TUSCALOOSA — Jaylen Waddle can admit it now: Henry Ruggs III is faster than him … at least until their next race.

TUSCALOOSA — Patrick Surtain just chuckled at the idea his only son and namesake would ever articulate any concern with a coach’s decision.

TUSCALOOSA — With fewer than two weeks before Alabama’s season opener, Nick Saban is usually doing his best to temper the team’s annually lofty expectations.

TUSCALOOSA — Nick Saban likes to joke that he rarely looks at the offensive line except when he’s watching film, or when something goes wrong.

TUSCALOOSA — Najee Harris didn’t even have to contemplate the question.

TUSCALOOSA — The perpetually prepared Nick Saban was admittedly caught off guard by the thought-provoking question Thursday night.

TUSCALOOSA — Terrell Lewis was so amped up for his first full-contact rep in more than a year he could hardly contain himself.

TUSCALOOSA — Soft-spoken by nature, Joshua McMillon approached his first — and very likely only — team-sanctioned media availability much like he did his final season at Alabama: by keeping everything in perspective.

TUSCALOOSA — Alabama will be without the gem of its top-rated 2019 signing class “indefinitely” after former five-star running back Trey Sanders suffered a serious foot injury Thursday.

TUSCALOOSA — Like most of the four- and five-star players Alabama recruits, Brian Robinson Jr. thought highly of his ability coming in, even as the “other” running back in the Crimson Tide’s loaded 2017 signing class.

TUSCALOOSA — With scruff on his cheeks and recently disrupted sleep still visible under his eyes, Raekwon Davis freely acknowledged being late to Tuesday’s noon press availability because he’d been napping.

TUSCALOOSA — For as much flak as Alabama has received for its 2019 slate of games, the Southeastern Conference didn’t do its reigning champs any favors next season.

TUSCALOOSA — Matt Womack wanted a bit of a change coming into his final preseason at Alabama.

TUSCALOOSA — Growing up less than an hour from Baton Rouge, La., Pete Golding had a deep appreciation for what he saw of Nick Saban’s defenses at LSU.

TUSCALOOSA — No. 2-ranked Alabama kicked off its annual preseason camp on a steamy Friday afternoon on the Thomas-Drew practice fields behind the Mal Moore Athletic Complex.

TUSCALOOSA — Alabama’s annual preseason practice schedule begins Friday, and as usual, there will be plenty of questions before the Crimson Tide takes on Duke in its season opener Aug. 31.

TUSCALOOSA — Given the sheer talent that annually rotates in and out of Alabama, it’s not always easy for previously unknown players to truly surprise with breakout seasons as first-time starters.

TUSCALOOSA — Every time Alabama has achieved its goal of winning a national championship, it’s been because a select handful of players stepped up and met or exceeded the elite standard of excellence established by their head coach, Nick Saban.

The University of Alabama announced today in a news release that the Crimson Tide and Wisconsin will play a home-and-home football series in 2024 and 2025.

TUSCALOOSA — Year 1 of the Tua Tagovailoa era produced the single-greatest passing season of any Alabama quarterback ever.

TUSCALOOSA — Dylan Moses understands his place at Alabama this season, because it’s one he’s been preparing for most of his life.

TUSCALOOSA — In the middle of the night following his first collegiate scrimmage in late March, Taulia Tagovailoa decided to review his play from earlier that day.