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Not in the way you’d expect" src="https://www.al.com/resizer/v2/FVLMPKZ7J5FK5FX6JOXNEPBDO4.jpg?auth=c086ae6a3129f5fb51a8cc12fb80308c2bb84c41e1dd21c51cc04469e1c821c0&width=500&quality=90" srcSet="https://www.al.com/resizer/v2/FVLMPKZ7J5FK5FX6JOXNEPBDO4.jpg?auth=c086ae6a3129f5fb51a8cc12fb80308c2bb84c41e1dd21c51cc04469e1c821c0&width=800&quality=90 960w, https://www.al.com/resizer/v2/FVLMPKZ7J5FK5FX6JOXNEPBDO4.jpg?auth=c086ae6a3129f5fb51a8cc12fb80308c2bb84c41e1dd21c51cc04469e1c821c0&width=500&quality=90 308w," sizes="(min-width: 980px) 308px" width="300" height="200"/><h2 class="two-box-item__headline">4 years ago, a former UAB walk-on was part of NFL history. Not in the way you’d expect</h2><div class="two-box-item__meta"><div class="article__details--byline"><time class="" dateTime="1732343400">23h ago</time><span>Roy S. Johnson</span></div></div></a></article></div><ul class="river" id="river" aria-hidden="false" aria-labelledby="tab-stories"><li class="river-item"><a class="river-item__headline-link" href="https://www.al.com/opinion/2024/11/outgoing-alabama-senate-leader-greg-reed-pays-tribute-to-his-district-op-ed.html"><div class="river-item__image"><img class="river-item__thumbnail-image" alt="Sen. Greg Reed, R-Jasper, has been majority leader of the Alabama Senate since 2014." src="https://www.al.com/resizer/v2/MA73QC2DCFFU3DTCA5S6A5MN3I.jpg?auth=7565458170f5c7bdb0be24f5b36bb4369eeee81d061f8a9fe0b75401f905741f&width=180&quality=90" loading="lazy" width="180" height="120"/></div><div class="river-item__content"><h2 class="river-item__headline">Outgoing Alabama Senate leader Greg Reed pays tribute to his district: Op-ed</h2><p class="river-item__summary">Sen. President Pro Tempore Greg Reed of Jasper is leaving the Senate to become the senior advisor for workforce transformation for the Kay Ivey administration. </p><div class="article__details--byline"><time class="" dateTime="1732341615"></time><span>Sen. Greg Reed </span></div></div></a></li><li class="river-item"><a class="river-item__headline-link" href="https://www.al.com/opinion/2024/11/jd-crowe-people-are-dying-in-kay-iveys-alabama-ambulance-desert.html"><div class="river-item__image"><img class="river-item__thumbnail-image" alt="SKIvey tease" src="https://www.al.com/resizer/v2/BXTC4GKVABEDXFRR7IKTTZDXCA.jpg?auth=27983f462f2d0dd7d36fd77b39ec2f9eb5bc0473937bdce6e7a2ad781e80f657&width=180&quality=90" loading="lazy" width="180" height="120"/></div><div class="river-item__content"><h2 class="river-item__headline">JD Crowe: People are dying in Alabama’s ‘ambulance desert’</h2><p class="river-item__summary">Alabama's heart is cold as the grave. Too many rural Alabama folks know that grave. Needlessly.</p><div class="article__details--byline"><time class="" dateTime="1732267743"></time><span>JD Crowe</span></div></div></a></li><div id="infeed-nativo1" class="river-item--nativo"></div><li class="river-item"><a class="river-item__headline-link" href="https://www.al.com/alabamafootball/2024/11/college-football-geniuses-make-your-week-13-picks.html"><div class="river-item__image"><img class="river-item__thumbnail-image" alt="Legendary Alabama football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant takes a drag off a cigarette prior to the 1975 Iron Bowl vs. Auburn at Legion Field in Birmingham. (Birmingham News file photo by Robert Adams)" src="https://www.al.com/resizer/v2/VJKWRZI6VVH7DC5OUMFOO5PBFE.jpg?auth=312d22f562db524e911034b8368caea3929349b36b7125bb7643091b79ab84e9&width=180&quality=90" loading="lazy" width="180" height="120"/></div><div class="river-item__content"><h2 class="river-item__headline">College football geniuses, make your Week 13 picks</h2><p class="river-item__summary">It's Joe vs. the Pro and the Hero ... vs. You!</p><div class="article__details--byline"><time class="" dateTime="1732254300"></time><span>Joseph Goodman</span></div></div></a></li><li class="river-item"><a class="river-item__headline-link" href="https://www.al.com/alabamafootball/2024/11/verne-lundquist-reflects-on-alabama-tiger-woods-happy-gilmore-a-legendary-career.html"><div class="river-item__image"><img class="river-item__thumbnail-image" alt="Legendary broadcaster, Verne Lundquist, joins Beat Everyone this week to look back on his career." src="https://www.al.com/resizer/v2/ZQKYG35D2NGNLDW3D4CZ66VCAY.png?auth=2f7d0c366656f86042d21965d0f464e736e9a7a09fe8ad484d9e4176d5b83510&width=180&quality=90" loading="lazy" width="180" height="120"/></div><div class="river-item__content"><h2 class="river-item__headline">Verne Lundquist reflects on Alabama, Tiger Woods, Happy Gilmore & a legendary career</h2><p class="river-item__summary">The legendary broadcaster confirms he'll appear in Happy Gilmore 2. </p><div class="article__details--byline"><time class="" dateTime="1732181891"></time><span>John Hammontree</span></div></div></a></li><li class="river-item"><a class="river-item__headline-link" href="https://www.al.com/news/2024/11/on-team-trump-tommy-tuberville-isnt-coach-hes-the-waterboy.html"><div class="river-item__image"><img class="river-item__thumbnail-image" alt="UNITED STATES - APRIL 23: Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., is seen in the U.S. Capitol before the Senate passed procedural votes on the House passed foreign aid package on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)" src="https://www.al.com/resizer/v2/TFDUAFGIRJH73K33VBU3JNNYTM.jpg?auth=16beb52c0dfa90bc0becaf3536295eaae6cbfc63a07730ada2cfeaea32ee22c7&width=180&quality=90" loading="lazy" width="180" height="120"/></div><div class="river-item__content"><h2 class="river-item__headline">On Team Trump, Tommy Tuberville isn’t ‘Coach.’ He’s the waterboy.</h2><p class="river-item__summary">Alabama's senior senator pushes Senate to do what he does best — nothing.</p><div class="article__details--byline"><time class="" dateTime="1732179533"></time><span>Kyle Whitmire</span></div></div></a></li><li class="river-item"><a class="river-item__headline-link" href="https://www.al.com/life/2024/11/jd-crowe-the-hog-killin-a-double-murder-family-tradition.html"><div class="river-item__image"><img class="river-item__thumbnail-image" alt="Pigs" src="https://www.al.com/resizer/v2/J2YQZNCBV5B5XAAZCMEDKQXOTU.jpg?auth=3c8acebe96c094bde2f148b5420f4e27ebea1d13204f02241d6182729a032719&width=180&quality=90" loading="lazy" width="180" height="120"/></div><div class="river-item__content"><h2 class="river-item__headline">JD Crowe: The hog killin’: A double-murder family tradition</h2><p class="river-item__summary">If you've never seen hog killers, you'll know exactly what they are when they show up at your house.</p><div class="article__details--byline"><time class="" dateTime="1732172406"></time><span>JD Crowe</span></div></div></a></li><div class="ad-wrapper ad-wrapper--river-ad"><div id="6" class="ad-unit" data-cy="InFeed_Center" aria-hidden="true"></div></div><li class="river-item"><a class="river-item__headline-link" href="https://www.al.com/alabamabasketball/2024/11/goodman-nate-oats-takes-a-mighty-swing-at-bruce-pearl.html"><div class="river-item__image"><img class="river-item__thumbnail-image" alt="Alabama head coach Nate Oats works with his team during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Illinois, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, in Birmingham, Ala. 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Because, let’s face it, <a href=\"https://www.al.com/alabamafootball/2024/11/can-alabama-football-still-make-college-football-playoff-after-loss-to-oklahoma.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"https://www.al.com/alabamafootball/2024/11/can-alabama-football-still-make-college-football-playoff-after-loss-to-oklahoma.html\">Alabama’s season is cooked before Thanksgiving.</a>"},{"_id":"HVLKPNCXXNEIFGXTC6Y6QSONPE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Pessimistic Alabama fans are already calling <a href=\"https://www.al.com/alabamafootball/2024/11/what-alabamas-kalen-deboer-said-about-jalen-milroes-struggles-vs-okahoma.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"https://www.al.com/alabamafootball/2024/11/what-alabamas-kalen-deboer-said-about-jalen-milroes-struggles-vs-okahoma.html\">DeBoer a newer version of Shula</a>. He can still be a good coach at Alabama, but not this season. It’s clear that DeBoer wasn’t ready for the SEC. Despite all of his glowing records before joining big boy football down yonder way, that’s the hard truth of it. Alabama wasn’t prepared for Vanderbilt and Alabama wasn’t prepared for Oklahoma and that’s the season."},{"_id":"Z2B2UBYTRJGXBNVWTVAG73J2FM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"And in Year One at Alabama, DeBoer is a certified failure."},{"_id":"ERXCNCEXHZGQXARH2N4IHY5CPQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Maybe it would have been a different story in for DeBoer with his former offensive coordinator, Ryan Grubb. But DeBoer either sold Alabama a bag of goods, assuring Greg Byrne that Grubb would be moving from Seattle to Tuscaloosa, Ala., too., or maybe Byrne forgot to ask when selecting the successor to Nick Saban. Either way, Alabama’s offense is about as consistent as a dirt road in Winston County."},{"_id":"OYHRH5QXFVBULIYP5IGH2QZOLU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"It’s a lot of fun sometimes, but occasionally you end up in a ditch."},{"_id":"TJIBBNLLFVASZKRO3LWVQBJVZQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Would things have been smoother with Grubb as the offensive coordinator? That’s a question that DeBoer will need to ask himself with all his free time in December. Maybe he can visit Grubb and the Seattle Seahawks for some advice."},{"_id":"DUEAUFRKWNFKPIEXIDAG2QEMFI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"After witnessing Alabama roll around in that sandbox for a football field up in Oklahoma, nothing should be out of the question. And let me spell out that sentence just to be clear. Someone on DeBoer’s staff probably needs to be decoupled from his commitment to Alabama football after the worst offensive effort by the Crimson Tide since 2004."},{"_id":"PQZL6YLOZVDVDFW5XD73A6VBEY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"DeBoer seemed to have corrected Alabama’s season after losses to Vanderbilt and Tennessee. But no. LSU, it turns out, was just not very good at football."},{"_id":"KNXH3WL2ENE3FKJJPSSCREC2HQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Despite everything, I always thought that Alabama still had a chance to win the national championship. After all, this team was one play away from playing for the goods last season. I hate it for him, but quarterback Jalen Milroe will be kicking himself for this failed season. 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He had the angle, but, for whatever reason — and I guess he thought he was suddenly playing soccer — Milroe tried to slide tackle Lewis as the defender was racing for paydirt."},{"_id":"4KMZQDM26ZDYJIVEBPBQN7K3JA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Guess Milroe makes too much money to tackle anymore."},{"_id":"ENZXLPJTRJCBXFK34E6ANSPXUI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"And if it was a business decision to avoid the hit, then Milroe should probably consider playing in the bowl game for Alabama because the last thing he wants NFL executives to remember about him going into the draft is that preposterous attempt at karate."},{"_id":"CK6FU6R3QJA6LBVQGMPYQ6B7U4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Alabama football, where champions are made to … sweep the leg?"},{"_id":"YT7TY5HERJC7VBPO2G4TIMPVSI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"And, in the end, it doesn’t matter if the ref threw a horrible flag that canceled out a touchdown catch for Alabama receiver Ryan Williams. Someone needs to say it, though. If Alabama doesn’t deserve to be in the playoff, then the official who made that call needs to be handed a pink slip by the SEC."},{"_id":"VQIDSVMLBZBBDCKVECA6PTJUDE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"With Alabama holding three losses, the Iron Bowl will be for in-state bragging rights this season, and nothing more. First it was Vanderbilt who knocked off Alabama and Auburn in the same season for the first time since 1955, and now it’s Oklahoma that did the trick in its first season as a member of the SEC."},{"_id":"FMI267VTJ5DDTDSGYCTHGYPJOE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Auburn finally decided to show up this season on the same week that Alabama checked out. The Tigers’ impressive 43-41 four overtime victory against Texas A&M now sets the stage for a major shift in the SEC going into rivalry week."},{"_id":"UZEVMXDQ2FBE7MC3APQAWMHMSQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Ole Miss? Out of the playoffs."},{"_id":"V3Q4FWVXCRHKFLTHTMVFM5U7U4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Alabama? Better luck next time with the slide tackling."},{"_id":"GVV7CGMHQRBHBKA4JGIE42V4O4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Texas A&M? No match for the Thorne-stache."},{"_id":"TKQCIJLTYRBYTEA6SGBOK65XHQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Auburn and Hugh Freeze have all the momentum going into the Iron Bowl and the recruits will be watching."},{"_id":"4RRJGZIU6RHS5MNKBZP5BVSFXU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>BE HEARD</b>"},{"_id":"CZFAGWHXF5AA3B2TC5HG63IYKY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Got a question for Joe? Want to get something off your chest? Send Joe an email about what’s on your mind. Let your voice be heard. 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It’s a historic night, and I think it’s fantastic.” (Later that season, Arian, then 68 years old, became the oldest head coach to win a championship when the <a href=\"https://go.skimresources.com?id=126006X1587343&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nfl.com%2Fnews%2Fsuper-bowl-lv-draws-audience-of-96-4-million-viewers\"><u>Bucs routed the Kansas City Chiefs 31-9 in Super Bowl LV</u></a>.) 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Today, Black referees oversee four of the NFL’s 17 crews."},{"_id":"LI35YK2F2JHJRHBG7ZD7SU2FCU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Last Sunday, Jefferies was the side judge as the San Francisco 49ers hosted the Seattle Seahawks.That’s the striped shirt responsible for monitoring the defensive backfield: pass interference, (in)completions, illegal blocks downfield and a plethora of other duties throughout the game. Backup timekeeper, too, in case the stadium clock breaks."},{"_id":"TBZ2E6FM3NAYNKHMNOHLGINOZQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Where in the world is Jeffries scheduled to be <i>this</i> Sunday?"},{"_id":"IPQHLBM6XJDUFC2SO7MDSLOIG4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"At NRG Stadium in Houston as part of<a href=\"https://www.si.com/nfl/bengals/referee-report-rogers-has-unique-history-with-bengals-coach-zac-taylor-01jbenpdc249\"> <u>Referee Brad Rogers’</u></a> crew as the Tennessee Titans visit the Texans."},{"_id":"J7LBMUZXKJGWJD5XTULYOCLHL4","type":"raw_html","content":"<adi-most-popular-stories-by-author adiWidgetId=\"widgie-47b1bd52-1168-47b0-9cd4-4ede7dcf9ee5\"></adi-most-popular-stories-by-author>"},{"_id":"3EUFX2AQOBBETO52SNRDSMVDBE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":""},{"_id":"72CVASICFREZDBNAKSPVM2GWW4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":" "}],"description":{"basic":"Anthony Jeffries was a member of a ground-breaking team at football's highest level."},"source":{"system":"composer","name":"advancelocal","source_type":"staff"},"taxonomy":{"entities":[{"score":0.7453,"_id":"Q4999093","label":"Burl Toler","type":"Agent,Person,Athlete"},{"score":0.7126,"_id":"Q337758","label":"San Francisco 49ers","type":"Agent,Organisation,SportsTeam,AmericanFootballTeam"},{"score":0.6754,"_id":"Q4046340","label":"Bruce Arians","type":"Agent,Person,Athlete,GridironFootballPlayer,AmericanFootballPlayer"},{"score":0.6667,"_id":"Q1141343","label":"Raymond James Stadium","type":"Place,SportFacility,ArchitecturalStructure,Building,Venue,Stadium"},{"score":0.6654,"_id":"Q320476","label":"Tampa Bay Buccaneers","type":"Agent,Organisation,SportsTeam,AmericanFootballTeam"},{"score":0.5878,"_id":"Q32096","label":"Super Bowl","type":"Event,SocietalEvent,SportsEvent,NationalFootballLeagueEvent"},{"score":0.5717,"_id":"Q205033","label":"Chicago Bears","type":"Agent,Organisation,SportsTeam,AmericanFootballTeam"},{"score":0.5411,"_id":"Q1215884","label":"National Football League","type":"Agent,Event,Organisation,SocietalEvent,SportsLeague,SportsEvent,AmericanFootballLeague"},{"score":0.5161,"_id":"Q337377","label":"Los Angeles Rams","type":"Agent,Organisation,SportsTeam,AmericanFootballTeam"},{"score":0.5059,"_id":"Q191477","label":"Pittsburgh Steelers","type":"Agent,Organisation,SportsTeam,AmericanFootballTeam"},{"score":0.4713,"_id":"Q223522","label":"Kansas City Chiefs","type":"Agent,Organisation,SportsTeam,AmericanFootballTeam"},{"score":0.4667,"_id":"Q7419343","label":"Levi's Stadium","type":"Place,ArchitecturalStructure,Venue"},{"score":0.4556,"_id":"Q1088765","label":"Monday Night Football","type":"Work,TelevisionShow"},{"score":0.4406,"_id":"Q1058864","label":"NRG Stadium","type":"Place,ArchitecturalStructure,Venue"},{"score":0.4339,"_id":"Q223514","label":"Houston Texans","type":"Agent,Organisation,SportsTeam,AmericanFootballTeam"},{"score":0.4271,"_id":"Q582280","label":"Rose Bowl (stadium)","type":"Place,Event,SportFacility,ArchitecturalStructure,SocietalEvent,Building,Venue,Stadium,SportsEvent,FootballMatch"},{"score":0.3371,"_id":"Q1887879","label":"University of San Francisco","type":"Agent,Organisation,EducationalInstitution,University"},{"score":0.3352,"_id":"Q963227","label":"Southeastern Conference","type":"Agent,Organisation,SportsLeague"},{"score":0.322,"_id":"Q946006","label":"Southwestern Athletic Conference","type":"Agent,Organisation,SportsLeague"},{"custom_id":"PERf7f489d03","label":"Anthony Jeffries","type":"Person"},{"custom_id":"PER3f3f0a328","label":"Burl A. 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Kay Ivey</b></a>"},{"_id":"M4LY4NLSINCDTEKIZV277BNT2M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"When I entered the Senate in 2010, I was a part of the red wave of Republicans that flipped the Statehouse from Democrat control for the first time in over 130 years. Alabama was in a tough place, and between overcoming the Great Recession and runaway spending, our state did not have any money. Through diligent cost cutting measures and conservative budgeting, we have completely righted Alabama’s economic woes and made our economy a true strength of our state. "},{"_id":"3NM7FXJCJJHG5K2UNELDCIFOA4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Because of our budgeting efforts, money began to return, and we were able to pay back money borrowed from the Alabama Trust Fund. 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These bills helped increase investment in rural areas, lower taxes for businesses, and promote capital opportunities throughout Alabama. They have been a game changer for rural Alabama bringing jobs and opportunities. Furthering that mission, I was proud to help lead legislative efforts in the Working for Alabama bill package this past legislative session. This package has focused our efforts on making sure we are recruiting and training the right people to do jobs that Alabama will need for a bright future. The work being done, particularly in trade skills, in Senate District 5 in high schools and community colleges like Bevill State will be monumental in achieving those goals. 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Ivey. Expand Medicaid</a>. To include the working poor people of Alabama. Rural Alabama. The places that need at least <a href=\"https://www.al.com/news/2024/10/rural-alabama-county-down-to-just-one-ambulance.html\" target=\"_blank\">one more ambulance</a>. Or one more doctor. To save a life. Or two."