The Don’s 2024 SEC Predictions

Aug 15, 2024
The premiere league in college football has to be the SEC. Even before adding two college football powerhouses to the fold, this conference is the hardest conference to play in. The teams are tough fr...

Top 5 Football Games Your Eyes Should Be on Saturday

Nov 4, 2023
With only a few football games left in 2023, I think it is CRUCIAL to use your Saturday in the most efficient way possible. I decided to rank the 5 football games you MUST watch on your football Satur...

The Don’s Week Eight College Football Best Bets

Oct 20, 2023
The end of last week was less than ideal. We lost our game of the year and went 1-3 (-4.11u) on the Saturday slate. Now the record is at 19-17 (-0.22u) on the season for best bets. We bounce back thou...

The Don’s College Football Week Six Best Bets

Oct 6, 2023
We went 1-3 (-2.33u) last week which is not great. Back to back losing weeks, and a record of 12-10 (+2.03u) is what we are at right now in best bets. This week I am back and ready to get back to my w...

Breaking Down Each of the Preseason AP Top 25 Teams

Aug 16, 2023
Do you feel it? Do you reealllyy feel it? Can you smell it? Can you smell all those smells? The burgers. The pasta salad… The beer. We have the first collegiate football rankings of the year and...

Dylan Moses: 2021 NFL Draft Breakdown

Mar 16, 2021
Dylan Moses is the kind of guy offensive players don’t want to see in the hole. He’s not flashy, but he gets the job done. He was the leader of the Alabama defense that won the CFP this pa...

Christian Barmore: 2021 NFL Draft Breakdown

Mar 10, 2021
Christian Barmore is the top interior D-line prospect on a lot of boards coming into the 2021 draft. IDL is not a strong position group at the top of this draft, but Barmore just might be the best of ...

2021 Rose Bowl Preview: #4 Notre Dame vs. #1 Alabama

Jan 1, 2021
The 2021 Rose Bowl features two great football teams, #4 Notre Dame (10-1) and #1 Alabama (11-0). The winner of this game will take on the winner of the Sugar Bowl in the National Championship. How Th...

Nick Saban: Spring Season May Look Like JV

Aug 18, 2020
Nick Saban appeared on ESPN’s “Get Up” on Tuesday and wondered aloud what a potential spring football season could mean. He was less-than-optimistic, put simply. The Alabama coach reacted to the...

Alabama Gets 5-Star DT Damon Payne

Jul 29, 2020
Five-star defensive lineman Damon Payne verbally committed to Alabama on Sunday on CBS Sports HQ. The top-ranked defensive tackle and the No. 14 overall recruit in the nation, Payne gives Alabama its ...

For Whom Does the Rivalry Bell Toll?

Dec 1, 2019
One of the worst feelings in life is that of impending doom, the feeling that something bad is about to happen and you can do nothing to stop it. You’re at a crossroads, you still think that you...

Is There Really Any Doubt Alabama Will Be Left Out?

Nov 13, 2019
Here we go again, the committee is putting this on a tee for Alabama. With a loss against LSU, at home, in their only real matchup of the year, they are still going to get in. The Committee did the ri...

I’m unhappy with the College Football Playoff

Nov 12, 2019
The table is officially set for two SEC teams in the CFP. We’ve all been bamboozled. The BCS is alive and well under new management. The Playoff is a scam. I’m fine with LSU in the top spo...

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

Nov 11, 2019
One of the most fascinating things about America is our extensive folklore. We have the benefit of being such a big, diverse nations. There are so many different subcultures in the United States. Each...

Week 11 AAR: Row That Boat

Nov 10, 2019
This is why we love college football. LSU Triumphs Joe Burrow has gone from backing up Dwayne Haskins to establishing himself as arguably the best quarterback in the nation. Has a grad-transfer quarte...

Week 7 AAR: Yikes, Georgia

Oct 14, 2019
The State of Georgia is in flames like it’s 1865 all over again. Much like Gone With the Wind, last week started with so much optimism in the State of Georgia. The Braves lost (twice, got elimin...

NCAA Week 1 After Action Report

Sep 2, 2019
College football is officially back. In my preview, I declared this particular iteration of games lackluster. On paper, it was pretty accurate, we only had one top-25 matchup. But college football has...

The Buzzer-Beater, Second Edition: February Blues

Feb 18, 2019
Welcome to the second edition of the sophomore year of The Buzzer-Beater, my weekly Monday column about college basketball and what’s going on around the country. This past weekend, I was in Tucson,...

