In 2022, Bryce Young led an impressive game-winning drive in Austin, Texas that resulted in the Crimson Tide taking down the Longhorns with a final score of 20-19. Nick Saban will now prepare to host Steve Sarkisian and his team for a Week 2 matchup that could partially define Alabama’s 2023 season.
In the second, and final, installment of this home-and-home series, the Crimson Tide will be tested early in the season.
Last season also saw tough road games, which resulted in losses, against Tennessee and LSU. In 2023, Josh Heupel and Brian Kelly will be tasked with taking in the Tide in Tuscaloosa.
Without Bryce Young, Jahmyr Gibbs, Will Anderson Jr. and other key contributors, the Tide will have a brand new look on both sides of the ball.
ESPN’s Chris Low argues these home games in 2023 will be the biggest of Alabama’s season.
“A lot can change between now and the fall, but it looks like most of Alabama’s toughest games in 2023 will come at home. Out of conference, Texas visits Bryant-Denny Stadium the second week of the season. And in SEC play, Ole Miss comes to Tuscaloosa on Sept. 23 as does Tennessee on Oct. 21 and LSU on Nov. 4. The Crimson Tide feel like they owe something to the Vols and the Tigers after losses to both of those teams on the last play of the game a year ago, which ultimately kept the Crimson Tide out of the College Football Playoff for only the second time since the CFP’s inception during the 2014 season. The Tennessee game, in particular, looms large for Alabama. Beating the Vols would give the Tide an extra week with the bye to complete the sweep over Tennessee and LSU. Plus, nobody in crimson has forgotten the wild, field-storming scene at Neyland Stadium last season after Tennessee’s winning field goal snapped Alabama’s 15-game winning streak in the series.”
Alabama’s 2023 season will begin Sept. 2 against Middle Tennessee at home in Bryant-Denny Stadium.
Roll Tide Wire will continue to follow Alabama football as the 2023 season progresses.
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