The first of the quarterfinal games finished up with Miami landing a resounding win over the heavily favored Ohio State last night. Who could have ever seen that one coming?? (Hint… that’s me!) But the real festivities begin today, with Oregon and Texas Tech squaring off in the Orange Bowl at 11:00 CT. Or, if […]
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It’s been an interesting road for the Alabama Crimson Tide, who started the season with a surprise loss to the Florida State Seminoles before rattling off eight straight wins. That included consecutive victories over Georgia, Vanderbilt, Missouri, and Tennessee, who were all top-16 teams at the time. But after that, the team saw some bumps […]
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With an astounding 41.9 points per game, the Indiana Hoosiers have the 4th ranked scoring offense in the country in their second year under offensive coordinator Mike Shanahan. You could be forgiven for a double-take there, as the legendary NFL Coach has not, in fact come out of retirement. In fact, Indiana’s Shanahan is not […]
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Leading off, we got a press conference from Kane Wommack, who went nearly 18 minutes. The man didn’t get to talk as much last week, so he sure made up for it this time. Most importantly, Kane finally divulged what he keeps in his gameday shoulder bag: “There is no fanny pack. It’s got all […]
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Bowl season wackiness is upon us. The Big Ten is bragging about beating up on blah non-Power teams while the SEC had some struggle with utilizing back-up quarterbacks and thin defenses. ESS-EE-SEE GATOR BOWL: Virginia 13 Missouri 7 – With Beau Pribula being a baby, Mizz was stuck with underdeveloped freshman QB Matt Zollers at […]
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The 14th ranked Alabama Crimson Tide hosted the Yale Bulldogs in their last non conference game of the regular season on Monday night. The Tide started fast and ran past the Bulldogs 102-78 to improve to 10-3 on the season. Yale fell to 11-2 with the loss. Bama will start SEC play at home against […]
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Hey look, Alabama is playing in the Rose Bowl! Against the #1 team in the country. It’s a big deal! As such, the editorial staff here at RBR got together to give you all of our best opinions. Enjoy! 1) The attitude around here has really changed after Kalen DeBoer picked up his first playoff win with […]
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, everyone! Alabama returns to the hardwood tonight to take on the Yale Bulldogs in a final tune-up before SEC play begins in earnest this weekend. Well, tune-up might be doing a bit of a disservice to the Ivy League juggernaut, but it’s the last opportunity for Nate Oats to […]
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Happy Monday, everyone. Alabama fans should be terrified this week, with only three days left before watching the poor Crimson Tide face off against unbeaten, Big Ten champion, top ranked and unbeatable Indiana. The game is likely to be played in wet conditions. It’s not looking like too heavy of a storm, but some time […]
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Alabama and Indiana are set to square off in the Rose Bowl for the second round of the College Football Playoffs. It’s a program that Alabama hasn’t crossed paths with before, so you could be forgiven for not knowing too much about the Hoosiers, outside of their sudden success the last two seasons under Coach […]
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It looks like all of you were good boys and girls this year because Santa Claus has gifted you with a whole day of college football games. Starting off with a snowy Yankees Stadium: MILITARY BOWL: Pitt vs East Carolina 10am/11am ESPN PINSTRIPE BOWL: Penn State vs Clemson 11am/noon ABC – LET IT SNOW! LET […]
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Happy Friday, everyone. Hopefully everyone had a great Christmas with loved ones. Not much going on as you’d expect, but we’ll bring you what we have. Matt Stahl notes that a Ryan Williams breakout would be awesome in Pasadena. Coaches haven’t said a bad thing about Williams, with DeBoer explaining his lack of targets after […]
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Happy Thursday and Merry Christmas, everyone. We’ll open up today with a little Christmas cheer from Parker Brailsford. University of Alabama offensive lineman Parker Brailsford’s childhood experiences inspire him to help Tuscaloosa’s underserved youth. Brailsford is an Arizona native, who has made a name for himself in the world of college football. But when he […]
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Merry almost Christmas, everyone. With Alabama off until New Years, there’s not too much going on today. But feel free to hang out and talk. Can Zabien Brown get one more touchdown before he goes pro next year? My money is on yes. I think there’s also a very good chance he’s the top cornerback […]
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Alabama has cleared their first College Football Playoff hurdle for 2025. Next is a much bigger obstacle in the top seeded Hoosiers. The oddsmakers do not have a lot of faith in the Crimson Tide. FanDuel has opening odds of Alabama being a 6.5 point underdog with an Over/Under of 48.5. The game takes place […]
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Happy Monday, everyone. Alabama basketball won its game with Kennesaw State yesterday, though the second half wasn’t pretty. They now get a week off before facing Yale next Monday in the final tune-up for SEC play. After beating Oklahoma, the football team has a Rose Bowl date with Indiana. Prep your calendars and your travel […]
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[With Christmas rapidly approaching and travel plans for some, we bring you Random Thoughts a day early. Ho! Ho! Ho!] Alabama made a statement. Oregon got a little lazy. And Miami-FL and Texas A&M gave us a classic. A classic bore. Meanwhile, it was not good week for the AAC teams with Tulane, Memphis and […]
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The 16th ranked Alabama Crimson Tide defeated Kennesaw State 92-81 on Sunday afternoon in the Rocket City Classic in Huntsville’s Von Braun Center. The game was a homecoming for KSU coach Antoine Pettway, a former Alabama player and long time assistant coach. It would been nice to have given him his flowers at home in […]
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Whew, what a game. I feel like I’ve written that coming out of several games this season, but I suppose that’s just the nature of this particular team and schedule. And by “what a game,” I mean that some mix of all of these emotions were experienced: About that “mirror image” Coming out of this […]
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First things first – I want to apologize for not having anything together for the USF game earlier this week – my oldest kid was home sick and between that and my actual job, it just wasn’t going to happen. Shoutout to Josh for covering for me from the Atlanta airport. He gets paid the […]
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Well, that was something. Alabama opened last night’s game looking like the team we saw in Atlanta. Frankly, they looked like an unprepared team perhaps led by a coach who had been distracted at practice. Down 17-0 in the second quarter without so much as a single first down for the offense, rallying for 27 […]
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Things started out terribly but worked out in the end, as Alabama avenged their earlier loss to Oklahoma to advance in the College Football Playoff. Alabama won the toss and elected to defer, giving the ball first to Oklahoma QB John Mateer. The Sooners predictably tried to be aggressive on the first play with a […]
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Well then. Alabama was an abject disaster for the 1st quarter. Oklahoma got out to a 7 point lead after the Tide went 3 and out. Then they went three and out again, and Oklahoma scored again. And rinse-repeat, and suddenly the Sooners were up 17-0, and the game felt pretty well over. Until it […]
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College Football Playoff: Friday, December 19, 2025 #9 Alabama Crimson Tide (10-3) at #8 Oklahoma Sooners (10-2) Norman, OK ~ 7:00/8:00 ABC *** Please NO embedded Tweets, jpgs, gifs, etc. We ask these things because it slows down load times. *** ROLL TIDE!
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Happy Friday, everyone. December 19 has finally arrived, which means it’s time for Alabama to face off against an Oklahoma team in the College Football Playoff, that wouldn’t be in the playoff if Alabama hadn’t managed to blow a game against them in Tuscaloosa. The game will kick off at 7pm CT on ABC, and […]
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