The Champagne of 'Bama Blogs
Happy Gump Day, everyone. We are deep into the offseason doldrums now, but here is what we’ve got. Alabama is the 2nd most hated college football team according to Rotowire. Guess who is first? The Fighting Irish show up as the top hated team in 8 states — more than any program in the country. Alabama is second with […]
As expected, running back Tai Phillips made his pledge to the Crimson Tide. He camped in Tuscaloosa a few weeks ago and the Bama staff was sold. Phillips canceled his official visit to Florida State and will OV the Capstone starting Friday. Alabama will hold their second High School Camp this weekend with several other […]
First up, Alabama’s baseball team, long a sport I’ve generally ignored, is on a historic run. Our very own Roger has been covering them with an undying tenacity for years, so go check out his article following yesterday’s win if you haven’t yet. Words can’t describe how special this is personally. As someone that has […]
The Alabama Crimson Tide is headed to Omaha for the College World Series for the first time since 1999. The Tide defeated St John’s in two straight games in the Tuscaloosa Super Regional to earn the right to head to the Mecca of college baseball. Bama defeated the Red Storm late Saturday night 8-0 in […]
Happy Monday, everyone. If not for the weather, Alabama baseball would likely be celebrating its first trip to Omaha this millennium. But, thanks to the rain, they still have some work to do. The baseball game between Alabama and St. John’s entered a weather delay in the top of the eighth inning of the Tuscaloosa […]
In front of a Sewell-Thomas Stadium record crowd of 7,573, the Alabama Crimson Tide inched closer to a return to Omaha for the College World Series for the first time since 1999. The 7th overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, Bama defeated St Johns 8-0 on Saturday night. With a win on Sunday the Tide […]
Happy Friday, everyone. We’ll open today with Colin Gay, who wonders if Alabama can overcome inexperience at the most critical position. Alabama will have a starting quarterback. Mack or Russell will be the first to take the reins of the Crimson Tide offense.But no matter who is the starter, Alabama’s next starting quarterback will be […]
The 7th overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, the Alabama Crimson Tide will host St Johns, who was the 4 seed in the Tallahassee Regional, in Super Regional play this weekend. The 40-19 Tide will host the 36-24 Red Storm in game one at 8 p.m. CT on Saturday. Game two is set for 2 […]
Happy Thursday, everyone. There wasn’t much Alabama news yesterday outside of Nick Saban’s Senate testimony in support of a bill designed to “protect college sports.” Heather Dinich of ESPN has the gist of the bill for you. The Protect College Sports Act, written after months of negotiation between Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Sen. Maria […]
The Alabama Crimson Tide will host the St Johns Red Storm this weekend with a trip to Omaha for the College World Series on the line. The Tide swept through the Tuscaloosa Regional to advance while the Red Storm worked their way through the Tallahassee Regional as a four seed, beating host Florida State twice. […]
Happy Gump Day, everyone. Aden Holloway was granted pretrial intervention, and thus won’t be convicted of any felonies. Holloway was ordered to pay $150 per month, complete 50 hours of community service and attend any classes or educational courses required. He will also be subjected to random drug and alcohol screenings, as well as an […]
Most of the news yesterday was around the softball squad’s loss to Texas Tech, which we had covered here at RBR, so we won’t talk about it here in the JP today. Moving on to football, the Tide picked up a new commitment for the class of 2028. Class of 2028 linebacker Dustin “Boosh” Henry […]
This is the way the world ends / Not with a bang but a whimper. The Hollow Men ~ T. S. Eliot I didn’t want to share this factoid that was sent out to media from the Alabama Softball SID, but it has proved prophetic: “This year marks the fifth time the Crimson Tide has started […]
And then there were four. After winning their first two games of the WCWS, the Crimson Tide sits in an enviable position of having no losses in a double-elimination bracket. Should Alabama top Texas Tech Monday evening, they move onto the Finals. If the Red Raiders were to prevail (BANNED!), the two teams would play […]
The Alabama Crimson Tide won a thrilling 11 inning victory over Oklahoma State 11-7 on Sunday night to advance to Super Regional play in the NCAA Tournament. The Tide is two wins away for advancing to the College World Series for the first time since 1999. Alabama will host a Super for the first time […]
Happy Monday, everyone. It was a banner weekend on the diamonds for Alabama. The top ranked softball team will face Texas Tech tonight at 6pm CT, needing only one win in two tries to reach the national finals, thanks to a dominant win over Nebraska on Saturday. Nick Kelly notes that only one minor flaw […]
Alabama just landed a big pickup for next year with the commitment of Nigel Newkirk. Alabama football has its first commitment from the first big weekend of official visits. Nigel Newkirk has committed to the Crimson Tide, he told Rivals on Sunday. The four-star running back picked Alabama over LSU, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State […]
The Alabama Crimson Tide is one win away from hosting a Super Regional next week. After defeating Alabama State 21-3 on Friday night the Tide defeated South Carolina Upstate 7-5 on Saturday night. The game scheduled for 6 p.m was delayed until a 7:36 start time because of potential rain. That rain didn’t come until […]
ROUND 2: ALABAMA 5, NEBRASKA 1 Jena Young started the bottom of the 1st with a base on balls. Brooke Wells was hit by a pitch and suddenly there was trouble. Alexis Pupillo and Ana Roman both struck out but Alabama team captain Marlie Giles was not going to let this opportunity go to waste. […]
ACCOLADES HI, I’M BROOKE AND I HIT DINGERS SCHEDULE HOW TO WATCH… ALLEGEDLY ESPN and Streaming: Kevin Brown play-by-play, Amanda Scarborough with color, and sideline reporting from Alyssa Lang. WEATHER No rain expected, partly cloudy, but it’s going to be pretty dang hot. NEBRASKA (52-6 overall, 23-1 B1G) PREVIEW The Cornhuskers are a red hot […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]