Xs and Oats: LSU will try to ball screen Alabama to death and control the offensive glass
Maria Lysaker-Imagn Images Will Wade may be gone, but Nate Oats still loves putting a whooping on the Tigers. When Nate Oats landed in Tuscaloosa almost six years ago, he found a roster that was middling on talent, but had some high-ceiling coachable players who wanted to win. You need those John Pettys, of course. […]
One Year Later: 2024 Alabama Transfer Portal Revisited
The one constant: Bama fans. | Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images If you listened to the national press, you would have thought the sky was falling on the Crimson Tide program. In retrospect, it was not so bad. A little over a year ago, Nick Saban announced his retirement from coaching. This move triggered open […]
Jumbo Package: A Day date announced
Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images Your latest Crimson Tide news and notes. Happy Friday, everyone. Alabama announced the date for this year’s A Day game, with more details yet to come. Alabama’s 2025 A-Day will be held at Bryant-Denny Stadium April 12, Yea Alabama, the Crimson Tide’s Name, Image and Likeness collective, announced Friday. More information, including […]
Meet the New Guys: Secondary
Gary Cosby Jr.-Imagn Images The Crimson Tide looks to bolster a strong but not very deep position group Another year has come and gone, and Alabama fans are now coming face-to-face with the first freshman class to not be recruited by Nick Saban since Andre Smith came to Tuscaloosa as a freshman. It’s a wild […]
Alabama Football: Meet the New Guys 2025
Butch Dill-Imagn Images A look at the attributes and film of all of Alabama’s new players Interested in learning about all of the new faces joining Alabama’s football team this year? It’s Kalen DeBoer’s first recruiting class for the Tide, so there’s a lot to look for in terms of trying to figure out the […]
Radio Free Europe Random 10
Put THAT up your wall! | Elsewhere Calling out in transit… Decide yourself if radio is going to stay… and drop some randomly selected songs into the comments so we can start this weekend off in style. Deciiiiide yooooour-sellllllllf… 1. Radio Free Europe by R.E.M. 2. Together by the raconteurs 3. Five Years by David […]
Jumbo Package: Alabama football 2025 projections are all over the map
Will McLelland-Imagn Images Your latest Crimson Tide news and notes. Happy Thursday, everyone. Alabama folllowed up its disappointing loss to Ole Miss with consecutive 100-point outings against Kentucky and Vanderbilt. Nick Kelly believes that Mo Dioubate’s breakout game may not be an outlier by the end of the season. Don’t expect 22 points every night, […]
2024 Blog Poll Finale: Sure, Ohio State is No. 1, but is anyone behind them actually any good?
Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images Honestly? Probably not. But, for that matter, OSU wasn’t great all year either. This was such a weird year in college football. There was no singularly dominant team, and even those with mostly-unblemished records had far too many asterisks to take them wholly seriously. Notre Dame’s passing game? Penn State’s continued […]
Happy Gump Day! Hang another banner in Title Town
Show the girls some love… Happy Gump Day, one and all. We have a few pieces of good news to share on this day that Nick has given. First off, Nate Oats was bound and determined to not let the No. 4 Alabama Crimson Tide suffer a letdown after a great win in Rupp, not […]
Nick Saban joins the Pivot Podcast to talk about his career
Gary Cosby Jr.-Imagn Images Can’t get enough Saban? Here’s a full hour of the legend talking about his life and career. Yesterday, Nick Saban joined the Pivot Podcast with former NFL stars Ryan Clark, Fred Taylor, and Channing Crowder. Clark played for Saban at LSU, and Crowder was on his team during his stint at […]