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Cecil Hurt has covered Alabama football & basketball for the Tuscaloosa News since 1982. Slim Charles the Garage Cat. Psalm 72:4. NFL: ⚜️

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6 years
Well, this wasn’t Harry’s fifth wedding in nine years.
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More Americans watched the royal wedding than the Alabama-Georgia national title game
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Nate Oats on Coach K wanting to delay play due to COVID-19: “Let me ask you a question. Do you think Coach K would be saying that if he hadn’t lost those two non-conference games at home?”
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For the first time in history, a team has literally pissed away a game.
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Everyone knew he was done yesterday but frying seems a bit extreme.
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BREAKING: After just 22 games, Chad Morris has been fried as the head coach of the Arkansas football program.
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I’ll say it. If all you had to do was beat Indiana and Northwestern and win four other games against worse teams than that, the SEC would easily have four unbeaten teams.
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5 years
Oct. 24, 2015 A game between warriors. The great Derrick Henry. The great Alvin Kamara. Their friend and former teammate Altee Tenpenny passed away four days earlier. Rivalries are big. Football is big. Life is so much bigger. @KingHenry_2 @A_kamara6 #RTR #VFL #RIPAltee
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4 years
That’s Nick Saban’s third straight positive result against Kirby Smart.
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7 years
"And the technical foul is on ... Steve Kerr."
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2 years
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5 years
If a war ever erupted between Alabama’s placekickers and Alabama’s free-throw shooters, there would be no casualties.
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4 years
Saban on Tua: “We lost a great player, a great leader and everyone is hurting...I called him Saturday night to cheer him up and he cheered me up.”
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Nate Oats: “I told our guys I’m going to talk about this team for 30 more years if I’m in coaching. They changed the culture of Alabama basketball.”
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4 years
Alabama head coach Nick Saban has received a third negative test and will coach against Georgia tonight.
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4 years
The NIT will be played without fans. Nothing to do with any virus, just the way things usually go.
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6 years
Saban on injuries: “You all just think that every time something happens, we just shit another player...”
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3 years
Mac Jones asked if he and DeVonta will prepare acceptance speeches for the Heisman ceremony on Tuesday night: “That’s a rat poison question.”
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5 years
Also for Alabama, Joseph Bulovas made all seven of his kicks. Nothing dramatic but I ding him when he misses and fair is fair, so kudos to him.
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4 years
Saban would be happy for Jalen. Was he supposed to start Jalen ahead of Tua? Was Jalen supposed to sit at UA instead of start for a contender?
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4 years
Nick Saban watching Jalen Hurts in the playoff would be among the great last laughs in the history of sports. #Oklahoma #Big12Championship
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Saban on Jalen: “It’s unprecedented...He has always put the team first. Jalen is going to be a more successful person in his life because of what he has been through this year.”
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Saban on Alabama’s WR corps: “Not a single guy ever showed any sign of being selfish. They root for each other. That’s very unusual at this position (because) guys usually want the ball...it was the most fun group to coach that we’ve ever had.”
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8 years
Alabama has now won more games in Dallas this season than the Cowboys.
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4 years
“Grandpa, what year was the first fire tornado?” “What year do you *think* it was, Junior?”
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Matthew Cappucci
4 years
For the first time in history, a tornado warning has been issued for a likely *fire tornado*. These are not "firewhirls." This is a rotating smoke plume being ingested into a pyrocumulonimbus cloud that could produce a bonafide fire-induced tornado. Tornadic wind speeds.
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5 years
Nick’s headset is headed to the medical tent.
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6 years
Nick Saban on if he knew ESPN’s Greg McElroy would be a talented announcer: “ He always was a good bullshitter, so...”
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Saban on SportsCenter: “If we lost to a team by 30 points, we wouldn't be having this conversation. You wouldn't even be talking to me."
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3 years
FINAL: @alabamambb 71, No. 7 Tennessee 63 in Knoxville. Biggest win for Nate Oats at UA thus far.
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Cecil Hurt
4 years
Miami’s offense is NOT a train wreck because in a train wreck, the debris sometimes travels 10 yards.
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6 years
“I’m the happiest I’ve ever been in my life” — Nick Saban.
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3 years
Mac Jones on Landon Dickerson: “That guy would give his life for Alabama football.”
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4 years
Meanwhile on Tua’s Snapchat ...
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3 years
It seems like I have written 125,000 words on @AlabamaFTBL since Monday but an oversight: Chris Owens stepped in to start 2 playoff games (with some doubters) and OL didn’t miss a beat. Should have mentioned Chris sooner.
