Bama Baseball Hosts UAB Today
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The Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team today hosts in-state foe UAB Blazers. This evening's contest will begin a six-game homestand for Bama at Sewell-Thomas Stadium in Tuscaloosa. Tonight's game is scheduled for a 6:30 p.m. CT first pitch and can be seen on SECN+. Mick Gillispie and Lance Cormier will be handling broadcast duties.
The pair will meet tonight for the 72nd time in series history and dates back to 1974. The Tide leads the series 47-24, and a 26-9 tally at home in T-town. Earlier this season the Blazers blanked the Tide 8-0 at Regions Field in Birmingham.
Starting on the mound tonight for the Tide will be senior right-hander Jake Hubbard. UAB will counter with senior lefty Stephen Baggett.
This evening's contest is a "Two-for-One" Tuesday. All grandstand tickets are buy one ticket at regular price and get the second one free for the Bama-UAB game.
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Tide Softball Plays Southern Miss Tonight
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The fourth-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide softball team (35-7) plays at Southern Miss (20-22) this evening at 6 p.m. CT at the Southern Miss Softball Complex in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The Bama belles are 7-2 against Southern Miss.
Alabama's next outing will actually be a three-game series with the No. 11/10 Texas A&M Aggies at the Aggie Softball Complex in College Station, Texas. That series will run Friday through Sunday.
Things get underway at 8 a.m. with the Mercedes-Benz Fan Fest. This event is open to the public outside the North end zone at the corner of University Boulevard and Wallace Wade Drive. Inflatables, giveaways and games will be available for the fans.
The Alumni Flag Football Game begins at 11:30 a.m. CT inside Bryant-Denny Stadium, featuring many of the former Alabama greats. There will be two 20-minutes halves and should conclude in the neighbohood of 12:15 p.m.
The annual Walk of Fame Ceremony at Denny Chimes, one of the great traditions at UA, is scheduled to begin at approximately 12:15 p.m. CT and is always open to the public. Alabama head football coach NICK SABAN along with the former captains of the 2015 National Championship football team, JAKE COKER, DERRICK HENRY, RYAN KELLY and REGGIE RAGLAND will speak to the crowd, then leave a print of their hands and cleats in the concrete as so many other Alabama greats have done in days gone by.
A Walk of Champions is scheduled for 12:50 p.m. CT when the team arrives at Bryant-Denny Stadium. 2015 Heisman Trophy winner DERRICK HENRY will be joined by 2009 Heisman winner MARK INGRAM for the festivities, as the Heisman Trophy Trust presents Alabama with the program's copy of Henry's 2015 Heisman Trophy and Ingram will receive his 2009 Heisman ring from the Trust.
Halftime entertainment will this year feature the Alabama Quarterback Challenge with some of the former Crimson Tide QBs from the past 10 years. Participants will make nine throws from various distances to moving targets, all of which will be assigned points. A final throw for distance will be awarded two points for every yard the pass travels. Winner will be the QB with the most points tallied at the competition's conclusion.
Former captains of past Crimson Tide teams, former Bama stars, and current NFL players from Alabama will be on hand to help celebrate 10 years of Alabama Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban as head football coach at UA.
There will again be a free autograph session sponsored by BBVA Compass. This one will be with former Bama running back KENYAN DRAKE from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. CT at the Fan Photo tent outside of Gate 5. Former football players will be also available for pictures from 10 a.m-1 p.m. CT.
A-Day posters featuring head coach Nick Saban as well as 10 of the Bama greats during the last 10 years, along with the 2016 schedule will be given away at the gates to the first 12,500 fans. Special commemorative A-Day programs highlighting Coach Saban's 10 A-Day Games will be available at a cost of $5 and will include a player poster, coupons from sponsors and a chance to win game tickets if the Golden Flake game program ad on the inside front cover is signed by Coach Saban.
At the conclusion of the A-Day Game coach Saban will present the spring awards to the team at midfield. Fance will once again have post-game field access once the team has cleared the field. Fans may enter through any of the four corner gates.
UA leads the country in spring game attendance over the last nine years with a total of 733,532 fans and an average of 81,503 fans per game during that period. The largest A-Day crowd in school history came in 2011 with 92,310 fans in attendance. In Saban's first year of 2007, the stadium was at full capacity prior to expansion (92,138).
Numerous and varied activities will be going on throughout Tuscaloosa and the Alabama campus on A-Day weekend. The Crimson Tide baseball team will host Ole Miss on April 15-17, with the series getting underway at 7 p.m. CT from Sewell-Thomas Stadium. Country music artist Chris Young will throw out the first pitch on April 15 prior to his 7:30 p.m. concert at the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater. The men's tennis team will then play host to Vanderbilt in the regular-season finale on Sunday, April 17th at The University of Alabama Tennis Stadium.
