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4 days ago | 
247sports.com | Kirk McNair
LT Overton being counted on to improve Alabama pass rushVIPThose "way too early" rankings provide grist for the mill of summer speculation into college football. You will see a lot of unexpected topics addressed as sportswriters face the mostly dead time of June. Brad Crawford took a crack at the CBSSports preseason top 25's most important items prior to the 2025 season. Naturally, that piqued my interest as to whether Crawford's view of Alabama's area of need would match my own. And it did.
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4 days ago | 
247sports.com | Kirk McNair
How often have you read or heard "Alabama football fans feel entitled." It's not meant as a compliment, almost always included with a "Get used to it" slur based on no more than a passing reference to a loss or even not winning a national championship. Maybe it is a compliment to reference entitlement, even though that certainly is not accurate. Alabama fans don't collect anything for Crimson Tide football success. They enjoy it.
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5 days ago | 
247sports.com | Kirk McNair
The softball coach at Alabama after Patrick Murphy will have hard act to followVIPAlabama softball fans were understandably disappointed when the Crimson Tide went to its Super Regional (for the 19th time in the 20 years the NCAA has had this format) in Norman only to be ousted easily by Oklahoma, national champions in four consecutive years. Suggestions fly. The game has passed Patrick Murphy by. He's won only one national championship.
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6 days ago | 
247sports.com | Kirk McNair
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1 week ago | 
247sports.com | Kirk McNair
James Burnip came from Australia to punt for AlabamaVIPYou may not recognize the name of former Alabama guard Julius Clorfeline. After all, he played on Bama's 1911 team. He was a standout, though, because he came to Tuscaloosa from Anotol, Russia. He may have been Alabama's first foreign student-athlete, but it's hard to know. In those days America was still assimilating from around the world.
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2 weeks ago | 
247sports.com | Kirk McNair
No one would question Oklahoma's stranglehold on the nation's college softball. Coach Patty Gasso's 31-year career includes the last four champions of the Women's College World Series. Today Coach Patrick Murphy's Alabama team begins a daunting task, Super Regional play at Love's Field in Norman against the Sooners. No. 15 seed Alabama (40-21) will play in its NCAA-record 19th Super Regional round against No. 2 seed Oklahoma (48-7) at 4 p.m. CT on ESPN2.
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2 weeks ago | 
247sports.com | Kirk McNair
As SEC’s traditionally best football program, Alabama would deserve difficult traditional league opponentsVIPSecond of two partsThe Southeastern Conference Spring Meeting next week may or may not take official action regarding the proposal for taking the conference football schedules from eight to nine league games. Previously we explored some of the positives and some of the objections regarding the possibility.
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2 weeks ago | 
247sports.com | Kirk McNair
SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey said last year there were factors to consider regarding ninth league football gamesVIPPart 1When Southeastern Conference athletics directors and football and basketball coaches gather in Destin next Tuesday for the annual SEC Spring Meeting, the biggest question likely will be the same it has been since the addition of Oklahoma and Texas to bring the league to 16 teams: Eight or nine conference football games.
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2 weeks ago | 
247sports.com | Kirk McNair
Patrick Murphy has Crimson Tide softball back in NCAA TournamentVIPWhat are the odds ESPN's outstanding college football reporter Chris Low would do a feature-length article on a softball player? He did, but it was probably for reasons other than being Big Ten Freshman of the Year, becoming the second freshman in program history to hit 20 (or more, 21 at last report) home runs, batting .369 with 54 RBI, hit safely in 15 of her last 20 games, and committed just one error playing first base.
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3 weeks ago | 
247sports.com | Kirk McNair
Kadyn Proctor may be clear favorite to be top offensive tackle taken in 2026 NFL draftPro Football Focus, commonly PFF, has some detractors and it is a monumental task it faces in its extensive evaluations. It is widely referenced for its in-depth and interesting takes, including analysis of college football players. Recently, noting "as we enter the summer scouting for the 2026 NFL Draft," it has listed 10 college players eligible for the draft at every position who bear watching.
