Alabama Crimson Tide takes down Houston in Overtime Thriller
Mark Sears led the Tide to victory with 24 points on Tuesday night | Jeffrey (Tyge) O’Donnell-Imagn Images The 9th ranked Crimson Tide took down the 6th ranked Houston Cougars 85-80 on Tuesday night in Vegas In a brutal physical matchup, the 9th-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide basketball team defeated the 6th-ranked Houston Cougars by a […]
Victory Thread: Alabama basketball knocks off Houston in OT
Jeffrey (Tyge) O’Donnell-Imagn Images The Tide and Cougars treated the fans in Vegas to a highly entertaining game. Alabama faced off against sixth-ranked Houston in the Players Era tournament tonight and won a hard fought contest in overtime, 85-80. This game was a physical, defensive slugfest from the jump. Alabama turned the ball over four […]
Giving Away Money: The Iron Bowl is a fairly predictable rivalry…if you can trust this team.
Photo by Aaron M. Sprecher/Getty Images And I simply do not. Nor should you. The old cliche says to toss out the records during rivalry games, and especially during one of the most heated in all of sports: the Iron Bowl. Over the last half-century or so, some of these contests have become iconic with […]
Random Thoughts Week 13: SEC Implosion, Pretenders Exposed
WTF? All the College Football news, scores, injuries, gaffes, upsets, derps, and snark that you can handle. Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn ImagesNot even close. Right around 2 or 3 pm Ohio time on Saturday, it seemed certain that Indiana’s hopes of making the College Football Playoff (CFP) had been diminished […]
Jumbo Package: Auburn is providing plenty of bulletin board material for Alabama ahead of Iron Bowl
William Purnell-Imagn Images It’s a bold strategy by the Tigers – Can Alabama make them pay for it? As usual, we have our weekly coach press conferences, for whatever they are worth to your hurting fandom right now. Kalen DeBoer On Deontae Lawson’s status “Deontae Lawson, we’ll lose him for the season with a season-ending […]
How to Watch the College Football Playoff Rankings Show
William Purnell-Imagn Images How far will the Tide fall in the rankings? After watching the worst offensive showing for an Alabama team in decades, many Tide fans are in no mood to talk about the College Football Playoff, particularly with the Iron Bowl left to play. Like it or not, however, Alabama is still squarely […]
‘Bama Basketball Breakdown: Tide faces its toughest test versus No. 4 Houston in Vegas
Maria Lysaker-Imagn Images Nate Oats has had success against the Cougars, but that was the past. Alabama heads to Vegas over the Holiday to face perhaps the nastiest defensive team it will see all season (though perhaps Tennessee will have something to say about that, as well). The No. 4 Houston Cougars, on a neutral […]
Jumbo Package: Alabama ranked 13th, still alive for College Football Playoff
Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images Your latest Crimson Tide news and notes. Happy Monday, everyone. Alabama had a disastrous game on Saturday, but perhaps not all is lost. The path got much tougher. But there is still a path. And it’s hard to tell what the committee will do. That answer won’t come for a […]
Graphing the Tide at Oklahoma: I’m not gonna try to talk you out of this one
Will McLelland-Imagn Images The first half was bad enough, but the second half completed the collapse It’s hard to overstate how disappointing that was: finally, with a clearing in the clouds after an up and down 2024 season full of change, with a chance to solidify a coaching transition with an SECCG and Playoff appearance […]
Initial Impressions: 4 observations from the disaster in Norman
Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images That wasn’t very fun. Sigh. I guess we’ll do this. Some impressions: Kalen DeBoer is going to catch some serious heat, and it’s deserved The most damning thing about that game is that every facet struggled, which would suggest that the team didn’t approach the game with the right mindset. […]