2015 Alabama Crimson Tide Football Schedule
9/12 – Middle Tennessee
9/19 – Ole Miss
9/26 – Louisiana-Monroe
10/3 – @Georgia
10/10 – Arkansas
10/17 – @Texas A&M
10/24 – Tennessee
11/7 – LSU
11/14 – @Mississippi State
11/21 – Charleston Southern
11/28 – @Auburn
Everyone knows the SEC West is always tough year-in and year-out. None of the games are give-me's, and this season should see most of the west teams improved.
Neither is the season-opener a give-me, even though most odds-makers are already picking Alabama to win that one over Wisconsin. It's a big national game on a really big stage, a strong opponent, and it's an unknown since no quarterback has been selected for the Tide and no game tapes for this season to review. The game is being played at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
This season's SEC East draw is no piece of cake either. Alabama must face perennial SEC power Georgia at their house this season. Again, no give-me.
Everyone expects Tennessee to be improved this season. Better recruiting and, let's face it, better coaching, will have the Volunteers as a force to be reckoned with. Fortunately, Tennessee has to come to Tuscaloosa, so the crowd-factor goes to Bama. Don't underestimate the crowd, and don't underestimate the Vols this season.
While Bama has the toughest schedule, eight SEC teams are listed in the Top 15 toughest schedules in the country according to collegespun.com.
The others are:
No. 14 --- Florida
No. 13 --- Texas A&M
No. 12 --- South Carolina
No. 9 --- Ole Miss
No. 8 --- Tennessee
No. 6 --- Auburn
No. 4 --- Georgia
Of course the end of the season will actually tell if the projections are true. After all, injuries can decimate a team and cost games. The more losses a team has affects the ranking of the others.
Time will tell.
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Softball
Photo Courtesy rolltide.com
It took seven innings to do it, but Alabama (41-11, 17-7 SEC) finally put together three hits, allowing Danae Hays to bring home Marisa Runyun on an RBI single to put another one in the win column against Arkansas (16-37, 1-23 SEC) on Sunday by a score of 1-0. Bama was able only to get five total hits in the first six innings. The Crimson Tide not only won the series but also got the sweep on a three-victory win spree this weekend.
Bama's Sydney Littlejohn (15-1) started and pitched the entire shutout, while allowing only four hits. Haley Meinen (1-8) also pitched the entire game for Arkansas.
Photo courtesy rolltide.com
Florida, Auburn, and LSU all join Bama in a first round bye, so none will be playing on opening day. Seeds 5 through 12 will all be in competition, playing four games on Wednesday, May 6th.
Here is the schedule of games to be played in the tournament, according to rolltide.com :
2015 SEC TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE (BATON ROUGE, LA.)
Wednesday, May 6 (SEC Network)
11 a.m. CT - #7 Missouri vs. #10 Mississippi State
1:30 p.m. CT - #6 Georgia vs. #11 Ole Miss
4 p.m. CT - #8 Texas A&M vs. #9 South Carolina
6:30 p.m. CT - #5 Tennessee vs. #12 Kentucky
1:30 p.m. CT - #6 Georgia vs. #11 Ole Miss
4 p.m. CT - #8 Texas A&M vs. #9 South Carolina
6:30 p.m. CT - #5 Tennessee vs. #12 Kentucky
Thursday, May 7 (SEC Network)
10 a.m. CT - #2 Auburn vs. Game One Winner
12:30 p.m. CT - #3 Alabama vs. Game Two Winner
3 p.m. CT - #1 Florida vs. Game Three Winner
5:30 p.m. CT - #4 LSU vs. Game Four Winner
Friday, May 8 (ESPNU)
2 p.m. CT - Game Five Winner vs. Game Six Winner
4:30 p.m. CT - Game Seven Winner vs. Game Eight Winner
2 p.m. CT - Game Five Winner vs. Game Six Winner
4:30 p.m. CT - Game Seven Winner vs. Game Eight Winner
Saturday, May 9 (ESPN2)
7 p.m. CT - Game Nine Winner vs. Game 10 Winner
7 p.m. CT - Game Nine Winner vs. Game 10 Winner
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Football
The following players were not taken in the 2015 NFL Draft but are listed as free agents or probable free agents:
ILB Trey DePriest is listed as a free agent going to the Baltimore Ravens.
ATH Blake Sims is not listed as a free agent but has been invited to the Green Bay Packers rookie mini camp on a tryout basis.
DT Brandon Ivory is listed as a free agent going to the Houston Texans.
S Nick Perry is listed as a free agent going to the Baltimore Ravens.
TE Brian Vogler is listed as a free agent going to the Chicago Bears.
WR DeAndrew White is listed as a free agent going to the San Francisco 49ers.
WR Christion Jones is listed as a free agent going to the Miami Dolphins.
OG Leon Brown has his status as free-agency pending.
