Xs and Oats: South Carolina is the most paradoxical team on the SEC road schedule
Jeff Blake-Imagn Images The Gamecocks are bad enough to lose to North Florida and good enough to beat Clemson…both at home. For a variety of reasons, basketball is the most difficult of the Big Four North American sports in which to notch a road win. Mercurial performances between home and away games are the norm […]
Jumbo Package: 2025 Alabama defense looks formidable after wave of weekend announcements
Gary Cosby Jr.-Imagn Images Your latest Crimson Tide news and notes. Happy Monday, everyone. The Alabama women won big yet again yesterday, and were even playing shorthanded. Playing without leading scorer Sarah Ashlee Barker, who was sidelined with an injury, guard Zaay Green picked up the scored as she recorded her sixth 20-plus point performance […]
Random Thoughts Week 19: Bye Teams Go Bye Bye
The Dwags were not so super. All the College Football news, scores, injuries, gaffes, upsets, derps, and snark that you can handle. The Dwags were not so super. College football is now through the quarterfinals and lo and behold, more cracks have appeared in the foundation. The top four seeds who all had a first […]
No, the Portal and NIL did not “catch up” to the SEC. Mediocre quarterback play did.
Saul Young/News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images There are a lot of premature burials going on across the country It has not been a great post-season for the SEC, just 8-6 in Bowls, two first-game exits, including the SEC Champion. Only three teams netted bids as well, despite there being a strong […]
Tide Rolls Sooners, 107-79
Grant Nelson notched another double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds. Nelson has been the teams most important player over the first third of the season | Will McLelland-Imagn Images The Tide started the New Year and SEC schedule off right with a big 107-79 win over previously undefeated Oklahoma on Saturday night. The 5th […]
Roster Tracker: Where Alabama football stands after the recent transfer portal changes and NFL decisions
Stephen Lew-Imagn Images Alabama’s roster for the spring is getting closer to finalized, but there’s still room for the Tide to add more There’s been a good bit more movement in the transfer portal following Alabama’s bowl loss to Michigan. While we got a one week reprieve leading up to the game, the roster continues […]
Victory Thread: Tide rolls over Sooners
Will McLelland-Imagn Images Alabama 107, Oklahoma 79 Alabama opened up SEC play in impressive fashion, destroying Oklahoma 107-79. After navigating a brutal non-conference schedule, the Tide looked energized following a much needed week off before conference play. This especially showed up on the defensive end, where an Oklahoma team that came in averaging 83 points […]
Xs and Oats: Just how good are the No. 12 Oklahoma Sooners? Alabama finds out in its SEC opener
Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images Alabama opens its SEC schedule at home against an unknown quantity Ed. Note: First, some administrivia: I’ve decided to change the title up on these previews. While BB4 did a fantastic job for years with his granular breakdown of opponents, and player-level analytics and so forth, I’ve accidentally taken a different tack […]
Jumbo Package: Jalen Milroe, Tyler Booker, Jihaad Campbell announce for NFL Draft
John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports Your latest Crimson Tide news and notes. Happy Friday, everyone. Alabama got some draft decisions yesterday, as Jalen Milroe, Tyler Booker, and Jihaad Campbell each announced that they will be leaving for the NFL . Jalen Milroe is no longer in Alabama football’s quarterback room. But he has a better […]
Tonight’s the Night Random 10
The Guardian Well, let’s dance… T.G.I.F. 1. Let’s Dance by The Ramones 2. Lay it Down Clown by The Replacements 3. Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey by Paul & Linda McCartney 4. Mistadobalina by Del the Funky Homo Sapien 5. Life’s Been Good by Joe Walsh 6. Havana Affair by The Ramones 7. A Horse With No […]