7. Alabama bounced back from the loss to Florida State with a 73-0 rout of ULM, boosting the team to No. 18 in the Coaches’ Poll, while Auburn notched a 42-3 home-opening win over Ball State helping them climb to No. 24 in the AP poll.
6. Gov. Kay Ivey and House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville) have won an injunction against the Alabama High School Athletic Association’s rule barring school choice students from sports participation; many lawmakers are now seeking to disband the AHSAA.
5 Huntsville’s Public Radio’s is ready to drop NPR programming, as a preemptive strike against the Alabama Legislature targeting their state funding, and that has set off a hilarious response from the listeners who have funded the station for years with donations, but silence from the main funders