Mark Edwards: As Heisman favorites keep slumping, surprising Mac Jones is on the rise Even though Mac Jones has gotten mentioned more and more in recent weeks as a Heisman dark horse, he keeps putting together efficient, quali… NOVEMBER 22, 2020 • OLEANTIMESHERALD.COM
Several times each season in our weekly SEC Preview and Predictions article, we identify a game from somewhere around the SEC as being a potential “Upset Special” pick. This week, we’d be tempted to mark this one up as one to watch. In our preseason SEC preview, we identified Oklahoma as a likely 6-6 team.…
All-Star Football Staff Completed for 35th Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Football Classic MONTGOMERY – The Alabama All-Star football team comprised of 40 high school seniors for the upcoming 35th annual Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Classic football game has been completed, announced Brandon Dean, Director of the Alabama High School Athletic Directors and Coaches Association (AHSADCA), Wednesday. The 35th annual…
Alabama football’s five-star commit, Dijon Lee is not feeling any flip rumors surrounding his recruitment. Lee is a five-star defensive back in the 2025 recruiting class. He attends Mission Viejo high School in California. There are some creating rumors about the five-star flipping to another program. The California product silenced those rumors on Friday. “Locked…
Mountain Brook Spartans (6-1) vs. Homewood Patriots (5-2) AHSAA TV Network Game of the Week Homewood and Mountain Brook Clash in Key Class 6A, Region 5 Battle Thursday MONTGOMERY – The Class 6A, Region 6 football championship is within the grasp of Mountain Brook High School and…
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama coach Nick Saban says running back Trey Sanders sustained non life-threatening injuries in a car accident Friday morning. Saban said in a statement Friday afternoon that the redshirt freshman was in stable condition. The statement said Alabama is in contact with his family and doctors “as we continue to gather…
On Saturday night, the Alabama Crimson Tide will officially conclude their regular season road schedule with a highly anticipated to Norman to face the SEC’s newest member, the Oklahoma Sooners. A game in which Alabama is certainly the favorite, the Crimson Tide and Sooners have simply gone in different directions so far this season, with…
This Week’s AHSAA Football Spotlight One Streak Ends and One Streak Continues as Geraldine’s Lusher & Thompson’s Harrell Shine MONTGOMERY – Geraldine High School senior Colton Lusher caught two touchdown passes and intercepted a Fyffe pass with 1:17 remaining as the Bulldogs beat Fyffe 20-19 to end the nation’s longest current high school football…
Plainly put, Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback Mac Jones torched Mississippi State last weekend. And as the leader of college football’s most potent offense, Jones was named Playmaker of the Week by FOX Sports college football analyst and former USC superstar Matt Leinart. It’s fitting that the former Heisman-winner Leinart honored Jones, who is among the current frontrunners for the…
Last Week’s Record: 7-1 (87.5%)Season Record: 83-25 (76.9%) The Predictions Dept. got off to a good start on our final stretch run, losing only on the LSU-Florida pick in Week 12. For this week, there aren’t any blockbuster games, but there’s a lot of interesting stuff going on in the next tier down, headlined by…