},{"_id":"QRKE4MVQWFAZ7C3R532L6TU7VY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Medicaid expansion is frowned upon by Ivey because it’s an Obamacare thing. And because it works. Why not just embrace it and call it yours? That’s how politics works, right?"},{"_id":"J2ALDNA6FFBXDLBYHPKJ5M27PU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"So, let’s do this: Call it IveyCare. Or TrumpsterCare. What Alabama has now is WeDon’tCare. Maybe we just need <i>NobodyCares.</i>"},{"_id":"CCKHRNFG3RCDVEFFJ63RIB64MA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Medicaid expansion would help cure a lot of ills in this defiant state. If nobody cared who got the credit."},{"_id":"JA3XB2A6GVD3FORQJ3LZ63ZMNQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"The ‘one ambulance’ problem in Pickens County is a mixed bag of Alabama dysfunction. Read on ... "},{"_id":"7IBRVC2UJFCL3A3L7BRRPHS22M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Excerpts from <a href=\"https://www.al.com/news/2024/11/this-alabama-county-is-now-down-to-just-one-ambulance-its-cost-lives.html\" target=\"_blank\"><b>This Alabama county is now down to just one ambulance: ‘It costs lives’</b></a>"},{"_id":"2BTPZO3BSNGYHEAULHFJ6DXXYA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"<i>“Pickens County </i><a href=\"https://www.al.com/news/2024/10/rural-alabama-county-down-to-just-one-ambulance.html\"><i>moved to only one ambulance on</i></a><i> Oct. 25. The reduction in ambulance service is just the latest in a downward spiral, as rural communities across Alabama watch emergency rooms and </i><a href=\"https://www.al.com/news/2024/09/another-rural-alabama-hospital-faces-closing-can-thomasville-regional-medical-center-survive-financial-crisis.html\"><i>hospitals shutter</i></a><i>, and as </i><a href=\"https://www.al.com/news/2024/09/rural-alabama-loses-even-more-doctors-i-cannot-be-the-pediatrician-for-every-child.html\"><i>pediatricians</i></a><i>, </i><a href=\"https://www.al.com/news/2024/10/alabamas-decaying-dental-care-necessitates-immediate-attention.html\"><i>dentists</i></a><i> and </i><a href=\"https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/infant-deaths-spiked-in-alabama-in-2023-there-is-no-easy-solution/ar-AA1u6uMA?ocid=BingNewsSerp\"><i>maternity care</i></a><i> have disappeared in over a third of the state’s counties.</i>"},{"_id":"JIGYBGMREJADNBMPREQ2C5BBWA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"<i>“Sullivan McCrory said her team of paramedics has had to triage callers ever since the move to one ambulance. She said it’s not unusual to get two to three calls all within an hour, forcing them to decide where to go based on which call is most life-threatening.</i>"},{"_id":"DRPB7PVQW5EGVFK42OV4KL4JKU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"<i>“All I know is people are suffering,” she told </i><a href=\"https://www.al.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><i>AL.com</i></a><i>. “What can you do when you have one ambulance in a county with over 19,000 people in it?”</i>"},{"_id":"V6DA5VBAURHPNA5GT5B4MP6RGA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"<i>“In 2022, </i><a href=\"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2022RS/PrintFiles/SB183-Enr.pdf\"><i>Alabama passed a law</i></a><i> deeming emergency medical services and ambulances an essential service, saying “emergency medical services are an essential public service and a part of the health care safety net for many residents of this state.”</i>"},{"_id":"BY3OY7GVTVDZVBYXC7F3RQ4XEY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"<i>“Alabama is </i><a href=\"https://www.ncsl.org/health/state-policies-defining-ems-as-essential\"><i>one of 37 states to pass such a law</i></a><i>. But unlike most other states, Alabama does not</i><a href=\"https://stateline.org/2023/09/11/you-might-need-an-ambulance-but-your-state-might-not-see-it-as-essential/\"><i> require the state government to fund the service</i></a><i>.</i>"},{"_id":"IS45WNLPYBF6TAHEFIDA6BST6Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"<i>“U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell represents Pickens County in Washington. Her office said typically the only source of federal funding for those services comes from Medicare reimbursements. She has introduced two bills in the House since 2021 to increase </i><a href=\"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2454\"><i>rates for both ambulances</i></a><i> and </i><a href=\"https://sewell.house.gov/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=BB212FAF-4B2B-4430-878F-B9A87D568068\"><i>rural hospitals</i></a><i> to help them stay operational. But neither bill has received a vote.</i>"},{"_id":"LQSIT2QHOFBDNF66FDQAHCZMVU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"<i>“Congresswoman Sewell and our whole team have spent years pushing for congressional action to address these ambulance shortages at the federal level,” said Christopher Kosteva, Sewell’s Communications Director, in a statement to </i><a href=\"http://AL.com\" target=\"_blank\"><i>AL.com</i></a><i>. “This issue has been exacerbated by the state’s refusal to expand Medicaid, which has put an enormous strain on the resources of rural health care providers.”</i>"},{"_id":"V6DMUAMV65FPJN4A2JWIDWN3EA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"<i>“When asked by </i><a href=\"http://AL.com\" target=\"_blank\"><i>AL.com</i></a><i> if any emergency support could be provided by the state to keep an ambulance running, a spokesperson for Gov. Kay Ivey’s office said “we continue monitoring and are aware of developments in Pickens County, but at this time, you may wish to reach out to local officials.”</i>"},{"_id":"4FP2I76E2VHLRPLFIR2ML4MVNM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Read the whole report right here: <a href=\"https://www.al.com/news/2024/11/this-alabama-county-is-now-down-to-just-one-ambulance-its-cost-lives.html\" target=\"_blank\"><b>This Alabama county is now down to just one ambulance: ‘It costs lives’</b></a>"},{"_id":"AUSKJ44DEFADVHP7WBCVCX2KA4","type":"raw_html","content":"<adi-most-popular-stories-by-author adiWidgetId=\"widgie-e6521d2c-b43e-468f-9c82-c748d37ffe82\"></adi-most-popular-stories-by-author>"},{"_id":"KNYX6MC47FFNRM5OFEY364U2JI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"<b>True stories and stuff by JD Crowe</b>"},{"_id":"3EV5RJRZDFFQJJSMV65BB75C6Q","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"<a href=\"https://www.al.com/life/2022/12/the-mysterious-bubble-guy-of-fairhope-and-the-art-of-bubble-zen.html\"><b>The mysterious ‘Bubble Guy’ of Fairhope and the art of bubble Zen - al.com</b></a>"},{"_id":"DGS6HKN6Y5AM3MONHTD4HTV55E","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"<a href=\"https://www.al.com/news/2021/03/how-i-met-dr-seuss.html\"><b>How I met Dr. Seuss</b></a>"},{"_id":"NIGYWBKGEBDCHB2CQE6UCGBCBM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"<a href=\"https://www.al.com/opinion/2015/06/bonnaroo_2015_headliner_robert.html\"><b>Robert Plant head-butted me. 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It wasn’t a gotcha journalism ambush, but a softball question about whether Democrats and Republicans could work together."},{"_id":"335JBV5TYBGR3BNYGZV4DH7TVI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732203575456},"type":"text","content":"“You know, our government wasn’t set up for one group to have all three branches of government,” Tuberville said. “It wasn’t set up that way, our three branches, the House, the Senate and executive.”"},{"_id":"FFXYT55B6JCTNPK2KEKK5WONWU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732203575457},"type":"text","content":"Setting aside that he forgot about the judicial branch, what Tuberville seems to have been trying to say was that split control was the natural way for things to be, and that it wasn’t healthy for one party to have complete power."},{"_id":"EUPSGJ6ADVEPPPPBX4QYYRLWXQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732203575458},"type":"text","content":"That was then."},{"_id":"TH6ONL6NVJACNL42QN2L7DL4JA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732203575459},"type":"text","content":"Fast forward to the present day. It’s unclear whether he ever learned the three branches of government, but now that doesn’t seem to matter so much to him. Tuberville is comfortable with just one."},{"_id":"ALV3TPREZRCUVL25IRVLGAUGDQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732203575460},"type":"text","content":"“President Trump and J.D. Vance are going to be running the Senate,” Tuberville told Fox Business last week."},{"_id":"FRASVLVY4BEARBIRLQUYPHR3ZI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732203575461},"type":"text","content":"The Senate Republican majority will support the president-elect’s cabinet appointees, Tuberville said. And those who don’t will be dealt with severely."},{"_id":"5ZMKLX7HMFA4VNZBPI3QIU5OYQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732203575462},"type":"text","content":"“If you want to get in the way, fine, but we’re gonna try to get you out of the Senate, too, if you try to do that,” Tuberville told the host."},{"_id":"7B3JSVBCKVEGJOHIVFWZU4O23M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732203575463},"type":"text","content":"It’s their job, he argued, to support the Trump agenda, not evaluate Trump’s selections. 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He just doesn’t want to scrutinize nominees anymore now that Trump is in charge."},{"_id":"OYECXD4WMBHLFOIXQN32PUUXSU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732203575467},"type":"text","content":"Tuberville likes for people to still call him Coach. But that’s not what he does anymore and that’s not who he is."},{"_id":"B6VCBKEBNZBYVA2IGOWCAQCEYY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732203575468},"type":"text","content":"Under Trump, Tommy Tuberville is the waterboy."},{"_id":"NCETVCRJRJCEDALDZQJTFARDCI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732203575469},"type":"text","content":"For the last two years, there have been whispers in Alabama that, were Trump to win the election, Tuberville might get picked to lead the Department of Agriculture, or heaven help us, the Department of Defense. 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Steve Marshall to that post. In the U.S. House, Gaetz has been a nuisance and obstructionist for other Republicans, including Rep. Mike Rogers of Alabama, who had to be restrained from attacking Gaetz on the House floor, and has since been investigated for allegations of statutory rape and human trafficking."},{"_id":"AXV6DPJE55CRPK6ZCM3QBAT7BI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732203575478},"type":"text","content":"Even Tuberville seems to be hedging on this one, something he normally reserves for day-trading. "},{"_id":"OQXEUJVSYJGYDHYUIL7SZV3SOQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732203575479},"type":"text","content":"There are many more Trump picks to pick over, including climate change deniers at the EPA, Vice President Elon Musk and (checks Twitter) Dr. Oz? The list is long and the day is short."},{"_id":"ZN3ZWL2FCRFS5PL4YU3GYPLRSE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732203575480},"type":"text","content":"In the end, it’s the Senate’s job to vet these appointments. It’s Tuberville’s sworn duty."},{"_id":"7OD766BLXZFU7NVMZAKUI6DHFE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732203575481},"type":"text","content":"Instead, he wants to forfeit before kickoff."},{"_id":"ZDZCC5HSQVHUPGKNGS4JJP2TGI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732203575482},"type":"text","content":"Not keen on his cabinet having to answer questions about dead bears or how to safely mix uppers with downers, Team Trump has suggested the Senate allow him to make these picks as recess appointments. 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It remains one of the best wins of the non-conference schedule in the country."},{"_id":"SLSSPFFL2VGCBJELE3QJKGIWUA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732212161278},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Alabama’s victory against Illinois isn’t far off, though, and especially considering Sears wasn’t at his best."},{"_id":"2PXBFR7JVNE4NM4A56CFLNCLP4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732212161279},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"“He’s under a lot of pressure,” Oats said after the game."},{"_id":"PCQZEPQITJEO5JPC4RTYECYSII","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732212161280},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Oats has a habit of saying pretty much everything he’s thinking, but that observation of his star player felt loaded down with layered intent. Oats is known as a stats guy, but he’s also an excellent motivator. Sears has played in a Final Four, so the bright lights of Legacy Arena shouldn’t have been a problem. If Sears is feeling any pressure at all, then it’s coming from Alabama’s own depth at the guard position."},{"_id":"BN3WQ5KE3VDNXPKXZL4MWF6LJM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732212161281},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Philon, the freshman who prepped at Baker High School in Mobile, looks like one of the best young guards in the country. He was originally committed to Kansas last summer, but he ended up choosing Alabama in the end. It looks like he made the right decision."},{"_id":"6TQBAGJGNZACJHHABRVE2IS7HE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732212161282},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"I asked Oats if he was surprised by Philon’s immediate impact. It’s not just his offense. Philon is already Alabama’s second-best backcourt defender behind Wrightsell. Oats said he would have been surprised by Philon last summer, but that when he showed up on campus he quickly became one of Alabama’s best guards."},{"_id":"4QIQVNR2SFA5RCLFY6ISWJZPNA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732212161283},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Oats said the key to Philon’s early ascension is open competition on the practice court. No one is guaranteed minutes. No one is promised anything. It’s Saban-type stuff. Survival of the fittest. That’s a tricky proposition in the NIL era, but Oats is managing it well. It’s why NBA executives are paying attention to Alabama’s fiery coach."},{"_id":"2R7EWN47WBDFPJ6NPQDW33D7ZU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1732212161284},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Oats might very well be a coach in the NBA one day, but I don’t think he’s leaving Alabama for another college-level gig at this point. 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He is the first-ever Division I head coach to start 10-0 in consecutive seasons at different schools (James Madison, 10-0, 2023)."},{"_id":"COUCEQ3FAVHERO2BETT3DZN3HA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Joe says:</b> Alabama freshman Sen. Tommy Tuberville isn’t a big fan of Indiana’s undefeated season, but pretty much everyone else in America will be rooting for the Hoosiers in this one. Tuberville said recently that Indiana bought its entire team. Should someone inform the good Senator about Ohio State’s roster? I’m happy for Indiana’s success, but I’m taking the defense at home anchored by former Alabama freshman All-American safety Caleb Downs."},{"_id":"5PE6ZQFV3NBRTHHMWJS4FAA3YU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Joe’s pick: </b>Ohio State 30, Indiana 20"},{"_id":"G6VRMBXPTRGGPJ45VACDBP6AMU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Pro says:</b> The 10-0 record for Indiana has been a dream come true so far. Their defense hasn’t been tested by even a top 40 offense so far this season. Ohio State’s offense is ranked No.18 and has multiple running backs and wide receivers with talent that this vulnerable defense hasn’t faced. The last 14 times an undefeated top five team has been a double-digit underdog, that underdog is 0-14 straight up and just 5-9 against the spread."},{"_id":"ADGF7TKJGVAWXF2YOANI6IHIBY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Pro’s pick: </b>Ohio State 38, Indiana 17"},{"_id":"KYZCJEPKLNC33EB2Q52JXFG7EY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Hero says:</b> It has been a good year so far for first-year Indiana coach Curt Cignetti. His Hoosiers are undefeated with a great chance to make the College Football Playoff, and he has already been rewarded with a $72 million contract extension! Even though Indiana has not beaten a ranked team, Cignetti is confident his team can beat Ohio State and earn a trip to the Big Ten championship game. I am not as confident that the Hoosiers can overcome the talent deficit with Ohio State to win on the road in Columbus, but they are good enough to make Ryan Day and the Buckeyes nervous going into the fourth quarter. "},{"_id":"CSBMYJQCYFGJBNJJ5BTA46ZQLI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Hero’s pick: </b>Ohio State 27, Indiana 20 "},{"copyright":"Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.","syndication":{},"auth":{"1":"ce8fe36da1f4f769ac9347ca9a435a81385ca053babe5d2787956123b269bb60"},"caption":"Mississippi quarterback Jaxson Dart (2) celebrates after throwing a 62-yard touchdown pass against Arkansas during the first half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in Fayetteville, Ark. 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The last victory for Ole Miss at the Swamp was a famous one. The Rebels upset the No.4 Tim Tebow-led Gators 31-30. Tebow delivered his famous “I Promise” speech after the game, and UF went on to win the national championship."},{"_id":"SJ67HCUTABGQPMP6C7JPFT7DSU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Joe says:</b> Lane Kiffin is coming off the best victory of his career and he’s had two weeks to think about the Gators. We’ve all heard the rumors. The Gators’ well-heeled boosters think Kiffin is the SEC second coming of Steve Spurrier. Kiffin might bark a little bit, but he’s no Spurdog. Can Kiffin keep it going, or will Ole Miss come up short again? Florida’s defense has improved enough this season to keep this one closer than expected at home, and Gators quarterback DJ Lagway is playing with confidence."},{"_id":"MPLABOEYYBENVHCUMWNUPWB7BU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Joe’s pick: </b>Ole Miss 35, Florida 28"},{"_id":"PWD5UKROOREF3AUS5ZXWREMYNM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Pro says:</b> I give the coaches and players at Florida credit for not packing up by midseason and upsetting Kentucky and LSU. For the first time this season, however, the Gators will face a starting quarterback that is a dual threat as Jaxton Dart already has over 3,400 yards passing and 300 rushing yards and 25 total touchdowns. The Ole Miss defense is under the radar as they are No.2 in rush defense allowing just 2.2 yards per carry and leads the nation with 46 sacks."},{"_id":"NRDE5JOEZZEZLKDVREXHZHES4E","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Pro’s pick: </b>Ole Miss 34, Florida 16"},{"_id":"TUBATGC7SVE6LMV2NEV67ZAECA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Hero says:</b> The Florida Gators are feeling good about themselves after breaking their losing streak to LSU last week. Ole Miss had a week to recover from its huge win over Georgia and should be ready to play in the Swamp. The Rebels defensive line will make it difficult for Florida’s freshman quarterback DJ Lagway to have time to hit on deep passes. The Rebels’ fast paced offense should also be able wear down a Gators’ defense coming off of three physically demanding SEC games."