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Key July dates for the Alabama Crimson Tide with big news expected
Next month college football returns. The long wait of the offseason is just a few weeks away from being over. It has been an unusual offseason for Alabama Football; one many of us unrealistically hoped would never come. Overcoming earlier angst of some Crimson Tide fans and the zeal of...
Pivotal games for SEC football teams and spinning a successful season with no Playoff
Before the 2024 college football regular season ends, around 11 SEC football teams will start aiming for success in the 2025 season. Five others will likely concentrate on 2024 post-season success in the Playoffs. The 11 teams will need something from the 2024 season to use in claims that 2025 will bring improved results. Some of them will possibly get boosts from bowl game performances. Others will point to key wins or upsets they achieved in the regular season.
55 days until Alabama football kicks off the 2024 season
In 55 days, Kalen DeBoer will usher in a new era of Alabama Crimson Tide football, replacing the legendary Nick Saban as head coach in Tuscaloosa. Coach DeBoer and the Crimson Tide will take on the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers on Aug. 31 to kick off the 2024 college football season inside Bryant-Denny Stadium.
Alabama quarterback does not hold back on new coach
Alabama Crimson Tide starting quarterback Jalen Milroe spent the first three seasons of his college career playing for head coach Nick Saban. Milroe will now be playing for a new head coach this offseason after Saban retired following the 2023 season, but it sounds like he is already embracing new head coach Kalen DeBoer.
Local Radio Legend Russ Chappel Passes
Another legend from the heyday of Top 40 rock and roll radio has moved from this life into Alabama radio history. Oren Russell Chappell, Sr. passed away at DCH Regional Medical Center this past Monday at the age of 87. Better known as Russ, Chappell was already a local celebrity...
Who emerges as Alabama’s starter at the ‘Husky’ position on defense?
Fall camp for the University of Alabama football team starts on Wednesday, July 31, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. The athletes are scheduled to report to camp on Tuesday, July 30, as Kalen DeBoer and his coaching staff looks to produce a national champion in this team. In this series, leading into the first practice, the staff at Touchdown Alabama Magazine will break down starting jobs that are up for grabs.
Tennessee football’s 2024 opponents at a glance: Alabama
GoVols247 takes an early look at each of Tennessee football’s 2024 opponents – continuing with the Alabama Crimson Tide. The 2024 college football season is still more than two months away and the summer months often can feel like the longest part of the slog that is the offseason. It’s not slow inside the walls of the Anderson Training Center where Tennessee football is well into the third phase of its offseason with players grinding through grueling summer strength-and-conditioning sessions in June. While the Vols maintain focus on their own individual and collective improvement in the weeks leading into preseason camp, the teams they will face are doing the same – thus it’s a good time to look ahead at the opponents awaiting Tennessee this season.
Bama’s Elijah Pritchett hosts “Community Pop-Up” Event at AJ McClung YMCA
COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - The Fountain City is home to several high-school standouts that have gone on to be great at the college level. That’s the case of former Carver standout, now Alabama Crimson Tide offensive lineman Elijah Pritchett. Pritchett decided to host a community pop-up at the AJ...
Khyree Jackson dead at 24: Former Alabama football, Oregon DB killed in car accident
Former Alabama football and Oregon defensive back Khyree Jackson died in a car accident on Saturday morning. He was 24 years old. The news was reported by numerous outlets, including The Oregonian's James Crepea, who cited Jackson's agent and former high school coach on his X account (formerly Twitter). The Minnesota Vikings, who drafted Jackson in the fourth round of the 2024 NFL Draft, later confirmed the news. ...
Greg McElroy Makes Blunt Admission on Alabama's Upcoming Football Season
The expectations are still high in Tuscaloosa. Despite losing legendary head coach Nick Saban and starting over with a new coach, Alabama Crimson Tide faithful want at least nine wins in 2024. Former Alabama quarterback Greg McElroy let the college football world know what new Crimson Tide coach ...
Alabama QB among betting favorites to win Heisman Trophy ahead of fall camp
Alabama football quarterback, Jalen Milroe is among the betting favorites to win the Heisman Trophy in 2024, per BetMGM. Milroe currently has the fourth-best odds to win the award at +1000. Georgia quarterback, Carson Beck has the best odds at +750 and is followed by Texas quarterback, Quinn Ewers, at +800. Dillion Gabriel is slotted right above Milroe at +900.
Hugh Freeze still burning after Iron Bowl loss in November
The 2023 Iron Bowl is one that will go down in history with the other dramatic finishes in this rivalry. Whether you want to call it “4th-and-31,” the “Mil-throw” or the “Gravedigger,” it is certainly one that Auburn fans will not soon escape from the pain it brought them. The same can certainly be said for Tigers’ head coach Hugh Freeze, who was reminded of the pain at a speaking engagement on Tuesday. Up 24-20 in the fading seconds of the fourth quarter, Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe sent a pass up on 4th-and-31 that was caught by wide receiver Isaiah Bond in...
Former Alabama duo ranks top 10 among all-time CFB playmakers
Throughout the history of the Alabama Crimson Tide football program, dozens of players rank among the elites of their respective positional units. However, it’s the relationship between those players that result in championship wins and the creation of dynasties. A recent ranking by Brad Crawford of 247Sports listed the...
Alabama's 2025 recruiting class includes two elite specialists
Alabama enters 2024 with some of the best specialists in college football. That trend, which began under Nick Saban with guys like Will Reichard and James Burnip, seems like it will continue under Kalen DeBoer. In the midst of a recruiting heater, Coach DeBoer has landed one of the best kicker-punter combos in the 2025 class.
Grocery stores in Alabama selling ammo with AI-driven vending machines
A pair of grocery stores in Alabama are selling firearm ammunition via artificial intelligence-powered vending machines. The machines, located in Fresh Value stores in Tuscaloosa and Pell City, use facial recognition to verify a customer’s age and ID to make it easier to get firearm ammo. The company, American Rounds, created the machine. CEO Grant Magers […]
Ranking Nick Saban’s best Alabama recruits
Nick Saban is considered the greatest college football coach of all-time. And he was not only great on the field, but off of it as well when it came to recruiting. Saban’s classes were seemingly first in the country every year, or close to it. With high recruiting classes comes a large amount of highly talented players. While some do not pan out, others do. By the time he retired after 17 years in Tuscaloosa, Saban had 133 players drafted into the NFL, including 47 first rounders. 5. OT, Cameron Robinson Young was pulled out from under LSU head coach...
Tuscaloosa’s New 7 Brew Coffee Stand Serving Free Drinks Ahead of Monday Opening
Tuscaloosa's newest option for coffee and other drinks will officially open on Monday, but visitors can drive through this weekend to try them out for free. As the Thread previously reported, the new-to-market 7 Brew coffee "stand" is drive-through only and was installed more than built at 406 15th Street East on vacant land west of Jimmy Johns and across the highway from Foosacklys.
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