Alabama : Scarbrough's Take
Charmed Life Saved Twice, God Gets The Glory
Lyn Scarbrough
July 09 So, he became a sports broadcaster. He was on the UAB Blazer sports team for football and basketball in the 1990s. For eight years, he was play-by-play announcer for Birmingham-Southern, calling two national championship victories (1995 basketball, 2001 baseball). FULL STORY
Dean James E. Foy and the Root of the Rivalry
Lyn Scarbrough
November 24 There’s no way that Dean Foy could personally know all of the thousands of students, but somehow all students felt like they knew Dean Foy. Even now, former Auburn students from those 28 years who are reading this column can picture him crouching, FULL STORY
Tide, Gators Should Pull for Auburn on Saturday
Lyn Scarbrough
November 15 Alabama, Florida and Auburn fans find themselves in the same bed, pulling against Georgia. Or at least all of the clear thinking ones do. FULL STORY
Midseason: SEC Elephant in the Room, But Not Big Al
Lyn Scarbrough
October 15 At the season’s midpoint, LSU is the best team in the country … more about that many paragraphs down. FULL STORY
What an Eight-Team Playoff Might Be … for Now
Lyn Scarbrough
September 23 The football musical chairs game … five Power 5 conferences with only four available playoff slots … is inherently flawed, has never been fair and never will be. It should be ended. FULL STORY
Could the 2019 SEC Season be Another 2010?
Lyn Scarbrough
September 11 Already this season, the undefeated Crimson Tide has soundly defeated Duke, 42-3, and is ranked No. 2 nationally. Nine years ago when Alabama went on the road to play the Gamecocks, it was also undefeated and ranked No. 1 FULL STORY
Quinnen Williams … Joins the List of the Best
Lyn Scarbrough
January 09 To that illustrious list of all-time great the name of Quinnen Williams has been added. His play during the 2018 season certainly merited the recognition. But when the sophomore defensive tackle from Birmingham FULL STORY
Reuben Clarke, Ryan Parris and Football Thanks
Lyn Scarbrough
November 29 This past week, the week of Thanksgiving, the weekend of rivalries and the start of football playoffs, brought those two football teams into the headlines. It also brought those two players into the headlines … Reuben Clarke and Ryan Parris. FULL STORY
Mulder, Hoops and the SEC; Has Anybody Noticed?
Lyn Scarbrough
November 13 In Lindy’s preseason hoops edition, five SEC teams were ranked in the Top 25 (Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi State, Auburn, LSU). Eight conference teams were predicted to play in the NCAA Tournament, matching the all-time record for the conference set last season. FULL STORY
SEC Teams – Take the Fork in the Road
Lyn Scarbrough
October 31 But, the Tide’s schedule is the near opposite of LSU, one of the least difficult of all contending teams. The Tide has played only one nationally ranked team all season (Texas A&M, ranked No. 25 this week) FULL STORY
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