No one knows at this point exactly how Alabama's 2009 season will play out, other than the final record, of course. But here are five things that could spell success for Nick Saban's crew this season.

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Greg McElroy threw two touchdown passes, including a 52-yard strike to Julio Jones, as the Crimson team defeated the White team, 14-7, in front of more than 84,000 at A-Day in Tuscaloosa. [caption

NOTE: We updated our picks for the August 27 issue! See the new column here! Predicting what's going to happen during the 2009 college football season before spring drills come to an official end is

The culmination of spring football with the annual A-Day game this weekend will be the unofficial kickoff to the 2009 Alabama football season, a fact not lost on fans still giddy from the Tide’s impre

Are you familiar with FUBAR? Do you know what it means? It’s one of thousands of acronyms that Army folk use to boil a complex situation down to a root truth. I’ll clean it up a bit, jus

Let’s play “Who Wants to be a Millionaire”, NFL edition. One of the most highly anticipated events of the NFL offseason takes place on April 25, as the NFL Draft invades Radio City Music Hall in Ma

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