Beat Everyone: An AL.com Alabama Football Podcast

Is Alabama football recruiting really a disaster, or is this a false alarm? The Crimson Tide are either ranked low or not at all on major services tracking which programs are attracting the best high school talent in the country, causing concern for fans and dripping some blood in the water for trolls. Matt Scalici joins Ben Flanagan to break down where Kalen DeBoer and Bama actually stand on the recruiting front and how fans should feel several months away from the early signing period. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is your hottest Alabama football take? AL.com's Matt Stahl joins Ben Flanagan to share a few. We talk quarterbacks, trap games and lists that should offend any Alabama football fan. The Tide faithful thrive on being disrespected, and a new report could mean Bama's lost its edge. With SEC Media Days right around the corner, Ben and Matt break down what lies ahead for Kalen DeBoer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nick Saban is going to save college football. And with the federal government's help. Tat's a sure bet, right? Nick Saban testified before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee this week about college sports in an ongoing effort to protect competition and support student athletes. The former Alabama coach has become the face of this college athletics reform. He said the bill creates competitive balance, parity, and an opportunity to have a framework to build a fair-play system. Is he right? And is Saban the messenger college sports need for something to change? AL.com reporter and columnist Michael Casagrande joins "Beat Everyone" to break it all down! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If Beat Everyone hits the transfer portal, we're taking a hard look at Pate State. We welcome the one and only Josh Pate to discuss Alabama's national championship prospects in 2026, plus the future of college football. What has he learned from Kalen DeBoer and just about every other high-profile head coach in the sport from his recent sitdown interviews? Are dynasties a thing of the past? Was the BCS the best way to determine a champion? Is Alabama one of the few programs who can compete for a title every year? Why is a 24-team College Football Playoff such a bad idea? Pate talks about all this and MORE! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's the biggest Beat Everyone draft yet, the ULTIMATE Alabama Football Draft. For fans, what is the ultimate Alabama football experience. What is representative of your feeling, your memory, what you'd tell and show aliens if they flew down and asked you what is Alabama football? Ben Flanagan, Matt Scalici and special guest Cruz Oxenreider pick the best games, coaches, players, plays, traditions, and more. Play along, and tell us what we got wrong in the comments! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How comfortable is Kalen DeBoer as the Alabama head coach now that he's in year three of leading the program? Where does the fan base stand on the job he's done so far, now that he signed a new extension? And what's at stake for DeBoer with sky-high expectations in his third season? AL.com Alabama reporter Nick Kelly weighs in. Plus, Nick reacts to Lane Kiffin's viral comments from the Vanity Fair article and picks the greatest Alabama football play of all time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kalen DeBoer is in year three as the Crimson Tide head coach, and he wants to win it all. He joins Beat Everyone to talk about the upcoming season in Tuscaloosa, why he loves about Keelon Russell and Austin Mack, Ty Simpson at the NFL Draft, his new contract extension, and how the loss to Indiana will fuel Bama in 2026. Plus, his favorite game he's coached at Alabama so far, the fastest guy on the team, what he loves about the South, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One down, seven more SEC teams to go for Alabama. Next on the list are the surging Vanderbilt Commodores led by the brash and confident Diego Pavia at quarterback. Can Alabama get revenge for last year's shocking loss? Former Alabama All-American Mike Johnson joins us to break down the game and talk about what Alabama's doing right on offense, plus what they need to do a better job of if they want to take things to the next level. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices