WILL ANDERSON

Jalen Milroe threw for three touchdowns in his first start and No. 1 Alabama made a final goal-line stand to escape with a 24-20 victory over Texas A&M on Saturday night in a battle of backup quarterbacks.

Alabama has mostly breezed through the first month of the season, with one big scare and three games that were frightfully but predictably easy.

Bryce Young passed for three touchdowns and rushed for a fourth, Will Anderson Jr. scored on an interception return and No. 2 Alabama rolled to a 63-7 victory over Louisiana-Monroe.

Will Reichard kicked a 33-yard field goal with 10 seconds left, and No. 1 Alabama overcame a stifling defensive effort by Texas to earn a hard-fought 20-19 victory.

Alabama stars Bryce Young and Will Anderson Jr. are among four players from the top-ranked Crimson Tide selected to The Associated Press preseason All-America team.

Alabama is No. 1 in the preseason AP Top 25 for the second straight season.

Life at the top of the Southeastern Conference can be difficult, especially when anything short of a national championship in football is considered unsatisfactory.

Georgia coach Kirby Smart got an inside look at what it takes to build a college football juggernaut working for Nick Saban at Alabama for eight years.

Heisman Trophy winner Bryce Young and Alabama teammates Will Anderson Jr. and Jameson Williams have been selected All-Americans by The Associated Press.

Alabama's Bryce Young won the Heisman Trophy, beating out Michigan defensive end Aidan Hutchinson to give the Crimson Tide consecutive winners of college football's most famous individual award.

Alabama quarterback Bryce Young has been voted The Associated Press college football player of the year.

Alabama once again collected a Southeastern Conference title and two big league-wide individual awards.

Alabama coach Nick Saban and Georgia’s Kirby Smart continue to make their ability to field elite defenses a big part of their formula for maintaining consistently elite programs in the Southeastern Conference.

Bryce Young passed for 270 yards and five touchdowns, including three to Jameson Williams, and No. 3 Alabama beat New Mexico State 59-3.

Bryce Young passed for 302 yards and No. 3 Alabama’s defense came up with enough big plays for a 20-14 victory over heavy underdog LSU Saturday night.

Georgia and Alabama could be heading for another showdown in the Southeastern Conference championship game.

Will Anderson Jr. thought a close call against Florida would be “a real eye-opener” for Alabama at the time.

Last year's game with Mississippi held scant resemblance to the traditional Alabama win.

Some Southeastern Conference defenses are flexing their muscles after 2020 being a defensive coordinator’s nightmare.

Zoo Miami ranked second on a list of the ten worst zoos in North America for elephants. Last year, an African elephant at Zoo Miami tried to assert her dominance and knocked down another elephant, Cita, leading to Cita's death. "It was a tragic event, and we're profoundly sorry it happened," says Ron Magill, Zoo Miami's wildlife expert and communications director. Cita's death and those of other elephants landed Zoo Miami on a list of the worst zoos in North America for elephants. Zoo Miami ranked second on the list for those deaths and for its inability to protect elephants from acts of aggression by other elephants, the organization says.

Shaping more than skateboards at Salemtown Board Company At Salemtown Board Company in Nashville, Tenn., 27-year-old Will Anderson can turn a slab of middle Tennessee oak into a world-class sidewalk cruiser. Anderson started the company two years ago as a way to teach neighborhood kids about discipline and dedication. It's not so much about shaping boards, he tells Tracy Smith, as about shaping lives.