With Alabama football idle this week, fans have questions at the break. On the run game, on mass substitutions, and more. Check the mailbag column.

With the bye week upon us, it seems like a good time to catch up on Alabama football recruiting for the Class of 2026. While the Crimson Tide already has 23 hard commits, there is still potential to pick up a few more in the coming days leading up to December’s Signing Day.

Alabama football is in the midst of its second open week of the 2025 season. The Crimson Tide enters the bye on on a roll, having won its last seven games and opened its SEC slate with a perfect 5-0 record. UA has the inside track to Atlanta for the SEC championship, and a bye in the College Football Playoff. However, it won’t be easy.

Alabama football is one of two unbeaten teams in SEC play. Where do the Crimson Tide sit in College Football Playoff projections?

In CBS Sports' latest 2026 NFL mock draft, the Crimson Tide quarterback is the No. 1 overall pick and the first of four quarterbacks selected in the first round of the draft along with Oregon's Dante Moore, Indiana's Fernando Mendoza and South Carolina's LaNorris Sellers.

Let's fire up a bye week Tuesday edition of "The Joe Gaither Show on BamaCentral" with Mason Woods as we get his recap on this past week's South Carolina game, discuss the latest job opening in the SEC, and play a hypothetical game with the Alabama football roster.

Negativity around Alabama football was contagious in early September, but one columnist told everyone to calm down. It was me.

LSU fired coach Brian Kelly on Sunday. Frank Wilson will be the Tigers' coach against Alabama. Here's a look at the Tide's record vs. interim coaches.