VOTE: 2024-2025 Alabama Gumpy Awards
The best of the best of Crimson Tide Sports. With the exception of 20 Alabama Men’s and Women’s Track & Field participants in the NCAA Championships going on this weekend in Eugene, OR, the 2024-2025 sports season for the Crimson Tide has reached its conclusion. Thus, RBR presents to you the GUMPY AWARDS for you […]
Jumbo Package: Alabama football at Georgia to be played at night, as expected
Photo by Rob Tringali/Sportschrome/Getty Images Your latest Crimson Tide news and notes. Happy Thursday, everyone. We got some schedule news yesterday, starting with the announcement of a 6:30pm kickoff time for the September 27 game in Athens. The Bulldogs have not lost a night game in Sanford Stadium since the 2009 season. Since then, the […]
Alabama Basketball: Meet the New Guys: A change of scenery will work wonders for Jalil Bethea
Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images If he can put his freshman year behind him, Bethea can be a star Jalil Bethea, SophomoreSG, 6’5” (175)ESPN 100 (10th), No. 3 SG Last year the crown jewel of the Miami Hurricanes’ recruiting class was 6’5” SG Jalil Bethea. Bethea came to Coral Gables as a five-star recruit and […]
Happy Gump Day: Basketball is finally eliminating one of the most tedious, hated rules in the sport
Photo by Peyton Williams/UNC/Getty Images Together, we can end the scourge of Ref Ball Happy Wednesday, everyone. Good vibes only on this Gump Day. Bryce Young is coming into his own, so much that his improvement is “a huge reason” why veteran WR Adam Thielen chose to return to the woebegone Carolina Panthers this year. […]
Alabama Basketball: Meet the New Guys: Amari Allen — The pure scorer on the wing
Plenty of growth is to be had to go with his demonstrable production Amari AllenSF, 6’6” (180)ESPN 100 (64), No. 15 SF It hard not to be excited about incoming wingman Amari Allen out of Green Bay. A year ago, when we first wrote of him, he was then a marginal 4-star player at the […]
Jumbo Package: Alabama Football lands new 2026 commitment
Gary Cosby Jr.-Tuscaloosa News / USA TODAY NETWORK Stocking up on offensive linemen is never a bad strategy Alabama picked up a new football recruit commitment yesterday in offensive lineman Sam Utu: Four-star offensive lineman Sam Utu (Orange, Calif.- Lutheran) announced his commitment to the Crimson Tide on Monday. He has cancelled official visits to […]
Jumbo Package: AD Greg Byrne speaks on House settlement fallout
Gary Cosby Jr.-Imagn Images Your latest Crimson Tide news and notes. Happy Monday, everyone. Approval of the House settlement by a federal judge was the big news of the weekend, and Greg Byrne weighed in on the ramifications. The old way wasn’t “fair” to football and men’s basketball players, who didn’t have a choice as […]
Alabama Basketball: Meet the New Guys: Noah Williamson — The Seven-Foot Swiss Army Knife
Rich Barnes-Imagn Images Alabama got its much-needed all-purpose big man…if he can survive the steep learning curve. Noah WilliamsC, 7’0” (250)N/R ESPN (4-Star Portal) Almost as soon as the Tide’s jet had touched down back in Tuscaloosa, Coach Nate Oats was on the horn to Lewisburg, PA luring Patriot League player of the year Noah […]
Cynic’s guide to House settlement: Likely illegal and guarantees cheating and a permanent oligarchy
Shaaaaaade | Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports And probably a lot of lawsuits too. House is finally here. I shan’t bore you with prefatory material. Let’s look at the contours of the settlement and talk about this in normal, consequential human language. No one wants to be lectured at or bombed with legalese (If you’re kinky […]
Jumbo Package: Athlon picks Alabama 4th in the SEC for 2025
Matt Pendleton-Imagn Images Your latest Crimson Tide news and notes. Happy Friday, everyone. Athlon released their college football preview, and Alabama is projected fourth in the SEC. The Athlon predictions placed Alabama against a familiar face in the first round of the CFP. The projection would have the Crimson Tide facing LSU, in Baton Rouge, […]