Jumbo Package: ESPN ranking highlights Alabama football volatility in 2024
Gary Cosby Jr.-USA TODAY Sports Your latest Crimson Tide news and notes. Happy Thursday, everyone. Kristy Curry takes her Alabama women’s basketball team to Lexington tonight for a huge ranked matchup against a very good Kentucky squad. After a two-point loss to No. 23 Vanderbilt, the Alabama Crimson Tide heads to Memorial Coliseum to take […]
Alabama Defeats Mississippi State, Road Warriors Strike Again
Tuscaloosa native Chris Youngblood scored 23 points on 7-10 three point shooting to lead the Tide to victory on Wednesday night | Wesley Hale-Imagn Images The 4th ranked Crimson Tide defeated the 14th ranked Mississippi State Bulldogs in Starkville on Wednesday night by a score of 88-84 The 4th ranked Crimson Tide basketball team remained […]
Victory Thread: Alabama survives at Mississippi State
Wesley Hale-Imagn Images Tide 88, Bulldogs 84 Mississippi State was ready to play when 4th ranked Alabama rolled into town tonight, but the Tide got it done 88-84. Things started out a bit precariously, as Mississippi State point guard Josh Hubbard buried a couple of early threes to put the Tide in an early hole. […]
Happy Gump Day: “There is nobody above the program, including the head coach”
Erik Williams-Imagn Images It was as much about program culture as team results. Happy Gump Day, folks. College football is over, so naturally, let’s talk college football. Senior Bowl practice began yesterday, and Kalen Deboer was in attendance for the many ‘Bama players selected for a pre-Combine look by the pros. Of course, the beat […]
Xs and Oats: Alabama’s mission at the Hump vs. No. 14 Mississippi State — hit open perimeter shots
Petre Thomas-Imagn Images Mississippi State is an esoteric team that is far better than the sum of their parts A few weeks into the season, there was a score that caught my attention. At the time, in the comments, I remarked that it was easily the real eye-opener of the ACC/SEC Challenge: Mississippi State 90 […]
Jumbo Package: Former Tide players prepare for the NFL at the Reeses Senior Bowl
Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports Jalen Milroe, CJ Dippre, Tim Smith, and James Burnip represent Alabama in Mobile First up today, Crimson Ace posted this in the comments on yesterday’s Jumbo Package, and I wanted to pull it to the main article today. This is a cool breakdown of Jalen Milroe’s two games against Tennessee and […]
2025 Alabama Softball Preview: Who’s Who? No, Really. Serious Question.
Team29 | @AlabamaSB Team29 will have a good deal of new faces. @AlabamaSBTeam29 and fans. Alabama softball’s 29th incarnation will be one like none other. This team will have only seven returning players who played for the Crimson Tide as a freshman. Of the 21 player roster, nine will be donning the crimson and white […]
Points in the Paint — Why has Alabama basketball not seemed to hit its stride?
Y’all got this man doing surrender cobras on his home floor after a win | Gary Cosby Jr.-Tuscaloosa News There are a few reasons, and you probably can guess many of them before you read this. Welcome back to our semi-regular-ish data dive into ‘Bama basketball. This week, rather than droll recitation of stats, we’re […]
Jumbo Package: Alabama basketball needs the best of Mark Sears
Mark Zaleski / The Tennessean / USA TODAY NETWORK Your latest Crimson Tide news and notes. Happy Monday, everyone. Sarah Ashlee Barker returned for the women’s basketball game vs. Vanderbilt, but the Tide lost anyway. No. 19 Alabama women’s basketball had its second home loss of the season to Vanderbilt in a game that went […]
Alabama Struggles To Defeat LSU, 80-73
Aden Holloway led the Tide to victory with 19 points on Saturday night. Bama defeated LSU 80-73 | Will McLelland-Imagn Images The 3rd/4th ranked Crimson Tide defeated LSU 80-73 on Saturday night in Coleman Coliseum. The 3rd/4th ranked Alabama Crimson Tide did not play up to their ranking on Saturday night, but were able to […]