Alabama is currently a slight underdog to Georgia when the Bulldogs come to Bryant-Denny Stadium on October 10. There is not a point spread posted by BetMGM, but the sports book has Georgia as a -135 favorite on the money line to Alabama at +115.
Alabama has been an underdog to Georgia in the teams’ previous six meetings, most recently when the Bulldogs won as a 1.5-point favorite in the SEC championship game last season. However, Alabama has won 10 of its past 12 games against Georgia, including
both of its regular-season meetings the past two seasons.
The Tide is also an underdog in the other game BetMGM has already posted, at LSU on November 7. The Tigers are currently a 3.5-point favorite in that game, which will be Lane Kiffin’s first as LSU coach against Alabama. The Tide has won 13 of its past 15 games against LSU, including six of its past seven in Baton Rouge.
Georgia being a favorite over Alabama is perfectly normal and expected. But LSU? Now that’s an interesting take. Sure, the Tigers just got Lane Kiffin (wh0’s 0-5 vs Alabama), but do we really think he’s that much of an upgrade of Brian Kelly? On top of that, is Sam Leavitt a major upgrade at QB over Nuss? I’m not sure. Just seems like a whole lot of wish-casting and not actual extrapolation of results.
For their part, Sports Illustrated has LSU #8 while Alabama is #14, so maybe I’m the one that’s crazy.
A-Day produced a clear headline: Keelon Russell stole the show. With Mack limited by an undisclosed injury to just five drives, Russell completed 20 of 32 passes for 229 yards and four touchdowns, flashing the big-arm ability and elusiveness that made him the No. 2 recruit in the 2025 class.
DeBoer was careful not to tip his hand, praising both quarterbacks’ aggressiveness throughout spring. But Russell’s performance made the decision considerably harder. Coleman-Williams was the standout skill player, catching multiple touchdowns in both the scrimmage and A-Day. The front seven remains the biggest concern after losing four key contributors to the NFL Draft.
Personally, I’m WAY more concerned about Alabama’s offensive line (and offense in general) than I am about them replacing a handful of late day 3 draft picks (and don’t get me wrong, I loved me some Tim Keenan) a couple of underwhelming rotational players that transferred out from the defensive front 7.
Next, we did get a quick snippet from Kane Wommack
“It’s just nice when you go into Year 3, and there’s a lot of continuity,” Wommack told AL.com’s Creg Stephenson. We’ve got a lot of returning starters on our backend, a lot of young guys that are pushing some of those guys as well, which is really great.
“We’ve kind of got the defensive line into a position where we’ve got more mass, there’s some older guys, the transfer portal has been really good to us. So having some of those guys in, coupled with our backend, I think there’s a lot of continuity.
“There’s a lot of excitement within the group and confidence in each other. It’s fun to kind of go through spring with that group of guys that know the expectation and sets the tone early and often.”
Alabama’s overhaul on the defensive line is something that I don’t think has been talked about enough. While the Tide’s defense was excellent last year, the line underwhelmed, particularly at run defense. Adding in Devan Thompkins, Terrance Green, and Kedrick Bingley-Jones add quite a bit of veteran production and size, plus Dez Umeozulu may have a level of pass rush juice and size that Alabama lacked.
The Elite 11 Finals roster was announced on Thursday. The premier quarterback event, held annually in Los Angeles since 1999, brings together 20 of the nation’s top signal-callers for a three-day competition that includes on-field drills, film study, and training sessions before revealing the Top 11 from the event and the overall MVP. Alabama has been well represented over the years, and for the third time, the Crimson Tide will have two commitments in attendance.
This one is paywalled, but has plenty of good quotes from both of Alabama’s QB commitments for the 2027 class. Haven and Seaborn are both going to get recruited heavily by every school in the country trying to pry one of them away from the Tide, so it’s going to be fascinating to see how this recruiting cycle goes. One program have two different players to attend the Elite 11 is rather impressive.
