Bama had a fantastic day today and will be advancing to the nationals with their highest score of the season missing by .25 tying in Florida for the meet. Considering this team did not really have a great showing in the SEC this year, they finished strong!

10-0 in fifth or sixth and outhitting them 15-1. Good to see they showed up tonight. Complete ass kicking.
Bama baseball- always comes back to reality hard.

Happy Transfer Portal Opening Day!

I’ll be posting names of guys I think you should keep an eye on in terms players that are likely to hit the portal and have interest in Alabama.

Starting with:

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Aiden Sherrell, Aden Holloway, Latrell Wrightsell Jr. and Houston Mallette all announced plans to come back next season.

Who else is left to make a decision? How many scholarship spots are available to Alabama? All here:

Run ruled 8-0 in 5 innings. So baseball team is mercy ruled 10-0 and softball team gets run in the same night.
Worst performance of the week- the stock market or these 2 pathetic efforts? Ridiculous.

Here's the latest outlook for Alabama basketball this offseason. Thread will be updated as the Tide continues constructing its roster for the 2025-26 season.

Departures from 2024-25:
Mark Sears — graduation
Chris Youngblood — graduation
Grant Nelson — graduation
Clifford Omoruyi — graduation
Naas Cunningham — entered transfer portal 3/31
Mouhamed Dioubate — entered transfer portal 4/4

Incoming transfers:
Noah Williamson — center, Bucknell (1 year of eligibility remaining)
Taylor Bol Bowen — forward, Florida State (2 years of eligibility remaining)
Jalil Bethea — guard, Miami (FL) (3 years of eligibility remaining)

NAMES TO KNOW IN THE PORTAL (will update throughout):


LINK TO TRANSFER PORTAL THREAD

Incoming freshman:
Davion Hannah — No. 33 overall recruit, No. 10 SF
London Jemison — No. 50 overall recruit, No. 17 SF
Amari Allen — No. 64 overall recruit, No. 21 SF

Eligibility tracker for 2025-26 projected returners, newcomers:
1. Davion Hannah — 4 years
2. London Jemison — 4 years
3. Amari Allen — 4 years
4. Jalili Bethea — 3 years
5. Labaron Philon — 3 years
6. Aiden Sherrell — 3 years
7. Derrion Reid — 3 years
8. Aden Holloway — 2 years
9. Taylor Bol Bowen — 2 years
10. Jarin Stevenson — 2 years
11. Noah Williamson — 1 year
12. Latrell Wrightsell Jr. — 1 year
13. Houston Mallette — 1 year

Current available roster spots: 0 — The NCAA has a proposal in the works to replace the 13-player scholarship cap with a 15-player roster limit, but Alabama likely won't take up every spot on a 15-man roster under the new rules.

Dates to know:
— The transfer portal opened March 24 and will remain open until April 22
— The deadline to enter the NBA Draft is April 26 and the NCAA’s deadline to withdraw from the draft is May 28

Tony’s take: Alabama’s potential offseason game plan:

On their surfaces, Julio Jones and Ryan Williams couldn’t be more different.

Jones, 6-foot-3, 220 pounds, is imposing but stoically silent. Williams, 6-foot, 175 pounds, is the embodiment of flash, from his pirouette spins on the field to his podcast and nail polish off of it.

Two players from two eras at two drastically different stages of their careers. Yet, they might be the only ones who truly understand the other's story.

Have not seen him post in quite awhile! Guess his wife has him on house and keyboard restriction.

Our very own, the great and legendary Julio Jones, retired this morning from football after an outstanding career. This has been reported by all large media groups. With an NFL career of amassing 13,703 regular season receiving yards, the 5-time All-Pro WR and 7-time Pro-Bowler, was highly respected and revered by all who played with him or against him. His great hands, body control, strength, speed, physicality, and toughness, were admired and feared by his opponents. And he was a feared blocker who did his assignment ever play.

His accolades are long and numerous dating back to high school and continuing into the NFL, so I will not bore you will more praise of Julio. His successful recruitment to Alabama by Coach Nick Saban brought huge dividends for Alabama football recruiting even until now. Julio will be missed in football, but his future is bright.

Alabama held its second scrimmage on Friday afternoon, as the team went through 115 plays inside Bryant-Denny Stadium. As was the case in the first scrimmage, the first and second units took part in 50 plays apiece while the third unit took part in 15 plays. While the scrimmage was closed to the public, Tide Illustrated was able to gather some information from sources in attendance.

— Ty Simpson threw another touchdown to Isaiah Horton. This one was from about 70 yards out against cover zero, as Horton beat his man allowing Simpson to hit him about 30 yards downfield. The two connected for three touchdowns in the first scrimmage last week.

Unlike the first scrimmage, Simpson also threw an interception, as he was picked off by DaShawn Jones. Still, Simpson was mostly solid on the day, setting the first-team offense up for a pair of scoring drives.

Simpson also completed a big pass to Germie Bernard on fourth-and-5 as part of a scoring drive that was capped off by a touchdown run from Jam Miller.

