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Taking a look at Bama's offense in the first 3 games. Very impressed with how much Milroe has improved.

Alabama WR commit Caleb Cunningham will visit Auburn this weekend. Cunningham has strongly maintained his commitment to the Crimson Tide but has remained open to visiting other schools and maintaining relationships with other coaches who have recruited him.

“I still have relationships with other coaches,” Cunningham said. “God blessed me to be in this position, why not take other visits and enjoy it? I think it’s good to enjoy it and keep the relationship with coaches because they can still be with you in the future. I’m just blessed to be in this position to be recruited and be able to take visits. I love watching football. I definitely know where home is. I’m still locked in. I still have relationships with other coaches, I can't lie. One thing about me, I’m real genuine. I still got great relationships with other coaches but I’m still highly committed for sure."

Cunningham also visited Alabama for the South Florida game and will be back for Georgia next week. As of now I'm still confident he'll be a part of the Crimson Tide's class. Alabama has done well here despite other teams continuing to push and Cunningham, like most recruits, has an excellent relationship with JaMarcus Shephard.

Recent interview with Cunningham here: https://alabama.rivals.com/news/alabama-wr-commit-recaps-gameday-visit-talks-commitment-status

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Man what a brutal hit on Smith I hope he can come out of that hit with no problems

Alabama's SEC/ACC Challenge game against North Carolina will be on ESPN

Tip at 6:15 CT on Dec. 4.

Full slate, men's and women's:

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We'll hear from DeBoer and the gang (Wommack and Sheridan) in a few minutes. Updates here.

Let us list the similarities.

Alabama's game at Vanderbilt next week will kick off at 3:15 p.m. CT and will be televised on SEC Network.


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The latest on a lot of big names over the weekend:

After landing rising senior Amari Allen last weekend, Alabama is on the verge of landing another solid prospect in 6’8 win London Jemison.

Jemison is down to Alabama, Louisville, and Kansas. I’ve been keeping an eye on him to see if he would be a take for Alabama, and I’m told that he is and could potentially commit as early as this weekend.

He’s ranked just outside the top 50 but he is a top 40 player imo.

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What are yall hearing about where this storm might go in at. Any news it’s possible it could impact the game. Just asking if yall might have any news about it’s course that may be different than what we are hearing

This is strong.
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Quite belated and not sure if anyone is interested, but I thought I’d share a few thoughts from my first game day experience since 2002 when Franchione was coaching, and only my second Alabama game experience, ever. As background, my wife, her siblings, my in-laws and I think a grand in-law are grads, and now my daughter who's now a freshman. FWIW, I’m a West Coast guy who grew up in the Bay Area, and is now toiling with the demise of the Pac and looking for a new home. . . .

Last weekend, my wife and I traveled to Tuscaloosa and went to the USF game; I thought it to be a truly a great experience overall, a good mix of the new and the old.

Parking was pretty easy, as we found a Boy Scout lot adjacent to the University Club, On a whim, we joined the University Club a couple of months ago and ended up “tailgating” there pre and post game. A really nice experience, great service and great food. Good people there, as well. Happy to plug the recently reopened Club. They’re working hard!

Since it was USF, we were able to get seats on the 47 yard line, row 20 behind the Bama bench. Surprisingly inexpensive on SeatGeek. Thanks for all the advice on where to sit; invaluable. While I was surprised how far those seats were from the field, I actually loved the walkway and fence behind the bench. Very cool and unique I think; might be fun to spend a game down there sometime. Someone mentioned that anything below row 11 would be tough to see, and I agree with that completely.

The crowd was electric, the songs and traditions a lot of fun. Most seemed to have shakers (I”ve been told not to call them pom poms) as well. Great to see, albeit different from what I'm accustomed. Our seat mates were a hoot and not at all what I was expecting. The guy two seats down cheered before every play with a quick quip of encouragement (eg "Come on D, it’s time to containnnnn!"), ending every one with "Roll Tide Roll”. For all three hours of the game he encouraged the team. The stamina he had! A woman two rows in front wore one of the more provocative outfits I’ve ever seen at a football game. My wife (an aforementioned Bama grad) had always told me how formally dressed the Alabama crowd was, though that’s certainly changed; not that I’m complaining. The overall enthusiasm and commitment for the Tide was great to see. College football runs a lot deeper here than it does on the Left Coast; it’s a different world, but a great one to experience in person.

The light shows were cool, though left me wondering the impact on the players going from darkness to light just before the snap. The music wasn’t overly distracting and the on-field MC was interesting. Never been a fan of the wave, but the cell phone wave was a new one for me. Never have I seen a bigger marching band, as many cheerleaders, or any baton twirlers; fun and different. The only negative was the playing of Fleetwood Mac’s “Tusk”; while I appreciate the tie in, I have a tough time stomaching the song as U$C’s marching band provided the background music for the original recording. I digress, but the former Pac schools all have a long and storied disdain for the Condoms (eg: I chuckled at a sign I saw hanging from the Tri Delt house at Cal in the mid to late 70’s: “Trojans Burst under Pressure”; think I was 15 or 16). Anyway, the overall environment at Bryant Denny remained electric, even when the team slept through the first three and a half quarters. Just great stuff!

A couple of other notes:

Thought the flyover and the tributes for those in the military were really nice to see.

Contrary to Paul Finebaum’s take, I thought the naming of Saban Field was great and the ceremony special. Videoed it for my mom in law who’s a huge fan of Saban and the Tide, and I’d wager knows more about Alabama football than most on this site (stories to come there, eventually). She loved it.

The dark and dankness of the insides of the stadium were in stark contrast to the electricity inside; tough to navigate for a newbie, though. There were long lines for the concessions and apparently no wine anywhere for my wife (boo hoo). On the flipside, I hadn’t pee’d in a trough in a long, long time. Oddly nostalgic.

To wrap up. I loved the whole day. The electricity, the traditions, the painful win all made for a great day. The only thing that would have made the day better, would have been a few more minutes, actually, any minutes with our freshman on game day. That said, we went for a three plus hour drive the next day, and heard everything about her year so far. Really looking forward to the next 4 years.

Roll Tide Roll!

And Go Card!

Anyone know who BAMA is trying to flip from other teams? Just asking

Nick better get the list done.Nick’s List

I mentioned it in a previous post on Wednesday, but look for London Jemison to commit to Alabama today. His profile says 170 lb but I’ve been told he’s up to 200 now.
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The circled week on the calendar has finally arrived. Since the SEC announced the dates of this season’s schedule last December, the countdown has been on for this week’s game between No. 4 Alabama and No. 2 Georgia. We’ll have all week to discuss the upcoming marquee matchup in Bryant-Denny Stadium. But before the Crimson Tide begins preparations for the Bulldogs, it’s time to take one last look in the mirror.

It’s been smooth sailing for Kalen Deboer, as Alabama rolled to blowout wins over Western Kentucky (63-0), South Florida (42-16) and Wisconsin (42-10) during his first three games at the helm. Heading into this weekend, the Crimson Tide ranked in the top 25 in total offense (No. 25, 466.7 yards per game), scoring offense (No. 7, 49 points per game), total defense (No. 19, 248 yards per game) and scoring defense (tied for No. 12, 8.7 points per game).

Those are the stats of a playoff-caliber team, especially in this year’s expanded field. But will DeBoer and company be able to navigate the harsher waters that lie ahead in Alabama’s SEC slate?

In this week’s column, I'll grade each of the Tide’s position groups before the team moves into the meat of its schedule. With that said, pull out your red pen, pour yourself a drink and let’s dive in.