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Tide Swats Hornets, 21-3
As the 7th overall seed in the NCAA Tournament the Alabama Crimson Tide faced off with Alabama State on Friday night in the Tuscaloosa Regional. Bama dominated the Hornets, taking a 21-3 victory in a rocking Sewell-Thomas Stadium. Oklahoma State lost to South Carolina Upstate in first game of the day. USCU took an 8-5 […]
Summer Recruiting Heats Up for Alabama Football
It may be the off-season for college football, but coaches and players are not sitting around sipping cocktails on a beach. Offseason workouts and strength & conditioning sessions are officially voluntary, but you have to think that teams like Alabama are likely getting 100% participation. Coaches can lead summer instruction but are limited to 8 […]
Jumbo Package: Ryan Coleman-Williams says he’s “whole again” headed into 2026
Happy Friday, everyone. As you well know, the softball team took down UCLA and will now face Nebraska on Saturday. The Cornhuskers beat UCLA three out of four times they played this season, including a 7-2 victory in the Big Ten tournament final. It will be another difficult test for the Tide, but that’s the […]
Alabama Blasts Past UCLA in Round 1 of the College World Series
ROUND 1: ALABAMA 6, UCLA 3 Jocelyn Briski started off strong by striking out two and coercing a pop out on a third batter (though it sure looked like she had strike three on her as well). Jena Young and Brooke Wells led off the bottom of the 1st with singles. After two outs, Marlie […]
NCAA Softball Tournament: Women’s College World Series – Alabama vs UCLA Preview
14 years. It has been 14 years since the Crimson Tide rose the championship trophy in Oklahoma City, OK. That year of 2012 was also the year that this guy started covering Alabama softball for RBR. Silly me, I thought there would be several more National Championship trophies added to the trophy case in Tuscaloosa […]
Jumbo Package: WCWS preview, Amari Allen returns to Alabama
Happy Thursday, everyone. Alabama kicks off WCWS play today, against national 8-seed UCLA. Location: Devon Park, Oklahoma City Thursday, May 28: 6 p.m. CT First pitch of Alabama softball vs. UCLA is at 6 p.m. CT Thursday, May 28. If Alabama wins vs. UCLA, the Crimson Tide will face the winner of No. 4 Nebraska vs. No. 5 Arkansas. […]
Jumbo Package: Kalen DeBoer speaks on CFP, Ryan Coleman-Willams
Happy Gump Day, everyone. Kalen DeBoer spoke at SEC spring meetings, and covered a wide range of topics. He isn’t terribly concerned one way or another about playoff expansion, he just wants to win ballgames. “Twelve, 16 and 24 seem to be the most popular, right?” DeBoer told reporters at SEC spring meetings. But a […]
Jumbo Package: Alabama’s 2027 recruiting class is expected to be a small one
‘Those Days Are Gone’ — Kalen DeBoer Handed Blunt Reality Check As Alabama Expectations Dip – Yahoo Sports “They also understand that the way that college football and that DNA is now produced on a weekly basis in this conference, I predict you’re not gonna see what Nick Saban or Kirby Smart did in the […]
Alabama Baseball Earns #7 National Seed
The Alabama Crimson Tide earned the #7 National seed on Monday morning. Joining the #1 Tide in the Tuscaloosa Regional will be 2nd seeded Oklahoma State, 3rd seeded South Carolina Upstate, and 4th seeded Alabama State. The Tuscaloosa Regional is lined up with the Tallahassee Regional and the 10th overall seed, the Florida State Seminoles. […]
Jumbo Package: Pitching, Defense carry Tide to WCWS
Happy Monday, everyone. Alabama softball easily took care of LSU to advance to Oklahoma City, and championship caliber pitching was the key. The competition was elevated this weekend as Alabama played an SEC foe in LSU compared to the mid-major schools during the regional round, and the Tide’s top-two pitchers still made it extremely difficult on […]
Alabama Baseball To Host Regional
The Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team was picked as one of the 16 hosts in the upcoming NCAA Baseball Tournament. The hosts were announced on Sunday night and on Monday morning the Tide will find out if they are in line as a top eight seed, which assure the team of playing a Super Regional […]
Alabama Softball Dominates LSU in a Super Regional Sweep
GAME 1: ALABAMA 7, LSU 0 The Rhoads House was rocking, LSU was wearing weird teal jerseys for some reason, and the Tide was rolling to another postseason victory. All was right with the world as Alabama thumped the Bayou Bengals. The Crimson Tide did not waste any time getting going. Jena Young led off […]
NCAA Softball Tournament: Super Regional – Alabama vs LSU Preview
