Alabama double-dipped into the defensive backfield taking commitments from rising juniors Jamarrion Gordon and Dorian Barney. Roll Tide Wire will continue to follow Alabama football news as the 2024 offseason progresses. With a new-look SEC and an expanded College Football Playoff field, Alabama fans are expecting DeBoer to run the table in the regular season, make the College Football Playoff and compete for a national championship.
Niumatalolo’s first priority was retaining as many players as possible from the 2023 roster. San Jose State was at a perceived disadvantage because classes began Jan. 24, three days after Niumatalolo was hired, and the school’s period to add or drop classes to change a student’s academic schedule without a penalty didn’t end until Feb. 19. Konya, San Jose State’s athletic director, estimated that the Spartans spoke with at least 30 initial candidates at the start of a five-day search-and-hire period, including Niumatalolo, whom San Jose State contacted Jan. 17. Two days later, after gauging interest and narrowing the search to two candidates, Konya began face-to-face interviews at a hotel near Los Angeles International Airport. Then, DeBoer began to assemble a coaching staff and initially brought three coaches with him from Washington and retained only Freddie Roach and Robert Gillespie from Saban’s staff. Marlie Giles started the sixth inning off for Alabama with a leadoff single followed by a Bailey Dowling double, which Giles was called out at third base.
One player at UB initially entered the transfer portal after Lembo’s hire, and seven more entered at the end of April, with the conclusion of spring practices. Alnutt wasn’t the only Group of Five program administrator in that boat. On the other side of the country, Konya faced the same task when Spartans coach Brent Brennan left for Arizona to replace Wildcats coach Jedd Fisch, who became Washington’s new coach Jan. 14.
UB hired Lembo as its football coach Jan. 21, the same day San Jose State hired Niumatalolo as the Spartans’ coach. Athletic directors and administrators quickly went to work to restock their football staffs, from head coaches to coordinators and assistants. North Alabama finished last season 3-8 (1-5 UAC) in the first season under head coach Brent Dearmon. The Lions are searching for the first conference championship since transitioning to the FCS level.
Alabama had the chance to respond and tie the game after Tennessee's three-run fifth inning. Bailey Dowling followed it up with a ball crushed off the left field wall, but it bounced so hard that Giles was thrown out at third for the first out of the inning. Lauren Esman followed it up with another single up the middle to put runners on the corners with one out for Alabama's eight and nine-hole hitters.
With Justin Eboigbe off to the NFL, someone else like that will need to fill that spot on this defensive line, and Latham is a solid candidate. He's a redshirt senior, so he's a veteran guy, and he has shown flashes of potential with 10 pressures a season ago to go with a sack against Arkansas, per Pro Football Focus. So, keeping all that in mind, here are five candidates to have breakout seasons for the Crimson Tide in 2024. A change of scenery could certainly have been in the cards, given especially that Allen has no guaranteed money left on his contract, which has two years remaining. "We have so many great resources to help these guys move on to the next career," Saban said. "That's something we want to get organized and do a better job of. I have never had a chance to do projects like that before. Now I have a chance to do it."
There is no shortage of excitement for the return of EA Sports' beloved College Football video game series this summer, a franchise returning due to the advent of NIL payouts for college athletes which allowed their likenesses to be in the game. Despite an early lead, Alabama softball fell to No. 3 seed Tennessee 3-2 on Friday in Game 1 of the NCAA super regionals at Sherri Parker Lee Stadium. The 2024 regular season may prove to be challenging for DeBoer in his first season at the helm of the historic program, but iron sharpens iron, and it’s impossible to build an impressive resumé without obtaining some impressive wins. Alabama added another runner in the second inning on an infield single from Riley Valentine and aggressive base running from Giles at second base to extend the lead to 2-0. While many fans are focused on the early-season home matchup against the Georgia Bulldogs, there are a handful of other games on the schedule that Alabama fans shouldn’t overlook.
Holloway is a former McDonald's All-American and 5-star recruit out of high school, and asianbookie Livescore during his freshman season at Auburn was named to the SEC All-Freshman team. The solution agreed to in the settlement is landmark, but not surprising. College sports has been trending in this direction for years, with athletes receiving more and more monetary benefits and rights they say were long overdue. The latest college football re-rank from USA TODAY, which ranks every FBS program, has the Tide at No. 7 in the nation. The Commanders just announced David Blackburn as the director of player personnel, another change after holdover Eric Stokes left the organization.