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Saban adds Svodoba to Coaching Staff

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama head football coach Nick Saban announced the addition of Drew Svoboda to the Crimson Tide staff on Monday as the special teams coordinator and tight ends coach. “We are pleased to have the opportunity to add Drew Svoboda to our staff to coordinate special teams and coach the tight ends,” Saban said. “He is a bright…

Ferguson’s 7 TDs lead Memphis to 77-3 rout of Bowling Green

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) – Riley Ferguson threw six touchdown passes to six different receivers and ran for a seventh – all in the first half – tying a school record for most touchdowns responsible for and Memphis drubbed Bowling Green, 77-3 in a non-conference game Saturday night. Ferguson, who walked away from a scholarship at Tennessee and spent the 2014…

After More Than 3 Decades of Construction, I-22 Finally Opens

Source: Office of Governor Robert Bentley After more than three decades of construction, the final phase of Interstate 22 has opened. WVTM-TV reports that the I-22 interchange on Interstate 65 will connect Birmingham to Memphis. The I-22/I-65 interchange opened Monday morning after a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Formally known as Corridor X, the Department of Transportation started construction on what was then…