Joseph Goodman

Birmingham

Senior Reporter at AL.com

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Goodman: In the SEC, some schools would rather lose than pay up

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Get Joe Goodman’s newsletter: Enter your email to subscribe to Joe’s weekly newsletter, Sports Happy Hour: This is an opinion column. ____________________Tennessee didn’t want to pay Nico Iamaleava for what the quarterback was worth. Despite most everything you’ve heard or read, it was an enormous mistake by the Volunteers to let Iamaleava walk. He’s a good quarterback with playoff experience, a returning starter in the SEC who knew the Vols’ system and a player who teammates respected.
Goodman: Did Alabama make a mistake by naming Ty Simpson the starter?

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Get Joe Goodman’s newsletter: Enter your email to subscribe to Joe’s weekly newsletter, Sports Happy Hour: This is an opinion column. ____________________A curious thing happened in Tuscaloosa to close out spring practice. New offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb met with reporters on Monday, and, without being asked, offered up that Ty Simpson would be the starting quarterback if the season began this week. After all the speculation. After all the guessing. It wasn’t exactly Tua vs.
Goodman: In a win for Alabama, Tennessee is too poor to pay a QB

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Get Joe Goodman’s newsletter: Enter your email to subscribe to Joe’s weekly newsletter, Sports Happy Hour: This is an opinion column. ____________________The current levels of fan apathy for Alabama spring football could be much worse. At least the Crimson Tide isn’t as pathetic as Tennessee. In Tuscaloosa, everyone had better things to do than attend A-Day on a beautiful spring day.
Goodman: Is ‘our way of life’ more important than college football? No!

2 weeks ago | al.com | Joseph Goodman

Get Joe Goodman’s newsletter: Enter your email to subscribe to Joe’s weekly newsletter, Sports Happy Hour: This is an opinion column. _____________________The Final Four gets a postscript with this week’s mailbag, and apparently Auburn coach Bruce Pearl has some work to do … plus we dip our pinky toe into a molten vat of President Donald Trump’s curious form of statecraft. Jeff in Dothan writes …Like most AU fans and alums I am proud of our guys and the coaches, too.
Goodman Is President Trump killing Alabama football?

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Get Joe Goodman’s newsletter: Enter your email to subscribe to Joe’s weekly newsletter, Sports Happy Hour: This is an opinion column. _____________________The stock market crash caused by President Donald Trump’s international tariff war on America’s new enemies (and those penguins) seems about as fun as a bag of razors. In the SEC footprint, I have to wonder if a football program like Alabama will suffer more cuts than some of the other elite Southern programs.
Goodman: Who wins a natty first: Auburn, Alabama or Bucky?

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Get Joe Goodman’s newsletter: Enter your email to subscribe to Joe’s weekly newsletter, Sports Happy Hour: This is an opinion column. ______________________Alabama lost in the 2024 Final Four to national champ UConn. One year later, those pesky Florida Gators bounced Auburn out of the Final Four before cutting down the nets. Was making the Final Four in back-to-back years good enough, or has the bar been raised for hoops in the Heart of Dixie?
Goodman: Auburn made history, but couldn’t match an all-time player

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Get Joe Goodman’s newsletter: Enter your email to subscribe to Joe’s weekly newsletter, Sports Happy Hour: This is an opinion column. _____________________Bruce Pearl called it. Auburn’s coach knew the deal here at the Alamodome before the teams even took the court in the Final Four. Pearl said if Florida guard Walter Clayton, Jr., had a good game, then Auburn would lose.
Goodman: New Texas A&M coach Bucky McMillan always bet on himself

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Get Joe Goodman’s newsletter: Enter your email to subscribe to Joe’s weekly newsletter, Sports Happy Hour: This is an opinion column. ____________________Bucky McMillan was coaching the high school basketball team in Mountain Brook five years ago. Today, he’s the newest coach in country’s toughest league for college hoops. Bucky Ball is making the move from Samford to Texas A&M, and I can’t wait to see how McMillan’s approach to the game influences the SEC. How will he adjust his system?
Goodman: How an Auburn player made Bruce Pearl cry at the Final Four

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Get Joe Goodman’s newsletter: Enter your email to subscribe to Joe’s weekly newsletter, Sports Happy Hour: This is an opinion column. _____________________If I learned anything on Friday here in San Antonio, then it’s that Dylan Cardwell is a profoundly gifted public speaker. Cardwell is Mr. Auburn. Fans love him. Auburn coach Bruce Pearl cherishes him. Cardwell has a job on TV waiting for him when his pro basketball career is over. He’s that good. Maybe even Charles Barkley good.
Goodman: Aubie With Spurs, San Antonio has a new ‘Big Fundamental’

3 weeks ago | al.com | Joseph Goodman

Get Joe Goodman’s newsletter: Enter your email to subscribe to Joe’s weekly newsletter, Sports Happy Hour: This is an opinion column. ___________________It was a conversation with Chaney Johnson that helped to connect the dots. Johnson is Auburn’s versatile power forward. He comes off the bench for the Tigers. Johnson is from Alabaster and played for Thompson High School. He then went to the University of Alabama in Huntsville before hitting a late growth spurt.