— Keelon Russell worked primarily with the second and third units but showed his five-star potential at times. One source called the five-star freshman a "freakazoid," stating he was in the same class as Tua Tagovailoa and Bryce Young. Rusell's first touchdown was a 30-yard seam pass over the middle to fellow freshman Derek Meadows. His next touchdown pass came on a swing pass to fellow freshman Lotzier Brooks in the red zone. Russell also delivered a swing pass in the red zone to walk-on Michael Lorino III for a score from roughly 17 yards out.

— Austin Mack struggled a bit with a few questionable passes, including one that was intercepted by safety Zay Mincey. He did throw a touchdown to Bernard in the red zone. Bernard made a nice catch in the end zone and held on despite getting rocked. Mack would have had another interception, as he was picked off by freshman cornerback Dijon Lee. However, the play was blown dead, as he was tapped down for a sack by Jah-Marien Latham before delivering the ball.

— Lee was arguably the MVP of the scrimmage. The five-star freshman started across from Zabien Brown at cornerback, tallying two fumble recoveries and a sack to go with his pseudo interception.

— Brooks continues to shine. He's been the freshman I've heard the most about through camp. He had several catches in both scrimmages and showed off his playmaking ability again Friday.

— With Ryan Williams out once again, Bernard and Horton led the receivers with a handful of catches apiece.

— I was told Daniel Hill had some powerful runs, breaking through defenders on a regular basis. That's two straight scrimmages where someone has pointed him out to me.

— The defense is running a lot of cover zero with heavy blitzes. That combined with a makeshift line led to a few sacks.

— The first-team offensive line was Olaus Alinen, Kam Dewberry, Parker Brailsford, Jaeden Roberts and Wilkin Formby from left to right. Geno VanDeMark worked with the second unit after holding the left guard spot with ones last week. Alinen improved from last week and could develop into a serviceable backup tackle down the road. However, Alabama's offensive line will be much improved when starting left tackle Kadyn Proctor returns to the fold.

— Alabama is scraping the bottom of the barrel when it comes to tight ends. The Tide started the spring without injured redshirt junior Danny Lewis. Friday, head coach Kalen DeBoer revealed that redshirt senior Josh Cuevas and true freshman Marshell Pritchett will also be out for the rest of camp with injuries. Meanwhile, redshirt freshman Jay Lindsey went down during the scrimmage. Weber State transfer Peter Knudson, a preferred walk-on, ended up taking some first-team reps, while offensive lineman William Sanders served as a blocking tight end.

— I was told Alabama had plenty of problems with long snapping. The Tide is currently without California transfer David Bird, who will be back in the fall.

— Punting was also an issue, as freshman Alex Asparuhov is also out. I was told that Colorado Mines transfer Blake Doud was inconsistent. One source said they wouldn't be surprised if Alabama goes to the portal for another punter if it feels Asparuhov won't be ready by the fall.

— Kicker Conor Talty hit the goalpost a couple of times but hit a couple of long field goals, including one from 51 yards.

— One source mentioned Edric Hill as a standout on the defensive line. The redshirt sophomore also earned praise from starting defensive tackle Tim Keenan III earlier this spring. He recorded just three tackles over nine games last year. However, he might be one to watch this fall.

— Redshirt sophomore edge rusher Yhonzae Pierre provided nice pressure and was mentioned as a standout on defense.

Unbelievable.

Alabama lands portal commitment from Miami (FL) guard Jalil Bethea.

The former 5⭐️ recruit averaged 7.1 points in his freshman season.

Third pickup for the Crimson Tide in the portal.

Alabama standing out for 4⭐️ LB Jalaythan Mayfield after picking up an offer from Kalen DeBoer on Friday.

"What I like most about Coach DeBoer is his effort to be great at everything he does."

Alabama center confirms on Instagram he will be back for next season.

Good news for the Tide's frontcourt.

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Reluctantly, was pulling for Florida today as I was hoping all four teams could lose. But after every call going Auburn's way, starting pulling for the Gators. Happy to see them pull out win. Like their coach, as well. Didn't realize he is a Bay Area guy. . . .

Guess I have to root for Houston, as I can't root for Duke. . . .

Good afternoon, I signed up with Yea Alabama twice so my son and I can attend the post game autograph session. When I try to claim a ticket, it asks for an access code. I've sent emails to their site but no response as of this message. Do and of you know where to find the access code? Roll Tide, excited for A-Day!

Jack will have more shortly. Mo was one of my favorite players to watch.

Now I need Duke to come through.

Would be a great NC game.

Alabama dished out an offer to talented Peach State WR Jaden Upshaw on Friday.

Latest from Upshaw on his recruitment, high interest in the Tide after first-ever visit + strong impression of JaMarcus Shephard.

"I plan to be up here way more often."


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Nice landing spot for McMillan, makes the jump to the SEC as Buzz's replacement.

For Alabama's second spring scrimmage. Here's who's on campus today, some staying through Saturday.

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Thread of all spring and official visitors:

Alabama will get a summer visit from 4⭐️ DL Jalen Brewster after he picked up an offer this week.

Brewster talks recruitment, conversation with Freddie Roach and thoughts on Tide’s DL.

“They’re real dogs.”


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