big cliff was moving to t-town monday. i hope this team has good chemistry.

how are we looking with aj? he seems high on kentucky.

Georgia & Auburn tied 2-2 in the 14th. Auburn player hits a 3 run homer to give Auburn a 5-2 lead going to the bottom of the 14th. First 2 players reach for Georgia and then 3 run homer to tie the game. Next 2 batters made outs then a solo HR wins it for Georgia 6-5. That last inning was worth watching. Clutch hitting.

Abdullah was offered during the Saban regime but was re-offered by DeBoer and Company today. He's a Florida commit currently.

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The new Alabama coaching staff has continued approaching the top Class of 2025 targets Nick Saban and Company originally offered. That creates a unique opportunity for some targets to receive not one but two offers from the Crimson Tide.

Four-star 2025 wide receiver Josiah Abdullah is one of those lucky few. Alabama first offered Abdullah in January 2023 but new receivers coach JaMarcus Shephard re-offered the talented wideout Tuesday.

“It was a great conversation,” Abdullah told Tide Illustrated. “It’s funny to say you get offered by Alabama twice in my high school career; that’s a great feeling. Not many people can say that so it was a great feeling.”

Abdullah is ranked the No. 42 wide receiver in the 2025 class and plays for Woodward Academy in College Park, Georgia. He is currently committed to Florida, announcing a verbal pledge to the Gators on Jan. 14. Though he’s locked into his commitment, Abdullah said he’s still hearing schools out and doesn’t want to close any doors with several months remaining before signing day. He hadn’t heard from the Crimson Tide since the new staff took over until Shephard paid a visit to his school Tuesday.

“He was definitely telling me about being a receiver and how they focus on getting the ball to the player and keeping the ball moving and how Washington was last year,” Abdullah said. “He’s saying they’re going to bring that over to Bama and keep them balling of course… I’m excited to see that as well.”

Though his relationship with the new staff is just getting started, Abdullah said a summer official visit to Alabama could be on the table, and he may take both an OV and a visit before the summer. He last visited Alabama during his sophomore year and was supposed to make a return trip but couldn’t complete the journey due to car trouble.

As far as what Abdullah is looking for in a school, his requirements are pretty simple.

“My first thing is getting to the league,” Abdullah said. “I'm definitely going to the NFL and I'm gonna be a first-round pick. Stars and all that other stuff mean nothing until you do get on the field and show them what you're really about. I feel like where I go, it's got to be all about what's going to get me where I really want to go the quickest and keeping the main thing the main thing.

“NIL is a great thing and I definitely want to take advantage of it especially if the opportunity is there, which it is there. So, especially in today's day and age with NIL being available, I definitely want to take advantage of it. But the main thing is the main thing. I'm choosing the best thing for me to get to the NFL, and get there as quick as possible.”

Growing up, Abdullah marveled at the speed of former Alabama wideouts, including Jerry Jeudy and aspires to reach football’s biggest stage just as Jeudy has. Like the current Browns wideout, speed is the name of Abdullah’s game. He described himself as a big-play machine with the ball in his hands.

“If I’m even I’m leaving, which I’m always leaving,” Abdullah said. “I get the ball making plays, scoring touchdowns, especially in the open field. I can take it from the backfield, too. Motions, jet sweeps, all of that.”

Abdullah’s NFL aspirations and eye for a big play could make Alabama an ideal destination, especially given he’ll be coached by Shephard, who can use former Washington wideout Rome Odunze as evidence of his ability to develop NFL-level talent. Odunze became one of the best receivers in the country and a top-10 pick under Shephard's tutelage. Abdullah knows his talent could be similarly harnessed when inserted into Shephard’s receiver room.

“It's really attractive, especially the way they use all their receivers,” Abdullah said. “They know how to spread the field out and get the ball where it needs to be.”

In addition to Alabama, Abdullah mentioned Texas, Texas A&M and Tennessee as schools that have contacted him consistently. While Shephard will have to make up some ground heading into the summer, there is clear interest from both sides. Given Shephard’s coaching pedigree and Abdullah’s vision for his career, the Tide could be in contention to potentially flip the four-star wideout, especially if the staff gets him on campus this summer.

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Where did the team eat for all to get food poisoning before ms state

From Alabama Athletics

Cecil “Hootie” Ingram, a former All-SEC football player and athletics director at Alabama, has died at the age of 90, his family announced Monday.

Ingram was a legendary figure in the state of Alabama and lived in Tuscaloosa for most of his life. A 1991 Alabama Sports Hall of Fame inductee, Ingram had a long history within athletics at the Capstone as well as the city’s surrounding high schools with a 43-year career that included playing, coaching and administration.

Ingram was born in 1933 at Druid City Hospital and grew up to be a three-sport star at Tuscaloosa High School. He enrolled at the Capstone in 1951 and would end up lettering in both football and baseball for the Crimson Tide (1951-54). A halfback and defensive back who played alongside iconic quarterback Bart Starr, his 1952 sophomore season saw him finish with a nation-leading 10 interceptions, an Alabama program and SEC record that still stands today. On the diamond, Ingram had a passion for the sport and was an All-SEC second baseman for the Tide.

After signing with the Philadelphia Eagles, Ingram would retire without having played a game in the NFL to return to Tuscaloosa where he began coaching at area high schools for the next four years. Ingram made the transition to the college game where he coached an additional 12 years that included stops at Wake Forest, Virginia Tech, Georgia, Arkansas and Clemson.

Following a playing and coaching career that spanned 20 years, Ingram’s prominence grew as an athletics administrator. He would spend a combined 17 years as an administrator at the Southeastearn Conference (1972-81), serving as associate commissioner, before moving on as the athletics director at Florida State University (1981-89). In 1989, Ingram returned to The University of Alabama as the director of athletics where he served until his retirement in 1995. Soon after being hired as the Alabama AD, Ingram hired Gene Stallings as the new head football coach, who went on to lead the Tide to the 1992 national championship.

In 1991, Ingram was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame. In 1992, he was named to UA's "Team of the Century" as the second team defensive back.

In 2007, he was presented with The University of Alabama National Alumni Association’s Paul W. Bryant Alumni-Athlete Award, recognizing athletes whose accomplishments since leaving the university are “outstanding based on character, contributions to society, professional achievement and service."

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Class of 2027 OT Braylin Mills — Alabama is his first Divison I offer

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Full transcript of what both coaches said here:

DeBoer doesn’t need to make any bets with Nick on the course.
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According to Matt Zenitz, Wake Forest cornerback DaShawn Jones is expected to transfer to Alabama.

Two-year starter had three interceptions for the Demon Deacons last season.

I hear On 3 has Bama #1 preseason. I don't think that has ever happened before. A very new era of Bama BB SIAP

Game ended on an unbelievable double play! McCants great catch in centerfield relay for twin killing!
No let’s move on to last home stand series vs LSU!
ROLL TIDE ROLL!

Pretty interesting. The tournament would give $1 million to each participating team which would be distributed evenly to the players via an NIL entity. An additional $1 million would go to the winner.

Alabama is reportedly one of the teams in discussion.

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