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Fox News
4 days ago
- Sport
- Fox News
Florida State, Alabama War of Words Continues: 'Disrespect Will be Addressed'
Print Close Published July 17, 2025 The Alabama Crimson Tide travel to Tallahassee to play the Florida State Seminoles on Aug. 30, in one of the headline games in Week 1 of the 2025 college football season — and there has been plenty of chirping from Florida State's starting quarterback. Speaking about Alabama earlier this offseason, Florida State quarterback Thomas Castellanos said he couldn't see the Crimson Tide "stopping" him and that "they don't have Nick Saban to save them" — not to be mistaken with Prospector telling Woody "that silly Buzz Lightweight can't help you" in "Toy Story 2"; Saban retired following the 2023 season after 17 years at the helm and winning six national titles at Alabama. A video surfaced earlier this week of Castellanos saying that he "just wanted to instill some confidence" in his team. Nevertheless, Alabama defensive lineman Tim Keenan III had a direct response when asked about Castellanos. "Disrespect will be addressed," Keenan said at SEC Media Days on Wednesday, according to Last season, Keenan, who stands at 6-foot-2 and 335 pounds, totaled 2.5 sacks, eight tackles for loss and 40 combined tackles. Keenan is entering his redshirt senior season at Alabama, with whom he has spent his entire collegiate career (2022-present) and started the past two seasons. As for Castellanos, the senior quarterback transferred to Florida State after two seasons at Boston College (2023-24) and one season at UCF (2022). Last season, Castellanos totaled 1,366 passing yards, 18 passing touchdowns, five interceptions and a 163.4 passer rating, while completing 61.5% of his passes in eight games. The year prior (2023), he posted a 121.0 passer rating, completed 57.3% of his passes but also rushed for 1,113 yards and 13 touchdowns. Both Alabama and Florida State are coming off underwhelming seasons but in vastly different contexts. Alabama went 9-4 (5-3 in SEC play), the most losses it has recorded in a single season since going 7-6 in 2007 in what was Saban's first season as Alabama's head coach, in what was Kalen DeBoer's first season as head coach. Meanwhile, Florida State, which went 13-1 in 2023 and had many clamoring for its inclusion in the College Football Playoff after going 13-0 before bowl season, finished the 2024 season at 2-10 (ACC-worst 1-7 in conference play). It was the Seminoles' lowest win total since winning just one game in the 1974 season. This will be just the sixth time that the Crimson Tide and Seminoles face off, with Alabama winning the last matchup between the two teams in 2017, 24-7, in what was a neutral site game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, GA. Each of their last two matchups came at a neutral site, with the upcoming Week 1 matchup being the first time that they'll play on a college campus since 1974 and the first time Florida State will host Alabama. The Crimson Tide are 3-1-1 in the all-time head-to-head matchup. Want great stories delivered right to your inbox? Create or log in to your FOX Sports account, and follow leagues, teams and players to receive a personalized newsletter daily! Print Close URL
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Alabama football's Tim Keenan III talks about confidence in Kalen DeBoer at SEC media days
Watch as Alabama football defensive lineman Tim Keenan III expresses his confidence in his head coach as Kalen DeBoer turns the page to season No. 2 in Tuscaloosa.
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Could Alabama football's Florida State opener define 2025 season trajectory?
ATLANTA — Kadyn Proctor knows what Florida State quarterback Thomas Castellanos said. And he's not giving in. It's outside of Alabama football's overall focus, he said, one that is set on the day-to-day, the current moment. The Crimson Tide hasn't made it to fall camp yet, Proctor said. 'We're not really giving into whatever anybody else is saying,' Proctor said at SEC media days. 'It's all internal. Keeping it in house.' Kalen DeBoer knows how big Alabama's opener against Florida State is. It's the only game the Crimson Tide coach brought up unprompted. It's a test against a team that has 'something to prove, as well.' It's a true road game, a setting Alabama struggled with in its first year of the DeBoer era with losses to Vanderbilt, Tennessee and Oklahoma away from Tuscaloosa. But to DeBoer, it all boils down to one simple reality: Florida State is first up for Alabama. It's the opponent currently in the way of each of the Crimson Tides 2025 hopes. 'We don't need to look anything beyond that as far as our preparation or what might lie because none of it matters unless we take care of business and do what we're doing, being our best in that week one game against Florida State,' DeBoer said. For fifth-year defensive lineman Tim Keenan III, Florida State is Alabama's first chance to debut the new-and-improved Crimson Tide: one that is dominant, that plays to the whistle, that gives opponents a beating. 