Daily Archives: January 6, 2010

Snow Expected Thursday in Middle Alabamaland

A winter weather advisory will be in effect Thursday as forecasters expect snow, possibly mixed with sleet, across Middle Alabamaland, according to the National Weather Service. One to three inches of snow is expected to accumulate after beginning as early as 6 a.m. and tapering off by the evening, by the time the Alabama Crimson…

Alabama Faces Texas in National Championship Shootout

Hoodat Gonna Win Da Big Crystal Football? Time Out by Dan Rutledge Hoodat, Hoodat be coming home with the big crystal football that signifies the national championship? If you’ve seen the photo of the “Saban Hoodoo Wink” on the Locust Fork News-Journal, you know what I mean. Saint Nick’s wink and a smile was captured…

No. 1 Alabama Faces Texas Longhorns, Again…

The last time Alabama faced Texas as national champs… ORANGE BOWL STADIUM, Jan. 1, 1965 — Texas upset top-ranked Alabama, 21-17, in the first prime-time night game in Orange Bowl history. The Longhorns stopped Alabama quarterback Joe Namath inches short of the goal line on a crucial fourth-down play late in the game that would…