How the Tigers took down the Tide

Jan 14, 2019
On Monday night we saw something that we had never seen before: Nick Saban’s Alabama get blown out. We’ve seen them blow a huge lead in the “Cam Back” and lose heartbreakers at...

The Hangover, Week 14: Who’s In?

Dec 3, 2018
Welcome to the twelfth edition of the sophomore season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes to you from Atlanta, Georgia, where I witn...

The Hangover, Week 13: Let’s Talk Playoff Scenarios

Nov 26, 2018
Welcome to the eleventh edition of the sophomore season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes to you from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where I ...

The Hangover, Week 12: Maybe UCF Does Belong

Nov 19, 2018
Welcome to the tenth edition of the sophomore season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes to you from Knoxville, Tennessee, where I wi...

The Hangover, Week 11: Waiting for Chaos

Nov 12, 2018
Welcome to the ninth edition of the sophomore season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. After an off week in preparation for a broadcast, The Hangover comes to yo...

CFB: Week Ten Preview

Nov 3, 2018
Games to Watch No. 6 Georgia (-9.5) at No. 11 Kentucky (3:30 CBS) Just like everyone expected, the SEC East will be decided this Saturday in Lexington, Kentucky. Each team comes in 7-1, 5-1 and have b...

The Hangover, Week 9: All Eyes on the SEC

Oct 29, 2018
Welcome to the eighth edition of the sophomore season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes from Jacksonville, Florida, where Georgia r...

#4 LSU Has Forfeited Any Chance Vs. #1 Alabama

Oct 29, 2018
In a wild turn of events, it appears that the LSU Tigers have forgone any realistic chance to beat Alabama this Saturday. Vegas has released the lines for college football’s game of the week at ...

The Hangover, Week 8: Meyer’d in Uncertainty

Oct 22, 2018
Welcome to the seventh edition of the sophomore season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes from Knoxville, Tennessee, where Tua Tagov...

The Hangover, Week 7: Could It Really Be That Easy?

Oct 15, 2018
Welcome to the sixth edition of the sophomore season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where “Dixie...

The Hangover, Week 4: Getting a Sense of What We Know

Sep 24, 2018
Welcome to the fourth edition of the sophomore season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where I finally t...

SEC Releases 2019 Football Schedules

Sep 18, 2018
In the never-ending quest to help the American public make plans well in advance, the SEC released the 2019 football schedules on Tuesday. The SEC has committed to at least one conference game every w...

The Hangover, Week 3: The Picture is Taking Shape

Sep 16, 2018
Welcome to the third edition of the sophomore season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes from Auburn, Alabama (gross), where I watche...

The Hangover, Week 1: Let’s Take Some Temperatures

Sep 4, 2018
Welcome to the first edition of the sophomore season of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes from Charlotte, North Carolina, where I spe...

Alabama Doesn’t Need an Ultimatum at QB

Jun 11, 2018
Between Tua Tagovailoa and Jalen Hurts, Alabama has the most intriguing QB battle in the nation heading into this fall. A lot of the takes surrounding this competition indicate that Nick Saban can hav...

Notre Dame-Alabama Home and Home? Let’s Do It

Mar 27, 2018
According to several reports, two of college football’s most storied (and hated) programs, Notre Dame and Alabama, are in the works of scheduling a home and home series. Apparently, Alabama is a...

The Buzzer-Beater, Third Edition: Who Do You Trust?

Feb 19, 2018
Welcome to the third edition of The Buzzer-Beater, my weekly Monday column about college basketball and what’s going on around the country. This week’s column comes to you from beautiful Hattiesb...

Dear Joey Freshwater: Volume IV

Feb 18, 2018
Another late week, for which we apologize. I’m in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, for Alabama softball’s appearance in the Black and Gold Tournament at Southern Miss. My travels did, however, r...

Playoffs? PLAYOFFS!

Jan 29, 2018
It’s been a few weeks since the National Championship game and people are still talking about the performance of the Alabama football team. Many forget that Alabama was the fourth seed entering ...

Dear Joey Freshwater: Volume I

Jan 26, 2018
For most of the editions of The Hangover that I published during football season, a mysterious figure named Joey Freshwater, a Crimson Tide fan from Eutaw, Alabama, provided his commentary on that wee...

Alabama OC Brian Daboll Hitches to Buffalo

Jan 16, 2018
After just one year with the Crimson Tide, Offensive Coordinator Brian Daboll has gone to the Buffalo Bills to assume the same position. Daboll last coached in the NFL as the Patriot’s Tight End...

