Alabama Football
Crimson Tide Football
Continues Prep For SEC Opener
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| Allie LaForce with Nick Saban Photo: CBS Sports |
The Crimson Tide is looking to improve on a defensive performance last week that gave up 391 total yards of offense, as well as 13 points in the fourth quarter, to Colorado State. The Vanderbilt Commodores are expected to be an even tougher opponent this weekend, boasting one of the SEC's top-ranked offensive units. Bama is honing the game plan to try to slow Vandy down and keep the offensive off the field as much as possible. Time of possession last week went in favor of State, and the Tide doesn't want a repeat of that.
Anfernee Jennings, Rashaan Evans and Dylan Moses were all back at Tuesday's practice session and looking pretty good as each continues to recover from injuries.
Practice resumes today and will finish up tomorrow before the team makes it way to the Music City for its first true road test of 2017. The Alabama Crimson Tide takes on the Vanderbilt Commodores this Saturday at Vanderbilt Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee. Game time is set for 2:30 p.m. CT and can be seen on CBS television. In the booth will be Brad Nessler and Gary Danielson, with Allie LaForce walking the sidelines.
UA leads in the series over VU 59-19-4, and has won the past 21 consecutive games dating back to 1985.
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University Of Alabama Crimson Tide
2018 Season Football Schedule Announced
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama - The University of Alabama has officially finalized the 2018 Alabama football schedule. The UA Athletic Department announced the schedule on Tuesday. The Crimson Tide will played seven games at home in the friendly confines of Bryant-Denny Stadium, as well as a neutral-site game against Louisville plus four Southeastern Conference road games.
Alabama will open the 2018 football season against the Louisville Cardinals on September 1, 2018 at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida. The Cardinals are nationally-ranked this season, and almost sure to be next year as well. This game will be the sixth consecutive neutral-site season-opening game for UA, and the first time in the Nick Saban era that Bama has opened the season in Orlando, Florida.
The 2018 SEC home games on the schedule are the Texas A&M Aggies, Missouri Tigers, Mississippi State Bulldogs and the Tide's annual Iron Bowl opponent, the Auburn Tigers. Bama will be hitting the road next season to face the Ole Miss Rebels, Arkansas Razorbacks, Tennessee Volunteers and LSU Tigers next season.
The Tide also will be hosting three non-conference games at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Those include Arkansas State (September 8th), Louisiana-Lafayette (September 29th) as well as The Citadel (November 17th).
UA will open Southeastern Conference play at Ole Miss on September 15th, and then will open the home part of the SEC schedule on September 22nd against the Texas A&M Aggies. Then after the next week with Louisiana-Lafayette on September 29th, Bama will make its way to Arkansas for an October 6th matchup for the first of three consecutive conference games, followed by the Missouri Tigers (October 13th) and the Tennessee Volunteers (October 20th). The Tide will then have an open date on October 27th. Alabama will then travel to play LSU on November 3rd before hosting the Mississippi State Bulldogs (November 10th), The Citadel (November 17th) and the Iron Bowl with Auburn (November 24th) to close out the regular season.
The 2018 Southeastern Conference Championship Game is scheduled to be played Saturday, December 1st at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.
2018 Alabama Football Schedule
Sept. 1 vs. Louisville (Orlando, Florida)
Sept. 8 ARKANSAS STATE*
Sept. 15 at Ole Miss
Sept. 22 TEXAS A&M*
Sept. 29 LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE*
Oct. 6 at Arkansas
Oct. 13 MISSOURI*
Oct. 20 at Tennessee
Nov. 3 at LSU
Nov. 10 MISSISSIPPI STATE*
Nov. 17 THE CITADEL*
Nov. 24 AUBURN*
*Home Games
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College Football Recruiting Wars
The University of Alabama Crimson Tide football recruiting class of 2018 has been slowing adding new commitments this year, and with the latest student-athlete giving his verbal, Bama has inched up from the 50's a few months ago to No. 23 according 247Sports and No. 21 according to ESPN. It's still possible the Tide will enter the Top 10, but highly unlikely the Top 5 will be cracked, much less the No. 1 spot for which UA football recruiting has been known for a number of years now.
Here is a look at the Top 10 recruiting classes for 2018 according to 247Sports:
- Ohio State: 18 commits
- Texas: 18 commits
- Penn State: 23 commits
- Miami: 19 commits
- Oregon: 22 commits
- Tennessee: 23 commits
- Florida:17 commits
- Notre Dame: 16 commits
- Oklahoma: 19 commits
- UCLA: 23 commits
The University of Alabama Crimson Tide is currently ranked No. 23 with 0 5-star commits, 7 4-star commits and 4 3-star commits.
Here is a look at the Top 10 recruiting classes for 2018 according to ESPN:
- Ohio State
- Texas
- Penn State
- Miami
- Tennessee
- Oregon
- Florida
- Florida State: 18 commits
- Oklahoma
- LSU: 19 commits
The University of Alabama Crimson Tide is currently ranked at No. 21.
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Alabama Commit Jalyn Armour-Davis
Could Miss Up To Three Weeks Following Surgery
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| Alabama-commit Jalyn Armour-Davis Photo from Bing.com |
University of Alabama football commit Jalyn Armour-Davis will miss up to three weeks for St. Paul's after having his injured right knee scoped on Tuesday morning. The four-star defensive back was injured during the first quarter of the St. Paul's-Williamson game this past Friday at Ladd-Peebles Stadium. The Saints won that contest 9-6.
According to AL.com, St. Paul's football head coach Steve Mask said, "He just planted his inside foot and it gave away. He didn't get hit on it. It just buckled."
He is expected to make a full recovery according to Mask. Armour-Davis committed to the Crimson Tide earlier this summer.
The surgery went well, according to Mask. He continued, "We're ecstatic about the results."
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