University of Alabama NCAA News

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - No worries and no injuries.# That was the goal for second-ranked Alabama heading into Saturday's game with Chattanooga and the mission was accomplished as the Tide scored three first-quarter touchdowns and cruised to a 45-0 win over the Mocs at Bryant-Denny Stadium on Senior Day on Saturday afternoon.

ALABAMA : The Crimson Tide welcome back four starters but also a new head coach in Anthony Grant.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. a ' Alabama had to work for its first touchdown Saturday against the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football team, but the second-ranked Crimson Tide's next two came a lot easier.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala.- The University of Alabama mena s basketball team knocked off Big East opponent Providence, 84-75, in an up-tempo, back-and-forth game at Coleman Coliseum Friday night.

Ready or not, it's time for the Anthony Grant era to begin for Alabama's basketball program.

Mark Barron is starting to feel at home in the secondary. No. 2 Alabama's sophomore free safety is settling into his relatively new position quite nicely after playing offense until his senior year in high school and backing up All-American Rashad Johnson last season.

Three turnovers forced, none committed. And a commanding 444-213 edge in total yards.

In what appears to be a monumental mismatch, the second-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide welcome the Chattanooga Mocs, a mediocre FCS team, to Tuscaloosa this weekend.

TUSCALOOSA -- Alabama senior left guard Mike John son was named the Southeast ern conference offensive line man of the Week following the Tide's 31-3 win over Mississip pi State on Saturday.

Alabama head basketball coach Anthony Grant announced the indefinite suspension of senior guard Anthony Brock Tuesday for a violation of team rules.

Greg McElroy thought he was prepared for the starting job as quarterback at the University of Alabama.

Of course, the dark theater supplied the safety that comes with anonymity. The second-ranked Crimson Tide watched "The Blind Side" last Friday night before playing Mississippi State the next evening, checking out their ultra-intense coach playing himself on the big screen.

Greg McElroy, talking with Alabama head coach Nick Saban during a game against Mississippi State, is leading the ever-improving Crimson Tide.

No. 3 Alabama's Mark Ingram is earning the attention of the Heisman Trophy crowd, while Mississippi State's Anthony Dixon is putting up similar numbers with a fraction of the hoopla.

The Anthony Grant era at Alabama has started with a loss. The Crimson Tide fell to Cornell 71-67 this afternoon at Coleman Coliseum.

Mississippi State's Chad Bumphis fielded a kickoff deep in his own end zone and raced up the left sideline and into the end zone early in the third quarter against Alabama on Saturday night.

We are getting down to crunch time, and we have what seems to be the Top 3 teams in College Football set for a showdown.

Leigh Tiffin kicked off. Ron Brooks returned it, and the ball was spotted on LSU's 27-yard line.

Unbuckling the mailbag: Question: Forget USC-Georgia Tech. . . . What about USC versus the loser of the Florida/Alabama game? HollywoodG Answer: Start shucking oysters and book my passage on the Delta River Queen.

With the SEC West already won and a date with the defending national champion Florida Gators in the SEC Championship Game already set, the third-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide invade Starkville this week for a conference showdown with the Mississippi State Bulldogs.