Portfolio Builder: College Football Edition

Jan 12, 2018
The idea behind this is to build an investment portfolio, but instead of stocks you choose college football teams. In any portfolio you want diversification. You want some high risk and some low risk....

Grab a drink for the CFP National Championship game

Jan 4, 2018
The National Championship is all set after a semifinal that consisted of one of the best games in college football history and a game that I couldn’t even sit through. Georgia and Alabama are no...

Why the College Football Playoff should NOT expand

Jan 2, 2018
Much like my gut after the holidays, the Playoff has no room for expansion. While most people want an 8, maybe 16 team Playoff field… I’m here to tell you it would be a mistake. Four is th...

Why the SEC is the Most Overrated Conference in CFB

Jan 2, 2018
I get it. The SEC has two teams in the National Championship game. But, this still needs to be brought up because the issue is as prominent as it’s ever been. It’s also like beating a dead...

SEC Bowl Predictions

Dec 27, 2017
Tonight the SEC’s bowl slate kicks off when the Missouri Tigers face the Texas Longhorns in the Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl. It’s the first of nine certain bowl game for the confe...

Georgia Steals Nadab Joseph From Alabama

Dec 21, 2017
Nadab Joseph’s recruiting timeline has been full of ups and downs. On June 11, 2016 he committed to LSU to continue his football career. Over a year later the 4-star CB decommited from LSU. Afte...

Alabama Lands 5-star Eyabi Anoma

Dec 20, 2017
Around 1 PM on Wednesday, Eyabi Anoma inked his pledge to the University of Alabama. Anoma has been all but a lock to end up in Tuscaloosa. The Baltimore native is the top ranked player in Maryland an...

The Hangover, Week 14: Who’s In?

Dec 4, 2017
Welcome to the sixth edition of The Hangover where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes Atlanta, Georgia, where I watched the Georgia Bulldogs avenge an earl...

Cracking the Code: AP Poll Week 2

Nov 27, 2017
All data in this article is borrowed from collegepolltracker.com Welcome back for the 2017-2018 edition of Cracking the Code! Here’s a little background on the article (or to my loyal followers, a r...

On The Ball: Video Game Stats for Week 13

Nov 27, 2017
Well that was crazy. I don’t know exactly what to say about this last week of college football to be honest. When I said in my last article that we should be prepared for some craziness to happe...

The Hangover, Week 13: Everything is Chaos

Nov 26, 2017
Welcome to the fifth edition of The Hangover where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes from Lake Martin, Alabama, where I’ve been drowning my sorrows...

Alabama Almost Beats Minnesota With Only 3 Players

Nov 25, 2017
In a matchup of top 25 hoops teams, Alabama found themselves in a precarious situation today. With about 13:40 left on the clock in the second half and Alabama just trimming the lead to seven, the who...

The Hangover, Week 12

Nov 20, 2017
Welcome to the fourth edition of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes from Athens, Georgia, home of a great bar scene and a pretty good f...

The Iron Bowl: 2017 Edition

Nov 19, 2017
It is hard to believe, but right before our eyes, the 2017-18 College Football season is close to its end. With the end approaching this can only mean one thing: Rivalry Weekend. While there are a ton...

If You Don’t Know Now You Know; The Young Bull

Nov 15, 2017
It was a calm Tuesday in Tuscaloosa. Students were finishing up some exams before Thanksgiving break, some were getting ready for their Tuesday night bar visits. Neither of those come as a surprise. W...

The Hangover, Week 11

Nov 13, 2017
Welcome to the third edition of The Hangover, where I recap the previous weekend in college football. This week, The Hangover comes a day later than I originally intended. My laptop broke Sunday morn...

Hey, The CFP Committee Got It Right Again!

Nov 7, 2017
The CFP committee just released the second edition of the College Football Playoff Rankings on ESPN, so it’s time for my weekly reactions to the updated Top 25. Here we go:   Head-to-Head...

Can The Rest Of The SEC Beat Alabama? Offense Edition

Nov 7, 2017
It is pretty clear that Alabama is superior to the rest of the SEC and it isn’t even close. Because of this, I wonder sometimes how it would go if the other SEC teams came together and formed a ...

The Hangover, Week 10

Nov 5, 2017
Ohio State, I just don’t get you. A week ago, I wrote that I was all in. I apologized to JT Barrett for doubting him, I recognized that the Buckeyes were a legitimate threat to Alabama, and I we...

Hey, the CFP Committee Got the First Rankings Right!

Nov 1, 2017
The first College Football Playoff rankings are out and, naturally, everybody is reacting and overreacting to the committee’s initial Top 25 rankings. After watching the Rankings Reveal Show on...

