Beat Everyone: An AL.com Alabama Football Podcast

The Alabama A-Day game will put the quarterback battle front and center, with Austin Mack and Keelon Russell competing to become QB1. AL.com's Nick Kelly breaks down which player currently has the edge, plus which Crimson Tide breakouts will help Kalen DeBoer's team reach a new championship level in 2026. Nick also sheds light on Bama keeping Nate Oats and what that means for the Tide's basketball future and national title hopes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kalen DeBoer's recent sit-down interview with On3Sports' Chris Low shed light on his future at Alabama. The third-year head coach of the Crimson Tide wants to be in Tuscaloosa and thinks he and his staff will take the next step to compete for a national championship. And it looks like Nate Oats is staying put at Alabama, hoping to lead the Tide to its first-ever basketball title. But can he? The Next Round's Jim Dunaway breaks down what Bama must to do win it all in both sports, plus shares some incredible stories about working with Nick Saban on the Alabama football postgame show years ago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Alabama men's basketball just made their fifth straight Sweet 16 under head coach Nate Oats. The Crimson Tide are red hot entering a showdown against top-seeded Michigan this week. Can they pull off a huge upset like they did two seasons ago on their way to the program's first-ever Final Four? How are they doing it without their second leading scorer Aden Holloway? Does Nate Oats have control of his program off of the court? Would Oats consider leaving Alabama for a hoops blue-blood? Also, what do we think of some experts calling Ty Simpson the best quarterback in the upcoming NFL Draft? AL.com columnist Joe Goodman joins Ben Flanagan to break it down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

March Madness is here. Alabama plays Hofstra in round one, but they're missing their second best player after Aden Holloway was arrested felony marijuana possession. The pressure's on now, and someone else will have to step up for Nate Oats if Bama wants to make another run. And is Ty Simpson now a first round lock in the NFL Draft? What does that mean for Kalen DeBoer? AL.com's Ben Flanagan and Andrew Hammond break it all down! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's Oscar week. If Hollywood can give itself a bunch of trophies celebrating the best movies of 2025, we should hand out a few awards on Beat Everyone. It's the inaugural Tin Horn Awards, in honor of Nick Saban's most famous rant! With the 2025 football season in the rearview, we're shouting awards Kalen DeBoer and his Alabama football team NEED to win in 2026 if they want to compete at a championship level, like Best Quarterback in a Leading Role, Best Editing of an Offensive Game Plan, and many more! Ben Flanagan, Matt Stahl and Matt Scalici put on their tuxedos and make history to hand out the first-ever Tin Horns! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nick Saban belongs in any football hall of fame that exists in this world, but Beat Everyone will decide which games, plays, moments, quotes and other milestones define his iconic career. Championships, play calls, historic trophies and shocking hires give him arguably the greatest legacy of any coach in the history of his sport. Ben Flanagan and Matt Scalici count down the 10 things that best reflect his impact as the Alabama football coach. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Columnist Joe Goodman joins Beat Everyone to take a big picture look at how all the turmoil of the past few years in college football has finally exposed the inherent corruption and dysfunction at the heart of the game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alabama took a step closer to a national championship by making the College Football Playoff in 2025. But after a blowout Rose Bowl loss to Indiana, the Crimson Tide clearly still have work to do before they're hoisting any trophies at the end of the year. National champion and All-American offensive lineman Mike Johnson gives a brutally honest breakdown of what Kalen DeBoer and his staff need to do to get the absolute best out of Bama if they want to reach the mountaintop again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alabama had a successful 2025 season, but the Rose Bowl blowout left a bad taste in the mouths everyone who loves the Crimson Tide, including legendary Bama linebacker and 2-time national champion Rashaan Evans. The All-American and All-SEC Tide star gives a brutally honest take on what Alabama needs to fix if they want to compete at a championship level. Evans breaks down where the Tide needs to improve on offense and defense, and shares what he would tell the guys in the locker room if given the chance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Alabama men's basketball team is 3-4 in their last seven games and are struggling early in SEC play. Injuries have played a big role, but the Crimson Tide have shown little consistency game to game, and they need to show major improvement if they hope to compete for a title in March. How can Nate Oats turn things around with the clock ticking? Columnist Kevin Scarbinsky joins Beat Everyone to diagnose Alabama's biggest problems. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the first time since 2023, former Alabama player Charles Bediako wore his uniform and played in Coleman Coliseum, despite playing professional basketball, after a judge in Tuscaloosa issued a temporary restraining order allowing Bediako to compete in NCAA play. The move has caused a ripple effect in college sports. What precedent could this set for other athletes who want to return to college after testing the professional waters? What advantage could these cases give Alabama and other schools over their competitors? And what does the future hold for college athletics? AL.com's Nick Kelly breaks it down, plus offseason moves by Kalen DeBoer and Alabama football. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The college football offseason is officially underway. What ripple effect will Indiana's national championship win have for Alabama as they try to build a team that can win a title in 2026? How do we grade the Crimson Tide's transfer portal performance so far? And has the rest of college football lost faith in Alabama as a contender to win it all? Beat Everyone's Ben Flanagan and Matt Scalici answer these questions and react to the new ESPN Nick Saban documentary news and ask if the legendary coach was throwing any shade at former running back Damien Harris this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chuck Klosterman's new book FOOTBALL releases January 20th. Named a most anticipated book of 2026 by NPR, it covers the NFL, college, TV, video games, gambling, Colin Kaepernick, CTE, Jim Thorpe, and how football has shaped American life. The New York Times bestselling author joins AL.com's Ben Flanagan and Matt Wake to talk about his football obsession, plus why he's fascinated with Alabama and Nick Saban. Chuck Klosterman's books include Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto; But What If We're Wrong? Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past, and The Nineties. You've read his work in Esquire, ESPN, New York Times Magazine, and you've heard him on The Bill Simmons Podcast. He is self-proclaimed football psychotic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Between transfer portal twists and turns and NIL realities, Alabama football had a tough week. They've lost several star players to rival schools, and commitments have come and gone during a wild window. AL.com's Nick Kelly breaks down the challenges Kalen DeBoer is already facing this offseason and how he plans to fix it in time for the Crimson Tide to compete for a championship in 2026. Plus, Ty Simpson to the NFL might not be a done deal after all. Nick reports on the decision Simpson faces, with several major programs offering him top dollar to stay in college fotball. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ty Simpson is going pro, so there's an opening for Alabama's QB1. Will it be Austin Mack or Keelon Russell? Kalen DeBoer has a huge decision to make this offseason. Clint Lamb of Cover Crimson breaks this down and looks at how DeBoer and his staff will build a roster than can compete for a championship in 2026. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Just when we thought Kalen DeBoer had started to finally win over his doubters, Alabama puts up a historically bad effort against Indiana in the Rose Bowl and many fans are right back to asking some tough questions about the state of the program. AL.com beat writer Nick Kelly addresses the latest changes to Alabama's roster and how it could impact the 2026 season. Later, Kevin Scarbinsky joins us to put the Rose Bowl defeat in perspective and discuss what it means for DeBoer's future in Tuscaloosa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices