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A-Day wrapup: More than just a QB show, with work still left to do by Jess Nicholas | TideFans.com Editor-in-Chief It’s hard to fathom the Alabama Crimson Tide hosting an open quarterback competition and it not being the biggest story point of A-Day, but that’s where the 2026 Crimson Tide...

Props to former TideFans.com staffer Chris DePew for double-teaming the analysis with me today: https://news.tidefans.com/2026/04/11/a-day-wrapup-more-than-just-a-qb-show-with-work-still-left-to-do/

2026 Roster Preview: Will Youth Serve Alabama? by Jess Nicholas | TideFans.com Editor-in-Chief Spring football practice is upon us, and the close of the 2025-2026 recruiting cycle brings about our annual first look at the team Alabama will take into spring practice. While the transfer portal...

https://news.tidefans.com/2026/03/08/2026-roster-preview-will-youth-serve-alabama/

We're going to make this our final portal post because we've got a full pre-spring roster discussion coming in the next few days that's going to make these sort of redundant. In addition, portal action has slowed down now to the point that adding a name every few weeks will be tedious. Overall...

Because of the nature of how our comments work, I'm going to lock old threads and update with new ones every few days. 1/22 UPDATE: QB (6): Austin Mack, Keelon Russell, Jett Thomalla, Tayden Kaawa, John Gazzaniga (WO), John Cooper (WO) Take: No needs here...

Because of the nature of how our comments work, I'm going to lock old threads and update with new ones every few days. 1/17 UPDATE: QB (6): Austin Mack, Keelon Russell, Jett Thomalla, Tayden Kaawa, John Gazzaniga (WO), John Cooper (WO) Take: No needs here...

Because of the nature of how our comments work, I'm just going to stick old threads and put up new ones at least through 1/16 and potentially afterward as well. 1/13 UPDATE: QB (6): Austin Mack, Keelon Russell, Jett Thomalla, Tayden Kaawa, John Gazzaniga (WO), John Cooper (WO) Take: No needs...

The numbers behind Alabama’s 2025 rushing attack woes by Jess Nicholas, TideFans.com Editor-In-Chief As the transfer portal grinds along in the background, we’re going to take a look today at Alabama’s 2025 rushing attack – if “attack” is an appropriate word to use. As was once said about...

The numbers behind Alabama’s 2025 rushing attack woes by Jess Nicholas | TideFans.com Editor-in-Chief As the transfer portal grinds along in the background, we're going to take a look today at Alabama's 2025 rushing attack – if “attack” is an appropriate word to use. As was once said about...

A lot of this is going to be repeats from the 1/6 discussion, but with names removed/added: QB (6): Austin Mack, Keelon Russell, Jett Thomalla, Tayden Kaawa, John Gazzaniga (WO), John Cooper (WO) Take: No needs here...

Fast breakdown ... QB (7): Ty Simpson, Austin Mack, Keelon Russell, Jett Thomalla, Tayden Kaawa, John Gazzaniga (WO), John Cooper (WO) Take: No needs here, regardless of what Simpson does. ____________________________________________________________________________________ RB (8): Daylan...

Indiana wrap-up: The defeat was in the details by Jess Nicholas, TideFans.com Editor-In-Chief January 1, 2026 The closest analog to Indiana, among the SEC teams Alabama had faced in 2025, was the Oklahoma Sooners – if Oklahoma had an elite running game and a quarterback not prone to making two...

Indiana wrap-up: The defeat was in the details by Jess Nicholas | TideFans.com Editor-in-Chief The closest analog to Indiana, among the SEC teams Alabama had faced in 2025, was the Oklahoma Sooners – if Oklahoma had an elite running game and a quarterback not prone to making two or three...

Indiana preview: The search for analogs as Bama goes against an unfamiliar foe by Jess Nicholas | TideFans.com Editor-in-Chief The hardest part about comparative analysis is comparing two teams for which no common baseline exists. When Alabama faces off against Indiana in the Rose Bowl, the...

Projected Depth Chart for Alabama vs. Indiana by Jess Nicholas | TideFans.com Editor-in-Chief Disclaimer/color keys: This is not an official University of Alabama document. The depth chart is taken from individual practice and game observations, and is color-coded. Seniors are in black, new...

Indiana preview: The search for analogs as Bama goes against an unfamiliar foe by Jess Nicholas, TideFans.com Editor-In-Chief The hardest part about comparative analysis is comparing two teams for which no common baseline exists. When Alabama faces off against Indiana in the Rose Bowl, the...

https://news.tidefans.com/2025/12/27/projected-depth-chart-for-alabama-vs-indiana/ ______________ CFP Quarterfinals Game Info: Alabama vs Indiana (ESPN @ 3pm CT ) Games on TV: 2025 College Football Bowl & Playoff Games on TV (Dec-Jan 2025) Bama v Indiana Game Threads: Pre | 1H | 2H | Post ||...

Considering going out there with two other people, sort of spur of the moment. We're either going to fly out of Pensacola or Nashville (don't ask). Basically need tips on how to schedule everything so that we're on time for everything we need to hit (hotel, flights, game itself, etc.).

OU (playoff) wrap-up: Alabama flips November’s script, and the result came up Roses by Jess Nicholas | TideFans.com Editor-in-Chief For about 24 minutes of game-clock time Friday night in Norman, Okla., it appeared that Alabama was well in danger of repeating its egg-laying performance of...