},{"_id":"CD3373EEHNFWRH2GV7PFJWGLLE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Hero’s pick: </b> Ole Miss 31, Florida 20"},{"owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"advancelocal"},"copyright":"2024 Edward Diller","address":{"street_address":"Michie Stadium","locality":"West Point","country_name":"USA","region":"New York"},"auth":{"1":"ab5d65386834e140818d774b84bfce39d479ac7369366b9bb21b8f7f32457454"},"caption":"WEST POINT, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 12: Bryson Daily #13 of the Army Black Knights runs for a long gain against the UAB Blazers in the first quarter at Michie Stadium on October 12, 2024 in West Point, New York. 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Back 66 years ago, No.3 Army KO’d No.4 Notre Dame 14-2."},{"_id":"HSMVQ5BQZVFWJJAXKLDEAJGRW4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Joe says:</b> This is one of those games that could go down in history as one of the greatest of all time. I’ll buy an Army hat and wear it for an entire year if the Black Knights win. A victory here for the cadets is a win for everyone who loves the romantic notion that college football of the highest order can still be about passion and not money. Army’s defense is tough and they’ve had two weeks to prepare for this one. Notre Dame is in for a long day."},{"_id":"LOCP67NJQNGSTJBFIZVVH5ZOHE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Joe’s pick: </b>Army 20, Notre Dame 17"},{"_id":"MKFMXQFCENF5XO2T2OYIF67YH4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Pro says:</b> This line might be a little higher than expected only because Notre Dame destroyed Navy a few weeks ago and Navy and Army run the same exact offense and both were undefeated when they played. Army’s defense has allowed only 4.6 yards per snap compared with Navy’s 5.7 and the Cadets offense is No.2 in the country in Time of Possession, 35:20 per game. I’ll take my chances that Army doesn’t turn the ball over close to the six times Navy did. And on most of the fumbles, the quarterback or running back wasn’t even touched."},{"_id":"ROB5L5JH5RDAHC7AFIYBIYN3NY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Pro’s pick: </b>Notre Dame 31, Army 21"},{"_id":"ZWUNAJCZUZGDDHEEPKY4IJVKFI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Hero says:</b> The undefeated Army Black Knights will need to play a perfect game to keep it close with Notre Dame. Unfortunately, the Cadets will find it very difficult to move the football and control the clock on an outstanding Irish defense. The balanced Notre Dame offense should be able to control the football and the game for the Fighting Irish in Yankee Stadium. 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The Dores won 16-14."},{"_id":"NR6BN44TNZCMBE6MIF6AED4YKI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Joe says:</b> Vanderbilt hasn’t played at LSU since 2009. Who would have believed at the beginning of the season that these two teams would have identical records going into their Week 13 matchup? Maybe Vandy quarterback Diego Pavia and his brothers, but that’s it. Pavia has had a week to heal and LSU’s season is sideways after that loss in Gainesville. Can Brian Kelly get the most out of his players with the playoffs out of reach? Doubt it."},{"_id":"KGL7Q5F2ZJELXBXEPLSN6W3544","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Joe’s pick: </b>Vanderbilt 31, LSU 28"},{"_id":"DHE7Z7MBSRF3ZHZTEVKLTCPJWI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Pro says:</b> Tough game to handicap because it seems like you never know what LSU team will show up. Over the last three games, all losses, the supposed high-powered offense of the Tigers has only scored 52 points. Vanderbilt is 6-1 against the spread as an underdog. LSU lost last week to Florida and Gators quarterback DJ Lagway didn’t run. 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Just perfect."},{"_id":"ENVVWOBXQ5FANLP4WR5NQRGBNQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"I laughed out loud when I learned the state’s new $1.25 billion men’s prison in Elmore County will be named for our governor —<a href=\"https://www.al.com/news/2024/11/how-will-alabama-fund-the-construction-of-a-4000-bed-escambia-county-prison.html\"> courtesy of the Alabama Corrections Institution Finance Authority, with Ivey’s blessing</a>."},{"_id":"XCJAVGVETVDBRATADTFMWJOKQ4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"I laughed and cringed. Laughed, cringed and shook my head."},{"_id":"J55L3VMJHJCFRKDO5O7EE2KNRA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Laughed because it is absolutely fitting, as I <a href=\"https://www.al.com/opinion/2023/03/roy-s-johnson-gov-iveys-legacy-prisons-medicaid-her-choice.html\" title=\"https://www.al.com/opinion/2023/03/roy-s-johnson-gov-iveys-legacy-prisons-medicaid-her-choice.html\">all but called last year</a>. Prisons are Ivey’s thing. Maybe more than anything else she’s hyped since taking office in 2017."},{"_id":"VD5ESPB3HBA55NYB56HBW3ROSM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"She’s led the long-overdue replacement of the horrid prison system’s most antiquated facilities. And she’s been an unyielding proponent of executions in the mighty name of law and order, even<a href=\"https://eji.org/news/victims-family-opposes-execution-of-joe-james/\"> when the victim’s family was against it</a>. Even when the state <a href=\"https://www.al.com/news/2023/09/alabamas-ghoulish-track-record-of-botched-executions-cant-be-an-accident.html\" title=\"https://www.al.com/news/2023/09/alabamas-ghoulish-track-record-of-botched-executions-cant-be-an-accident.html\">couldn’t get it right</a>."},{"_id":"6QO554KTFNAQ7KPKSLQS2S6SJA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"I cringed at the thought of someone some day lamenting, “Dang, my cousin just got 20 years down at Ivey.”"},{"_id":"P44LAOJNBFC2TB7BYNWHPHM7VQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Then I shook my head because our governor, who will leave office at the end of her current term, <i>could</i> have scripted a much more noble legacy. She could have been lauded, honored and heralded for so many other accomplishments. Actions that could have improved, elevated — even extended — the lives of generations of Alabamians."},{"_id":"K6OCYLHPBZEGFII3XMFJ5ADVWA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"Instead, her name will be chiseled into the walls of a prison. A prison in this state."},{"_id":"I5AUJBNALBAB7FAUWZNSZHUNCQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"A state whose system was deemed unconstitutionally horrific by the U.S. Department of Justice, <a href=\"https://www.al.com/news/2020/12/us-department-of-justice-sues-alabama-over-unsafe-prison-conditions.html\" title=\"https://www.al.com/news/2020/12/us-department-of-justice-sues-alabama-over-unsafe-prison-conditions.html\">which sued Alabama citing violent conditions</a>. A state where incarcerated men and women are sardined into inhumane spaces and provided with few resources to help them rehabilitate, rebuild and reclaim life."},{"_id":"3EIPO4WUNRB5VE3GV2QWUYGAHU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"A state where too many of our incarcerated die for reasons sometimes hidden from their families. Or because our heartless tough-on-crime zealots are loathe to allow the terminally ill and no-longer-dangerous-to-anyone to transition at home."},{"_id":"GMIPMYPYZZFE3OHA6BS7MPTSEM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"A state where the parole pipeline is <a href=\"https://www.al.com/opinion/2024/08/roy-s-johnson-for-true-parole-reform-gwathney-must-go.html\">choked by a singular figure</a> who <a href=\"https://www.al.com/denied/\">acts as if her calling is to feed the state’s need for cheap prison laborers</a>."},{"_id":"QX6FNNO4DFGRXJ7S6NNS6VWOEE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"A state where, under Ivey’s watch, Alabama logged the most executions in recent memory and even changed the rules on death warrants to give the state more time to execute more people. The state even found a new way to kill people, suffocating inmates with nitrogen, something no other state had done and something veterinarians deemed too cruel for strays."},{"_id":"2QDG2DMHKNCK7OWDKPUWDA3X4I","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Congratulations, governor, this prison system is all yours. It’s your legacy."},{"_id":"3SPCNGC3Y5B7TGN7AO5RA2MPPA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"That’s how Alabamians yet unborn will know you, will remember you: Ivey Prison."},{"_id":"RYYO4JRWV5CRZPQX67YRAVWB6I","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Just perfect."},{"_id":"L3Q25OEVQJE5FASYTXD54B2KT4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"To be sure, having a prison named for you isn’t always a dubious homage. <a href=\"http://www.awhf.org/tutwiler.html\" title=\"http://www.awhf.org/tutwiler.html\">Julia S. Tutwiler</a>, for whom the state’s <a href=\"https://www.al.com/news/2024/09/doj-scaling-back-tutwiler-oversight-alabama-made-important-reforms-to-stop-womens-prison-sexual-abuse.html\" title=\"https://www.al.com/news/2024/09/doj-scaling-back-tutwiler-oversight-alabama-made-important-reforms-to-stop-womens-prison-sexual-abuse.html\">prison for women</a> is named, was heralded as the “angel of prisons,” as an advocate for reform, especially safer conditions. That’s before the facility became infamous for <a href=\"https://www.al.com/wire/2014/01/department_of_justice_finds_un.html\">sexual assault by guards</a>."},{"_id":"NNZKPN4GNZDZJMRTLQN42LGJIE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"The <a href=\"https://doc.alabama.gov/facility.aspx?loc=2\">William E. Donaldson facility</a> in Bessemer was named for a<a href=\"https://www.odmp.org/officer/7-correctional-officer-william-e-donaldson\"> correctional officer who was killed by an inmate in 1990 while trying to dispense medicine</a>. But today it’s just known as another of Alabama’s ridiculously <a href=\"https://www.al.com/news/2024/10/alabama-paying-250000-to-mother-of-man-fatally-beaten-in-prison-but-admits-no-wrongdoing.html\">dangerous </a>and <a href=\"https://www.al.com/news/2024/11/inmate-found-dead-on-floor-of-william-donaldson-correctional-facility.html\">deadly</a> prisons."},{"_id":"HNTEHZC7AJBIDCPVO6I4UQRHMM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"“It is heartbreaking that we as Alabama citizens, when our loved ones go into an Alabama prison, we pray every day that they do not come out in a body bag because that’s what happening repeatedly,” said Kelly Helton of Foley, speaking to lawmakers this year on behalf of a friend whose son was severely beaten at Donaldson."},{"_id":"GHC2JYEOQBGKXEP42EY7RAKKX4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Ivey won’t be the first Alabama governor with a prison named in their honor. Kilby Correctional in Montgomery County is named for Gov. <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Erby_Kilby\">Thomas Erby Kilby</a>, who occupied the office between 1919-1923. "},{"_id":"G2CEVW2JOFE25BPZYKPJNVUN6I","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<a href=\"https://www.al.com/news/2022/12/ivey-visits-alabama-prisons-as-state-disputes-doj-allegations-of-cruel-conditions.html\" title=\"https://www.al.com/news/2022/12/ivey-visits-alabama-prisons-as-state-disputes-doj-allegations-of-cruel-conditions.html\">Ivey visited Kilby two years ago</a> to prove the prisons are fine, no matter what the DOJ argues. But today Kilby is one of the more overcrowded close-security prisons in the state, with 1,461 beds in a facility designed for just 440. That math ain’t mathin’. It’s dangerous, as proven by this: Kilby saw 13 sex abuse cases and 11 new death investigations in just the third quarter of this year. "},{"_id":"P2FNXNBQTRGIXN6LVPD6EZYT7I","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Ivey could have done much better. <i>Should </i>have done much better."},{"_id":"4PV6VXLHUVBKTK2O2HFIVJ5PNQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Instead, she could have built a legacy of lifting our children from the darkest depths of the education barrel. State education funding is at record levels and <a href=\"https://www.al.com/educationlab/2024/08/alabama-school-test-scores-are-rising-find-your-district-results.html\" title=\"https://www.al.com/educationlab/2024/08/alabama-school-test-scores-are-rising-find-your-district-results.html\">test scores are rising in every subject</a>. Alas, <a href=\"https://www.al.com/news/2024/05/alabama-is-nations-7th-worst-state-according-to-us-news-report.html\" title=\"https://www.al.com/news/2024/05/alabama-is-nations-7th-worst-state-according-to-us-news-report.html\">according to U.S. News & World Report, we’re 43rd in the nation in K-12 education</a>."},{"_id":"3HYFGNTIEBEQDA25SU34ED52FY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"So, no high-flying Gov. Kay Ivey Elementary schools. "},{"_id":"K3TBSBAQVNA5ZCKZVGSY7UUNKU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"She could have been known as Gov. Jobs. In March, <a href=\"https://governor.alabama.gov/newsroom/2024/03/governor-ivey-announces-economic-development-projects-launched-in-2023-to-inject-over-6-billion-in-new-investment-into-alabama-communities/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CI%20am%20proud%20of%20the,created%20some%2087%2C000%20new%20jobs.\" title=\"https://governor.alabama.gov/newsroom/2024/03/governor-ivey-announces-economic-development-projects-launched-in-2023-to-inject-over-6-billion-in-new-investment-into-alabama-communities/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CI%20am%20proud%20of%20the,created%20some%2087%2C000%20new%20jobs.\">she touted that some $49 billion had been invested in the state since she became governor</a>. At the same time, however, the state’s workforce participation lags the national average, even as it slowly ticks upward."},{"_id":"CYGUVAKPRJDPDCMTIZIKOX6C7I","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Gov. Kay Ivey Workforce Training Centers? Who’d show up?"},{"_id":"IGIBHTY5FRFXVJZQJ6O2F7A7UU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"She could have forged a legacy of making Alabama — still fighting an image tainted by its sordid racial history and hateful laws and policies — more welcoming. With open arms for all. Instead, <a href=\"https://www.al.com/opinion/2024/09/roy-s-johnson-anti-dei-law-is-straight-white-only-sign-at-alabamas-schoolhouse-doors.html\" title=\"https://www.al.com/opinion/2024/09/roy-s-johnson-anti-dei-law-is-straight-white-only-sign-at-alabamas-schoolhouse-doors.html\">she giddily signed into law a bill scorching diversity, equity and inclusion programs and spaces at public institutions</a> (already<a href=\"https://www.al.com/news/2024/10/alabama-faculty-say-new-dei-law-pay-impacts-decisions-to-leave-state-retire-survey.html\"> causing some bright faculty minds to consider leaving or retiring</a>) and<a href=\"https://www.al.com/politics/2022/04/gov-kay-ivey-signs-dont-say-gay-anti-lgbt-bathroom-bills-into-law.html\"> two anti-LBGT laws</a>."},{"_id":"OWCKC7ETT5F5NFKWHEOZIHY4AQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"One of the latter laws<a href=\"https://www.al.com/opinion/2022/05/look-at-what-weve-done-alabama-doc-very-tempted-to-break-transgender-medical-ban-law.html\"> turns doctors into criminals by banning gender-affirming surgery in trans youth</a>, a decision that should be between a physician, the patient and the patient’s family — with the governor nowhere to be seen."},{"_id":"6B5BX2KH2RGBVG5XLS2VQJZOKA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Gov. Kay Ivey Welcome Centers? Please."},{"_id":"SLVDDOU4QREJBHQDKIYEI3O7RY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Gov. Kay Ivey Public Library? Forget that, too. "},{"_id":"5AWJZYRWF5ECRIYRLOITOQBLB4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"As GOP lawmakers considered bills to lock up librarians, Ivey turned around and <a href=\"https://www.al.com/news/2024/02/local-gop-officer-appointed-to-alabama-library-board-after-book-challenges.html\">appointed a top critic</a> to the Alabama Public Library Service Board. "},{"_id":"A5JTNPA7CZFRHBSL6NVFEBIXYM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Most assuredly, Ivey could have easily been known as the state’s most pro-life governor ever – and <i>not</i> because<a href=\"https://www.al.com/news/2019/05/gov-kay-ivey-signs-bill-to-ban-abortion-in-alabama.html\"> she signed one of the most Draconian anti-abortion laws in the nation</a>."},{"_id":"XEDPG2Q3KFGMDBYPIS4XXVUBRU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"She could have been hailed as the state’s most pro-<i>life</i> governor ever by ensuring that on her watch 220,000 more working families could afford health insurance. She could have helped rural hospitals stay open instead of <a href=\"https://www.al.com/news/2024/09/another-rural-alabama-hospital-faces-closing-can-thomasville-regional-medical-center-survive-financial-crisis.html\" title=\"https://www.al.com/news/2024/09/another-rural-alabama-hospital-faces-closing-can-thomasville-regional-medical-center-survive-financial-crisis.html\">shuttering due to financial strains</a>. 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Then we ran to Campbell Hall to hide. I’m still recovering from seeing the covered up body from the guy that was killed. I’m still processing that it could have been me,” said Evyn Thompson, a 2024 graduate."},{"_id":"KOVI2OD3JNFCNCYKWGANYYFGS4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"I ended my homecoming festivities around 1:15 a.m. on Nov. 10 by leaving a different campus party. I stopped at a nearby food stand and as I awaited my meal I saw several police cars rush in the direction to campus."},{"_id":"XCWFOYAXOVFB3LHUSKGMKGN4NI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"I didn’t know about the shooting until I was preparing to go to sleep at an AirBnB in Montgomery. My heart dropped when I heard the news. I immediately called my brother and sent out texts to all my friends to make sure they were okay."},{"_id":"ALWW7ZH3HZEJVNEW34DS2DMYFY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Thankfully, they were. But Tuskegee has changed."},{"_id":"BP57IECQ35FCDKRKQXYLFGWV4M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Homecoming at HBCUs aren’t just about the football game, tailgates, and parties. It’s the place for alums from all over the nation to come “home” not only to celebrate the place that has helped define their lives, but also a celebration of institutional sustainability in a country that outlawed Black people from learning how to read to now seeing Black history being stripped from school curriculum."},{"_id":"NWAIPPV5DFGUFFJTUUG63PTR7M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"At Tuskegee, we celebrate homecoming with an immense sense of school pride. Just about everyone wears their most fashionable outfits in the school colors, crimson red and old gold. Cell phone service drops as soon as we enter campus because thousands of people are crammed into the football stadium, and yet we still find each other to share drinks, food and pictures. We reconnect with people we haven’t seen since we last sat in a classroom together or if we’re lucky enough, we meet other alums that turn into new lifelong friendships."},{"_id":"NNHX2JZSN5E7RHRRVTLQD4DY6M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"A shooting is certainly not the first time Tuskegee has been discussed nationally. Tuskegee University gave the world the Red Tails, the first Black aviators to fight in World War II. The university was recognized as a<a href=\"https://www.nps.gov/tuai/index.htm\"> <u>National Historic site in 1974</u></a>. Two decades later,<a href=\"https://www.learningforjustice.org/classroom-resources/texts/bill-clinton-apologizes-for-tuskegee-experiment\"> <u>President Bill Clinton would issue a formal apology</u></a> for the federal government’s involvement in their role in the syphilis study experiment that lasted for nearly 40 years and gift the university the Bioethics Research Building.The university also bred nationally recognized talent like Lionel Richie and Tom Joyner. And those historical facts still only scratch the surface of what Tuskegee has brought to the world."