First, take a look at our recap of Alabama’s victory over South Carolina last night:
Personally, I am very proud of the pun that I talked about on Alex Reese’s hair.
Unfortunately, the game came at a cost.
Juwan Gary, freshman basketball striker from Alabama, Juwan Gary, just a few minutes into his first career start for Crimson Tide, fell with a shoulder injury in Tuesday’s game in South Carolina.
At the 17:33 mark of the first half, Gary fell on the court after becoming involved with Gamecocks striker Wildens Leveque. Gary was holding his left shoulder and screaming in pain.
Alabama is now losing two strikers in Gary and Bruner, while the hybrid Herb Jones is playing with back problems. The tide is really hurting at first, and that will be a challenge as they are looking to finish an SEC title and make a run at the NCAA tournament.
Back in the sport of oblong ball, check out this 11 Warriors piece:
Unlike Clemson, Alabama had no intention of letting this obvious deficiency go unchecked. The tide had already done look A fundamental aspect of their base attack is routed and with a handful of veteran “analysts” patrolling future opponents, there was no doubt how they could attack Ohio.
While images of DeVonta Smith running untouched by sewing will forever haunt Tuf Borland, Buckeye’s corners will have their own nightmares. With little time to prepare (Day later noticed that his team had only one padded practice before this game due to the COVID protocols), the state of Ohio had few accountants at its disposal.
With Buckeye’s front-seven so focused on stopping Najee Harris and the indoor racing game, cornerbacks Shaun Wade and Sevyn Banks were on an island against the country’s best receiver. Meanwhile, Alabama OC Steve Sarkisian played with the duo, mixing look screened routes to ensure Smith would achieve a clean line release.
It’s more focused on the state of Ohio and how its defense showed cracks at the beginning that Alabama explored, but it’s a fantastic job detailing the complexities of the RPO slope that Alabama has worked so well (and comes with some fun built-in highlights).
In the recruitment news, Alabama hopes to secure a 4-star tight end commitment on Friday:
Four Star Tight End Elijah Brown will announce his commitment to college on Friday, February 12, the Dayton (Ohio) Wayne product announced on his Instagram on Monday afternoon.
Brown is one of the main targets of the AU in the 2022 class in the tight end position, a point that BamaOnLine recently noted as an area of need for the tide in the cycle.
The AU offered Brown last July and remained in constant communication with the Ohio native. New offensive coordinator Bill O’Brien is the recruiter for the 1.80 meter, 230 pound slot machine.
Alabama will bring in two highly talented freshmen in Caden Clark and Robbie Ouzts this year, but going ahead and wrapping up next year would be great.
CBS Sports HQ will be broadcast by quarterback Martin (Tennessee) Westview Top247 2022 Ty SimpsonFebruary 19 college commitment. The blue-chipper will announce his promise at 3 pm (EST) during a ceremony at his school.
The 1.8-meter-tall, 185-pound Simpson is the country’s second-largest double threat passer by 247Sports Composite. He recently spoke about the programs that he considered strongly throughout his process.
Not far behind will be Ty Simpson, who many hope will be the QB for Alabama’s 2022 class, although Clemson is the main competitor.
Alabama Members: 8
End / safety / kicker Don Hutson: Green Bay Packers 1935-1945. Introduced in 1963.
Quarterback Bart Starr: Green Bay Packers 1956-1971. Introduced in 1977.
Quarterback Joe Namath: New York Jets 1965-1976, Los Angeles Rams 1977. Launched in 1985.
Guard John Hannah: New England Patriots 1973-1985. Introduced in 1991.
Center Dwight Stephenson: Miami Dolphins 1980-1987. Introduced in 1998.
Ozzie Newsome: Cleveland Browns 1978-1990. Introduced in 1999.
External linebacker Derrick Thomas: Kansas City Chiefs 1989-1999. Introduced in 2009.
Quarterback Ken Stabler: Oakland Raiders 1970-1979, Houston Oilers 1980-1981, New Orleans Saints 1982-1984. Introduced in 2016.
As you can imagine, Alabama leads the SEC in the total number of players in the NFL Hall of Fame … And that’s before this wave of big names from the Saban era ends up working and doubling that number.
Roll Tide!