Beat Everyone: An AL.com Alabama Football Podcast

In a time when the Alabama receiver corps was among the most talented of any group in college football history, Slade Bolden became an unlikely stalwart in the group, providing a string of future NFL quarterbacks with an always-reliable target. Bolden shares some of his stories from his time in Tuscaloosa and tells us what it was like to be on the receiving end of a Nick Saban butt-chewing.

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With a Super Bowl MVP and a ring, Jalen Hurts is on top of the world. Alabama Crimson Tide fans know just how much that means for a player who has overcome adversity many times throughout his remarkable career. Ben Flanagan and Matt Scalici discuss the latest chapter in the incredible story of Jalen Hurts and what this championship means for Hurts in the debate about the greatest Crimson Tide players of all time.

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Kalen DeBoer has set the stage for improvement in 2025 with a strong recruiting class and a new offensive coordinator, but it will take more than that for Alabama to win big against one of the toughest schedules in college football. ESPN analyst Cole Cubelic joins us to talk about what Alabama is bringing to the line of scrimmage in 2025 and what DeBoer and his staff need to do if they want the Crimson Tide to be among the elite teams in college football next season.

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Alabama made waves with the hiring of Ryan Grubb as their new offensive coordinator. But despite the upgrade in coaching talent, Grubb will be Alabama's fourth offensive coordinator in four years. We talk with former Alabama wide receiver Mac Hereford who experienced a similar amount of turnover in coaching during his time in Tuscaloosa, to get his perspective on just how much changes when a new OC comes in.

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NIL has changed college sports dramatically, but how does it really work? Eli Gold returns to the show with his new boss Jacksonville State athletic director Greg Seitz to discuss the inner workings of a Division I athletic department in the age of NIL.

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As Alabama heads toward spring practice with a roster made up of an impressive mix of returning starters and highly-touted newcomers, it's time to start establishing which players will be the keys to the season if the Crimson Tide hope to return to the playoffs in 2025. Alabama beat writer Matt Stahl joins host Ben Flanagan and producer Matt Scalici to take a look at which players will need to come up big for Bama in 2025.

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With the first season of the 12-team College Football Playoff officially in the books, ratings are down and some fans are calling the new system a dud after its first season. Others wonder if college football no longer resembles the game they came to love. Michael Casagrande and Matt Scalici join host Ben Flanagan to discuss the state of college football one year into its new era and what, if anything, can be done to fix the issues plaguing the sport.

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Alabama basketball is in the midst of the greatest run of success in the program's history...so why aren't more fans excited about it? We're joined by SEC Network analyst and Alabama basketball legend Richard Hendrix to talk Bama hoops history and what he thinks more fans should understand about this unique time in Alabama basketball history.

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How did Bryce Young go from California high school superstar to Alabama football legend? We asked the man who was instrumental in that very transformation: Bryce's father and former coach, Craig Young. Today on the podcast, we go in depth with Craig Young about how Nick Saban landed Bryce's commitment, how the Young family navigated the dawn of NIL, and how Bryce managed to overcome adversity to become one of the hottest young quarterbacks in the NFL.

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College football season may be finished for the year for Bama fans but the playoffs are just beginning in the NFL and the Crimson Tide have an important role to play in the pro football postseason. Ben Flanagan and Matt Scalici break down why this year's NFL playoffs might be the best ever for Bama fans and later, they take a deep dive into Nate Oats' Alabama basketball squad, which is off to an impressive start this season.

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