The University of Alabama has just made an offer to four-star tackle Trey Smith from University School of Jackson, Tennessee. Smith is a 6'5", 280-pound 2017 prospect and is rated in the top 25 for offensive tackles, and in the top 100 overall player in the country. 247Sports Composite Rankings has him at the No. 13 tackle and No.80 overall.
Other offers made this past week by the Tide include 2017 5-star WR Tee Higgins, 5-star RB Anthony McFarland, Jr., 5-star WR Donovan Peoples-Jones; 4-star C Cesar Ruiz, 4-star RB Elijah Holyfield, 4-star RB Trey Sermon, 4-star LB Drew Singleton; 4-star RB Cam Akers, 4-star QB Jake Fromm, WR Trey Blount, 4-star DT Dalyn Wade-Perry, and 4-star OT Micah Clark.
For 2016 it's 5-star safety Jeffrey Okudah III, and 4-star G Tyler Gerald.
For 2018 it's DE Justin Mascoll.
Out of the JUCO ranks, offensive tackle Garett Bolles has expressed an interest in the Crimson Tide after decommitting from BYU. Recruitment efforts are headed up by Coach Mario Cristobal.
Bolles is a 6'5", 290-pound four-star offensive tackle out of Snow College in Utah. He is ranked as the No. 1 junior college offensive lineman in the country.
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Mascot
So did you ever wonder how Alabama ended up with an elephant as its mascot? The majority of Bama fans know, or have an idea, but how about the newbies? Or others who just like trivia? Let's delve into how "Big AL" came to be.
We must go back to the 1930 football season when Wallace Wade was the head coach of the Alabama football team. Coach Wade has recruited and coached up a great football team that season. On October 4th of that year the varsity squad took the field to battle the Ole Miss Rebels. Everett Strupper, Atlanta Journal sportswriter, was amazed at the size of the Bama boys as they began play. In his column the following week he wrote, "...the earth started to tremble, there was a distant rumble that continued to grow. Some excited fan in the stands bellowed , 'Hold your horses, the elephants are coming,' and out stamped this Alabama varsity...men that i had seen play last year looking like they had nearly doubled in size."
From that season game on Strupper and other sports writers continued referring to the Alabama linemen as "Red Elephants." The red, of course, alluding to the crimson color of their jerseys.
And how did that 1930 Alabama football team fare? They posted a 10-0 record while shutting out eight of their opponents and only allowed 13 points for the entire season. That squad went to the Rose Bowl, rolling over Washington State 24-0 and declared National Champions.
Now you know.
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Softball
The number 3-seed Crimson Tide Softball team faces the Georgia Bulldogs today at 12:30 PM CDT in second round SEC Tournament action.
The Lady Tide have won seven of eight of its conference series games this season and are on track to run for the conference title again this year.
Alabama is 41-11 overall, 14-7 SEC thus far and looking to improve that record today.
The Tide finished the 2015 regular season with 41 wins. This is the 16th season Alabama has completed a regular season with at least 40 wins.
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Baseball
The University of Alabama baseball team will travel to Auburn on Friday for a three-game series with the Tigers. Game one is scheduled for tomorrow at 6 PM CDT, followed by a 3 PM CDT start for game two on Saturday. The third and final game is slated to begin at 1 PM CDT on Sunday.
The Tide is coming off a double-header sweep of Alabama A&M this past Tuesday. UA won both games at the Hoover Met with identical 7-2 scores.
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Softball
The number 3-seed Crimson Tide Softball team faces the Georgia Bulldogs today at 12:30 PM CDT in second round SEC Tournament action.
The Lady Tide have won seven of eight of its conference series games this season and are on track to run for the conference title again this year.
Alabama is 41-11 overall, 14-7 SEC thus far and looking to improve that record today.
The Tide finished the 2015 regular season with 41 wins. This is the 16th season Alabama has completed a regular season with at least 40 wins.
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Baseball
The University of Alabama baseball team will travel to Auburn on Friday for a three-game series with the Tigers. Game one is scheduled for tomorrow at 6 PM CDT, followed by a 3 PM CDT start for game two on Saturday. The third and final game is slated to begin at 1 PM CDT on Sunday.
The Tide is coming off a double-header sweep of Alabama A&M this past Tuesday. UA won both games at the Hoover Met with identical 7-2 scores.