},{"_id":"FKI43DJX4ZHURJMIWZKP5GLELA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"The university even celebrated that the<a href=\"https://goldentigersports.com/news/2024/4/5/general-tuskegee-athletics-announces-addition-of-lights-to-baseball-football-and-softball-home-venues.aspx\"> <u>football stadium finally has lighting</u></a>. Something that has been an inside joke about Tuskegee among HBCUs for decades, but something that the alums were tirelessly advocating for. <a href=\"https://www.al.com/life/2023/09/justice-ketanji-brown-jackson-visits-tuskegee-university-mothers-alma-mater.html\">Supreme Court <u>Justice Kentanji Brown Jackson</u></a> recently visited the school, as it’s where her mother earned a degree. And<a href=\"https://www.tuskegee.edu/news/tuskegee-to-receive-67-million-in-federal-funds-for-flight-school\"> <u>Sen. Katie Britt just secured over $5 million</u></a><u> </u>for the university’s aviation and aero technology program. Not to mention, it was recently<a href=\"https://www.al.com/news/2024/09/see-how-alabama-hbcus-stack-up-on-this-list-us-news-world-report.html\"> <u>ranked as one of the top schools</u></a> in Alabama and in the United States."},{"_id":"M5I7TVGDYBBYHM6VD6VSVTQ5D4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"But a mass shooting is what has dominated the headlines about Tuskegee in the last month. Booker T. Washington and George Washington Carver’s remains lay at rest just 200 yards away from where bullets flew across the parking lot of the West Commons apartments."},{"owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"advancelocal"},"address":{},"syndication":{},"auth":{"1":"1a808ce712a0e15d1e68c7202f6b18be8d128885de83c26d83e880b051b2fe8c"},"caption":"The West Commons where the mass shooting took place on Tuskegee University's campus. 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I felt like something was going to happen.”"},{"_id":"OALZYL4EOJHF3LHTNSX2X664FA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Rutledge claims that there were a lot of unfamiliar faces at the party."},{"_id":"MEBJ77VSBJEZNPCBW3ZCCQBBDY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"“I was getting red flags the whole night, but I didn’t want to leave my friends. 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Despite the reality of Texas being less than elite at college football this season, the Longhorns are listed at No.3 in the third set of playoff rankings."},{"_id":"PUZWWXCWTFH73DJAUJUICDUPVA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"There has been a lot of talk about Alabama being left out of the College Football Playoff if it were to lose in the SEC championship game, but what about Texas?"},{"_id":"Q7IVLIKMOJHVXC5GBRUVEIPM2A","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Should the Longhorns be gifted an also-ran playoff spot based on that big win against five-loss Michigan?"},{"_id":"YYEJ2LSG6FEPHMGXUCYXGNRPJU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Simple question: Is Texas better than Georgia? 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Meanwhile, Alabama jumped from No.10 to No.7 based on a victory against Mercer."},{"_id":"RTFFCJECYFEFBEMGMKXCEVO62M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"I’m not saying Alabama doesn’t deserve to be in the College Football Playoff. A strong argument can be made that Alabama is college football’s most powerful team. But Alabama’s path is clear. If the Crimson Tide wins the SEC, then it’s getting a first-round bye in the CFP. If Alabama loses in the SEC championship game, then it probably should be left at home."},{"_id":"NK76FXY6CBBNJJLMPPIATDLUOY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"The same needs to be true for Texas."},{"_id":"ECHMKV5XCBBN7NA3DPRFF7RVA4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Meanwhile, Notre Dame doesn’t even have to play in a conference championship game. 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Ask him anything."},{"_id":"PMFILL2NWBFMBD6VMXTJZQVSL4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"<a href=\"https://www.al.com/user/josephgoodman/posts.html\" title=\"https://www.al.com/user/josephgoodman/posts.html\"><i>Joseph Goodman is the lead sports columnist</i></a><i> for the Alabama Media Group, and author of the book </i><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/We-Want-Bama-Season-Ultimate/dp/1538716275/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?ots=1&tag=advanceal-20&linkCode=w50&_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=\" title=\"https://www.amazon.com/We-Want-Bama-Season-Ultimate/dp/1538716275/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?ots=1&tag=advanceal-20&linkCode=w50&_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=\"><i>“We Want Bama: A Season of Hope and the Making of Nick Saban’s Ultimate Team.”</i></a>"}],"description":{"basic":"Choose your champion and enjoy the show."},"source":{"system":"composer","name":"advancelocal","source_type":"staff"},"taxonomy":{"entities":[{"score":0.648,"_id":"Q6837794","label":"Michigan 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Players for the class of 2025 can put pen to paper beginning Dec.4. Who will win the day? Who will flip, trip and dip? The mailbag stays committed to this crazy sport."},{"_id":"GSHK3LRTJRDBTIM6TKY4GFLHQI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<i><b>Jim in Scottsboro, Ala., writes …</b></i>"},{"_id":"DVHLMJPF4RA5XEUYHXMSQ6NCRY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<i>There is a high stakes game going on. You have Kirby Smart, Lane Kiffin, Kalen DeBoer and Hugh Freeze at the table.</i>"},{"_id":"DCEPNTTMPZE6JO3ERCAS53RNOE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<i>Who is holding the Deuce? </i>"},{"_id":"PSOXKMATC5F4LJMVXQPT55LJVM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<i>When the final hand is shown on December 6, will Hugh Freeze’s cards look the same, or will he have to fold if Lane, DeBoer and Smart end up with his recruits? Can Hugh hang onto Deuce Knight and the rest of his stellar recruiting hand? After all , Auburn has all their chips on Hugh Freeze having a great recruiting class.</i>"},{"_id":"4CYPKBWEGRGGDDZ5E6KCLCDNHM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<i>Lane Kiffin just played a very hot hand against DeBoer. He flipped wide receiver Caleb Cunningham from Alabama. Lane is known to keep his cards close to the vest. Has the Joker at Ole Miss already flipped Deuce? It would be like Lane to play that card on Dec. 6.</i>"},{"_id":"SUG6IECYWVBZBI4XYJ7VWQ5DUE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<i><b>Gorto in Coral Gables, Fla., writes … </b></i>"},{"_id":"TXE6XNP4IJHZXKS2PUZBYSJZ3A","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<i>I’m looking at recruiting rankings. Auburn is like fourth or fifth! Who the heck would want to play for Hugh Freeze and in obscurity for four years?</i>"},{"_id":"4WPHG4O5UZB6PMF7RXGA6UVO4M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>ANSWER:</b> For some schools, recruiting seems more like a house of cards these days than a game of high-stakes poker. Alabama is losing recruits. USC’s class is falling apart. Florida State is crumbling."},{"_id":"SH4BY6SGRZE6TONH5ZPF7WBREY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"But guess who’s still holding things together?"},{"_id":"VPOC6VABHBA4DCX6DMMUW3TQVQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Shining like a beacon of hope in a storm, Auburn is <a href=\"https://247sports.com/season/2025-football/compositeteamrankings/\"><u>currently ranked fifth in the country</u></a> with a huge class of 28 recruits. "},{"_id":"JISTKPOCERCHHDOZPIOQ6FDLME","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"But Auburn fans, conditioned by years and years of self-harm, are worried. Can coach Hugh Freeze pull it off? Can he weather the storm? The results on the field this season haven’t been pretty, but Freeze has been winning the battles on the recruiting trail. Auburn’s projected success is leaving a lot of people around the country confused. "},{"_id":"KCSTCM5WDNDYZJYTQ5B33CVPCY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<a href=\"https://www.al.com/auburnfootball/2024/10/goodman-trust-in-hugh-freeze-isnt-wavering-where-it-matters.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"https://www.al.com/auburnfootball/2024/10/goodman-trust-in-hugh-freeze-isnt-wavering-where-it-matters.html\">How is Freeze holding onto his recruits?</a>"},{"_id":"PCZ7ZMKAONDVFPXRRW7F7XBQ6E","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"A lot of people might be shocked by this, but I’m happy for Freeze and his success. And I’m hopeful that Auburn will not only finish strong, but maybe even shock the world and add a couple more blue-chip recruits before it’s all over."},{"_id":"ADUMSTJS4RAODNONBRBR5WK6VY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"The early signing period runs from Dec. 4 to Dec. 6. Freeze has been preaching patience this season but fans are getting restless. It’s not as bad as it seems, though. Freeze’s freshman class has been improving all season. Linebacker Demarcus Riddick has shown flashes of future greatness. Receiver Cam Coleman had three touchdown catches on Saturday in Auburn’s 48-14 victory against Louisiana-Monroe."},{"_id":"L4YSN5LKPZCYXBNJ4WZZ2SRZXE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Yes, it was only ULM, but let’s not forget that this time last year Auburn was shellshocked after being embarrassed inside Jordan-Hare Stadium by quarterback Diego Pavia and New Mexico State. "},{"_id":"5V6LROSQ4ZBY5MFIAWEA2WDLAY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"This team is still playing hard for Freeze, and that’s all I needed to see going into the final two games of the season. "},{"_id":"GCFPV4WG75A2FFHSX4NH2NVQWI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Auburn welcomes No.15 Texas A&M to Jordan-Hare on Saturday. I’m predicting a great game, and maybe even an Auburn victory, but anyone paying attention to college football this season should already understand that Auburn’s incoming class of freshmen aren’t concerned with the results on the field this season."},{"_id":"AYJ2QSX4XFEYTOOQ7JPJTOWA6I","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"When I went down to Elba, Ala., in late September to visit running back Alvin Henderson, I specifically wanted to ask him if Auburn’s recruits were concerned with the Tigers’ current losing record. He said that Auburn’s recruits were looking ahead to next season. I believed him and still do. "},{"_id":"G3QKSVFT4RCPBCNGQRVFSGO2GE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Henderson is one of the leaders of Auburn’s recruiting class. He was with quarterback recruit Deuce Knight throughout the day when Knight visited Auburn for the game against Oklahoma."},{"_id":"OB2MR33GWBECRCWVF45B4LMR24","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Auburn lost to the Sooners, but won the day. Knight committed to the Tigers a few days later."},{"_id":"3AYYWHOURRHSFFKZDE3CUGGQMI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Can Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin get Knight to change his commitment?"},{"_id":"VY6RN4P4KZHPVEKMOFDYMB4YTM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Knight visited Ole Miss for the Rebel Land Shark Black Bears’ upset of Georgia. He was on the sidelines for the game alongside receiver prospect Caleb Cunningham. Knight and Cunningham stormed the field after the game, and then Cunningham later flipped his commitment from Alabama to Ole Miss."},{"_id":"OTFHUI6BLBGPZBW5EMTVBXNAO4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Knight is still with Auburn, and I’m not expecting a late switch. For anyone who missed the Ole Miss game against Georgia, it should be pretty clear who’s going to be the quarterback next season for Kiffin. Ole Miss redshirt freshman Austin Simmons entered the game against the Bulldogs when starting quarterback Jaxson Dart went out with an injury. Simmons led an outstanding drive, completing 5 of 6 passing attempts for 64 yards."},{"_id":"EIIU27ZLQREEVDK7FLHEVLOK5I","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Simmons is going to be a stud. He went to Pahokee High School in Palm Beach County, Fla. He was originally a member of the 2025 signing class, but reclassified to the 2023 class and has been at Ole Miss ever since."},{"_id":"5IEDNLR6RNAUVGOUJDJG6QBMPA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"All signs are pointing to Auburn and Ole Miss finishing strong with this recruiting cycle. I’m actually more concerned about Alabama. First Alabama lost Cunningham, but most recently running back recruit Anthony Rogers of Carver Montgomery and linebacker recruit Dawn Merritt of Stilwell, Kan., de-committed from the Crimson Tide."},{"_id":"SM773M6E3BDDFL2ZCN5GSTWSJA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<i><b>Iceman in Lower Alabama writes …</b></i>"},{"_id":"3XAQGA76HRCPVIFZJHCLBTJOFU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<i>As a recently retired Heavy Equipment Operator (aka pilot), I can tell you that after 43 years of flying (eight in the Air Force and 35 at Delta Airlines) … the most dangerous thing whilst zipping along in an aluminum tube at 550 mph is a FIRE!!!! I can/could/did handle idiots on an airplane. Snakes on the other hand are a different subject. And rats are even worse, they chew through everything!!</i>"},{"_id":"IJBMHRQXT5FHTCSMKSJ2GB5A2M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<i>Do I miss the job? Well, the flying part, yes. Dealing with idiots NO!! WDE!!</i>"},{"_id":"PEAGLRDC4ZAS7LW7MKGUGCAEUQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>ANSWER:</b> Iceman, I’ve heard that the Auburn basketball team might need a heavy equipment operator with a little more experience. "},{"_id":"HK7NFK5H6BCDRILDJPFWRF5CVA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Perks: Flying one of the best basketball teams in the country from game to game."},{"_id":"KB4Y4HQEQ5GPLPGWDNWZAMISEY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Downside: Fights on the plane and missing the parties at the Flora-Bama."},{"_id":"IBGMZ6AECNAQPL7EUVC64VHMBA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Speaking of the Alabama coast, I’ll be speaking at the Gulf Coast Athletic Club at 5:30 p.m. on Monday at Craft Farms Clubhouse in Gulf Shores. Stop on by for a mullet toss or two."},{"_id":"B3ICEGPS2BDW3FQNR2KCQM2LXA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<i><b>Greg in Atlanta writes …</b></i>"},{"_id":"M3ZIMFTTJNCFFCVSRPGUOEB7AY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<i>A 24-team playoff would be great based on the rankings. Top eight get a first-round bye. Just copy of FCS playoffs.</i>"},{"_id":"EJSKCYC5WRH45DCVTXK6YBAQJ4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>ANSWER:</b> Sign me up."},{"_id":"MBTTN4DK3FBEHAVE42AMQEPS4U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Speaking of playoffs better than the one at the FBS level, <a href=\"https://www.al.com/alabamafootball/2024/11/goodman-an-iron-bowl-connection-made-miles-college-a-champion.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"https://www.al.com/alabamafootball/2024/11/goodman-an-iron-bowl-connection-made-miles-college-a-champion.html\">a big congrats is in order to Miles College</a> and West Alabama for being selected for the Division II college football playoffs."},{"_id":"WUXSF7HXL5HHPJGEXO7ZBAMPYE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"The national tournament for Division II is <a href=\"https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/football/d2/2024\"><u>a 28-team bracket</u></a>. There are no automatic qualifiers. A committee sets the field after the conference championship games. Why can’t the top division of the sport just copy that model? "},{"_id":"RZM2VN4P5NB2TJQXVHFWKML7CI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"I can’t see the current 12-team format for the Football Bowl Subdivision lasting very long. It’s already clear that five and maybe six teams in the SEC deserve to be in the playoffs. Is the College Football Playoff committee going to leave out the loser of the SEC championship game in favor of Ole Miss?"},{"_id":"XD5L6VJG65HGNNZFMPK3SZOAQM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"I don’t read tarot cards, but something tells me that Kiffin will be making headlines one way or another."},{"_id":"SOCNVUBAFRCKTLM7U6GW7XVEI4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>BE HEARD</b>"},{"_id":"LXLBYRBAYNHENB5JGZC2I5MYJM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Got a question for Joe? Want to get something off your chest? Send Joe an email about what’s on your mind. Let your voice be heard. Ask him anything."},{"_id":"YV3R6H6ECJAYDNBUEINESEVMNQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"<a href=\"https://www.al.com/user/josephgoodman/posts.html\" title=\"https://www.al.com/user/josephgoodman/posts.html\"><i>Joseph Goodman is the lead sports columnist</i></a><i> for the Alabama Media Group, and author of the book </i><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/We-Want-Bama-Season-Ultimate/dp/1538716275/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?ots=1&tag=advanceal-20&linkCode=w50&_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=\" title=\"https://www.amazon.com/We-Want-Bama-Season-Ultimate/dp/1538716275/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?ots=1&tag=advanceal-20&linkCode=w50&_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=\"><i>“We Want Bama: A Season of Hope and the Making of Nick Saban’s Ultimate Team.”</i></a>"}],"description":{"basic":"Lane Kiffin is always lurking."},"source":{"system":"composer","name":"advancelocal","source_type":"staff"},"taxonomy":{"entities":[{"score":0.6316,"_id":"Q19673326","label":"NCAA Division I 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He played high school football at nearby Fairfield. Saturday was his day of days. The sophomore had two interceptions in three plays to begin the second half of a runaway 53-25 victory for Miles at Albert J. Sloan-Alumni Stadium."},{"_id":"JZXASSV6QZG3LARII33QDBUGBI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Miles did it all season with defense and the SIAC championship game felt like a victory lap when it was all over. The Golden Bears finished off Clark Atlanta with six interceptions, giving Miles 23 picks for the season. Going into conference championship week in Division II, only Emory & Henry University in Virginia had more (24)."},{"_id":"Y4AQB4PS3ZD4TI2YHTIORN5H7Q","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"I found Hudson-Davis after the game with a victory cigar between his teeth. The team passed them around to celebrate its conference championship. Hudson-Davis’ cigar was unlit, a lifetime keepsake to be saved like a trophy."},{"_id":"D47KJD4NJJCWTMJQ4RCP5M623M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"“It feels good to give back to the city,” Hudson-Davis said. “Birmingham, there has been a lot going on in Birmingham. There has been a lot going on in Alabama. It feels good to be from here and come from this part of it and give back. "},{"_id":"IKEE2NLLEZHQTDJ4QHAYSM6NEQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"And it feels good.”"},{"_id":"XA333PQU6NBSNJ4WJLZCTNS5QE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Yes it does."},{"_id":"752GC5KBRJGXFGMZIGUKTPADX4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Now it’s on to the Division II playoffs. The Golden Bears (9-2) are expected to receive a bid on Sunday for the 28-team tournament. There’s a chance that Miles could host a first-round game, too. The NCAA Division II selection committee will award bids and set the bracket beginning at 6 p.m. on NCAA.com."