Ronald Evans

1 week ago | bamahammer.com | Ronald Evans

Negotiations stalled this week on a new CFB Playoff format for 2026 and beyond. The debate goes back years. The words now being used to describe it are stalemate, impasse, and standoff. Such is the result when multiple sides of an argument are fueled by misperceptions. The primary source of the misperceptions is coaches, who, while they may be wrong, are understandably driven by self-interest. It is now possible that the 2026 Playoff format will be the same as the 2025 one.

1 week ago | bamahammer.com | Ronald Evans

Against Alabama Football, FSU had better put the 2023 and 2024 seasons behind them and focus on not being blown out by the Crimson Tide. Every Florida State fan wants a payback against Alabama Football for the 2023 season. When a one-loss Alabama Crimson Tide team gained a CFB Playoff berth over an undefeated Florida State team, Tomahawk Nation was incensed. What followed an explosion of complaining was a claim that the 2024 season would prove how wrong the Playoff Selection Committee had been.

1 week ago | bamahammer.com | Ronald Evans

Based on one source the program ranking for Alabama Football will continue in a rebuilding mode for the next two seasons. In the current era of one-season massive roster rebuilds, the duration of two seasons of college football is tantamount to forever. At the end of the 2026 season, Alabama Football will be three seasons into its post-Nick Saban era. What can Crimson Tide fans expect? ESPN's Adam Rittenberg thinks he knows.

1 week ago | bamahammer.com | Ronald Evans

Alabama Football did not earn a Playoff bis last season at 9-3. In the coming season, it is likely no 9-3 SEC football team will be included in the Playoff field. No non-conference champion, three-loss team has ever made a College Football Field. Clemson made the first 12-team field last season with three losses, but the Tigers were the ACC Champion. With a 9-3 record on Selection Sunday, Alabama Football failed to make the field last season.

2 weeks ago | bamahammer.com | Ronald Evans

As much as it may pain Alabama Crimson Tide fans to admit it, the University of Tennessee is right about the next needed step for professional college sports. In what is tantamount to a mental whiplash for me, I am forced to give the University of Tennessee credit for being correct. At the least, the new system of direct payment of athletes by schools provides progress toward reasonable compensation rules.