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Alabama football falls into the AP Top 25 and Coaches Poll after loss to Vanderbilt


Alabama football falls into the AP Top 25 and Coaches Poll after loss to Vanderbilt

The time at the helm of Alabama football only lasted a week. For one week, the Crimson Tide was ranked in the top two. Then an ugly road loss to Vanderbilt quickly lost those rankings. Alabama is now ranked No. 7 in the coaches' poll. The AP Top 25 will be released on Sunday around […]

According to the players, preparing against Vanderbilt wasn't Alabama's problem


According to the players, preparing against Vanderbilt wasn't Alabama's problem

Whenever there is an upset like Saturday's in Nashville, you naturally wonder how well the losing team trained or prepared. However, it doesn't sound like that was the cause of No. 1 Alabama football's 40-35 loss to Vanderbilt. Not if you ask the players. Quite the opposite. “We had a great week of preparation,” guard […]

Within a day, Alabama football became deadly with the loss to Vanderbilt


Alabama football falls into the AP Top 25 and Coaches Poll after loss to Vanderbilt

Even a few Alabama fans joined the rush onto the field that Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt$100,000. “Why not?” one of them asked, shrugging his shoulders after a loss not seen since 1984. The stairs to the Shaw Sports Legion 46 artificial turf at FirstBank Stadium in Nashville were jammed as the Commodore faithful celebrated, both on the […]

Finebaum blames Nick Saban for Alabama's loss to Vandy, calling it 'the worst loss I've ever seen'


Finebaum blames Nick Saban for Alabama's loss to Vandy, calling it 'the worst loss I've ever seen'

Paul Finebaum didn't sugarcoat Alabama's 40-35 loss to Vanderbilt on Sunday in Nashville. “This is the worst loss I’ve ever seen from a top-tier Alabama team,” the SEC Network analyst told The Matt Barrie Show on Sunday. “I've seen bad Alabama teams lose, … but I've never seen a great Alabama team lose like that. […]

Casagrande: Welcome to the New Reality, Alabama's Stunning Role in the Revolution


Casagrande: Welcome to the New Reality, Alabama's Stunning Role in the Revolution

This is an opinion column. As college football observers, we have an internal danger meter. It's like a kind of sonar that detects when problems are lurking around the corner. Take Alabama's trip to Tennessee two years ago as an example. The Crimson Tide were 8-9 point favorites in Knoxville, but the red lights flashed […]

Where does Alabama football go from here? Outlook after the loss to Vanderbilt


Where does Alabama football go from here? Outlook after the loss to Vanderbilt

Kalen DeBoer's honeymoon period with Alabama football is over. Time of death: 6:47 p.m. Central Standard Time, Saturday in Nashville, Tennessee. At that moment, the score was final and the No. 1 Crimson Tide officially lost to Vanderbilt, 40-35, at FirstBank Stadium. Imagine telling someone about the result against Vanderbilt in 2024 a week ago, […]

Vanderbilt players talk about the Alabama win, including Jalen Milroe and more


Vanderbilt players talk about the Alabama win, including Jalen Milroe and more

Diego Pavia had a lot of fans in the stands watching him beat Alabama Football. Vanderbilt's quarterback said after helping the Commodores defeat the Crimson Tide 40-35 in Nashville that he had a big family from his home state at FirstBank Stadium. “I think the total was 68,” Pavia said. “They all came from Albuquerque, […]

Was the loss to Vanderbilt the most shocking in Alabama football history? Here are 8 more candidates


Was the loss to Vanderbilt the most shocking in Alabama football history? Here are 8 more candidates

Alabama's 40-35 loss to Vanderbilt on Saturday in Nashville had many implications. Shocking? Absolutely. Awkward? Perhaps. Unprecedented? Perhaps. We want to research the latter in this area. Here's why it's number 1 on the list: • Alabama hadn't lost to Vanderbilt since 1984. Bill Curry never lost to the Commodores, nor did Mike DuBose or […]

Here are our grades for Alabama's No. 1 football after the ugly loss to Vanderbilt


Here are our grades for Alabama's No. 1 football after the ugly loss to Vanderbilt

Throw this report card in the trash, Alabama football. It didn't make the fridge anyway, considering it's Vanderbilt. But now the testimony deserves to be burned, shredded and destroyed. That's exactly what's bound to happen when you allow the Commodores' offense to impose its will on you, like Vanderbilt did in defeating No. 1 Alabama […]

Kalen DeBoer's halftime message to Alabama, trailing Vanderbilt


Kalen DeBoer's halftime message to Alabama, trailing Vanderbilt

Kalen DeBoer was cool, calm and collected at halftime even though his No. 1 Alabama trailed Vanderbilt 23-4 in Nashville. The Alabama coach only saw his offense on the field for 8:32. So what is his message to a team coming off a thrilling 41-34 win over then-No. 1? 1 Georgia? “It's about doing what […]