},{"_id":"YZ2U4H23U5EIFNPYO3UHT6Q2A4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Miles has a diamond-studded defense. The defensive front, led by players like Jamichael Rogers and Keith Green, put pressure on Clark Atlanta quarterback David Wright III from the beginning of the game up until the moment when Wright had to be benched as a safety precaution. He had taken too many hits."},{"_id":"QUGTGSBIDRASHERPPTD4F7G64Q","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Miles’ defense never stops. Sam Shade is already the coach of the year in the SIAC, but he might deserve the national award, too."},{"_id":"D4NXCI4Y25BHJFMQUVBLJ4E54Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"And not just for Division II football."},{"_id":"4VXONBYKUNATBFLLVDEXDVLKNA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Shade, the former Alabama and NFL star, deflected all the credit after the game. He instead heaped praise on his assistants and players."},{"_id":"WTZYZSEZNBE73L7XMTCMIA7JAY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"“I didn’t have to do much,” Shade said. “It was all them.”"},{"_id":"YFBEB6GGOVH25OINHXNFYZNPKI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Shade was being modest. He has assembled an all-time staff. And no wonder the team has so many interceptions. Shade is a former Alabama and NFL safety, Auburn All-American Chris Shelling is the defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach and Alabama legend Antonio Langham coaches defensive backs, too!"},{"_id":"FYMBRLP3ZFFKFL5VBJXDME5GVU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"“Coach Shade has done a lot for the program,” said Hudson-Davis, the defensive back from Fairfield. “He built it from 1-9 to a SIAC championship. These coaches put a lot into us and we’re giving it back with this championship.”"},{"_id":"MFQ7RL3ARBGGZG7Q7ZXCQRHVJI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Shade took over at Miles in 2022. Miles went 1-9 that first season. Last year, Miles went 7-3 and knocked off FCS opponent Alabama State."},{"_id":"4FBTYUTL2NHZZCONVTAPMDXVDA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"What makes this defense so special? "},{"_id":"S7OJWWDYCFEVLOWLKVOTFMHD7Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"“Communication, leadership, accountability and holding each other together,” said Hudson-Davis, the defensive back from Fairfield. “We’re playing as a team and playing as one and trusting each other.”"},{"_id":"KNJ7WWL5TNDLVIU3ODKIGUPC6M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Miles led 29-14 at halftime and then 39-14 after the two interceptions by Hudson-Davis. Cam Williams also had two interceptions for Miles and Josh Ruff and Lashon Young had one apiece. Young, a freshman from Sweet Water High, has eight interceptions on the season. That mark leads the nation in Division II."},{"owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"advancelocal"},"address":{},"syndication":{},"auth":{"1":"606f8ac60fc026ef0ac63b59c0919b1af34d891331daf25088b804770e533957"},"caption":"Miles sophomore Jeremiah Hudson-Davis celebrates the Golden Bears' SIAC championship on Saturday, Nov.16. 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Sweet Water is a small but mighty football powerhouse down in Marengo County. Young told me after the game that the conference championship is just the beginning."},{"_id":"DYDI66OPYZBT5EIIOWRBV2P52E","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"“The goal is the playoffs,” Young said. “We’re trying to go win the natty.”"},{"_id":"IAVXJHZSFZE4ZNLW4OB77VY3NE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"This is a banner year for Miles, which is celebrating extraordinary momentum under beloved school president Bobbie Knight."},{"_id":"I7FJ4AZQDVFNVPP243AURFEGP4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Knight is one of the Birmingham area’s strongest leaders. She’s a Birmingham native and loves the city. Charles Barkley believed in Knight’s leadership so much that he donated $1 million to Miles. 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"},{"_id":"5OG76PIEXZAYDCVX6ORZ2ANSZQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"No one rode the bus unless they <i>had</i> to, as many, many do. "},{"_id":"3NA4COT25JD7NIA2Q4BW3IOFDM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"The board did little to fix it because it was choking on its own exhaust. There was a stench of <a href=\"https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2018/05/bjcta_executive_director_fired.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2018/05/bjcta_executive_director_fired.html\">financial improprieties</a>, <a href=\"https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2018/05/fired_bjcta_exec_alleges_gende.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2018/05/fired_bjcta_exec_alleges_gende.html\">lawsuits</a>, <a href=\"https://www.al.com/news/2018/11/2-bjcta-senior-execs-fired-ex-finance-director-says-criminal-past-was-fully-disclosed.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.al.com/news/2018/11/2-bjcta-senior-execs-fired-ex-finance-director-says-criminal-past-was-fully-disclosed.html\">firings</a>, flauntingly excessive spending, petty infighting, and head-spinning turnover — four board chairs in five months, as well as five executive directors in eight years."},{"_id":"WKOOYSCO7RG7TPXEZ7OZZLQNU4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Nationally, BJCTA had the rep of a hooptie (old dilapidated car). Attracting someone to work there was harder than getting folks to ride, and the Federal Transportation Agency (FTA), which provides millions to transit systems nationally, wasn’t spending a dime on repairs."},{"_id":"4DMJ4726IJHXTGH72NS2FYTXLE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Why drop coins on a bus with no gas? 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Last year, a U.S. District Court judge ruled BJCTA must pay $4,315,403.22 in damages based on a False Claims Act (FCA) lawsuit filed in 2018 by a former employee and former board chair alleging the agency didn’t comply with all federal regulations regarding grant funding from the Federal Transit Authority (FTA)."},{"_id":"D6R4JFFRMNAQXKJVY6VQU4TGB4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"All told, though, the system’s changes were noticed nationally. Organizations that once shunned BJCTA were suddenly rewarding it. In July of this year, <a href=\"https://aptapassengertransport.com/apta-announces-2024-awards-hall-of-fame-winners/\" title=\"https://aptapassengertransport.com/apta-announces-2024-awards-hall-of-fame-winners/\">Max was one of just four transit systems nationally to receive the Outstanding Public Transit Award from the American Public Transportation Association (APTA)</a>, a nonprofit international association of more than 1,500 public and private sector member organizations across all modes of transportation."},{"_id":"7KPJOQOOUNGCFGH2EAJIRX6DHY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"The APTA Olympic-like gold medal is displayed at BJCTA intermodal center in a trophy case that there was assuredly no need for six years ago. 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Liberals and <a href=\"https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republican-wants-investigation-into-trump-nominees-to-avoid-embarrassment/ar-AA1u6qBW?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=5ce4857d064e49b68a19352045201865&ei=12\" target=\"_blank\">conservatives</a> alike are flipping their wigs."},{"_id":"G3WMAXNVJVD55KYTAP3HFQJTWI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731636462917},"type":"text","content":"I can’t help but wonder what was going through the mind of <a href=\"https://www.al.com/opinion/2023/01/gop-chaos-its-whats-for-dinner-the-next-two-years.html\" target=\"_blank\">Alabama Rep. Mike Rogers </a>when he heard the news."},{"_id":"XGVS7R4NH5GBRE3DQTLELDZRUI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731636462918},"type":"text","content":"<a href=\"https://www.al.com/politics/2024/11/trump-to-nominate-matt-gaetz-who-almost-came-to-blows-with-alabama-congressman-for-ag.html\" target=\"_blank\">Rogers and Gaetz</a> got into a <a href=\"https://www.al.com/news/2023/01/richard-hudson-on-pulling-mike-rogers-from-matt-gaetz-i-cant-remember-a-stranger-time.html?e=6460effdfe415d717045dd6f9fee5653&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Newsletter_politics%202023-01-10&utm_term=Newsletter_politics\" target=\"_blank\">near brawl on the House floor</a> last January after a contentious vote for House speaker. As this <a href=\"https://www.al.com/news/2023/01/richard-hudson-on-pulling-mike-rogers-from-matt-gaetz-i-cant-remember-a-stranger-time.html?e=6460effdfe415d717045dd6f9fee5653&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Newsletter_politics%202023-01-10&utm_term=Newsletter_politics\" target=\"_blank\">story reported</a>: ‘It was a blink-and-you-might-have-missed-it moment —<a href=\"https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article270879957.html\"> until the images went viral.</a>’"},{"_id":"LIA25I7YB5DA7K77DH6JRHO6UY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731636462919},"type":"text","content":"<b>Related: </b><a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2023/01/14/matt-gaetz-mccarthy-vote-video-smerc-vpx.cnn\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Video: Matt Gaetz speaks out about altercation with GOP congressman</b></a>"},{"_id":"FRNMIHDEVFGZJN25S6LFJ5RHYM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731636462920},"type":"text","content":"Rep. Rogers, a Republican from Alabama, rushed toward Rep. Gaetz, a Republican from Florida, to get in his face for not voting for Kevin McCarthy as House speaker. A Republican from North Carolina, Richard Hudson, <a href=\"https://www.al.com/opinion/2023/01/gop-chaos-its-whats-for-dinner-the-next-two-years.html\" target=\"_blank\">grabbed Rogers around the face </a>to pull him away from Gaetz. Rogers called it a “big nothing burger” at the time."},{"_id":"PKJCJI7CLNBJ5KY3FXHRFSLKIM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731636462921},"type":"text","content":"I get it. Gaetz, quite the charmer, has said <a href=\"https://www.al.com/opinion/2022/07/matt-gaetz-abortion-rights-activists-are-too-fat-and-ugly-to-get-pregnant.html\" target=\"_blank\">“Abortion activists are too fat and ugly to get pregnant.”</a> The dude has a way of rubbing people the wrong way. 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The thought of burying another child is unfathomable."},{"_id":"5PU3WX4PAFB3LJDLUEYG5322OY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731672937173},"type":"text","content":"I’m not OK."},{"_id":"6OXMSN4X5ZDWHOW65HAJI5E6KA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731672937174},"type":"text","content":"My 18-year-old daughter, Victoria Porter, was at an outdoor party at <a href=\"https://www.al.com/topic/Tuskegee%20shooting%202024/\" target=\"_blank\">Tuskegee University during a deadly mass shooting</a> over the weekend. 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She was with a group of fellow ASU students at an off-campus party in Tuskegee when things went horribly wrong."},{"_id":"I4U3GBC4WJENFO5FJOHNSEYFFY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731672937179},"type":"text","content":"The shooting occurred during Tuskegee’s 100th homecoming weekend. In its immediate aftermath, Victoria told me and her mother that she was holding up well. When we spoke this week, I stressed to her the importance of protecting her mental and spiritual health."},{"_id":"7SUJDLMFIZAJHCRC6NR5OUOGGI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731672937180},"type":"text","content":"She gave me permission to recount her experience."},{"_id":"G6AT2H25B5BZHPSVIN5GGKCG7E","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731672937181},"type":"text","content":"When the shooting began, Victoria said she and a group of friends first took cover behind a vehicle, then later, amid a barrage of gunshots, behind a dumpster. At some point, they took off running in an open field toward a chapel near campus, she said."},{"_id":"B7GXWYMBAVGU3MKIM6JHM6ILEM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731672937182},"type":"text","content":"Once at the chapel, Victoria said she vomited and then laid out on the floor in a panic."},{"_id":"PFTF54SZHRBNHAIJHXUJF5GTZU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731672937183},"type":"text","content":"“I heard more than 100 rounds,” she said. “It was like a war zone out there. I was terrified.”"},{"_id":"KFE35MF4UNCUFBVIOV5N2EYCPQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731672937184},"type":"text","content":"A day after the shooting, she said she was OK. I’m not."},{"level":2,"_id":"NB5CNL7FFJEZ7AH3BRPMFE63GU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731672937185},"type":"header","content":"Arrest made in Tuskegee shooting"},{"_id":"XAH7W7IVMFDLDEP22B2VNZOFMI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731672937186},"type":"text","content":"La’Tavion Johnson, 18, of Troy, Alabama, was killed during the shooting and 16 others were injured, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency. Twelve of the injured people were shot, authorities said."},{"_id":"Y4Z2TLC72BD5LD6TYVOUYCDR7I","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731672937187},"type":"text","content":"Federal officials charged Jaquez Myrick, 25, of Montgomery, with possession of a machine gun in connection with the shooting, officials announced."},{"_id":"UCE5THEUEJBBDGCLDHXR4UBF24","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731672937188},"type":"text","content":"Why would Myrick, as alleged — or anyone for that matter — bring a machine gun to a homecoming party?"},{"_id":"PTGREBRQPFAHNFXIEEYQKG4JBE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731672937189},"type":"text","content":"I pray that the shooting victims and their families in this case find peace in these trying times."},{"level":2,"_id":"ICZVHOZYZBAEHIEDZHLWIRUFEM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731672937190},"type":"header","content":"‘Shooting crazy weapons’"},{"_id":"PE7B5ZEPF5C7NJNS7TNQ2CWARU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731672937191},"type":"text","content":"I’ve written before about how <a href=\"https://www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/toriano-porter/article264237636.html\">gun violence</a> took the life of my son, <a href=\"https://www.stlrcs.org/victims/toriano-porter-ii\">Toriano II</a>. He was fatally shot on Sept. 28, 2009 in north St. Louis. A little more than 15 years later, I am so very thankful this is not a repeat column."},{"_id":"HWBFAUF4DRFEPPLXXTV2LYXBWM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731672937192},"type":"text","content":"Victoria is a resilient young lady. Although she was only 3 when Toriano II died, she has fond memories of him. As she ran for cover in Tuskegee, she told me she thought of her brother. As a family, we are fortunate Victoria and her friends were not hurt."},{"_id":"76BE5VSZBBGD7KTRRTXKJE2KL4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731672937193},"type":"text","content":"Victoria grew up in a pretty rough south St. Louis neighborhood where gunfire was not all that uncommon. What occurred early Sunday morning in Tuskegee was unlike anything she’d heard before, Victoria said."},{"_id":"GAKTRQBO75BXRO7TA2DWWWTMBY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731672937194},"type":"text","content":"“They were shooting some crazy weapons,” she said."},{"_id":"SQEMSBZKCNGS7ICZJVWSWIFJRM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731672937195},"type":"text","content":"Victoria said she and her schoolmates had just arrived at the party — one of Tuskegee’s many homecoming celebrations that week — when she noticed a group of people running. She estimated they’d only been there for about 10 minutes."},{"_id":"7BK2UG3K75AVDLHAOUIYASRSMU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731672937196},"type":"text","content":"Then the sound of rapid gunfire sent my oldest daughter and her friends scurrying — I’ve watched <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hw28vNSROXg\">footage taken from a cellphone video</a> over and over and can only imagine the fear these young people faced."},{"level":2,"_id":"3RG4YJRD4NG4PEOQ5565BXNZOY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731672937197},"type":"header","content":"Mass shootings are common"},{"_id":"XQCSEFPVGBD4VIU476FY327WRM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731672937198},"type":"text","content":"When will senseless gun violence in America end? Somehow, some way, we as a nation must address this unfettered access to high-caliber weapons that continues to destroy families all across this country."},{"_id":"QOXUQMJX7NGI7EMO2FPOQLJLUM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731672937199},"type":"text","content":"Unfortunately, mass shootings are more common than we think — schools don’t conduct lockdown drills for nothing. Sensible gun reform could prevent many of these tragedies, gun control advocates have said. Second Amendment hard-liners and their Congressional lackeys have fought reform at every level."},{"_id":"YCSDNSEDYNBLNAXCA7RFQRXWXQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731672937200},"type":"text","content":"And that’s maddening. So far this year, there have been more than 455 mass shootings — that’s more than one per day — across the United States, according to the <a href=\"https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/\">Gun Violence Archive</a>."},{"_id":"ABYJ5IZWYVEKLINNFJX374KSR4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731672937201},"type":"text","content":"The nonpartisan gun violence group defines a mass shooting as one in which four or more victims were wounded or killed. Until Congress addresses gun control, there’ll be more unthinkable tragedies like Sunday in Alabama."},{"_id":"A4G7TDLBLZCCVP7AVMBMGSDT2A","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731672937202},"type":"text","content":"Here, in Kansas City, we were reminded earlier this year of how pervasive mass shootings are. None of us should ever forget the gunfire that erupted during the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parade at Union Station."},{"_id":"MXXGPLIO7JAK3KHCPADZUYC6AU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731672937203},"type":"text","content":"In that deadly shooting, <a href=\"https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article285701776.html\">Lisa Lopez-Galvan</a>, a mother and popular DJ, died and <a href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/03/15/1238478614/kansas-city-shooting-super-bowl-parade-rally-guns-victims#:~:text=They%20were%20just%20feet%20from,four%20other%20people%20were%20injured.\">at least 24 others were injured</a>. I thought then: <a href=\"https://www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/toriano-porter/article285495447.html\">Who brings a gun to a Super Bowl Parade</a>?"},{"_id":"YBLDGGNCY5HBXLN3XAUU4TUTZU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731672937204},"type":"text","content":"My question now: Why in the heck would anyone bring a machine gun (or any other high-powered weapon) to Tuskegee’s homecoming party?"},{"_id":"R5LMTELS6FDKBJIJMRGMOPC4JY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731672937205},"type":"text","content":"Thank goodness Victoria and friends escaped this mass shooting uninjured."},{"_id":"5NURA47HYFCRHEW3EYJ2ZOX6AQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731672937206},"type":"text","content":"Still, I’m not OK."},{"_id":"YJD2LKHLG5BSBP7CNFHCQ34IIE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"<i>(Toriano Porter is a columnist and member of The Kansas City Star editorial board.)</i>"},{"_id":"BB4FIL35EVG6BO3AIHARAW2RCE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1731672937207},"type":"text","content":"©2024 The Kansas City Star. 