Matt's Holiday Mailbag!

Since I don't really get enough incoming mail to warrant a traditional mailbag - ahem, that's your fault! - I figured that this week I would make you privy to my outgoing mail. Enjoy what I know will

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Ingram wins Heisman Trophy

By Matt Hooper

University of Alabama running back Mark Ingram is the winner of the 2009 Heisman Trophy. He is the first Crimson Tide player to win the award, which is given annually to college football's top player.

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Bama's best, Tebow bawls, BCS blows

And just like that, college football's regular season is over

By Matt Hooper

This moment. This minute. Right now. As I write. As you read... THIS is as good as it gets for the Alabama football program. This might be as good as it ever has been. Let's review. Cap a

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Bama wins SEC title, clinches BCS championship berth

Alabama captured its 22nd SEC title and a berth in the BCS championship game after beating Florida, 32-13.

By Matt Hooper

The Alabama Crimson Tide defeated the Florida Gators, 32-13, at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta to claim their first SEC title in 10 years and their first shot at a national championship since the end of

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SEC Championship Preview: Alabama vs. Florida

The biggest game of the year in college football is this weekend in Atlanta. Alabama and Florida are playing for the SEC Championship and a birth in the BCS title game.

By Matt Hooper

It was Veteran's Day, last month. The Weekly's weekly editorial meeting was building to its usual anti-climatic end. Whatever business - actual business - we had to discuss had long been settled. N

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Firing season: College coaches on the hotseat

First, Notre Dame gave Charlie Weis the heave-ho. Now FSU's Bobby Bowden is calling it quits after 34 seasons. Keep up with all the college coaching moves right here!

By Matt Hooper

DOWNLOAD THE PRINTABLE LIST (PDF, 1 Page) UPDATE: Notre Dame's Charlie Weis fired, Florida State's Bobby Bowden announces retirement. Before the postseason can commence, college administrators a

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Lane Kiffin’s (allegedly) lost boys

Lane Kiffin's players are undisciplined? You don't say...

By Matt Hooper

UPDATE: Nu'Keese Richardson and Mike Edwards have been dismissed from the Tennessee football team. Meanwhile, the local district attorney has dropped charges against Janzen Jackson. *** By now,

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Glengarry Glen Saban: Bama's Back (For Real)

For real this time, Bama’s back!

By Matt Hooper

Here’s the deal about Alabama football. Auburn fans hate to hear this — shoot, fans across the country hate to hear this — but it’s true. Despite the occasional rough stretches in its history, the

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Dear (New) Mayor, Let's talk sports...

Whoever emerges from the special election in December holding my city’s mantle of leadership inherits a sports scene that is in the direst of straits.

By Matt Hooper

So I guess this means we’re not getting that Major League Soccer team, are we? Well, shoot. Yet another casualty of Larry Langford’s corrupt bargaining and the 60-count conviction that resulted

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Is the NFL too dangerous?

Pro football's safety issue reaches critical mass

By Matt Hooper

April, 2005. I’m at work, which at the time meant I was slummin’ it for Arena Football League’s former Birmingham Steeldogs. It was game night. I cannot recall the opponent. There was a kickoff return