Why Saturday was Alabama football's best day of the year

The playoff race cleared up pretty quickly. There is still plenty of time for things to get messy. The first Saturday after the College Football Playoff rankings debuted separated some of the contenders from pretenders and provided a distinct pecking

We're all going to have to watch more Alabama football than we want to, though there is one positive side effect: watching Lane Kiffin actually use a running back. 3. Ohio State. This is a pattern this week: an excellent team 

Alabama and Oklahoma State have jumped into the top five in this week's AP Poll, out Sunday. Week 10 was not a good time to be an undefeated team, as five of them took their first loss of the season. On Saturday, LSU was 

This was the sort of thorough domination that Alabama's made a staple under Nick Saban, but it's rarely been so total against LSU, the Tide's closest competitor in the SEC West this millennium. The Tigers' 182 yards of total offense were their second-fewest against Alabama since 2000, and SIGN UP TO GET THIS IN YOUR INBOX! Get one roundup of college football stories, rumors, game breakdowns, and Jim Harbaugh oddity in your inbox every morning. Email: 

Star tailback Michael Matthews carried the football on 13 of 16 plays on the game-clinching drive — including the last nine — and Class 4A No. 1 UMS-Wright rallied from an 8-0 deficit to defeat visiting Handley 20-8 in the first round of the playoffs