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Cecil Hurt
3 years
Safety-wise, this is worse than field-rushing. The @SEC should fine heavily.
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Cecil Hurt
5 years
Jalen Hurts should be the MVP
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Cecil Hurt
4 years
Didn’t end the way he wanted but Jalen Hurts had a great and fascinating college career. Best to him in his future.
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4 years
No need to apologize but stand-up statement from Joe
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4 years
Saban on ESPN Gameday and I don’t think he’s wearing a suit to hang around the house all day.
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Cecil Hurt
3 years
Saw Malachi Moore play at Thompson and was like “well, yeah, maybe...” which is why Nick Saban makes $9 million a year and I’m about to pocket an extra halftime hot dog for tomorrow’s lunch.
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Cecil Hurt
3 years
DeVonta up on the sideline and my TL has about 1,000 people offering to be donors in an emergency ass transplant
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3 years
Saban on this SEC title, his ninth: “This is the best because I absolutely love this team.”
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Cecil Hurt
4 years
Oklahoma responding to its annual CFP invitation like the buddy you invite to your NYE party every year even though you know he’ll never make it to midnight before he starts throwing up on the carpet.
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Saban: "To me this team accomplished more than almost any team. No disrespect to other teams we had but this team won 11 SEC games. No other team has done that. Won the SEC and went undefeated in the SEC and then they beat two great teams in the playoffs with no break."
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6 years
LSU fan 1618 or LSU fan 2018
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6 years
With 100 percent of the ballots counted, Ass Kicking has been elected.
@sabanfaux
Nick Saban
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I need this in shot form so I can inject this into my veins...
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Cecil Hurt
4 years
“Hey buddy, we hate Bevo too.”
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Paul Maharry
4 years
Uga and Da Bears. #SugarBowl
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6 years
Happy states: Alabama and Hawaii. Sad states: 48
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3 years
Najee Harris asked about his Heisman chances: “The two guys we got up for that are enough."
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5 years
Saban: “I had one day on the walker. Now I’m on the cane. I’ll probably throw that son of a bitch away tomorrow.” via @TideSports .com
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6 years
Derrick Henry among the Alabama players getting their diploma this weekend, which is great because remember that time he was about to get suspended in 8th grade until Dad came to the principal’s office and straightened it out...
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Cecil Hurt
4 years
TBH, the return of Dylan Moses, DeVonta Smith and Alex Leatherwood is a pretty solid outcome for @AlabamaFTBL relative to some years’ junior decisions.
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Cecil Hurt
4 years
Saban: “For Jerry (Jeudy) to go out and have over 200 yards, he went out and used this game and enhanced his opportunities ... for the next level.”
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Cecil Hurt
4 years
Tua Tagovailoa has been taken by helicopter to St. VIncent’s Medical Center in Birmingham
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Cecil Hurt
3 years
Luke’s mom, @irbransmom shared stories with @TalkTidal tonight. She also said that @ArkRazorbacks had purchased a floral arrangement for Luke’s funeral and included enough overage in the payment to cover all the flowers for the service.
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Cecil Hurt
3 years
Alabama quarterback Mac Jones is the winner of the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award,
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Cecil Hurt
4 years
One thing about Tua is that he is sincere. If he says he is thinking it over, he’s thinking it over. Also, @tuamann didn’t have to take the time for an interview and he did, which was very kind.
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5 years
This is not a drill. Will Reichard 4-4 on FGs with a long of 50 at Alabama scrimmage. Repeat, this is not a drill. Per sources.
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3 years
If I’d told you someone in that clip would win the Heisman, 99.99 percent (including me) would have said Tua.
@ESPNCFB
ESPN College Football
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Three years ago, Tua threw a dime to this year's Heisman Trophy winner to cap off the 2018 national championship game.
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4 years
Tua to the Dolphins ... Alabama’s 44-year stretch without a first-round quarterback is over.
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3 years
Oral Roberts and the Beavers advance and somewhere a headline writer’s career will end in a blaze of glory tonight.
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3 years
Four-star wide receiver Jo Jo Earle signs with @Alabama as Nick Saban continues flipping ‘em like the morning shift guy at IHOP.
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Cecil Hurt
5 years
With the official announcement made: Avery Johnson @coachavery6 was never anything other than a true professional in any interaction we had. He ran a program that was a model of media accessibility. Tough business, but I wish he and his family well.
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AP Oddities
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Reaching out: The Baton Rouge Zoo is asking for the public's help to name its newest male giraffe. #odd
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4 years
Huge news for 2020 @AlabamaFTBL
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Alex Byington
4 years
#Alabama jr. ILB Dylan Moses announces he’s forgoing early entry in the NFL and returning to #Alabama next season. Moses, who suffered a season-ending ACL injury 2 weeks before the start of the regular season, will be a redshirt junior in 2020.
