The Morning According to Us
Chris Sprow...it's mostly just gerrymandered to perfection. It's perhaps the best day each year for Nick Saban and Pete Carroll to justify NFL ineptitude for the college paycheck—why turn over every...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 04, 2009Life of Reilly
Rick ReillyOklahoma and Florida can battle for the BCS. But we've already crowned the true national champ.
Story | January 07, 2009Clip Reel: Romeo Crennel
Ted Bauer...a good coach, no? Truth. Out of people who have come from under him, though, mostly Nick Saban has been successful. Charlie Weis is making Touchdown Jesus cover his eyes. Pat Hill? OK, but...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 29, 2008The All-Important Gift Guide: BCS-Bound Programs
Hunter Ansley...After about a hundred postgame interviews starting with the same question: "Are you happy about this?" Nick Saban has to be getting tired of justifying his emotions. No one ever asked Jack Nicholson's...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 23, 2008The Weekend Lookahead: Magazine Content Will Help Ya
Ted Bauer...Afternoon, Alabama vs. Florida for the SEC Title and a spot in Miami. Read this on Nick Saban, then this by Winston Groom, the author of Forrest Gump. Cool. Now here's a video...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 05, 2008THE MAG.COM PRESENTS: ALL WORLD POWER RANKINGS
Ted Bauer...RE 'PEACHY' (HA!) ABOUT THE RAMS VS. TITANS SUPER BOWL Fairly huge tilt Saturday in Atlanta: Nick Saban returns to the building where he opened the season by exposing the ACC to collide with...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 04, 2008Not Half Bad
Chris SprowAnother USC football regular season comes to an end this Saturday, naturally accompanied by major coaching news regarding the program. It's the price ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 03, 2008The NEXT: Thing You'll Get Forwarded
Ted Bauer...books. (And this!) The forward said: "Bobby Greenwood (that's Alabama No. 93) arrived just in the Nick of time to knock Mr. Kodi Burns to safety. It is also worth mentioning that Mr. Greenwood...
Blog Entry | Conversation | December 03, 2008Finishing School
Tom FriendThink USC's QB is nuts to pass on NFL riches for another year? Then you just don't know Matt Leinart
Story | Conversation | December 02, 2008Needs To Be Discussed: Who gets the Tennessee job?
Hunter Ansley...Defensive Coordinator He's young, fiery and a Saban protege. He played his college ball at Georgia...has been fantastic as a freshman. Sophomore quarterback Nick Stephens could use this kind of mentor after...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 12, 2008Reporting From ... Tiger Stadium
Wright ThompsonYou can read the author's piece on Nick Saban in the current issue of ESPN The Magazine right here. In another life, I was the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 10, 2008Understanding Nick Saban: Winston Groom Chimes In
Winston Groom...Ed's note: For Wright Thompson's piece on hating Nick Saban, please click here. Below is noted author Winston Groom's—he's an Alabama alum...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 06, 2008In This Issue: Hating Nick Saban
Wright Thompson...the college basketball preview is the cover), Wright Thompson writes this piece on Alabama head coach Nick Saban. In case you've been spending the last four years of Saturdays at Bed Bath and...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 06, 2008The Week That Was ... Ensuing
Ted Bauer...right here. Via Wright Thompson, we learn that some people in Louisiana don't really like Nick Saban. Huh? Click here to read it. And now, via Winston Groom—the author of Forrest...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 06, 2008Gimme an F... !
Wright ThompsonWhen Alabama rolls into Baton Rouge, LSU fans will have a hard time deciding which is more fun: showering the Tigers with love - or raining hate on Nick Saban.
Story | Conversation | November 05, 2008