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It hasn't exactly been the kind of week-in-a-bubble Alabama coach Nick Saban would want before a Southeastern Conference game. The top-ranked Crimson Tide has dealt with injury questions, a star player's arrest and backup quarterback Blake Barnett leaving the team leading up to Saturday night's game with Kentucky. Alabama (4-0, 1-0 Southeastern Conference) remained a heavy favorite over the Wildcats (2-2, 1-1), who have won two straight since a rough start but lost on all nine previous trips to Bryant-Denny Stadium. Continue to Article

September 30, 2016 7:55:pm EST

Nebraska coach Mike Riley was coming of age when protests against the Vietnam War and civil disobedience tied to environmentalism and the treatment of American Indians and migrant workers were sweeping across his home state of Oregon. When he went to Alabama to play football for Bear Bryant in the early 1970s, Riley was in one of the hottest spots of the civil rights era and a bastion of lingering racial tension. Wilbur Jackson, the first black football player for the Crimson Tide, was his teammate. Continue to Article

September 30, 2016 11:39:am EST

Blake Barnett started vs. USC (Getty). Alabama coach Nick Saban confirmed Thursday evening that quarterback Blake Barnett has left the program. Barnett started the season opener for the Crimson Tide, but was replaced by Jalen Hurts. Continue to Article

September 29, 2016 8:01:pm EST

Daniel Carlson knows he'll miss a field goal at some point. It just hasn't happened in a while for the player who has emerged as the surest bet on Auburn's team, a kicker who supplied all of the Tigers' scoring in a much-needed win over LSU. Carlson tied an Auburn and Southeastern Conference record with six field goals in that 18-13 victory and hasn't missed in 12 attempts this season, plus his final one last season. Continue to Article

September 29, 2016 12:32:pm EST

One of Alabama’s best players was arrested early Thursday morning. Continue to Article

September 29, 2016 10:58:am EST