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4 years
BREAKING: Forward John Petty has told UA that will return for his senior season with @AlabamaMBB
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Saban: "We got coaches getting IVs, players getting IVs. But the old fellow doesn't need an IV 'cause they don't make 'em like they used to"
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4 years
That’s the first time Mike Leach has been shut out as a head coach.
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3 years
Memphis, Mississippi State, Ole Miss and St. Louis in the NIT? PLAY IT IN THE BASS PRO SHOPS PYRAMID, COWARDS!
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Cecil Hurt
3 years
I respect Ryan Day for the attempt. I respect Christian Barmore for not hibernating with the other grizzly bears.
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3 years
If only Colt hadn’t gotten hurt...
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5 years
Also from Nate Oats: “Maybe some of the kids in the transfer portal need to be in the transfer portal.”
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6 years
America is inches away from Donald Trump meeting Tony Brown...
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8 years
Attention Clowns: Not In Tuscaloosa.
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7 years
Ball appears to be on ground on replay. No idea if Biceps Ref will overturn it or just go outside and overturn an Audi.
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3 years
Nick Saban on “revenge” games: “In our case, and I don’t want to sound facetious here, but we only have a few of those.”
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4 years
Levi Wallace seals the game with a pick for the #Bills . Still doesn’t get enough credit as one of @AlabamaFTBL program’s all-time walk-ons.
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4 years
Opponent FG kicking vs. Alabama FG kicking
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4 years
All...The...Big...Ten...Had...To...Do...Was...Wait.
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3 years
Nick Saban on @AlabamaMBB : “You never want to waste a failing so you go back and try to improve. But you also have to realize what you accomplished. Our team competed hard all year long and I was very proud of that.”
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6 years
I’m excited about Maroon 5 in Atlanta. Now excuse me while I head to New Orleans to eat at Applebee’s.
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3 years
Good chance that Alabama will be No. 1 in the polls tomorrow but I’m not calling anything until the votes from Idaho are in.
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5 years
I will never see Gardner Minshew run out of the tunnel without expecting the rest of the Globo Gym dodgeball team to follow.
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3 years
Don Hutson. Ozzie Newsome. Julio. Amari. This one is the best.
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Saban on players going home last weekend: “Everyone trusts their family. I trust my family. But no one knows where Uncle Tommy has been.”
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5 years
Kira Lewis @Mr_Lewis3 has decided to remove his name from the NCAA transfer portal and return to @AlabamaMBB per his Twitter account
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3 years
Saturday’s win over LSU raised Nick Saban’s coaching record while ranked No. 1 (AP) to 75-8. No other coach has appeared in more than 45 games while ranked No. 1.
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Years from now, there will be 200,000 Aggie fans talking about how they were there when A&M beat Florida and they will all be telling the truth.
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4 years
Saban’s nostrils have to feel like it’s 1978 and he just spent three days at Studio 54
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4 years
Alabama head football coach Nick Saban and athletic director Greg Byrne have tested positive for COVID-19, per UA. Saban directed @alaftbl practice from home today.
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Saban: “I love Smitty. He’s probably done as much for our team this year as any player we’ve ever had.”
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Cecil Hurt
6 years
The crowd boos as is if they have no idea how hard it is to doink a PAT off each upright in a single quarter.
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Saban on how he teaches Najee Harris to hurdle over players: “I try to teach him not to do it but it didn’t work.”
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Cecil Hurt
6 years
With Alabama-Auburn on CBS, the audience should be fully informed about how Devin White will impact the game.
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5 years
@SatanssDaddy @BryceThereal @Edsbs Texas law states that if you are knocked down, you must fight whoever or whatever knocked you down
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Cecil Hurt
4 years
Judging from the art in the background, Nick is not at the office but is either working from home or is at any bar-b-q restaurant in Alabama.
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Alabama Football
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A special message from Head Coach Nick Saban. #StayHomeStaySafe #InThisTogether
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7 years
Best birthday present for Nick Saban: Alabama No. 2.
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6 years
Not sure Wisconsin could beat a healthy Mississippi State in a best-of-3.
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Cecil Hurt
5 years
Nick asked about scheduling New Mexico State and is miffed. “Why don’t you start calling around and get somebody to play us? We’ll play anybody you get to play us.”
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Cecil Hurt
5 years
No chance. FSU maybe.
@dannykanell
Danny Kanell
5 years
Could Citadel beat the Bills?
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