Posts by Hayden Crigler — Page 2
Alabama escaped with a victory in The Swamp on Saturday and now shifts its focus toward Southern Miss. “Florida is a really good team and had a great plan offensively for us … this is a tough place to play,” said Nick Saban. Alabama came out hot in the first quarter scoring 21 points with […]
Alabama hasn’t had a game this close since they played Florida last year in the SEC Championship Game in Atlanta. Nick Saban said last week that his teams needed to play a full 60 minutes hard and finish games off. His team did just that by winning a nail-biter 31-29 against the 11th ranked Gators. […]
The Alabama Crimson Tide will travel to the Swamp to take on the Florida Gators in a rematch from last year’s conference championship. That matchup ended with the Tide winning 52-46 in a thriller that pitted two of the best quarterbacks in the country against each other in Mac Jones and Kyle Trask. Defenses were […]
Mercer is in the rearview mirror now, and Alabama now has its sights set on Florida. After an impressive performance against the Miami Hurricanes in week one, the Tide got a tune-up game to prepare for Florida. Nick Saban was a little disappointed in his team’s intensity in practice leading up to the game against […]
Alabama football on Saturday won big over Mercer, as expected, and looked good doing it in what was a tune-up game before traveling to Florida next week. The Crimson Tide ran through Mercer by beating the Bears 48-14. Earlier in the week, head coach Nick Saban wanted to see a few things from his team […]
Call it distracting, call it overlooking a team, or be Nick Saban and simply call it “rat poison.” Whatever you want to call it, Alabama will have their Saturday win over Mercer completed by the end of quarter one. So, what makes this game even slightly interesting? There are three things that matter in this […]
After Alabama obliterated Miami on Saturday, it was easy to get caught in the hype of the win, how great Bryce Young played and how many yards of offense the Tide managed. However, for the “last look” segment, we are going to take a step back and look at the game as a whole and […]
The Alabama Crimson Tide are starting off yet another season with a huge week one win. Any questions that anyone had before the game are now answered. Alabama is just as good, if not better this year than 2020 (so far). Bryce Young at quarterback had an impressive game against the 14th ranked Miami Hurricanes. […]
The opening weekend of football season for the SEC is finally here. While Tennessee has already played their week-one game, most fans have had to wait until now to get excited to watch their favorite team take the field. Expectations are high, dreams are still alive, and no one has a mark in their loss […]
The Alabama Crimson Tide’s magical basketball season came to an end Sunday night, falling to the UCLA Bruins 88-78. The Tide started the matchup off very slow, allowing UCLA to jump out to a 7-1 lead in the opening minutes of the game. Bama star Herb Jones got in foul trouble very early on, with […]
The Alabama Crimson Tide are playing their best basketball in March, and they are looking better than ever. The second-seeded Tide continued their winning ways against a tough 15-seed in Iona, winning 68-55 on Saturday. Iona, coached by Rick Pitino, who has upset Alabama before in the Tournament before, came out strong against the Tide. […]
It has been a long journey already, but after Alabama’s SEC Tournament Championship win on Sunday the Tide hope that one of the greatest seasons in school history is far from over yet. After winning both the regular season SEC Championship and then the SEC Tournament title, Bama has their sights set on the NCAA […]
Alabama kept on rolling to defeat Tennessee 73-68 on Saturday in a huge comeback win in the SEC Tournament semi-finals. Tennessee came out on fire by scoring points in a hurry as well as playing suffocating defense, causing the Tide to start out 3-13 from the three-point line. Usually a great three-point team, Alabama needed […]
In a season filled with uncertainty, injuries, and the looming notion that Auburn had self-imposed a post-season ban, the Auburn Tigers finished their season on a high note. Bruce Pearl managed to get his team involved and excited in a season where they could have easily folded and written this season off. However, Pearl got […]
Alabama is enjoying one of their best seasons in recent memory and continued with their winning ways today as they defeated Georgia 89-79 in the Bulldogs’ house. The Tide have been cruising through the SEC this season, with only two blemishes on their conference record. With the regular season SEC championship already claimed by Bama, […]
Fresh off of winning the SEC regular season championship for the first time in 19 years, the Alabama Crimson Tide on Tuesday completed a sweep of Auburn for the first time in six years after defeating the Tigers at home 70-58. Jayden Shackelford led the way for Alabama in Tuscaloosa, as the talented sophomore guard […]
Since the arrival of Alabama basketball head coach Nate Oats, the Tide have been waiting on their time to come. With what Oats did at Buffalo prior to coming to Tuscaloosa, it was clear that he could bring a team from low spots to national prominence. That time is finally here for Bama hoops fans, […]
Auburn’s basketball team has had the most up-and-down seasons in recent memory — starting with freshman phenom point guard Sharife Cooper waiting nearly half the season for his eligibility to go along with Auburn self-imposing a postseason ban. With a 12-13 overall record, 6-10 in conference play, the Tigers needed something to make this season […]
The Alabama Crimson Tide were already being noticed all around the country by basketball fans and national sports media. However, Alabama on Saturday broke a program record to put even more people on notice of what is going on in Tuscaloosa. Bama scored the most points in an SEC game in program history on a […]
The Auburn Tigers held the lead for most of the game but couldn’t hold onto the lead as Ole Miss ultimately landed the 86-84 victory on Devontae Shuler’s game winning shot on Saturday. Auburn managed to hold the lead for most of the game, including all of the second half until the final minute of […]
Alabama can’t complete comeback in hard fought loss to Missouri for the Tide’s first conference loss
The Alabama Crimson Tide’s basketball team came into their matchup on Saturday ranked 10th nationally and undefeated in the SEC. Meanwhile, the Missouri Tigers came into the game ranked 18th, and are the closest team behind Alabama in the conference race. Alabama head coach Nate Oats mentioned before the game, “We have got to get […]
The Alabama Crimson Tide hoops squad came into this SEC vs. Big 12 Challenge having won their last 10 games in a row. However, when playing another ranked team in Oklahoma, the Tide couldn’t quite pull out the win. Bama looked great in their 66-61 defeat and showed that they do in fact deserve to […]
The Alabama Crimson Tide are now 8-0 in conference play after defeating Mississippi State 81-73 on Saturday. With a formula of driving the lane and passing out to perimeter shooters, Alabama has made the three-point shot their go-to game plan behind shooters like John Petty and Jaden Shackelford. For the Bulldogs, their defense was up […]
The Auburn Tigers have had a rough going in the beginning of SEC play, losing five of their last seven SEC games coming into Saturday’s matchup with South Carolina. However, recent wins against Kentucky and Georgia have put the Tigers on a much brighter path with endless possibilities. One big factor for the turnaround is […]

