Erik Evans

6 days ago | rollbamaroll.com | Erik Evans

Brian Fluharty-Imagn Images After a five-month campaign through another brutal schedule, Coach Nate Oats remarked at season’s end that he would be probably be rethinking his approach: perhaps not scheduling so many high profile, set-piece games this year. The SEC slate is simply too demanding to also face a six-week war of attrition against elite NCAA tourney teams. I think many of wondered if he was fibbing.

1 week ago | rollbamaroll.com | Erik Evans

Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images Zyan Gibson, ‘Bama’s 5-star CB out of Gadsden, is looking to be the Ryan Williams of this class: recruiting others, and building a new team around him for a new culture. Zyan Gibson, a 2026 Alabama football commit, is actively recruiting other top prospects, particularly wide receiver Cederian Morgan. Zyan Gibson, described as a “silent leader,” aims to “build a culture” at Alabama by attracting the best players.

1 week ago | rollbamaroll.com | Erik Evans

Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images For the better part of a month, the main question surrounding the Tide’s rebuilding 2026 hoops roster has centered on the return of Labaron Philon. The Freshman PG from Mobile began the season on a torrid pace. As happens to young players, he did hit a bit of a wall when SEC play began, and he also played with some nagging injuries for goodly chunk of the season.

1 week ago | rollbamaroll.com | Erik Evans

I was trying to compress my mailboxes this weekend, and accidentally deleted about 14,000 RBR emails. I need your addresses again, please. Your prizes are packaged and ready to go, but when I went to the PO this morning, I realized they were gone. Please put "RBR Contest" as the subject line so they will self-thread. [email protected] about the delay — I had to make it to the SupStore too. #NoRefunds FanPosts are just that; posts created by the fans.

2 weeks ago | rollbamaroll.com | Erik Evans

Photo by Lance King/Getty Images Good morning, folks. We’re now entering the dog days, so cobbling together news is a bit tougher. Today, the luck of the draw happened to land on basketball, coinciding with the closure of the portal. Alabama, like most of the SEC, is expected to take a step backwards — at least by the national beat reporters enamored by a stronger than expected showing by the Big 12 last season and the (mistaken) belief that momentum is built from one March to the next Fall.