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College GameDay reveals Alabama’s Week 10 guest picker

Week 10 College GameDay guest picker for Alabama vs. LSU is shocking

For the second time this season, ESPN and the College GameDay crew will be traveling to Tuscaloosa to watch Nick Saban and his Alabama Crimson Tide. The crew first visited in Week 2 when the Tide unfortunately lost to their future SEC foe the Texas Longhorns. This week, GameDay will be back as No. 8 Alabama hosts No. 14 LSU with a spot in the SEC Championship game on the line, likely against Georgia.

For the matchup against Texas GameDay brought on former Alabama quarterback and New York Jets legend Joe Namath. This week, the guest picker will be comedian Nate Bargatze who has appeared on both Conan O’Brien and Jimmy Fallon’s shows and hosted “Saturday Night Live” recently as well.

While he is talented and has a very funny personality, fans are a bit curious as to why he is the guest picker. He attended neither Alabama nor LSU for college and was born in Tennessee, so he has no strong emotional ties either way.

The game against LSU will kick off at 6:45 p.m CT., so if you plan on going to GameDay make sure you figure out a way to take a nap or pace yourself before the start of the game! The Tide needs Bryant-Denny to be rocking under the lights in a massive revenge game.

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Arkansas to face Alabama at 11 a.m. on October 14

Arkansas will have to set the alarm clocks for its game with Alabama in Tuscaloosa the week after next.

Arkansas will play another early game, the second of the year after Saturday’s Southwest Classic kicked off at the same time.

It was announced on Monday that the Razorbacks and the Tide will square off at ESPN at 11 a.m.

This is the earliest Arkansas has ever played Alabama in Tuscaloosa. There were some 11:30 a.m. games during the Jefferson Pilot days, but never this early.

Arkansas hasn’t won in Bryant-Denny Stadium since a double overtime victory in 2003, 34-31 when Chris Balseiro made a field goal after Brodie Croyle was picked off by Jimarr Gallon.

The Razorbacks haven’t defeated Alabama period since 2006, also an overtime victory, and their last win over a Nick Saban-coached team was in 2002 which became known as the ‘Miracle on Markham,’ a come-from-behind 21-20 win over LSU.

‘SEC Nation’ will broadcast live from Tuscaloosa for Texas vs. Alabama

“SEC Nation” will be live from Tuscaloosa ahead of Alabama’s Week 2 matchup against Texas.

Alabama’s Week 2 matchup against the Texas Longhorns is already attracting plenty of national attention after last year’s one-point Crimson Tide win on the road in Austin, Texas. Tuscaloosa will host SEC Network’s Saturday morning show “SEC Nation” on Sept. 9.

The Longhorns will join the SEC in 2024 but will play out the 2023 season as a member of the Big 12, which makes this an interesting soon-to-be conference game.

With this being the rematch of the 2022 nail-biter, fans are eager to see how both playoff-hopefuls conduct themselves early in the season with numerous impact players from last season gone.

SEC Nation won’t be alone in broadcasting live from Tuscaloosa, as “Marty & McGee” will be live prior to the start of SEC Nation. The announcement was made this morning via Twitter.

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Bryce Young quickly impressing new Carolina Panthers teammates

Bryce Young’s swagger taking over in Charlotte according to teammates

When you are selected with the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL draft, there will be lofty expectations, but that’s nothing new to Panthers quarterback [autotag]Bryce Young[/autotag]. As the No. 1 high school player in the 2020 recruiting cycle, Young went on to exceed his collegiate expectations by delivering Alabama their fourth Heisman Trophy winner as well as a National Championship appearance in 2021.

Despite only starting for two years, Young left his mark on the Alabama faithful and leaves Tuscaloosa as one of the best players to ever dawn the Crimson. During his time with Nick Saban, Young always blew the Alabama coaching staff away with his cool demeanor and how prepared he always was. So, it came as no surprise to the Crimson Tide community when Young was taken as the top overall pick in the 2023 NFL draft.

Since arriving in Charlotte, Young has left a lasting impression on his teammates, especially on Safety Xavier Woods. The word Woods uses to describe Bryce Young is “Swagger” as he goes on to say, “How he carries himself. Not only in the weight room but on the practice field as well. He got that silent swagger, you can definitely tell he knows he’s top tier, but he’s humble with it. Being the first overall pick comes with a lot of expectations and whatnot, but he knows he can carry it and it shows.”

Young has been with the Panthers for less than two months now, but he has already earned the majority of the first-team reps in practices and OTA’s as he is way ahead of the curve already. Young has not been named the day-one starter yet, but at this point, it is just a matter of time and staying healthy.

Roll Tide Wire will continue to follow Bryce Young’s NFL career

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Tuscaloosa to be one of the 16 regional host sites ahead of the CWS

Alabama baseball selected to host one of the NCAA regional finals

Only 16 locations are selected by the NCAA each year to be the hosts of the College Baseball Regionals. This year, the Southeastern Conference will be strongly represented with eight of their 14 schools selected as host sites, so this means that the SEC will take up half of those sites, being: Tuscaloosa (Alabama), Fayetteville (Arkansas), Auburn, Gainesville (Florida), Lexington (Kentucky), Baton Rouge (LSU), Columbia (South Carolina) and Nashville (Vanderbilt).

Alabama, being among those eight teams, will be playing playoff baseball in Tuscaloosa for the first time since 2006.

