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Tennessee has finally found its head coach after agreeing to terms with Alabama defensive coordinator Jeremy Pruitt on Wednesday night. However, the Vols will apparently need to have even more patience when it comes to their new coach’s timetable. According to ESPN’s Chris Low, Pruitt, who is expected to be officially announced as Tennessee’s new coach…
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Tennessee is expected to hire Alabama defensive coordinator Jeremy Pruitt as its new head coach, multiple outlets reported on Thursday. Pruitt, 43, has been the defensive coordinator with the Crimson Tide for the past two seasons. Alabama is ranked first nationally in scoring defense this season and second in total defense. ESPN reported that Pruitt intends…
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Alabama defensive coordinator Jeremy Pruitt has emerged as a top candidate for the head coaching position at Tennessee, sources confirmed to Sports Illustrated’s Bruce Feldman. According to Feldman’s sources, new UT athletic director Phillip Fulmer is campaigning for a “disciplinarian” coach “who can bring a more hard-nosed physical style to the program.”
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Lane Kiffin never seems to stop entertaining the college football world with his antics and, on Thanksgiving Day, the FAU head coach got back to his old tricks. Earlier in the season, Alabama head coach (and former Kiffin boss) Nick Saban launched into an amusing rant about “rat poison” from the media and, since then, Kiffin…
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It’s a pretty well known fact that former Nick Saban assistant coaches struggle against him when they meet head-to-head. However, when comparing former Saban assistant Kirby Smart, he seems to be doing just fine and has even managed to do something at Georgia in two years that Saban hasn’t done in a decade at Alabama.
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Death, taxes and the Alabama defense. The Crimson Tide earned the benefit of the doubt in the offseason, anointed No. 1 in the major polls despite sending seven defenders into the NFL Draft -- three in the first round and none lower than the fourth round. But, really. Was there ever a doubt? We've seen this…
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Go ahead and try to get Florida State head coach Jimbo Fisher give No. 1 Alabama something to post on their bulletin board before Saturday night's mammoth season-opening showdown. Not going to happen. Try as the media might to get Fisher to divulge a story or two about his former boss and Alabama…
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Nick Saban now makes an even more obscene amount of money to coach the Alabama Crimson Tide, as it recently came to light that the head coach will make more than $11 million per season moving forward. While he is worth every penny based on the results Saban has produced in Tuscaloosa in recent years, that…
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Nick Saban and his run of dominance at Alabama will continue for the foreseeable future. Saban was given a three-year contract extension voted on by the school's board of trustees on Tuesday morning. He received a signing bonus and will earn $6.48 million per year through the 2025 season, per ESPN. Saban, 65, said he wants…
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Before running into each other at the NFL draft on Thursday, Jimbo Fisher said he might have last spoken to Nick Saban about a month or two ago. With Florida State and Alabama set to open the 2017 season against each other, who knows when the longtime friends will interact again before their first college football…
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The 2017 NFL Draft is one of the biggest events of the year and the Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban made the trip to Philadelphia to watch several of his former players get drafted. As Saban made his way into the draft, video footage arose of Saban getting booed by the fans attending the…
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New Florida Atlantic Owls head coach Lane Kiffin moved on from the Alabama Crimson Tide this offseason after several years working under Nick Saban. Jonathan Allen, a potential top-10 pick in the 2017 NFL Draft, saw the Kiffin and Saban dynamic up close and opened up about what he liked most about their relationship. Via SaturdayDownSouth:…
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It was reported on Tuesday morning that Steve Sarkisian would be leaving Alabama for the Atlanta Falcons offensive coordinator position. According to SB Nation, the move for Sarkisian leaving the Tide had been in the works for nearly a week: “Multiple sources have confirmed to SB Nation that after meetings with Alabama head coach Nick Saban…
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TAMPA, Fla. — Before the teams met in the College Football Playoff championship game, Clemson Coach Dabo Swinney said only his Tigers were capable of beating Alabama. Turns out, Swinney was right. In a remarkable finish, Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson hit wide receiver Hunter Renfrow on a 2-yard touchdown pass with 1 second remaining Monday to…
