Germie Bernard: Thank you for the two seasons you spent in a Crimson uniform. You epitomized the Bama standard. Never complained. Showed up and did your job every time with a smile on your face. You're always welcome in Tuscaloosa. Go be great in the NFL, good sir. Respect.

Power ranking the best individual athletes for Bama in the just-completed 2025-26 athletic season (one player per sport): 1. Doris Lemngole, women's XC & track 2. Jocelyn Briski, softball 3. Samuel Ogazi, men's track 4. William Jennings, men's golf 5. Labaron Philon Jr., men's basketball PLENTY of others that deserve consideration or just missed the list. Put this together off the top of my head as well, so I could be forgetting someone. But I think it's a solid list. Thoughts?

Oklahoma 9, Alabama 0 Texas 14, Alabama 2 I don't think there are any big narratives to take from Bama's trip to Omaha. Pre-CWS, we were between 14/1 and 16/1 to win -- the sixth-best odds in an eight-team field, clearly ahead of only Troy. We got HAMMERED in both games. Losing the opener 9-0 to Oklahoma, a game that on paper was a coin flip, is deeply disappointing. We went out with barely a whimper vs. Texas. We did not pass the eye test, nor did we perform up to our standards. Bottom line: we stunk to high heavens. Putting aside the manner in which we lost, it was always a real possibility we'd go 0-2 in Omaha. Making it to the Finals in a bracket side with Georgia and Texas was a longshot. I understand the impulse to vent or to be short-sighted when we're frustrated. But as far as the big picture goes, this season was a step forward for Rob Vaughn and this program. First CWS since 1999, even if it was a tremendously easy path. Best SEC record since 2009. Improved from 13-17 to 16-14 to 18-12 in the SEC in three seasons. 📈 Overall, as an athletic department, our baseline level across sports -- based on resources, facilities, NIL rev share $, etc. -- is somewhere roughly in the eighth to 15th range. It's nice that our baseball team is finally back on the level with our athletic department in general. Time to lock in and get ready for football season. #RollTide

Somebody make it stop 😭

Whew! Luke Vaughn bloops one into left field and we make use of back-to-back walks to start the second inning. The CWS run-scoring seal is broken. Gotta keep going to salvage this trip.

Through 10 innings of baseball in Omaha, Bama baseball has been outscored 12-0. So far, an extremely forgettable trip to the College World Series. Lots to love about the season as a whole. But the CWS specifically has been a huge disappointment thus far. Gotta get runs.

Welp. That didn't take long. @TexasBaseball 1, @AlabamaBSB 0. Still two runners in scoring position with just one out in the Longhorns' half of the first inning. Come on, guys. Not like this!

Justin Lebron doesn't intend to end his Bama career quietly. Hit a single in the first inning and stole second. (We left him in scoring position, of course. But great to see him going for it.)

Let's go fellas! @AlabamaBSB A win over Texas would make the CWS a success in my opinion. Let's get some runs today.

Whatever it takes. #Rollmaha

Really thoughtful interview by Trelly. I would love to see him get an opportunity to play basketball somewhere. Some good insight into his relationship with Nate Oats, the pre-draft process in general and how well Bama's system dovetails with the NBA.

Very unfortunate outcome, but what an incredible career. Doris has been the ultimate champion on and off the track and cemented herself as one of the greatest student-athletes in the history of @UA_Athletics.

It's official: @AlabamaBSB will face @TexasBaseball at 2 p.m. ET on ESPN. Loser goes home devastated. Let's hope the bats show up! Always fun to beat the 'Horns in any sport.

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Somehow they disqualified the 5,000-meter champ Lemngole?! Bama's women slide to 15th after the unfathomable decision, which is under protest.

Apparently the cowards at the NCAA are DQing Doris Lemngole.

Official: Bama's women finish sixth at the national championships.

Alabama women's track is tied for fourth in the national championships with 20 of 21 events scored. Add it to the resume for @Greg_Byrne and the Bama athletics department after a solid 12th in the men's title yesterday. #EverythingSchool

Alabama's Doris Lemngole bests collegiate record-holder Jane Hedengren and others in the women's 5K at the NCAA Championships! She didn't defend her steeplechase title bc injuries forced her to start her season late. She claims another national title in 15:11. #RollTide

And here comes Doris Lemngole in the women's 5,000 meters. This is her only race at the NCAA Championships in her junior season (outdoors).

Georgia just made Texas ace Dylan Volantis throw 41 pitches in the first inning and hung four runs on the board. Perhaps the best result for Bama as we await the loser. Hopefully Georgia wears out the Texas arms. Facing Texas in a non-Volantis start is the best we can do now.