEC Media Days Show Why He Stands Above All Other Coaches
Alabama Football Coach Basically Kicks Sand In The Faces Of Other League Coaches By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Editor If you wonder why Alabama is always on top of the SEC in football, it's because it all starts at the top. And once again, Nick Saban showcased it, albeit in in a very simple environment this time: not on the field but at the … [Read more...]
Why Nick Saban Is The Best All-Time Coach In Alabama Football History
Six National Championships In 12 Years Surpasses The Accomplishments Of Bear Bryant Nick Saban, Bear Bryant, Alabama football Published Jan. 11, 2020 By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Editor The University of Alabama has been blessed to have had some of the greatest coaches in the history of college football. Wallace Wade and Frank Thomas … [Read more...]
College Football Week 7 Games, Picks & Predictions – The Pigskin Prognosticator
Alabama-Georgia The Key Matchup In Latest Crimson Tide 'Game Of The Century' By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Expert First, it was defense on the field. Now, the SEC can't seem to defend against another relentless opponent: coronavirus. Just as the Prognosticator settled in to write this week's column, Nick Saban – tho asymptomatic … [Read more...]
The #1 Reason Why Alabama Will Defeat LSU
Nick Saban The Difference In Another 'Game Of The Century' By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger Which offense is better? Which defense will crack under the pressure? The media's endless gushing about Joe Burrow. Tua, will he or won't he? All the questions and story lines surrounding another "Game of the Century" ignores the basic element … [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: 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...]
Breaking Down Bear Bryant’s 6 National Championships – And Ones He Almost Won
Nick Saban Ties Record But The Bear Came Close To Winning More Titles By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger I'm fed up with media and college football "experts" who are questioning and even criticizing Paul "Bear" Bryant's six national championships. They either were not around during that time or – in a classic failure of basic journalism – … [Read more...]
Will Nick Saban Use A Two-Quarterback System In The College Football Playoffs?
Alabama Gives Opposing Coaches Another Headache To Consider By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger Something interesting happened in the third quarter of Alabama's 45-7 win over Tennessee. The Tide had just taken the second-half kickoff to build a 28-0 lead – putting the game well out of reach for the offense-challenged Vols – when Nick Saban … [Read more...]
Nick Saban’s OC Change Gets Lane Kiffin Off To Rocky Start
Sudden Move Shakes Up Alabama Before Playing Clemson In National Championship Game Just when it seemed as if Lane Kiffin had polished his tainted reputation, he gets sent home early from camp by the teacher. The Monday before the National Championship game, Nick Saban told Kiffin to go ahead and leave for Florida Atlantic. Steve Sarkisian will replace Kiffin as … [Read more...]
As Nick Saban Demonstrates, You Have To Keep Evolving To Be Successful
Like Alabama Football, PubClub.com Continues To Keep Pace With The Changing Times By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Blogger It's easy – human nature, in fact – to get complacent. But as Nick Saban, head football coach at the University of Alabama (in case anyone needs him to be identified) has so ably demonstrated, you have to continue to evolve in your professional … [Read more...]
Nick Saban Coaching Tree Bearing Fruit For Alabama’s Future
Jimbo Fisher, Jim McElwain & Kirby Smart All Lined Up As Potential Successor By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger Alabama football is in good – no, make that great –hands right now, and things look pretty bright for the future because of Nick Saban's coaching tree. Like Paul "Bear" Bryant before him, Saban has developed a line of assistants … [Read more...]
Nick Saban Chases Away Another SEC Coach
Mark Richt The Latest To Feel The Effect Of Not Living Up To Alabama Coach's Standard First it was Phil Fulmer. Then Urban Meyer. Then nearly Les Miles. And now Mark Richt. The latter is the latest SEC coach to be chased away by Nick Saban and his exacting standards. Saban has not just set the bar in the SEC, he's set it so high that other programs are … [Read more...]