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The Hero won the week with his successful pick of Alabama! Joe was his typical awful self, but was the only player to pick Ole Miss over Georgia. Team Kiffin finally came through."},{"_id":"O4TKI3IKVBD3HC7GZZ2SZQP2NA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>SEASON TOTALS</b>"},{"_id":"KP6JVIIIQVHWPH2ULUFWZCXEUE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Joe: </b>32-34 straight up, 23-43 against the spread"},{"_id":"JOG2MWDSVRG6HIUDL2KDUYFGMQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Pro:</b> 41-25 straight up, 31-35 against the spread"},{"_id":"SJRUVT3QBNFLNDOIYAS4ZLWC6Q","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Hero:</b> 45-21 straight up, 27-39 against the spread"},{"_id":"QUV5NEP7H5B2RETMCE7JFYNIB4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Notes:</b> The Hero has won two weeks in a row. Someone please leave Joe in the trunk of a car until the College Football Playoff."},{"owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"advancelocal"},"copyright":"Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved","address":{"locality":"Dallas","country_name":"USA","region":"TX"},"syndication":{},"auth":{"1":"d20ae7b346ea7ba0558c0de9f0e8f0dfc89648ec818bd74e62ad9a2c46edd351"},"caption":"Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian sings \"The Eyes of Texas\" with his players after an NCAA college football game against Oklahoma at the Cotton Bowl, Saturday, Oct. 13, 2024, in Dallas. Texas won 34-3. 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Hogs vs. Horns dates back to1894. That’s a long time ago, but still two years younger than Auburn vs. Georgia, the Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry. Arkansas upset Tennessee at Razorback Stadium earlier this season, so I’m not ruling out an upset. This is the game of the season for the Hogs and quarterback Taylen Green should be back from his ankle injury. Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers threw five touchdowns last week against the Gators, but things won’t be so easy with pride on the line."},{"_id":"ZLY5EOVMGFAY3FUS3C4OKBAXAY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Joe’s pick: </b>Texas 28, Arkansas 21"},{"_id":"5Q4JYMOC3JANZCEF2H5UJW7PFY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Pro says:</b> The Razorbacks need to run the football to set up their predominantly play-action passing game. Their running game is averaging 157 yards per game in SEC play, but that number is skewed because they gained 359 against Mississippi State. If Arkansas is forced into passing the ball often, then the Texas pass defense that has allowed only three touchdown passes and has 14 interceptions could lead to short fields for the Texas offense and a potential blowout win."},{"_id":"NASSBIZ7LRHJJKZCKQM7HQU4H4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Pro’s pick: </b>Texas 38, Arkansas 16"},{"_id":"CFAVMDAB3VGXDANA7SO4BFU37A","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Hero says:</b> This is only the second SEC road game for Texas. They held off a feisty Vanderbilt team to earn their first road win. The Hogs had a week off to recover from the beat down they took at home from Ole Miss. Arkansas needs to show significant improvement on defense and eliminate offensive turnovers to keep this game close with the Longhorns. The strong Texas defense should be able to limit the Hogs explosive offensive while the Texas offense should produce enough points against an inconsistent Razorback defense to earn a big road win for the Longhorns. "},{"_id":"NJG5SSSCZFCBVMJXCKDHREVZZU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Hero’s pick: </b>Texas 37, Arkansas 20 "},{"owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"advancelocal"},"copyright":"Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.","address":{"locality":"Pittsburgh","country_name":"USA","region":"PA"},"syndication":{},"auth":{"1":"52de78e2e6c127d51f59796a52730df5bf985779591300d4dae492702d0936e7"},"caption":"Pittsburgh QB Eli Holstein #10 in action against Kent State during an NCAA football game on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024, in Pittsburgh. 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"},{"_id":"NKGQ4WOKCVFHFHLUQJB6NWQNFA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Joe says:</b> Clemson isn’t feeling the love from the College Football Playoff committee, but a spot in the CFP is still up for grabs. Clemson is in second place in the ACC and the winner of the conference championship game will earn an auto bid into the CFP. Need motivation? This is a revenge game for Clemson after losing to the Panthers in 2021. Former Alabama quarterback Eli Holstein is the quarterback at Pitt, and he’s having a great season, but Holstein suffered an apparent concussion last week against Virginia. Can Dabo find a way after that embarrassing loss to Georgia to begin the season?"},{"_id":"UUPWT6ZETJBVTAGZ5OGGLWFQ6M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Joe’s pick: </b>Clemson 27, Pitt 21"},{"_id":"U4LULO3FCBGQ3IGMOKSP6JXN64","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Pro says:</b> It’s not too often that teams that have the same overall record (7-2) play and the road team is a double-digit favorite. The home team, however, has only scored between 15 and 25 points in the last four games against only one ranked team. On top of that, the status of starting Pitt quarterback Eli Holstein is up in the air. Sometimes you need to lay it if you want to play it."},{"_id":"ABMZFNEGHZD7PIXNIIFWL673QQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Pro’s pick: </b>Clemson 34, Pittsburgh 17"},{"_id":"NMC4LSBIHJHY7EDIKHCWDQ6VXE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Hero says:</b> After starting the season 7-0, Pittsburgh is trending down with conference losses to SMU and Virginia. The Panthers starting quarterback, Eli Holstein, will probably not play in this game so it will be a challenge for the Pittsburgh offense to keep up with a much-improved Clemson offense. The opportunistic Panther defense can make crazy things happen, but the experienced Tiger offense should be able to earn the road win. "},{"_id":"6BGG5POO7JDPNBLDTZRYT4OYVA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Hero’s pick: </b>Clemson 31, Pitt 20 "},{"owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"advancelocal"},"address":{},"syndication":{},"auth":{"1":"93d6626bc84ef8726cf4db35eaa1d0922cd6223a110c993615bc53d7033e9787"},"caption":"Tennessee running back Dylan Sampson (6) goes airborne after being tripped during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Mississippi State, Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024, in Knoxville, Tenn.","source":{"system":"photo center","edit_url":"","additional_properties":{"editor":"photo center"}},"taxonomy":{"associated_tasks":[]},"type":"image","version":"0.10.9","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/advancelocal/YDLB4GUWXRFY3FS66Y57CQMBJM.jpg","licensable":false,"credits":{"affiliation":[{"name":"AP Photo/Wade Payne","type":"author"}],"by":[{"name":"Wade Payne","type":"author","byline":"Wade Payne"}]},"subtitle":"Dylan Sampson","width":1600,"creditIPTC":"AP Photo/Wade Payne","_id":"YDLB4GUWXRFY3FS66Y57CQMBJM","additional_properties":{"fullSizeResizeUrl":"/resizer/9GBqpFDNIW9WZQMMx-nVcYwsyv8=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal/public/YDLB4GUWXRFY3FS66Y57CQMBJM.jpg","owner":"croepken@advancelocal.com","proxyUrl":"/resizer/9GBqpFDNIW9WZQMMx-nVcYwsyv8=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal/public/YDLB4GUWXRFY3FS66Y57CQMBJM.jpg","originalUrl":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/advancelocal/YDLB4GUWXRFY3FS66Y57CQMBJM.jpg","published":true,"resizeUrl":"/resizer/9GBqpFDNIW9WZQMMx-nVcYwsyv8=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal/public/YDLB4GUWXRFY3FS66Y57CQMBJM.jpg","ingestionMethod":"manual","thumbnailResizeUrl":"/resizer/D9DSmA0n0jXcvW_sgO42WK-3Dlk=/300x0/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal/public/YDLB4GUWXRFY3FS66Y57CQMBJM.jpg","version":0,"originalName":"Dylan Sampson Tennessee.jpg","mime_type":"image/jpeg","restricted":false,"template_id":7,"galleries":[]},"created_date":"2024-11-11T19:08:37Z","last_updated_date":"2024-11-11T19:08:37Z","height":1026,"image_type":"photograph"},{"_id":"4YNM2XC6QJGZVPOMC4LJJJJLDE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>No.7 Tennessee (8-1, 5-1) at No.12 Georgia (7-2, 5-2)</b>"},{"_id":"HI3LM2CMRJH2ZGV4U3BABZEQAI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>When: </b>6:30 p.m., Sat."},{"_id":"ZGGD3EG5S5ARNKXLBYCUYG5SI4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Where:</b> Sanford Stadium, Athens, Ga."},{"_id":"7IRKZEJF2BGWVJWMN2KXHNLUKA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>TV:</b> ABC"},{"_id":"TH2SMASP6FD7RIR6TXIUIPWPGY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Series:</b> Georgia leads 28-23-2."},{"_id":"IGM64SM6CJG4TIVODZIPBDR3DM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Spread:</b> Georgia by 9."},{"_id":"BD7EDJWS7ZEX5JYRFOCBLYRRO4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Total:</b> 48.5"},{"_id":"U7OLZX5VUNE3TOGODHJUQQ6RGM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Trendy:</b> Can’t deny the facts. The bookies don’t want anyone to know that Georgia is 0-7 against the spread in its last seven games as a favorite."},{"_id":"YZ7CZMF7QVAG7E3V3QH42TNQ2Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>TENNESSEE GAME NOTES: </b>The Vols defense has been one of the best in the country all season in limiting teams to game-changing plays. Opponents have combined for six plays of 30-or-more yards against Tennessee. That’s tied for second fewest in the country. Texas leads in that category with five. "},{"_id":"WWPO2EDAXVHIHGIMAWV7DNTY3A","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Joe says:</b> It all comes down to this for Georgia … and maybe Alabama, too. Don’t forget, if Georgia wins, then that keeps hope alive that Alabama will backdoor its way into the SEC championship game. As good as Tennessee has been this season, it’s hard for me to pick Georgia losing at home with everything on the line. Tennessee, after all, still features a freshman quarterback, and Nico Iamaleava left the Mississippi State game last week with a concussion. Dawgs bounce back."},{"_id":"TZDLPWMDRVCWDADCR3Y4ZXNZOQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Joe’s pick: </b>Georgia 28, Tennessee 14"},{"_id":"34TBFMWQWJELXNGCFW2VSXSLMQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Pro says:</b> The Bulldogs’ offense just isn’t very good. It all starts with quarterback Carson Beck, who has thrown only two touchdown passes with seven interceptions over the last three games. The Vols will shorten the game running the football with Dylan Sampson, who already has 1,129 rushing yards and a mind-boggling two touchdowns. This one should go down to the wire!"},{"_id":"MCXT2NSLHVBTHJC6I3DQN2K6EA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Pro’s pick: </b>Georgia 23, Tennessee 20"},{"_id":"CRH5TUONGZGBHLZ574HCEDVAWM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Hero says:</b> The Bulldogs are happy to finally get to play another conference game at home this Saturday. The Vols have won four conference games at home after losing on the road to Arkansas in early October. The Vols’ defense has been very effective, not giving up more than 17 points in a game all season. The Dawgs’ offense has not been able to run the football and when quarterback Carson Beck is under pressure he tends to throw the football to the other team. The Tennessee offense has not been overpowering in conference play and may be without quarterback Nico Iamaleava. Even though the Volunteers have a strong defense and running game to pull out the victory on the road, I believe an inspired effort by the Georgia defense and a bounce-back game by Carson Beck will have the Dawg fans barking on Saturday night in Athens. "},{"_id":"PTIRMSPXC5HMBDP2EQZCPLNVAA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Hero’s pick: </b>Georgia 23, Tennessee 17"},{"owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"advancelocal"},"copyright":"2024 Getty Images","address":{"street_address":"Kroger Field","locality":"Lexington","country_name":"USA","region":"Kentucky"},"auth":{"1":"520f40935457a385425442e57e0192ba7330bf0948ab282369a332b538098c9c"},"caption":"LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY - OCTOBER 26: Jarquez Hunter #27 of the Auburn Tigers runs with the ball against the Kentucky Wildcats at Kroger Field on October 26, 2024 in Lexington, Kentucky. 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Here’s hoping he gets double that against UL-Monroe, a team coached by former UAB offensive coordinator Brent Vincent. Auburn’s offense might be in for a change at quarterback after the off week. Tigers coach Hugh Freeze suggested that it might be time to start looking towards next season. Enter Walker White with two games before the Iron Bowl."},{"_id":"ZLYZARYD7FFN5OPW5QBFM3PCOY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Joe’s pick: </b>Auburn 55, ULM 10"},{"_id":"JIEF2GGNM5AQHMZPWMDBDVOANE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Pro says:</b> Clemson co-defensive coordinators DJ Durkin and Charles Kelly should be able to limit the Monroe offense, which has already made a quarterback switch and scored just three points against Texas and 17 to the next two-best teams, South Alabama and Texas State. Texas State ran for 326 yards on Monroe last week and Auburn should be able to do the same or even better if they’re focused coming off of a bye."},{"_id":"3V54LHWP7ZBG7PAYPXF5RSYCS4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Pro’s pick: </b>Auburn 38, UL Monroe 10"},{"_id":"SR7SVUMAFZAJDKJJWBEHPSLY24","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Hero says:</b> Auburn is hungry for a home victory that has eluded them since early September. The Warhawks are on a three-game losing streak that includes a 46-17 beat down by South Alabama. Despite their struggles in Jordan-Hare, you have to like the Tigers chances of getting a huge win at home against an undermanned opponent. 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The trophy goes to the winning team of the two SEC schools that call Columbia home. The Mayor’s Cup is one of three “trophy games” for South Carolina this season. They have already captured the Bonham Trophy for their win over Texas A&M and wrap up the regular season with the Palmetto Bowl trophy on the line when they travel to Clemson. South Carolina has never captured all three trophies in the same season."},{"_id":"3N4GXY5DWRGRNCYDVV4L5MZMPQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Joe says:</b> I had no idea about all those trophy games. College football needs as many trophy games as possible. If Alabama ever plays Army again then that game needs a Forrest Gump Trophy. South Carolina is a sneaky good team and I like the fight out of Missouri despite the team maybe being overrated in the latest polls. South Carolina averaged 7.2 yards per play last week and blew out Vandy 28-7. Alabama averaged 8.8 and still lost to the Commodores, but knocked off South Carolina. What does it all mean? Gump would know."},{"_id":"BDF5FPVC3FDJPE5VZ7QZ25FFXQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Joe’s pick: </b>South Carolina 24, Missouri 14"},{"_id":"NHAMAYUL5NBRJA67IQXAXLUNQI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Pro says:</b> You’re probably asking when was the last time South Carolina was a double-digit favorite in conference play? It’s been a long time — all the way back in 2013 versus Vanderbilt. South Carolina is a much better team compared to a month ago but a resourceful Missouri squad somehow scored 31 points backed by four turnovers last week with only 279 yards of total offense. The Tigers will run a lot and play solid defense to stay close enough."},{"_id":"FENJ26EUZ5GF7G7PHAUHAFE4SQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Pro’s pick: </b>South Carolina, 20 Missouri 14"},{"_id":"4XAORJSBNNFLBNQS73GRIHYSNA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Hero says:</b> The Gamecocks are on a roll, easily winning three conference games in a row since their close loss to Alabama. The Tigers have somehow managed to only lose two games despite a struggling offense that has been missing its key weapon in quarterback Brady Cook. Even though the Mizzou offense showed some signs of life last week, I don’t like their chances against a powerful South Carolina defensive front four. 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Oregon is No.1. Among the SEC’s top teams, Georgia is No.3 in strength of record, Alabama is No.8 and Tennessee is No.9, Texas is No.10 and Texas A&M is No.11."},{"_id":"6D52ZAPPKVHGBFU67OD6GZMZ3A","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Joe says:</b> I’d love to see BYU and its strength of record play South Carolina. Something tells BYU wouldn’t be in the playoff hunt after that one. But I like this BYU team, and I’m happy for the school’s success this season. It proves that a private school with deep pockets can compete with the big boys in this new era of college football. If that’s your thing. Kansas is a funny team. 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Not a self-defining thing."},{"_id":"FM7PAM5I3VHQ7ACY6VZGNQQQGA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Not even close."},{"_id":"S2CISGIV3BBAJMQQ4HJULAV7AY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Especially not when sports, food, and maybe a libation or two were involved. "},{"_id":"PQPXBAI6IVAZRFYU4EANJHSS2M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Sure, we may root for different teams. Root vociferously for our teams. Even your team being our rival, though, didn’t stop me from sharing the basement and big screen with you — unless your team was Cal-Berkeley. Just kidding. Not."},{"_id":"IAD6NN6AOBCJ7MRHFWXFNKEV5U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Once the final whistle blew, everybody shook hands and went home. 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(From here on, I’ll even call him Good Dude Republican.) I consider him a friend. We have our differences but none of them mattered more than what we had in common. We love sports. We love our families. We love good food. 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Before many of her positions and policies were outlined and digested."},{"_id":"OYWEHZQDF5FGVIV5HTAEM7I7CU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Soon thereafter I wrote a column:<a href=\"https://www.al.com/opinion/2024/07/roy-s-johnson-america-is-ready-to-elect-a-female-president-especially-when-womens-rights-are-at-stake.html\"> <u>“America is ready to elect a female president, especially when women’s rights are at stake.”</u></a><u> </u>(Yeah, I whiffed on that one.)"},{"_id":"RQZQY3WO7BAZBG462IR3LGDU5I","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"“I’m not,” Good Dude Republican shot back immediately after I sent him the link."},{"_id":"DNB6ZUKJCZF3BG7B6BCFKJXYJU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":" I challenged him to say that to his wife and daughters. 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Blasted her 39.5 percent capital gains tax proposal (though it would not have affected him)."},{"_id":"QHLHKCY55FEKRLDH47WMUY4QRY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"He raged over boys playing in girls’ sports."},{"_id":"QIJMG2DP6JEKZLJJF5DJAIAUEE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"I challenged his positions, debunked many with facts. No matter. He was sticking with his <i>team</i>."},{"_id":"PEJSKEGBERG6DKJF6I5TX33LBE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"By September we had quietly retreated to our separate digital corners, tacitly agreeing to put our communication on timeout. There were a few texts, certainly. We purposefully, though, avoided our <i>teams</i>. There was clearly nothing for either of us to gain from playing political pickleball. 