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Alabama football’s best-known wide receiver hasn’t quite lived up to the hype this season, due to some combination of injuries and drops. However, Ryan Williams has been getting help from one of the Crimson Tide’s all-time greats.

UAB interim head coach Alex Mortensen believes the Blazers have a future playmaker at the quarterback position in Ryder Burton. That confidence has been justified over the past few weeks, as the redshirt sophomore has completed 60 of 92 passes for 680 yards and seven touchdowns with three interceptions over his three extended outings. Burton earned weekly honors from the Manning Award while leading UAB to a win over Memphis during his first-career start last month. He then came off the bench against UConn, battling back from early struggles to put together a solid performance on the road.

The second round of the high school football playoffs rolls on with plenty of key matchups involving north Alabama teams.

Many enlistees and their families stationed at a Florida Air Force base are being told to take down their Christmas decorations because it’s too soon for Santa.Privatized housing residents at Tyndall Air Force Base in the Florida panhandle were reminded this week that the conditions of their rental agreement prohibit holiday decor from being displayed more than 30 days before the event being celebrated, according to Task & Purpose.