KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Tennessee coach Butch Jones says he expects Jalen Hurd to play Saturday against No. 1 Alabama after the junior running back missed a 45-38 overtime loss at Texas A&M last week with an unspecified injury. Jones said Wednesday at the Southeastern Conference coaches’ teleconference that Hurd is “back full strength.” Hurd was at Tuesday afternoon’s practice…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (rolltide.com) – Alabama’s Minkah Fitzpatrick, JK Scott and Jalen Hurts were all chosen as Southeastern Conference Players of the Week, the league office announced on Monday morning. Fitzpatrick was chosen on defense, Scott on special teams and Hurts as co-freshman player of the week for their performances in the Crimson Tide’s victory at Arkansas this past weekend. Fitzpatrick…
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) – The Tuscaloosa News reports that Alabama paid former defensive line coach Bo Davis nearly $317,000 months after his resignation amid an investigation into NCAA recruiting violations. The newspaper reported Tuesday that Davis was paid $316,666.66 on Aug. 19. He resigned on April 28. University spokeswoman Monica Greppin Watts says the payment was “to resolve disputed claims…
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) – Jalen Hurts threw two third-quarter touchdown passes to Calvin Ridley and Ronnie Harrison scored on a 55-yard fumble return in No. 1 Alabama’s 34-6 victory over Kentucky on Saturday night. The Crimson Tide (5-0, 2-0 Southeastern Conference) overcame a week full of potential distractions and a slow start to run away from the Wildcats (2-3, 1-2)….
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) – Alabama star defender Tim Williams sat out the first half Saturday night against Kentucky. The top-ranked Crimson Tide’s outside linebacker was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of carrying a pistol without a permit early Thursday morning. Williams was replaced by redshirt freshman Anfernee Jennings in the starting lineup but came in on the opening drive of…
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) – Alabama coach Nick Saban says he doesn’t know if backup quarterback Blake Barnett remains with the team. Saban says the redshirt freshman came to see him before Wednesday’s practice “with some concerns about his future.” He says he hasn’t received a final decision on Barnett’s plans. A report by Alabama Media Group cited unidentified sources saying…
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) – Jalen Hurts ran and passed for a touchdown and tailback sub Joshua Jacobs scored his first two career touchdowns in No. 1 Alabama’s 48-0 win Saturday over Kent State. The Crimson Tide (4-0) dominated coach Nick Saban’s alma mater from the start while scoring on a kickoff return and even a short touchdown throw to freshman…
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) – No. 1 Alabama scored two defensive touchdowns and another on special teams to overcome a three-touchdown deficit and beat No. 19 Mississippi 48-43 in a Southeastern Conference showdown on Saturday. Alabama (3-0, 1-0 SEC) freshman quarterback Jalen Hurts threw for 158 yards and ran for 146 more but it was unlikely touchdowns from Jonathan Allen, Da’Ron…
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (rolltide.com) – The University of Alabama football team put in a 90-minute session in shells on Monday afternoon outdoors on the Thomas-Drew Practice Fields in preparation for this weekend’s Southeastern Conference opener against No. 19/17 Ole Miss. The Crimson Tide’s first practice of the new week focused on planning and preparation for an Ole Miss passing game that…
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (rolltide.com) – The University of Alabama football team took part in its first scrimmage of the fall on Saturday afternoon inside Bryant-Denny Stadium. The scrimmage lasted roughly 135 plays and was just over two hours under overcast skies with short, heavy rainstorm early in the scrimmage. The temperatures for the day hung in the 80s. “If I was…
