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Nick Saban irritated by question about AJ McCarron on cover of SI (Video)

November 21, 2013 By Steve DelVecchio 2 Comments

Alabama head coach Nick Saban has not won three of the past four BCS National Championship Games by paying attention to distractions. Anything that is not directly related to football is a distraction, including AJ McCarron’s all-American smile on the latest cover of Sports Illustrated.

On Wednesday, a reporter made the mistake of asking Saban how he thinks McCarron “looks as a cover boy” and if Saban keeps copies of those types of magazines at home.

“First of all, you think I sit around all day looking at magazines or what?” Saban replied. “I don’t even know what you’re talking about. You ask a question every week that I don’t know anything about. You need to come here and walk around and follow me around for like a week.”

Those who cover the Alabama football team know that Saban always refuses to discuss stuff that is printed and said in the media — whether he is lying about having heard it or not.

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NFL scouts are reportedly ‘split’ on AJ McCarron

November 12, 2013 By Steve DelVecchio Leave a Comment

AJ McCarron is one of the more intriguing quarterback prospects that will be entering the 2014 NFL Draft. The hype surrounding the three-time national champion is not as great as that accompanying guys like Teddy Bridgewater or Johnny Manziel, but McCarron has plenty of the “intangibles” we always hear NFL teams talking about.

All McCarron seems to do is win football games and rarely turn the ball over. Despite that, NFL.com’s Daniel Jeremiah reported on Monday that there is some disagreement among NFL scouts over the type of pro McCarron could become.

“He doesn’t have a huge arm, but he makes up for it with excellent timing, touch and decision-making,” Jeremiah wrote. “Scouts around the NFL are split on McCarron, but he has compiled a very impressive college résumé.”

If the Tide win another title this season, it would be McCarron’s third as a starting quarterback and fourth since he enrolled at Alabama. That would be an incredible accomplishment. While he may not have as big an arm as guys like Bridgewater or the same type of play-making ability that Manziel has, McCarron has consistently shown that he can shine when the spotlight is at its brightest.

If anything, the genius that is Nick Saban could hurt McCarron’s draft stock. Some analysts barely have McCarron as a top-10 quarterback in next year’s draft. Those analysts — and many NFL scouts — likely feel that Saban could have the same success with a lot of quarterbacks and that McCarron may not have what it takes to carry an NFL team. That could make him a steal somewhere in the middle rounds.

H/T Rotoworld

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Nick Saban jumps into AJ McCarron’s arms for hug after win (GIF)

November 9, 2013 By Larry Brown 6 Comments

Nick Saban broke out of his Robo-Saban mode for a second to actually celebrate Alabama’s 38-17 win over LSU on Saturday in Tuscaloosa.

Immediately after the game ended, Robo-Saban ran onto the field and jumped into the arms of senior quarterback A.J. McCarron for a huge hug.

McCarron called the contest with LSU a “huge game” and Bama’s “toughest game so far.” But after showing human emotion for a brief moment, Saban went back to his professional mode for his postgame interview with CBS. He continued to talk up McCarron, calling the senior the best quarterback in the country and urging fans and media to overlook statistics (presumably yards etc.) in favor of wins.

GIF via SB Nation

Filed Under: College Football, Viral Greatness Tagged With: AJ McCarron, Nick Saban

Katherine Webb trying to show she and AJ McCarron are still together?

October 3, 2013 By Steve DelVecchio Leave a Comment

Katherine Webb is making it very difficult for us to determine if she and Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron have broken up. Two weeks ago, a report that sounded pretty legitimate surfaced claiming the famous couple has decided to split. Then we saw Webb give McCarron a kiss on the cheek after Alabama’s win over Ole Miss, although it did not seem like a girlfriend kiss at all. And have you checked out Webb’s Instagram page lately?

Webb wrote on Instagram that the photo you see above was taken before the Ole Miss game. She also uploaded a photo of her and McCarron’s mom with a caption that reads “Waiting on our victory kisses after the Ole Miss win.”

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Katherine Webb gave AJ McCarron kiss after Alabama’s win (Video)

September 30, 2013 By Steve DelVecchio 1 Comment

Last week, a report surfaced claiming AJ McCarron and Katherine Webb have broken up. If that is in fact true, it appears college football’s most famous former couple has chosen to keep things civil. Following Alabama’s win over Ole Miss on Saturday, Webb gave McCarron a kiss on the cheek.

Webb was at the game with McCarron’s mother. If you remember, Webb was at the BCS National Championship Game last year with McCarron’s mom when Brent Musburger first drooled over her and introduced her to the world. It would seem that the two have remained close even if McCarron and Webb are no longer dating.

We can only speculate, but that embrace seemed to give credence to the reports about McCarron and Webb having broken up. If you ask me, that looked much more like an ex-girlfriend kiss than anything.

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Katherine Webb tweets ‘don’t believe everything you hear’ after AJ McCarron breakup rumors

September 20, 2013 By Steve DelVecchio 9 Comments

Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron and his girlfriend Katherine Webb reportedly broke up recently. The story first surfaced early Friday morning, with Webb’s mother supposedly telling a gossip website that the couple is no longer together. Shortly after word began circulating the internet, Webb sent out the following tweet.

Don't believe everything you hear…smh

— Katherine Webb (@_KatherineWebb) September 20, 2013

Webb could have squashed the rumor altogether and denied the breakup, but she did not. For that reason, I’m inclined to believe the split is legitimate.

So what could the tweet mean?

The report from Radar also said that Webb’s modeling gigs and television roles — like ABC’s “Splash” — have forced her to travel a lot and strained her relationship with McCarron. She is said to have broken things off with AJ, not the other way around.

Perhaps McCarron was the one who ended things, or maybe Webb’s busy schedule had absolutely nothing to do with the alleged split. Again, it would have been much easier for Webb to pull a Caroline Wozniacki and put the speculation to rest. She did not, which leads us to believe that the details of the breakup could be the issue.

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AJ McCarron and Katherine Webb reportedly break up

September 20, 2013 By Steve DelVecchio Leave a Comment

The most famous couple in college football has reportedly split. According to a report from Radar Online, Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron and former Miss Alabama USA Katherine Webb are no longer dating. Webb’s mother told the gossip site that Katherine broke things off with McCarron.

“Yes [they've broken up],” Leslie Webb reportedly told Radar. “Katherine’s just trying to stay real busy.”

The report went on to say that Webb’s new-found fame has led to a great deal of traveling for modeling gigs and shows like “Splash,” which had become a burden on her relationship with McCarron. Less than a week after we posted a full history of how the Hollywood-esque story of Webb and McCarron came together, this certainly comes as a shock to LBS.

One friend of McCarron’s would not rule out the couple getting back together.

“It might end up just being a break, but for now they’ve called it quits,” the friend told Radar.

But that’s not all. Katherine and AJ have also stopped following each other on Twitter, which means the breakup just has to be for real.

McCarron and Webb had been seen less and less together over the past several months, but we were left to assume that was because Alabama’s season had started back up and Webb was busy capitalizing off of her good looks. Apparently there was more to it than that. This is truly a sad day for the WAG community.

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