'Just taking it to the next man the best we can, as hard as we can,' Keenan said. It's what Alabama did not do in 2024, falling to both the Volunteers and Commodores by one score before a 21-point drubbing against the Sooners in Norman. 'A lot of it comes down to those big moments, building a culture where you keep fighting till the very end,' DeBoer said. 'There's going to be a lot of close games. A lot of those wins you're talking about came down to the very end, moments where it looked bleak at times. You fight, execute, find a way to win. That's what we've got to do here going into year two at Alabama, as well.' Expectations are high for Alabama. And they are self-imposed. Proctor said the whole roster realizes how long it's been since the Crimson Tide won a championship. And the junior offensive lineman is not afraid to say that's the team's overall goal. 'It's all through preparation,' Proctor said. 'We're trying to do our best 1-0 day in and day out, honestly. But there's always that hunger, that yearn and burn and desire to win every game. You have to have that focus and that level of intent to do so.' Florida State is just the first team in Alabama's way. The Crimson Tide opens the 2025 season against the Seminoles in Tallahassee Aug. 30. Colin Gay covers Alabama football for The Tuscaloosa News, part of the USA TODAY Network. Reach him at cgay@ or follow him @_ColinGay on X, formerly known as Twitter. This article originally appeared on The Tuscaloosa News: Alabama football's Florida State opener could define its 2025 season
USA Today
08-07-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Alabama attendees officially revealed for 2025 SEC football media days
The Alabama Crimson Tide lineup set to appear at 2025 SEC football media days next week in Atlanta, Georgia is now officially set. Announced by the conference Tuesday, Alabama will be sending three players to SEC football media days, each of which will be making their first-ever appearance at the SEC's premier offseason event. That trio will be offensive tackle Kadyn Proctor, defensive tackle Tim Keenan III, and inside linebacker Deontae Lawson, with the group also joined by Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer. Last year, Alabama was represented by quarterback Jalen Milroe, offensive guard Tyler Booker, and safety Malachi Moore at SEC football media days, each of which were team captains for the Crimson Tide a year ago alongside of Lawson. DeBoer, as well as the players, will speak to the media on Wednesday, July 17. Joining the Crimson Tide that day will be Florida (Billy Napier), Mississippi State (Jeff Lebby), and Oklahoma (Brent Venables). A multi-day event, 2025 SEC football media days will take place from Monday, July 14 through Thursday, July 17 at Omni Atlanta Hotel at Centennial Park and The College Football Hall of Fame. Contact/Follow us @RollTideWire on X, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Alabama news, notes and opinion.
Yahoo
07-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
EA Sports CFB 26 Ratings Rundown: Alabama
EA Sports CFB 26 Ratings Rundown: Alabama originally appeared on Athlon Sports. July 10 marks an early Christmas for sports sim gamers and pathological college football fanatics alike. From Tempe to Tuscaloosa, from Columbus to Columbia (both Columbias!), from Happy Valley to Honolulu, EA Sports College Football 26 is born. Advertisement As the second iteration of the Electronic Arts bestseller's revival era following more than a decade-long hiatus, fans are rightly giddy over gameplay updates, new features in game modes like Dynasty and Road to Glory, and revamped sights and sounds that capture the inimitably authentic pageantry of college football. But of course, what you really want to know are CFB 26's player ratings -- especially if you're a fan of the Alabama Crimson Tide, the game's highest-rated team overall at launch. Let's get right to it! Whether you stan Ryan Williams, daydream of Bray Hubbard laying the wood alongside Keon Sabb, or wonder who would win an arm wrestling match between Jaedyn Roberts and Kadyn Proctor, check out Alabama's team scores and their College Football 26 player ratings. Gary Cosby Jr.-USA TODAY Sports Alabama EA Sports College Football 26 Ratings All data via TeamCrafters as of July 6, 2025. Advertisement TEAM RATINGS OFFENSE : 89 DEFENSE : 96 SPECIAL TEAMS : 78 OVERALL: 89 PLAYER RATINGS (Top 20) NOTE: QB Ty Simpson narrowly missed the cut at 82 overall. 1. WR Ryan Williams: 95 2. LT Kadyn Proctor: 94 t-3. DT Tim Keenan III: 92 t-3. RG Jaeden Roberts: 92 t-5. SS Bray Hubbard: 91 t-5. Deontae Lawson: 91 t-5. C Parker Brailsford 8. LE L.T. Overton: 90 9. CB Domani Jackson: 89 t-10. HB Jam Miller: 88 t-10. FS Keon Sabb: 88 t-12. WR Isaiah Horton: 87 t-12. WR Germie Bernard: 87 t-14. CB Zabien Brown: 85 t-14. CB Cam Calhoun: 85 t-16. RE Lamarcus Fox: 84 t-16. RT Bubba Rodgers: 84 t-18. RE Dane Fischer: 83 t-18. ROLB Qua Russaw: 83 t-18. HB Dre Washington: 83 t-18. HB Richard Young: 83 This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jul 6, 2025, where it first appeared.