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If Alabama wins the game, then the league will go into the final College Football Playoff rankings with its top seven teams all holding two losses."},{"_id":"ZFALA5TEXREZHBNPBNPPALQIPI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"League commissioner Greg Sankey is either an evil genius or laughing all the way to Atlanta with his good luck."},{"_id":"M4QVYFMDLJE6JLPNPJFYTTSXWI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<a href=\"https://www.al.com/alabamafootball/2024/11/goodman-goodman-will-the-cfp-committee-punish-the-sec.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"https://www.al.com/alabamafootball/2024/11/goodman-goodman-will-the-cfp-committee-punish-the-sec.html\">Tuesday’s column raised the concern</a> over the potential that the College Football Playoff committee might try to punish the SEC this season for only playing eight conference games. It looks like the committee is setting up its rankings in a way that could persuade the SEC to add an extra conference game for the 2026 season."},{"_id":"XDD3BDCP4NEFFIQ7AD6UOLAY5I","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Here’s the current top 15 in the latest College Football playoff rankings:"},{"owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"advancelocal"},"address":{},"syndication":{},"auth":{"1":"1ebb9eb7e194c72fde96d0a28e7f88282f9fae3d4833d05b684dc4e021074e04"},"caption":"CFP Week 12 rankings 2024","source":{"system":"photo center","edit_url":"","additional_properties":{"editor":"photo center"}},"taxonomy":{"associated_tasks":[]},"type":"image","version":"0.10.9","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/advancelocal/ELQQSRRM4RDR7MNDIMR2RQCEVY.jpg","licensable":false,"credits":{"affiliation":[{"name":"screenshot","type":"author"}],"by":[{"name":"screenshot ESPN","type":"author","byline":"screenshot ESPN"}]},"subtitle":"CFP Week 12 rankings 2024","width":926,"creditIPTC":"screenshot","_id":"ELQQSRRM4RDR7MNDIMR2RQCEVY","additional_properties":{"fullSizeResizeUrl":"/resizer/DE5CqmYkdkzkTN-dI3vEnzCYYrY=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal/public/ELQQSRRM4RDR7MNDIMR2RQCEVY.jpg","owner":"jgoodman@al.com","proxyUrl":"/resizer/DE5CqmYkdkzkTN-dI3vEnzCYYrY=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal/public/ELQQSRRM4RDR7MNDIMR2RQCEVY.jpg","originalUrl":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/advancelocal/ELQQSRRM4RDR7MNDIMR2RQCEVY.jpg","published":true,"resizeUrl":"/resizer/DE5CqmYkdkzkTN-dI3vEnzCYYrY=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal/public/ELQQSRRM4RDR7MNDIMR2RQCEVY.jpg","ingestionMethod":"manual","thumbnailResizeUrl":"/resizer/0OOaV8S_KXpRVUES7D1tJv8TpAM=/300x0/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal/public/ELQQSRRM4RDR7MNDIMR2RQCEVY.jpg","version":0,"originalName":"CFP rankings.jpg","mime_type":"image/jpeg","restricted":false,"template_id":7,"galleries":[]},"created_date":"2024-11-13T13:07:23Z","last_updated_date":"2024-11-13T13:07:23Z","height":1036,"image_type":"photograph"},{"_id":"QX4IOLHEEREBTHLFLUGZTFIXUQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"I have a new term to describe the College Football Playoff committee: subjective corruptibility."},{"_id":"F6I5DIPI4NDHLMAX6JUAAXB7MI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"In this scenario, Georgia will be left out of the playoffs despite a road win against Texas. Meanwhile, Notre Dame is ranked No.8 despite a loss to Northern Illinois."},{"_id":"5TYAQ6JOI5ACDCGNS4OL7I3SCY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"The SEC is a 16-team league that only plays eight conference games. It’s a funky set up. The Big Ten’s teams play nine conference games each. Same goes for the Big 12. The ACC uses an eight-game schedule just like the SEC. "},{"_id":"JBPBHSLTYJEM5KZKNC3PW3L26Q","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Things always take a little longer in the South, I suppose."},{"_id":"QYSMJWFT4FEBZKPG6Q3QC4HHQI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"There’s another way to look at it, of course. The SEC is already the toughest league in sports. Why make it harder?"},{"_id":"ZDT6IOLIS5H3PIMDCRKCSZRIFQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Back at SEC spring meetings in 2023, the SEC had a chance to add an extra conference game for the 2024 and 2025 seasons, but instead voted to stick with the eight-game system despite adding two extra teams (Texas and Oklahoma) and moving to a single-division format."},{"_id":"2OY4DCIZ5FDGDHZ3TRB7MZ422Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"It now seems like a mistake."},{"_id":"YU4J7CMIAZDQHPSDYHBAFWOXK4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Sankey seemed pretty annoyed by the voting at the time. Guess he knew that the SEC was tying itself into a Gordian knot."},{"_id":"6CFGKI6MP5DDZKYU3XCTKVE4YU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"There are currently eight teams in the SEC with at least one or two losses. With three weeks left in the season, all eight are still technically in the running for a trip to Atlanta for the SEC championship game. "},{"_id":"5ESHUT5YJ5CIZCLRSRCHU5DFSM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"The current standings:"},{"owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"advancelocal"},"address":{},"syndication":{},"auth":{"1":"5226fd1a09c598eef3ea3b16f75f089f8135e6040335fbba937de66c27a9adc1"},"caption":"The SEC standings going into Week 12.","source":{"system":"photo center","edit_url":"","additional_properties":{"editor":"photo center"}},"taxonomy":{"associated_tasks":[]},"type":"image","version":"0.10.9","url":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/advancelocal/AQUH7HQNPRHIXLCBI5IHXXKWIQ.jpg","licensable":false,"credits":{"affiliation":[{"name":"screenshot","type":"author"}],"by":[{"name":"screenshot Google ","type":"author","byline":"screenshot Google "}]},"subtitle":"SEC standings","width":1410,"creditIPTC":"screenshot","_id":"AQUH7HQNPRHIXLCBI5IHXXKWIQ","additional_properties":{"fullSizeResizeUrl":"/resizer/JRAkKjlB494gc5s3Lnr-z5_tElo=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal/public/AQUH7HQNPRHIXLCBI5IHXXKWIQ.jpg","owner":"jgoodman@al.com","proxyUrl":"/resizer/JRAkKjlB494gc5s3Lnr-z5_tElo=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal/public/AQUH7HQNPRHIXLCBI5IHXXKWIQ.jpg","originalUrl":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/advancelocal/AQUH7HQNPRHIXLCBI5IHXXKWIQ.jpg","published":true,"resizeUrl":"/resizer/JRAkKjlB494gc5s3Lnr-z5_tElo=/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal/public/AQUH7HQNPRHIXLCBI5IHXXKWIQ.jpg","ingestionMethod":"manual","thumbnailResizeUrl":"/resizer/Us6UemvuX68DDBIP4BDmBCCnrxE=/300x0/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal/public/AQUH7HQNPRHIXLCBI5IHXXKWIQ.jpg","version":0,"originalName":"standingsweek12.jpg","mime_type":"image/jpeg","restricted":false,"template_id":7,"galleries":[]},"created_date":"2024-11-12T13:54:45Z","last_updated_date":"2024-11-12T13:54:45Z","height":1340,"image_type":"photograph"},{"_id":"WAWZYNWPXRGSZHTFDCQ44OZITA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"It makes for an exciting finish to the season, and isn’t that the point of the exercise? More fanbases than ever are still invested in their teams."},{"_id":"S46ZGHGHAJHYPB33J5JHAWQDIY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"I’m all for college-football chaos, but there’s a major design flaw to the system. And this season it could be Alabama potentially paying the price."},{"_id":"DVUZ3LK3CRDQXKHJGTPLATWCYQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"If Alabama reaches the SEC championship game and loses, then the Crimson Tide could be left out of the College Football Playoff due to having three losses."},{"_id":"NSLUBGI7ORCPTNARR777DMTEGQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"The question is this. Should Alabama fans be rooting for the Crimson Tide to make the conference championship game, or should Alabama be rooting for a scenario of tie-breakers that puts Alabama at 10-2 on the season and third in the league?"},{"_id":"ZSBUCTUDWFDCPHQ6PT43PYDKUM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Will the College Football Playoff committee leave a three-loss SEC runner-up out of the first 12-team playoff? Talk about a flawed postseason. It’s a mess."},{"_id":"VGJYIHI7W5EWFBTFG3NTTP5R3A","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"By the way, ESPN’s power index currently lists Alabama as the best team in the country."},{"_id":"47EFMKPUFREL3J477GK2VHEVLE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"There are two solutions. One, the SEC can clear up the standings with nine conference games. The other idea is that the SEC stays with its eight-game conference format, and the College Football Playoff expands beyond 12 teams."},{"_id":"CT64RVWGF5EXDNH5GGFRTXSRWQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"We haven’t even played the first 12-team playoff, and expansion already seems like an inevitability. Should it be 16 teams? I’m in favor of 21. That would allow for five play-in games and then a Sweet 16-style tournament."},{"_id":"4JNGSOCMHVB6PFX6JO5I6MZFRI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"College football is officially in a new era with the 2024 season. Indiana, BYU and Boise State could make the playoffs with the potential of two-loss Georgia being left out. The trend towards parity of college football will continue with the transfer portal and money for players. Expanding the playoff will only make the sport more balanced across the board."},{"_id":"IZEN7UMU5RDOLNZABCRZCLLVVM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"The SEC already feels like a miniature version of the NFL. Vanderbilt and South Carolina have great teams. Ole Miss is finally relevant in November. Oklahoma and Florida, two traditional powers, are struggling to keep up. "},{"_id":"VZOAXPOI2BEPJI27EZS63ARIAM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"It’s beautiful chaos just like we all hoped it would be, but give us more."},{"_id":"5L3LXDXLUNAR7K7GA4PKKILLOM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>BE HEARD</b>"},{"_id":"KNO65FM745EUNMPY4IDX7Q2EZQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Got a question for Joe? 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Don‘t get me wrong. I‘m enjoying all this chaos. It’s just that nine conference games for everyone might give us a clearly picture of the toughest league in sports. "},{"_id":"JGHUQ7HBGVGVJCYTQ72FX4V4TM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Here are some questions to begin considering as we move into the final three weeks of the regular season. How many teams from the SEC can make the College Football Playoff, and will the College Football Playoff committee ultimately punish the SEC for only playing eight conference games?"},{"_id":"3XWLEF457FHDHEBRAEQ3JWFIDY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Don’t be surprised when SEC commissioner Greg Sankey hops onto his soapbox this week in an attempt to influence the committee. I wouldn’t be surprised if Sankey even threatens once again to leave the NCAA and form his own invitational tournament."},{"_id":"XZ5NOTCGIVBL7B7ISZWT5LHZ3Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"National writers will push back on the idea of the SEC landing five teams in the playoff. The devil in me says give the SEC six teams and watch the rest the country meltdown into a puddle of sweaty righteous indignation. If we’re going by the eye test alone, then I can make a strong case that seven teams in the SEC look worthy of the playoffs. They are, in order, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Alabama, Texas, Georgia, South Carolina and Texas A&M."},{"_id":"3BPQX36XHJEJHKAXWK27HFA254","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"What, you telling me that a two-loss Georgia team should be left out of the playoff with wins against Texas and Tennessee?"},{"_id":"EX3BNTZQU5AVFNFPSKP7IUFOYA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Georgia has the toughest schedule in the country, and the Bulldogs play Tennessee at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Sanford Stadium. It’s the biggest game in the SEC until rivalry week."},{"_id":"W53RAP4XSZH7JKFMYJAIQ4OHU4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"If we’re looking ahead, it already seems pretty clear that the College Football Playoff needs to be expanded beyond 12 teams. 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Meanwhile, not even the TSA and a dozen air marshals can stop Auburn’s meteoric rise into the stratosphere of college basketball lore. With no fear of ever being grounded, the mailbag column rockets ever onward."},{"_id":"RSQAMXTQFVEHHO33LFSQVHUFVY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<i><b>Jim in Scottsboro, Ala., writes …</b></i>"},{"_id":"LVYAKJM2D5AVHL3WCXQ7MCAFTQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<i>I just have one question this week … Do you think that Herschel Walker would be good as the Secretary of Defense and Tommy Tuberville as Secretary of State? Could they work well with each other? Actually that’s two questions. </i>"},{"_id":"RM6LVXOKGZGYPFCCY47RTJPAZI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>ANSWER:</b> You forget to nominate Bruce Pearl for Secretary of Transportation, but we always appreciate it when readers slap fresh treads onto the grinding wheels of American bureaucracy."},{"_id":"PQSDGB3LCZGUPLVXGE6XDHACDU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"I love thinking outside the box, but have to admit that Herschel Walker for Secretary of Defense never crossed my mind until this moment. We have all the confidence in the world that President-elect Donald Trump will appoint the best candidates available for his Cabinet. "},{"_id":"IBGXLN34UNDYDAMNIQRCPGAQEE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Hulk Hogan seems like a perfect fit for Minister of Pain, for example."},{"_id":"IZN47RAPU5AV7NOQ4U4X7NVSXM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Tuberville for Secretary of State seems like an obvious choice. Tubs was a successful football coach at Auburn for more than two years, so he can obviously do anything. As Pearl might say, the sky’s the limit. Will Tubs be negotiating directly with Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un, or will Trump bring in Herschel when it’s time to stiff arm murderous despots?"},{"_id":"CG2EWJSHLJGG7E52H222MUIYOY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Let’s put a pin in this idea just to be safe. I’d like to know Herschel’s opinion on land wars in Asia before making a final decision."},{"_id":"VY7FTZEXLZFVDENH4NC437OYWE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<i><b>Robert in Stapleton, Ala., writes …</b></i>"},{"_id":"B7H5Z7JVFZAO3M6YGASZQB75FM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<i>Gotta keep it real with you, my friend, </i><a href=\"https://www.al.com/auburnbasketball/2024/11/goodman-can-auburn-coach-bruce-pearl-land-the-plane.html\"><i><u>I didn’t much like your column</u></i></a><i> regarding the fight aboard the Auburn basketball team flight to Houston. The way you made light of the situation was really inappropriate. As an individual that spent half his life flying around the globe, and with relatives among current commercial flight crews, there is nothing more serious than violence aboard an in-flight aircraft. </i>"},{"_id":"GU4HSPTB3JG35BG5THD6J2A7DM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<i>Every soul on that plane was stupidly put at risk. There must be consequences. You gotta do better Joe. Disappointed. </i>"},{"_id":"RZVD45JS3NCHVLAKBJS3CSLWVI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<i><b>Mac in Mwanza writes …</b></i>"},{"_id":"2PFMP7UWX5BYXNFUPMYFI2ZO5Q","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<i>Looks like Bruce Pearl stuck the landing.</i>"},{"_id":"MVUJWKPXCBG77KXMNG4HWXKDSU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<i><b>RM in Charlotte writes …</b></i>"},{"_id":"2YUR2CV54RGF3OJ2TNDLMF7YCU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<i>Bruce Pearl IS a good coach, and you can be sure he’ll take care of the problem, by hook or crook as needed. </i>"},{"_id":"VZCVBAP3CNFW5M75BMZF5N3WUQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>ANSWER:</b> When it comes to flying the unfriendly skies, I’ve heard that dogs on a plane are always better than snakes on a plane."},{"_id":"ENWQCZGOAZFODGCN3MO6BVM7HE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"The infamous fight aboard Auburn’s flight to Houston must be taken seriously, of course. The way the team played against the Cougars, maybe Pearl should organize a mid-air melee for every road trip."},{"_id":"SKNKK4QWZNEDNGH3MKU7ACFJ7A","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Despite all the trouble on the way to Houston, or maybe because of it, Auburn basketball went out and scored arguably its most impressive non-conference victory in school history. Why change what works? The Tigers are now ranked No.1 nationally by KenPom after their 74-69 win against Houston. <a href=\"https://www.al.com/auburnbasketball/2024/11/goodman-auburn-is-my-pick-to-win-the-national-championship.html\"><u>My pick for Auburn to win the national championship</u></a> is looking pretty good after all."},{"_id":"5ZDN5GNXRVBMNFA4LSRLML25RI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"All the 3-pointers over the first two games have been fun to watch, but the real key to the team is the defense of center Johni Broome. He had five blocks against Houston to go along with his 20 points and nine rebounds. After the game, Auburn forward Dylan Cardwell celebrated the victory by going on Instagram Live and joyously proclaiming to the world that putting dogs on a plane together is a risk Auburn is willing to take. "},{"_id":"RILAKV6VGVFONAKUB527RNQL2M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<i><b>Richard in Ohio writes …</b></i>"},{"_id":"IPHCJJFFUND35AYRBRDJCIYGOE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<a href=\"https://www.al.com/alabamafootball/2024/11/goodman-kalen-deboer-finally-understands-the-assignment.html\" title=\"https://www.al.com/alabamafootball/2024/11/goodman-kalen-deboer-finally-understands-the-assignment.html\"><i><u>This endears Kalen DeBoer</u></i></a><i> to my heart. First Coach DeBoer led his team into notoriously perilous Death Valley where his Crimson Tide absolutely destroyed a solid LSU team in the rain, under the lights, at night. Then afterwards he spoke “Sabanese” by saying, “we took another (step) to understanding how important the process is — to going out and playing really good football on Saturdays.” </i>"},{"_id":"ZG7ARMCQXJCLPAVVMD2PO5G2JQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<i>Man, this is almost better than Christmas.</i>"},{"_id":"W2NL5RNUABHP3LKNZMXN3X3YMY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<i>I hope he’s right, and that this team keeps getting better. We are in the age of chaos. I don’t believe there are any gimmies in the SEC this year. A loss to a cellar dweller counts more than a loss to a “good” team. The selection committee looks like they’re going to have their work cut out for them, and Bama needs to reach 10-2 to have a shot. </i>"},{"_id":"Q7FSKMMYDBG2RD6HIGU45BY5SA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<i>Here’s a question for you? If Auburn played Georgia Tech on a neutral field, how badly do you believe the Yellow Jackets would beat the Tigers? The worm turns.</i>"},{"_id":"E6IUE4XUUVCSPNKHGXPT5TND54","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>ANSWER:</b> Don’t discount Auburn’s ability to shock the world. It’s easy to joke about the Tigers this season, but no one is going to be surprised if the season comes down to a wild finish in the Iron Bowl."