Are the Alabama Crimson Tide the best team in college football entering Week 9? Stephen A. Smith isn't dismissing it.

The Crimson Tide and the Volunteers will square off in an SEC game at 6:30 p.m. CDT Saturday at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa.

Let's fire up a football Friday edition of "The Joe Gaither Show on BamaCentral" with Mason Woods, Katie Windham and Hunter De Siver as we put our finishing touches on Alabama's matchup against the South Carolina Gamecocks.

Stephen A. Smith was one of the many media members, who heavily criticized the way Alabama football opened the season against Florida State. The ESPN personality went as far as to say he felt Kalen DeBoer was not the man for the job.

Find single game tickets to the Alabama Crimson Tide vs. South Carolina Gamecocks college football Week 9 matchup on Saturday, October 25, 2025.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Former University of Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron, who helped lead the team to back-to-back national championships, announced Thursday that he running for lieutenant governor of Alabama.

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By now you’ve heard Trent Seaborn, 6-foot-1, 200-pound quarterback from Thompson High School in Alabaster, gave his verbal commitment to the Alabama Crimson Tide. Now, check out the 2027 quarterback commitment tell Crimson Tide coach Kalen DeBoer in person.