Although being heated rivals, these two teams have not played each other this season. SCHEDULE ▪️ Friday, May 22 – 6pm/7pm – ESPN2▪️ Saturday, May 23 – 2pm/3pm – ESPN▪️ (if necessary) Sunday, May 24 – TBD HOW TO WATCH… ALLEGEDLY ESPN and ESPN2, as well as ESPN+ Streaming. Game times and networks could change […]
Jumbo Package: CBS writer projects Keelon Russell best in the SEC for 2026
Happy Friday, everyone. Alabama baseball decided to no show the SEC Tournament, and now awaits NCAA seeding. Hopefully they can bounce back in regional play. Softball opens up super regional play tonight if weather allows, but that probably won’t happen. SEC teams have claimed nine of the 16 spots in the super regional fighting for […]
Tide Blown Out By Florida 13-3
Alabama received a double bye in the SEC Tournament by virtue of finishing in the top four in the conference during the regular season. The tournament is held at the Hoover Met. With the fourth place finish Bama didn’t play in the tournament until Thursday. The team’s stay was short as they were run ruled […]
Jumbo Package: Nate Oats lands point guard commit
Happy Thursday, everyone. The big news of the day is the commitment of point guard Anderson Diaz. “The love and loyalty was there from the start. I feel like from my first unofficial visit and before, even when they first started recruiting me, I feel like they’ve been non-stop, just with love, reaching out, bad […]
Jumbo Package: William Sanders says Alabama RBs are “scary” talented
Happy Gump Day, everyone. Check out what William Sanders has to say about Alabama’s running backs. “Honestly, it’s a little scary how talented we are,” Sanders said. “Just at running back, you have such a wide variety — strength guys, speed guys. That’s the thing. Everyone is fast. Everyone is strong. We’re definitely a set-apart […]
Alabama softball: Five keys for the Tide to advance to the Women’s College World Series
Starting on Friday, Alabama will host SEC rival LSU in a best of three series with the winner moving on to the 2026 Women’s College World Series in OKC. The No. 16 seeded Tigers stand at 40 – 17 after dispatching of Akron and Virginia Tech (twice) with very few problems in the Baton Rouge, […]
Jumbo Package: Alabama Football ranks 6th in the SEC in support staff spending
There’s not a whole lot out there right now. If you missed it, some website called College Front Office came out and published “estimated” roster valuations and it’s been making waves in social media. Do we think there’s much of anything legitimate about this? Probably not. It seems like a lot of hand-waving to come […]
Alabama Trio Honored
The 15th ranked Alabama Crimson Tide had three players honored with All-SEC recognition on Monday. Red shirt junior Tyler Fay, senior Brady Neal, and freshman Myles Upchurch were the honorees. Fay was a 2nd team choice as a starting pitcher, Neal was also 2nd team as a DH/Utility player. Upchurch was on the All-Freshman squad. […]
Jumbo Package: Softball moves on to Supers, Baseball lands SEC 4-seed
Happy Monday, everyone. It was a good weekend on the diamonds, as the baseball team took two of three from Ole Miss to land the 4-seed in this week’s SEC Tournament. Alabama will play on Thursday against whoever emerges from a threesome of Vanderbilt, Kentucky, and Florida. Meanwhile, the top ranked softball team laid waste […]
A Dominant One-Hit Win Sends Alabama Softball to the Super Regionals
ALABAMA 9, USC UPSTATE 0 Audrey Vandagriff has found new life here in the post-season. The Tide sophomore got things going in the 2nd inning with a 2 run homer. Imagine what kind of season she could have had this season if she had been swinging the bat like that all year. Kristen White led […]
Alabama Takes Series From Ole Miss
The 19th ranked Crimson Tide hosted the 15th ranked Ole Miss Rebels this weekend in the final SEC regular season series of the season. Bama won a 5-4 thriller on Thursday night, got beaten 9-0 on Friday and finished the series with a 6-2 win on Saturday. Alabama finished the regular season 37-18 and 18-12 […]
Jocelyn Briski Sends Alabama Softball to the Winner’s Bracket of the Tuscaloosa Regional
ALABAMA 3, BELMONT 0 Jocelyn Briski (22-3) was back to her dominating self with a one hit shutout over 7.0 innings. She struck out seven with one walk and threw only 72 pitches in the win. Belmont’s Maya Johnson (28-3) suffered only her third loss of the season when she had a big ol’ struggle […]
Alabama Softball Run Rules Game 1 of the Tuscaloosa Regional
Bama takes care of business on Day 1. ALABAMA 8, USC UPSTATE 0 (5 Inn. run rule) The Spartans’ starting pitcher had no problem with the Tide’s first three batters. It was the middle and the bottom of the Alabama order in the second frame that broke this game open. The inning looked like a […]