Public parking for A-Day is once again free and is offered on a first-come/first-serve basis with Crimson Ride shuttles running from the east side of campus to the Quad. For more parking and A-Day information go to UAGameday.com.
The 2016 Golden Flake A-Day Game will be televised on ESPN, with Kirk Herbstreit, Joe Tessitore and Joey Galloway serving as hosts/reporters.
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Alabama A-Day Is This Saturday!
The 2016 Alabama Golden Flake A-Day game is only days away. The game is scheduled for a 2 p.m. CT kickoff at Bryant-Denny Stadium on April 16th, and will include a jam-packed day full of activities. The fans will once again be able to take to the field at the conclusion of the game for some photos and autographs.
The gates for the event are scheduled to open at 11 a.m. CT, and admission will once again be free to the public. For those never having attended the event before: line up early to get your choice seating in relation to taking to the field after the scrimmage.
Things get underway at 8 a.m. with the Mercedes-Benz Fan Fest. This event is open to the public outside the North end zone at the corner of University Boulevard and Wallace Wade Drive. Inflatables, giveaways and games will be available for the fans.
The Alumni Flag Football Game begins at 11:30 a.m. CT inside Bryant-Denny Stadium, featuring many of the former Alabama greats. There will be two 20-minutes halves and should conclude in the neighbohood of 12:15 p.m.
The annual Walk of Fame Ceremony at Denny Chimes, one of the great traditions at UA, is scheduled to begin at approximately 12:15 p.m. CT and is always open to the public. Alabama head football coach NICK SABAN along with the former captains of the 2015 National Championship football team, JAKE COKER, DERRICK HENRY, RYAN KELLY and REGGIE RAGLAND will speak to the crowd, then leave a print of their hands and cleats in the concrete as so many other Alabama greats have done in days gone by.
A Walk of Champions is scheduled for 12:50 p.m. CT when the team arrives at Bryant-Denny Stadium. 2015 Heisman Trophy winner DERRICK HENRY will be joined by 2009 Heisman winner MARK INGRAM for the festivities, as the Heisman Trophy Trust presents Alabama with the program's copy of Henry's 2015 Heisman Trophy and Ingram will receive his 2009 Heisman ring from the Trust.
Halftime entertainment will this year feature the Alabama Quarterback Challenge with some of the former Crimson Tide QBs from the past 10 years. Participants will make nine throws from various distances to moving targets, all of which will be assigned points. A final throw for distance will be awarded two points for every yard the pass travels. Winner will be the QB with the most points tallied at the competition's conclusion.
Former captains of past Crimson Tide teams, former Bama stars, and current NFL players from Alabama will be on hand to help celebrate 10 years of Alabama Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban as head football coach at UA.
There will again be a free autograph session sponsored by BBVA Compass. This one will be with former Bama running back KENYAN DRAKE from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. CT at the Fan Photo tent outside of Gate 5. Former football players will be also available for pictures from 10 a.m-1 p.m. CT.
A-Day posters featuring head coach Nick Saban as well as 10 of the Bama greats during the last 10 years, along with the 2016 schedule will be given away at the gates to the first 12,500 fans. Special commemorative A-Day programs highlighting Coach Saban's 10 A-Day Games will be available at a cost of $5 and will include a player poster, coupons from sponsors and a chance to win game tickets if the Golden Flake game program ad on the inside front cover is signed by Coach Saban.
At the conclusion of the A-Day Game coach Saban will present the spring awards to the team at midfield. Fance will once again have post-game field access once the team has cleared the field. Fans may enter through any of the four corner gates.
UA leads the country in spring game attendance over the last nine years with a total of 733,532 fans and an average of 81,503 fans per game during that period. The largest A-Day crowd in school history came in 2011 with 92,310 fans in attendance. In Saban's first year of 2007, the stadium was at full capacity prior to expansion (92,138).
Numerous and varied activities will be going on throughout Tuscaloosa and the Alabama campus on A-Day weekend. The Crimson Tide baseball team will host Ole Miss on April 15-17, with the series getting underway at 7 p.m. CT from Sewell-Thomas Stadium. Country music artist Chris Young will throw out the first pitch on April 15 prior to his 7:30 p.m. concert at the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater. The men's tennis team will then play host to Vanderbilt in the regular-season finale on Sunday, April 17th at The University of Alabama Tennis Stadium.
Public parking for A-Day is once again free and is offered on a first-come/first-serve basis with Crimson Ride shuttles running from the east side of campus to the Quad. For more parking and A-Day information go to UAGameday.com.
The 2016 Golden Flake A-Day Game will be televised on ESPN, with Kirk Herbstreit, Joe Tessitore and Joey Galloway serving as hosts/reporters.