Who is the best team in the SEC?

Oct 31, 2017
Alabama and Georgia have been the talk of college football this year. Alabama was expected to be this good, considering this is how they look every season. Georgia, however, is 8-0, despite having an ...

The Sad State of Football In Texas

Oct 30, 2017
As all of you know, the past few years for football in the state of Texas has been a far cry from what the state has become accustomed to. From the fall of a football blue blood in the University of T...

College Football Playoff: Who’s Getting in

Oct 30, 2017
With a month left in the regular season the discussion for who will get in the Playoff is heating up. Of course at this point no one has any clue of who is getting in–except for Alabama, they ar...

The Hangover, Week 9

Oct 29, 2017
Welcome to the first edition of The Hangover, where we recap the previous weekend in college football. College football is the best time of the year (and that’s not up for debate, so don’t...

Gambling and Gifs

Oct 21, 2017
Michigan (+9.5) against Penn State There are way too many people doubting Jim Harbaugh this season, and that is exactly why he’s about to shove all of that criticism in our faces and take down t...

SEC West: The Race for Second Place

Oct 19, 2017
Alabama is really good this year; imagine that. In a year that has the same story as normal in SEC West, the best the other teams can realistically do is fight for a second-place finish and a potentia...

Alabama Shuts Down FSU: Proves SEC Dominance Over ACC

Sep 4, 2017
The first week of the 2017 College Football season is in the books and Week One blessed us with one of the most hyped up games of the year: a big time match up between preseason ranked No.1 Alabama an...

Chaos Theory Rooting Guide: Week 1

Sep 1, 2017
Welcome back to college football boys and girls! For those of you who remember, this is my “Chaos Theory Rooting Guide,” detailing for you the games to take a rooting interest in each week if ...

The Eclipse is a Good Reminder of Why Sports are Great

Aug 21, 2017
In case you have not heard because you live under a rock without wifi, there is a solar eclipse today. If you are unfamiliar with what that is, then you should have paid attention in your seventh grad...

College Softball might be the best sport ever

May 26, 2017
Generally speaking, sick days suck as a kid. Well actually, I should amend that. Sick days suck when you’re a kid and you are actually sick. Daytime sports TV gets repetitive as all of the talk ...

Why Alabama is Overrated

Jan 8, 2017
There have been numerous people across the nation crowning this Alabama Crimson Tide football team as one of the best to ever grace the college football gridiron. Watching a lot of Alabama down the st...

Week 13 Chaos Theory Rooting Guide

Nov 23, 2016
Welcome to your Week 13 rooting guide! At this point in the season, there isn’t too much more “chaos” to have as many teams have been eliminated from having any chance, but if a few of the top t...

Playoff Eliminator Week 12

Nov 23, 2016
One more week, three less teams in the race. As we approach rivalry week, anything can happen and the picture should shape itself. Prime Position Alabama– Basically a lock at this point unless t...

Chaos Theory Rooting Guide Week 12

Nov 19, 2016
Michigan State vs. Ohio State On paper, this one should be a blowout, but this Michigan State team has some talent and good at least make this game close at home. I don’t think the Buckeyes will cov...

Playoff Eliminator Week 11

Nov 15, 2016
The football gods heard us complaining about no good games this week, so they dropped a whole mess of upsets on us. Safe to say, these all changed the playoff positions and now I would like to admit t...

Playoff Eliminator Week 10

Nov 10, 2016
We are now down to just 15 contenders who have a shot to make it to the CFB Playoffs. After an uproar last week for Texas A&M being over Washington, A&M proceeded to lose to a below average Mi...

Playoff Eliminator Week 9

Nov 2, 2016
Prime Position Alabama- At this point it’s pretty clear that Alabama may be the most talented team that we’ve seen in awhile, if they win out, they’re for sure in. Even with one loss, they still...

Chaos Theory Rooting Guide: Week 10

Nov 2, 2016
If you’re like me, at this point of the season, your team has no chance of making the College Football Playoffs. At this point, aren’t we all just rooting for upsets and chaos to throw off the sea...

Beat the Spread: Week 3 Perfect Paralay

Sep 16, 2016
On the morning of my 21st,  you will see me at the sports book betting on College Football. I have spent hours of researching preparing for this day Saturday , and in my opening column, I want to sha...

OT w/ AC: Opinionated Truth with Allen Collins

Sep 9, 2016
Sooner Section: Well, well, well. Where do I even begin? Oklahoma Sooners wipe that stupid look off your face right this instant. You couldn’t have even waited until a bowl game was in the balan...