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Predicting the 2026 Alabama Football Season: Tennessee Vols’ QB Problem
It is installment number seven of wild blind dart-throwing predictions. Today, we move to the land of throw up orange – not that orange you can sit with. GAME 7, OCT 17, TSIO: TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS Coach: Josh Heupel (45–20 in five seasons in Knoxville, 24–16 SEC, 2-3 in bowl games) 2025 record: 8-5, 4-4 (T-8th […]
Jumbo Package: QB, RB notes from first fall scrimmage
Happy Friday, everyone. Alabama had their first of two fall scrimmages yesterday, and you get exactly 35 seconds of video. Most folks seemed to enjoy the shiftiness of Trae’shawn Brown and that throw from Keelon Russell while rolling to his left. Nick Kelly has some intel for you. At one point during the back half […]
Jumbo Package: QB battle, run game at center stage for first fall scrimmage
Happy Thursday, everyone. Alabama has its first of two fall scrimmages today, and you know what most people will be watching. “Heading into camp, Kalen DeBoer told me he’d like to have a week and a half of camp with a named starter,” Thamel said. Thamel then proceeded to talk about the different skills Mack […]
Will major college football see a new “fair catch kick” in 2026?
Every offseason, a college football rules committee gets together to discuss various tweaks to the game. For this season, a reduction in suspension for first time targeting offenders got the headlines, with a reduction in offensive pass interference from 15 yards to 10 mentioned as a footnote. One rule change that could add even more […]
Jumbo Package: Kane Wommack gushes over Devan Thompkins, Luke Metz
Happy Gump Day, everyone. Fall camp is always the gumpiest time of year, as optimism abounds. The Bama Central staff collaborated on a practice report from yesterday that highlighted a couple of budding superstars for this upcoming season. The offensive line also held a drill where the tackle blocks a man up front, while the […]
2026 Alabama Fall Football Preview: Are the “Best Five” Offensive Linemen Set or a “Ways Off”?
After losing all five starters on the offensive line, Alabama opened fall camp with just Michael Carroll owning the entire allotment of starts (six) as a member of the Crimson Tide. With crimson and white losing so much experience, one would think that chaos and uncertainty would rule the day. Hoeverd, it appears that the […]
Jumbo Package: Ryan Grubb still won’t name Alabama’s QB
We got a new presser from Ryan Grubb: Speaking about the QBs, I did like how Grubb put this answer: Grubb made it clear that both quarterbacks have the physical tools necessary to win the job. “Certainly you can’t just have the rah-rah guy if he can’t throw the freaking ball,” Grubb said. Instead, Alabama […]
Jumbo Package: Marshall Pritchett calls Keelon Russell “dynamite in a bottle”
Happy Monday, everyone. TE Marshall Pritchett spoke to reporters over the weekend, and one quote in particular generated quite a bit of buzz. “Keelon’s like dynamite in a bottle,” Pritchett said. “The guy’s an incredible athlete. Incredible football thrower. It’s so hard to explain his game if you haven’t kind of seen it fully in […]
2026 Alabama Fall Football Preview: Cornerbacks
Like with the safeties, Alabama returns their primary starters from a cornerback position group that led one of the top rated passing defenses in the country last year. While there are plenty of valid questions across much of this team, the secondary is the position group that played pretty much lights out all last season, […]
The ultimate guide to college football game day at Alabama
August has arrived, the whole country is sweltering in the heat, and that means College Football is just around the corner. Another year passes, and a whole new set of students are going to get to experience game day in Tuscaloosa for the first time. On top of that, a good 100,000+ more people all […]
Jumbo Package: Ryan Grubb vows to fix run game in 2026
Happy Friday, everyone. It was Ryan Grubb’s turn to speak to reporters after yesterday’s practice, and he was emphatic about his commitment to fixing the run game. “Simplify and do your best stuff,” Grubb said. “Don’t get an inch deep and a mile wide. Do what you’re good at and be great at it. And […]
Jumbo Package: Kalen DeBoer pleased with QB consistency at first fall practice
Happy Thursday, everyone. We have our first practice report of the season, which is great news in and of itself. The team hasn’t yet put pads on, but Kalen DeBoer is pleased with what he sees from his passers. I thought they were consistent,” DeBoer said. “Couple of explosive plays in there. Couple plays where […]
Jumbo Package: Alabama ranked 11th by coaches as camp opens