The Tide finished the year with a record of 40-17 and were knocked out of the SEC tournament by the eventual champion Vanderbilt Commodores. Before being knocked out, Alabama beat Kentucky 4-0, lost to Florida 6-7, and beat Auburn 7-4. They also ended their regular season with three series wins over Vanderbilt, at Texas A&M, and Ole Miss.

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Twitter reacts to Tyler Buchner entering transfer portal

What do you think of this potential loss for the Irish?

Notre Dame fans were stunned to learn backup quarterback [autotag]Tyler Buchner[/autotag] has decided to test the transfer portal. While Buchner left the possibility of returning to the Irish open, it’s worth questioning how realistic that is.

Once the announcement was made, Buchner immediately was connected to Alabama, in part due to Tommy Rees being the new offensive coordinator there. Sure enough, John Brice of FootballScoop.com confirmed Buchner will visit the Tide:

Taking away the fact Buchner might end up in Tuscaloosa, people still had their opinions about his possible departure. The natural thing to do was to take to Twitter and express those opinions. They ranged from logical to speculative to emotional, but many folks had something to say. Whatever you feel about this news, chances are your thoughts accurately are portrayed by at least one of the below tweets from people with varying connections to Notre Dame:

Former Alabama PG Jaden Bradley visiting with the Memphis Tigers

Former five-star recruit and Alabama player, Jaden Bradley, set to meet with the Memphis Tigers

The Alabama men’s basketball program will look much different in 2023 than it did this past year. The Tide lost all three assistant coaches to head coaching opportunities this off-season and the roster was purged by the NBA draft as well as the transfer portal.

One of the most surprising departures was former four-star recruit, Jaden Bradley. Coming out of high school, Bradly was a McDonald’s All-American as well as a top-25 player in the 2022 recruiting cycle. He was one of the biggest recruits Nate Oats has landed during his tenure in Tuscaloosa so it is definitely a tough loss for the Tide.

Bradley averaged 19.8 minutes a game and was good for 6.4 PPG and 3.1 APG. However, his inconsistency from the field was his downfall as he shot under 40% in 2022-2023.

Even though they are going through the NBA draft process, Oats is optimistic that Mark Sears and Jahvon Quinerly will return to Alabama next season. Bradley read the writing on the wall that he might get buried in the depth chart and has decided to pursue other options.

Earlier in the week Bradley met with North Carolina State, but today he will be meeting with the Memphis Tigers. With Penny Hardaway at the helm Memphis has become a very attractive landing spot for a lot of guys in the portal and I wouldn’t be shocked if this is where Bradley lands.

Roll Tide Wire will continue to monitor Jaden Bradley’s potential transfer locations.

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Will Anderson posts an official 4.60 40-yard dash time

Will Anderson blows his 40-yard dash out of the water with remarkable time!

Of all of the players who have come through Tuscaloosa and Nick Saban’s program, it will be hard to find anyone who has bought in more than Will Anderson Jr. did. Anderson has always handled his career with the utmost professionalism whether it be on the field, in workouts or just on campus.

So it should come as no surprise to the Crimson Tide faithful that Anderson absolutely crushed his combine, and specifically his 40-yard dash time. Anderson is technically an EDGE rusher but was lumped in with the linebackers and still put up a remarkable time of 4.60 seconds. A time that had scouts all across the league buzzing.

Scouts have been salivating at Anderson’s length and athleticism all week and have been drawing comparisons to Demarcus Ware and Khalil Mack, both of who turned out to be phenomenal players in the NFL. It’s hard for Anderson to improve his draft stock as he is already a top-five lock, yet, he continues to find ways to impress the scouts.

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JC Latham will anchor the Alabama offensive line in 2023

The Alabama offensive line will be the key to the Tide’s success in 2023 and JC Latham is expected to lead the unit.

After two years of being carried by Bryce Young and his magic, it is time for Nick Saban and the Alabama Crimson Tide to get back to their DNA of running the ball and dominating the ground game. The Tide will have a new starting quarterback and running back in 2023 and will need some other position groups to step up, such as the offensive line and wide receivers.

The offensive line play hasn’t quite been up to par in Tuscaloosa the past two seasons, and that is certainly expected to get turned around this year. Fortunately for the Tide, they have arguably the best offensive lineman in college football to build around in JC Latham. In 2022, Latham allowed zero sacks on 517 pass-block snaps and received a pass-blocking grade of 84.6 per PFF College.

Aside from Latham, not much experience will be on the offensive line, however, it’s arguably one of Saban’s most talented groups.

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Alabama leads all collegiate programs with 13 NFL combine invites

Alabama will be well represented at the 2023 NFL Combine!

Nick Saban and the Alabama Crimson Tide football program have gotten incredibly familiar with the NFL draft process over the years. Outside of the actual games on the field, nothing has more of an impact on draft status than the combine does.

This year the Alabama Crimson Tide will be represented incredibly strong at the combine with 13 former players invited. The 13 from Tuscaloosa is the most of any University in the nation and what is even more impressive is that the Tide might have the first and second overall picks in the 2023 draft between Bryce Young and Will Anderson.

Alabama will have a Pro Day on March 30 so players will have other opportunities to showcase their talent, but there is none better than the combine. The combine features coaches and scouts from all 32 NFL clubs that feature on-the-field workouts as well as very in-depth interviews.

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