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Big Ten and SEC misperceptions block progress to an expanded CFB Playoff format

3 days 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.
If FSU focuses on a grudge match against Alabama Football the Noles are in big trouble

4 days 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.
A deep dive into the futures of Alabama Football, SEC teams and top Power Four teams

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.
Don't count on any 9-3 SEC football team making the Playoffs

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.
An Alabama Crimson Tide rival is right about next for professional college sports

1 week 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.
Wild tampering claim connects Alabama to starting QB from a 2024 CFP team

1 week ago | bamahammer.com | Josh Yourish

Alabama is heading into 2025 with Ty Simpson as its likely starting QB, but allegedly, the Crimson Tide went after SMU starter Kevin Jennings this offseasonWhile there are supposedly rules in place to prevent this, it’s rare in college football that a player enters the transfer portal without already knowing they have at least one interested team. Tampering is the way of the transfer portal era, and that’s especially true for high-profile quarterbacks.
Alabama has a few extra bye weeks on its 2025 schedule with these 3 cupcakes

2 weeks ago | bamahammer.com | Josh Yourish

With just an eight-game conference schedule in the SEC, Alabama and the rest of the league has room for a few more cupcake opponents in the race for the CFP. As the power conferences in college football lobby for automatic bids into the new formats of the further expanded College Football Playoff, there has been plenty of talk about the SEC playing eight conference games compared to the Big Ten’s nine.
A novel College Football Playoff format that makes sense

2 weeks ago | bamahammer.com | Ronald Evans

An outside the box College Football Playoff idea could be better than any of the hotly debated current options. While the College Football Playoff format debates rage on, maybe it is time to consider a revolutionary change. There is no longer any consensus about the 2026 and beyond format. The SEC and the Big Ten no longer agree, which practically destroys the control the Power Two were given to decide the next format.
5-star Alabama target sets commitment date ahead of trip to Tuscaloosa

2 weeks ago | bamahammer.com | Josh Yourish

Jireh Edwards is headlining a loaded official visit group at Alabama this weekend and this his commitment date a month away, it could be the staff's last chanceAlabama is locked in multiple fierce recruiting battles with Kirby Smart’s Georgia Bulldogs, including one over five-star safety Jireh Edwards. Now, both Smart and Kalen DeBoer know when this particular recruiting content will be decided.
Kalen DeBoer’s old rival makes a big move for 5-star Alabama recruiting target

2 weeks ago | bamahammer.com | Josh Yourish

Oregon head coach Dan Lanning is surging for CB Brandon Arrington after the 5-star reshuffles his official visit schedule one week before his trip to TuscaloosaFive-star athlete Brandon Arrington is set to announce his commitment on July 5, and a month out, the Oregon Ducks have begun a major push. Arrington, who is likely to play cornerback at the next level, made a significant change to his official visit schedule, moving up his trip to Eugene to this weekend.