Happy Gump Day, everyone, and what a Gump Day it is with fall camp officially starting. The preseason coaches’ poll was released yesterday, and Alabama is projected to be right on the fringe of the College Football Playoff. The preseason college football coaches poll is out and expectations haven’t been this low for Alabama in some time. The Crimson […]
Predicting the 2026 Alabama Football Season: Georgia Bulldogs
Installment number six takes us to NHRA territory. GAME 6, OCT 10: at GEORGIA BULLDOGS Coach: Kirby Smart (starting season 11: 117–21 overall, 69–12 SEC) FUN FACT: Kirby is 1-3 in Sugar Bowls and 2-7 against Alabama. 2025 UGA record: 12-2 (7-1 SEC, 2nd in SEC, but won SECCG, lost 1st game of CFP) CB […]
Jumbo Package: Alabama continues to fall in the eyes of the pundits
ESPN Analytics: Make playoff: 41.3% | Win national title: 3.7% DraftKings odds to win the national title: +2500 Agree or disagree with ESPN Analytics: Disagree. The computers give the Tide the ninth-best chance in the FBS to reach the CFP, which seems generous for a team that doesn’t know its starting quarterback yet and averaged […]
Jumbo Package: It’s practice week! QB battle leads the headlines
Happy Monday, everyone. You have reached the month of August, which means that fall camp opens on Wednesday and only 33 days stand between now and the season opener. We will start with Nick Kelly’s take on the QB race. Could we see Mack and Russell early against East Carolina before a decision leading into […]
Jumbo Package: Phil Steele is bullish on the 2026 Tide
Happy Friday, everyone. Throwing dirt on Alabama is all the rage these days, but Phil Steele isn’t joining the party. He has the Tide firmly in the playoffs and competing for a national title. “Bama fans were not happy losing the SEC title game and ‘only’ getting to the second round of the playoffs, but […]
2026 Alabama Fall Football Preview: The Safeties are the lifeblood of the team
There’s rarely been a time in the last 20 years where the safeties haven’t been a strength of the Alabama Crimson Tide. In general, it’s a position that gets overlooked a little in both recruiting rankings and the NFL Draft… Until a team winds up with a bad one and it breaks the entire defense. […]
Jumbo Package: Big Ten, SEC want a higher salary cap to ignore
Happy Thursday, everyone. Senators are still working on the Protect College Sports Act. The SEC and Big Ten continue to push for higher caps, which would make it even more difficult for schools in other leagues to compete. A pair of documents outlining concessions the lawmakers have made in the negotiations were headlined by a […]
Predicting the 2026 Alabama Opponents’ Football Season: Mississippi State
Number five in our series of wild blind dart-throwing predictions reunites the Crimson Tide with our ol’ friends down the road in StarkVegas. WEEK 5, OCT 3: at MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOGS Coach: Jeff Lebby, age 42 (7–18, 1–15 SEC, 0-1 bowls, in two seasons) 2025 MSU record: 5–8 (1–7 in SEC, 14th place) History: When […]
Jumbo Package: Athlon pegs Alabama football 7th in the SEC
Happy Gump Day, everyone. Since it is Gump Day, we’ll say that Alabama is being overlooked and thus has the rest of the SEC right where they want them: As the season approaches, major preview magazines have already hit newsstands, including Athon Sports. Most of the magazines are projecting Alabama to finish midpack within the […]
Jumbo Package: Kalen DeBoer addresses national media ridiculousness
Gameday attire isn’t a divisive subject in every region, but in the SEC, like everything else, it just means more. Alabama football, especially, is no exception, thus why Crimson Tide supporters are split after a joint announcement from three University of Alabama student organizations. The culprit of chaos? What the Alabama Panhellenic described as a […]
Jumbo Package: Alabama adds 4-star EDGE to 2028 class
Happy Monday, everyone. The biggest news of the weekend was the commitment of 2028 EDGE Tysir Young, from Delaware of all places. Young is a four-star edge prospect at Middletown High School. The 247Sports composite ranks him as the No. 13 edge in the 2028 class, and the No. 105 overall player in the group. […]
Predicting the 2026 Alabama Football Opponents’ Season: South Carolina Gamecocks
The fourth in a series of wild blind dart-throwing predictions takes us to the Palmetto State. GAME 4, SEPT 26: vs SOUTH CAROLINA Coach: Shane Beamer (33-30 overall, 16-24 SEC, 1-2 in bowls through five seasons) 2025 SC record: 4-8 (1-7 SEC, T-15th place) CB 2025 prediction: 7-5; The ’Cocks should have been much better. […]
Jumbo Package: Alabama players talk toughness, but play will speak louder
Happy Friday, everyone. We got word yesterday that basketball has finalized the non-conference slate, adding Arkansas State and Oakland to round it out. 11/3 vs. Sam Houston 11/6 vs. Arkansas State 11/9 vs. Oakland 11/13 vs. Seton Hall 11/17 vs. Kennesaw State 11/24 vs. Baylor − 9 p.m., Players Era Festival, Las Vegas, Nevada 11/26 […]
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