Troy names Jon Sumrall as new Head Coach
Jon Sumrall has been named Troy's new football head coach.
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Jon Sumrall has been named Troy's new football head coach.
Quarterback Walker Thompson threw two long touchdown passes as the Bulldogs (14-0) earned a 34-16 victory over Wadley (13-2) in Thursday’s AHSAA Super 7 Class 1A State Football Championship.
Piedmont overcame a 23-point halftime deficit for one of the greatest comeback efforts in AHSAA state football championship game history.
The College Football Playoff rankings for November 30 have Alabama keeping its No. 3 slot after its comeback win over Auburn in the Iron Bowl.
Auburn head football coach Bryan Harsin has fired offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Mike Bobo after one season.
LSU is hiring Brian Kelly away from Notre Dame.
Golf pioneer Lee Elder has died at the age of 87. Elder broke down racial barriers as the first Black golfer to play in the Masters and he paved the way for Tiger Woods and others to follow.
Alabama and Auburn fans both know that anything can happen in the Iron Bowl. But they weren't expecting this.
Alabama tailback Brian Robinson Jr. has a pulled muscle that makes his status for the SEC Championship Game against No. 1 Georgia uncertain.
Florida has hired Louisiana-Lafayette's Billy Napier to be the Gators next football coach.
The AP Top 25 College Football Poll for November 28, 2021, has Alabama falling one slot to No. 4 despite its 24-22 comeback win over Auburn in the Iron Bowl in four overtimes.
The Troy Trojans end the season at 5-7, days after head football coach Chip Lindsey was fired.
The 2021 Iron Bowl will be remembered for years as Alabama came from a 10-0 deficit to outlast Auburn in four overtimes to win 24-22 at Jordan-Hare Stadium.
PEPSI LACEUP: Pike Road, Montgomery Academy and Sweet Water will advance to the state high school football finals.
Two Auburn University students have won the $1 million first-place prize in a fishing tournament.
Alabama State University has selected a former player as its next head football coach. Eddie Robinson, Jr. was introduced as a news conference on Friday morning.
The 2021 Iron Bowl won't decide the SEC West as had been predicted a few weeks ago, but both No. 3 Alabama and unranked Auburn still have plenty on the line.
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Auburn drops double OT classic to UConn in The Bahamas
The College Football Playoff rankings for November 23 have Ohio State jumping Alabama to take the No. 2 slot. Alabama is now No. 3.
The Tuscaloosa News reports that its well-known and longtime sports editor Cecil Hurt has died.
Alabama State trailed by one at the break but used a big run at the beginning of the second half to pull away from Tuskegee for a 91-65 victory at the Dunn-Oliver Acadome on Monday night.
Troy Director of Athletics Brent Jones announced Sunday that the University is making a change in leadership for the football program and parting ways with head coach Chip Lindsey.
Despite beating then-No. 21 Arkansas, Alabama has dropped from No. 2 to No. 3 in the AP Top 25 College Football Poll for November 21, 2021.
The University of Florida has fired head football coach Dan Mullen, who led the Gators to six losses in his past nine games.



