Notre Dame quarterback Riley Leonard, who leads the Fighting Irish into a College Football Playoff semifinal vs. Penn State on Thursday, grew up in Fairhope. He played his first three college seasons ...

T hroughout the First Round of the College Football Playoff, all you could possibly hear or read from Alabama fans was how ...

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The job of professional sports talker is not an easy one. Those tasked with delivering take after take, day in and day out, ...

Former Alabama football coach Nick Saban, almost anytime a Crimson Tide game swung for better or worse on a late call by an official, was fond of noting that it's dangerous business to leave a ...

Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne hinted at ... would need to see how strength of schedule would be evaluated by the CFP,” he said. “With this outcome, we will need to [assess] how many ...

The stakes aren’t as high as they were when No. 11 Alabama and Michigan last met in the postseason, however the Crimson Tide ...

The College Football Playoff field will have a different feel for Alabama football fans. For just the third time ever since the CFP started in 2014, the Crimson Tide will be on the outside looking in.

CFP chair Warde Manuel: "We value strength of schedule, which is why Alabama with three losses is ranked ahead of other two-loss teams." — Nicole Auerbach (@NicoleAuerbach) December 8 ...

and the CFP selection committee ultimately refused to throw a penalty flag on SMU's light schedule. Alabama's argument for inclusion rested heavily on strength of schedule, and it was a sound one.

Alabama, ranked No. 11 in the final College Football Playoff top 25, was the first team out of the 12-team CFP bracket. REQUIRED READING:Alabama football bowl projections: Where Crimson Tide will ...