Wall Street Journal
Notre Dame and Alabama, two schools that are rumored to care a little bit about their football teams, will meet Jan. 7 in a BCS national championship that's as juicy as these things get. Alabama coach Nick Saban's method for passing the time until then is figuring out a way to break down enough game film while also catching up on his 45 minutes of nightly sleep. Here's our way: imagining a game between Notre Dame and Alabama's alumni.
Sure, you could fill an entire Pro Football Hall of Fame wing with Crimson Tide and Fighting Irish names. But what about everyone else? Alabama and Notre Dame have produced great icons and greater villains—and not just on the football field. In fact, some of the most recognizable representatives...
Alabama isn't a perfect team. Johnny Manziel and Texas A&M proved that. So did Georgia, which lost to Alabama, but still had the Tide's backs against the wall in the SEC championship game. Between now and the Jan. 7 BCS title... more »
Thirty-nine years ago, there was a college football national championship game arranged not by computer rankings or a rubric of poll results like this season’s Alabama-Notre Dame matchup for the Bowl Championship Series title,... more »
Nick Saban is undeniably college football’s top head coach. The Alabama Crimson Tide have become the nation’s premier college football team under Saban’s leadership, winning two of the last three national championships.... more »
At the original Dreamland Bar-B-Que, the legendary rib joint up on a hill at the edge of town, there’s a photo of Nick Saban behind the counter. It sits in a gilded frame, the way you might see, in the homes of certain... more »
Did you hear the Nick Saban news Tuesday? Not the rumor, speculation, innuendo and gossip about the Alabama coach. Not the connecting of dots and the following of bread crumbs. The actual news. The Alabama coach has been voted... more »
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