},{"_id":"5Q7HDGQVXJG7HMOG5DVNKJ74PM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"I would love for Auburn to still play Georgia Tech every season, and I know a lot of Auburn and Tech fans feel the same way. Tech will have a chance to upset Georgia at the end of the season. I’d give Tech a slight advantage against Auburn on a neutral field, but a bowl-game matchup doesn’t seem likely."},{"_id":"7DRM7DNFVFGGVCQQEDWSINVRZ4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"As for Alabama, it looks like the mighty Tide is back to full force after its impressive 42-13 shellacking of LSU. Even future Secretary of Defense Herschel Walker would have been impressed with Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe’s rushing numbers: 185 yards on 12 carries for four touchdowns."},{"_id":"2N6W4A6ASFCXVGKCAXVDVXJMK4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Is Milroe back in the discussion for the Heisman Trophy? Can’t count him out yet. Alabama has to win out to make the College Football Playoff, but there’s still a chance for the Tide to make the SEC championship game."},{"_id":"K3CC5VO33NDKHG4E3JU3LASSRU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Tennessee still has to play Georgia and Texas A&M ends the season with Texas. If things fall right, we could be looking at Alabama vs. Texas in Atlanta. 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Not unless you can get to and <i>into </i>the polling place on your own — on Election Day. Otherwise he’ll stonewall almost any effort to enhance accessibility, just as he’s done for years. "},{"_id":"PXE2DNZOU5GARBT4PJUEEEJ6KE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"He crouches under the guise of “election integrity” without citing a shred of evidence of election fraud. As a state lawmaker, Allen spawned laws banning curbside voting, blocking aid for physically challenged and elderly voters and forbidding private financial support for aiding voters."},{"_id":"DWCIQBKI2BFW7NRH2EGZRP4JTE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Gas card for driving voters to the poll? 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"},{"_id":"INLB3UPUA5A6BNYPHSNDAVVZZI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"So, he probably won’t want to hear this: The Republican who had his job for eight years before Allen got elected says that Alabama should explore early voting."},{"_id":"ZCSOQCEFMBH3FDM6SWUG3HRVFA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"“It may be time for the legislature to explore an early in-person voting pilot that you would have in certain locations around the state,” former Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill told me last week, a couple of days after the election. “And you would see whether or not it’s something that would increase participation. Then you’ll have part of a model that will help you understand whether or not it’s a benefit to the people.”"},{"_id":"Y2DZRXZNTFFJHPWA5CCSRH6WJ4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"You likely know this by now: Alabama is one of just three states without early in-person voting. Early in-person voting has been anathema to Republican leaders and lawmakers. Yet, as long lines snaked prodigiously at numerous polling places around the state on Election Day, <a href=\"https://www.al.com/news/2024/11/some-alabama-republicans-consider-early-voting-after-long-election-day-lines.html\" title=\"https://www.al.com/news/2024/11/some-alabama-republicans-consider-early-voting-after-long-election-day-lines.html\"><u>some Republican lawmakers appeared to be open to considering early voting</u></a>."},{"_id":"PTHNUYHMF5EUPC6M2UB3CY47JI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"A Democrat,<a href=\"https://www.al.com/news/2024/11/alabama-lawmaker-moves-to-establish-early-voting-centers-how-would-they-work.html\"> <u>Rep. Thomas Jackson of Thomasville, pre-filed a bill that would allow voters to cast their ballots before Election Day</u></a>. 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At the Birmingham VA, we address this issue head-on through comprehensive initiatives like our Homeless Veteran Patient Aligned Care Team, which focuses on the unique needs of homeless Veterans and the social factors affecting their health."},{"_id":"JCVCUB2UNVH3FB334NGAK36P3U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Each year, we team up with city partners to better understand the landscape of homelessness in our community, especially among Veterans. This ongoing effort helps us gauge the number of homeless individuals and informs our strategies for developing and securing the services they need. 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This local achievement is part of a national initiative that resulted in nearly 48,000 Veterans finding permanent housing last year. Ending Veteran homelessness is a collective responsibility that goes beyond the VA and requires strong collaboration with community partners. We remain committed to ensuring that no Veteran is left behind, whether on the streets, in shelters, or in remote communities. The MMU is more than a temporary solution; it’s a strategic asset that expands access to care and brings us closer to ending Veteran homelessness for good."},{"_id":"K4KOAAIJQJHQVMJHM46CC4H7EQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>Expanding Access Through the PACT Act</b>"},{"_id":"GNNSOYU6HJHODK24DBF6W6GX2I","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"The passage of the PACT Act marks a historic expansion of access to VA health care. Veterans exposed to toxic substances and environmental hazards during military service, both overseas and within the United States, now have improved eligibility to enroll in VA health care. This includes those who served in Vietnam, the Gulf War, Iraq, Afghanistan, and even training sites in the U.S."},{"_id":"ZUQ64QO6DNA7VJD2RBWJRFRGKQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"The Birmingham VA has already screened over 56,000 Veterans for exposure concerns, with nearly half requiring follow-ups. Our commitment to reaching all eligible Veterans remains steadfast, with more than 85 outreach events executed this year, reaching more than 1,200 Veterans, to assist new enrollees and address exposure-related health issues. The PACT Act enables us to better fulfill our promise to care for those who have borne the battle, ensuring they receive the benefits and medical support they earned through their service."},{"_id":"QMCY2XMXRBGDTMOLQ6LLI7JAUQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>A Call to Action</b>"},{"_id":"R3SQJ2LI3NAIVND7UEZ55LY7DU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"On this Veterans Day, as we honor those who fought for our freedom, let us also renew our commitment to caring for them when they return home. At the Birmingham VA, our work extends beyond providing medical treatment; it involves supporting the whole person, addressing mental health needs, ensuring stable housing, and expanding access to care for all who served. 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Office buildings emptied out in the early evening, leaving a veritable ghost town."},{"_id":"MKWMIESOI5FEVHECN2HUAY2VB4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"At the time, few events and attractions in Birmingham tempted people from major drive-up markets like Memphis, Nashville, and Atlanta to visit our city and practically none of them had an appeal that crossed racial and socio-economic lines."},{"_id":"N2DGZXYBP5G2PF5FJVU5BOQXL4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"How, then, did City Stages overcome the bias of suburbanites against venturing into an area they viewed as downright dangerous, along with the indifference of regional tourists?"},{"_id":"C66S53ND3FFSRBP2UVOINT7EHU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"The answer is that from the very beginning, we focused not merely on attracting local and regional music fans to downtown Birmingham, but on what they would <i>experience</i> once they got here."},{"_id":"ZIJ7DV3ENFC2PJRVTQQV2HSTQY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"From the start, we were determined that the festival would reflect the full spectrum of music and art our city had to offer—from <i>a cappella</i> to zydeco."},{"_id":"LKBQFIJ2VJDGHDRMF7NYFNLIOU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"In fact, my very first initiative—as chairman of the newly formed, non-profit Birmingham Cultural & Heritage Foundation, Inc.—was to approach neighborhood leaders in Metropolitan Gardens, adjacent to the festival site, and recruit their youth choir to be the first act booked for the inaugural City Stages."},{"_id":"JFOKUMMILJGWHLAOYJ4EJTH4HQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"That first year, we had just four stages, but the quality of national, regional, and local acts was undeniably superb. 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He’s past Chairman of the Birmingham Regional Chamber of Commerce (BBA), Operation New Birmingham (REV Birmingham), and the City Action Partnership (CAP).</i>"},{"_id":"BOFBIQD2EFF3TKLIAZOEBLJBNI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<a href=\"https://www.comebacktown.com/enewsletter-sign-up/\"><i><b>Click here to sign up for our newsletter.</b></i></a><i> (Opt out at any time)</i>"},{"_id":"EDPCW4UAN5BATBX5U6H3HG37VU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<i>Invite David to speak for free to your group about how we can have a more prosperous metro Birmingham. dsher@comebacktown.com.</i>"}],"description":{"basic":"For one magical weekend, the workaday divisions that too often divide us as a people were dissolved in a kind of musical Brigadoon the likes of which the city had never 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Auburn’s team plane left for Houston on Friday afternoon, <a href=\"https://www.al.com/auburnbasketball/2024/11/reports-auburn-mens-basketball-teams-plane-diverted-back-to-airport-after-altercation-between-players.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"https://www.al.com/auburnbasketball/2024/11/reports-auburn-mens-basketball-teams-plane-diverted-back-to-airport-after-altercation-between-players.html\">but the flight was scrapped by pilots after a fight between players broke out shortly after takeoff</a>."},{"_id":"FVYI55GVSVDUPOC6AKHTMCF3WY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Did things get heated because Chad Baker-Mazara wanted a seat by the window? At this point, we can only speculate and be thankful that everyone is safe."},{"_id":"3PBQWZOLGFAPFPA6YJDXEHJJNQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"An audio recording between one of the pilots and air traffic controllers leaves little doubt about the severity of the situation. Clothes were reportedly ripped and at least one of the pugilists was apparently left bloodied by the brawl. The pilot initially wanted to divert the flight to Montgomery for an emergency landing and even requested to have police standing by to help sort things out."},{"_id":"JQLTUWKSHVCZ7D3AJTTQH6O24U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Coach Bruce Pearl then convinced everyone on board to calm down and at that point the pilot requested clearance to land back in Auburn."},{"_id":"ILQKMYJDLZGU3GEHO3PL2SN5UQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"“It’s kinda crazy,” said the pilot to air traffic controllers."},{"_id":"ZGXX3VR44ZGJ7FY57J7MSIDZJU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"And those words pretty much sum up all of collegiate athletics here in November of 2024. Slap it on a T-shirt, baby. Sell it for $35 at the team store."},{"_id":"HJZJZ5R2RJDHRH2HMUILN5CKVU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Nothing builds team chemistry quite like a good mid-air melee. I think it was John Wooden who once said that."},{"_id":"WKK56T3R6NHALPMFCSKDJDQ5DQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"A few days ago, <a href=\"https://www.al.com/auburnbasketball/2024/11/goodman-auburn-is-my-pick-to-win-the-national-championship.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"https://www.al.com/auburnbasketball/2024/11/goodman-auburn-is-my-pick-to-win-the-national-championship.html\">I boldly picked Auburn to win the national championship this season</a>. I was feeling pretty good about that column after the Tigers walloped a decent Vermont team 94-43 on Wednesday. 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Golden was an assistant coach at Auburn from 2014 to 2016 and he considers Pearl a close friend and mentor. <a href=\"https://www.alligator.org/article/2024/11/uf-basketball-coach-accused-of-sexual-harassment-and-stalking\"><u>According to a report by the Independent Daily Alligator</u></a>, Golden is the subject of a Title IX complaint involving students that accuses him of sexual harassment, sexual exploitation, stalking and cyberstalking."},{"_id":"RHBHE6OTFFCJRMMBIAZRCFKGEA","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Bad stuff. "},{"_id":"6225XGINBVCIDGNS2ZKSJ3ZJQ4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Florida’s scandal makes Auburn’s trouble seem trivial by comparison."},{"_id":"T4KZF447WBDFZMLZO55JRPNYMM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Auburn took a second flight to Houston later on Friday night. It’s unclear if everyone made the trip after the ruckus. Fights among teammates are common, but when they involve canceling a flight due to safety concerns it makes you stop and question things."},{"_id":"PNPF4TRCBBG2BIFXNYGO3ZEO7Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Will players be kicked off the team? Should sky marshals be required on all team flights? Should people who fight on planes even be allowed on airplanes at all?"},{"_id":"CUL72DVAWZH2BL4FDTTHKDLURI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Pearl is a good coach, so I’d expect him to somehow turn this adversity into an opportunity for character development and team growth. Or at least try. Pearl clearly has some issues to work through, but team discord before big games can have positive outcomes. "},{"_id":"DART7VPHFJHKVHHUDLTVIH3PNU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Auburn’s embarrassing travel diversion reminds me of last March when Alabama basketball player Nick Pringle took a separate flight than teammates to the NCAA Tournament. The team had a chartered flight, but Pringle flew commercial. Pringle said he needed to take care of a “personal issue.” When he showed up in Spokane for the first round, he said he wanted to support his teammates and help out anyone he could."},{"_id":"WTZKWXCQORG6DDENZYYEXAKQSU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"It’s better to have fights among teammates in November than March. Auburn’s roster is loaded down with talent. The Tigers remain a championship contender, but maybe Pearl should consider assigned seats for the rest of the season."},{"_id":"DPLSHIZFX5CTRGGCFBNIRFY7BE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra once used an airplane metaphor to describe his role for a team that included LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh and Ray Allen. Spoelstra’s job wasn’t to get the flight off the ground or from point ‘A’ to point ‘B.’ Spoelstra was there to land the plane."},{"_id":"OWVS5IYKK5FEJK57HIWFFW6HCU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Pearl went out this offseason and assembled the most talented group of players in his career. They’re not a team yet, though. Not truly. That part will have to come later. A team full of fight isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but now we know that Pearl is facing the greatest challenge of his career."},{"_id":"TWBBSWOZTNDUNHA5AY4MPTSK5I","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Can he land the plane, or will he be forced to turn it around?"},{"_id":"F27AGLMKFZDXJEZMXPKMFG4F2Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"<b>BE HEARD</b>"},{"_id":"MH5XAN2YVJDZVOCUYJXUFWHSOY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Got a question for Joe? Want to get something off your chest? Send Joe an email about what’s on your mind. Let your voice be heard. Ask him anything."},{"_id":"ONY7TNQ2KVGHRJGTY74CNBB7IE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[]},"type":"text","content":"<a href=\"https://www.al.com/user/josephgoodman/posts.html\" title=\"https://www.al.com/user/josephgoodman/posts.html\"><i>Joseph Goodman is the lead sports columnist</i></a><i> for the Alabama Media Group, and author of the book </i><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/We-Want-Bama-Season-Ultimate/dp/1538716275/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?ots=1&tag=advanceal-20&linkCode=w50&_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=\" title=\"https://www.amazon.com/We-Want-Bama-Season-Ultimate/dp/1538716275/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?ots=1&tag=advanceal-20&linkCode=w50&_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=\"><i>“We Want Bama: A Season of Hope and the Making of Nick Saban’s Ultimate Team.”</i></a>"}],"description":{"basic":"A mid-flight melee involving players raises questions about Auburn 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This day serves as both a time for reflection and gratitude and as an opportunity to address the pressing mental health needs of our veterans.<br><br>One impactful way to honor their service is by promoting the Veterans Crisis Line, a vital resource that can save lives. During our legislative session held earlier this year, I had the privilege of securing funding that allowed the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs and the Alabama Challenge to implement a statewide billboard campaign aimed at raising awareness about this essential service, which can be accessed by dialing 988 and pressing 1.<br><br><a href=\"https://www.al.com/news/2021/05/alabama-launches-new-campaign-to-prevent-veterans-suicide.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.al.com/news/2021/05/alabama-launches-new-campaign-to-prevent-veterans-suicide.html\">The Alabama Challenge</a> partners include Gov. 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The trained responders on the other end of the line are equipped to understand the unique challenges faced by our service members and their families.<br><br>Despite the availability of the Veterans Crisis Line in Alabama for the past two years, many veterans remain unaware of this essential service. Our campaign aims to change that by reaching every corner of our state, ensuring that veterans and their families know they have access to immediate support. This initiative, which began in September to coincide with National Suicide Prevention Month, will continue for a year and will be bolstered by outreach through radio, television, and social media, as well as partnerships with veteran service organizations, colleges, and universities.<br><br>But the most powerful advocates for this message are the friends and family of our veterans. If you know a veteran, I urge you to take a moment to remind them that help is just a call away. You can share this information through veterans events, social media platforms, and other public venues. The simple act of sharing the number 988 Press 1 could make a significant difference and potentially save a life during a moment of crisis.<br><br>On this Veterans Day, let us honor our heroes while also taking actionable steps to support them. As we gather in ceremonies and prayers, join me in sharing the message of the Veterans Crisis Line with our communities. By doing so, we reaffirm our commitment to those who have bravely defended our freedoms and ensure they know they are valued and cared for.<br><br>Together, we can end the stigma surrounding mental health and create an environment in which veterans feel empowered to seek help. We should honor our veterans not just with words, but with meaningful actions that demonstrate our gratitude and support. 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