Govt Tide

TV showed a lot of Plainsman Park last night. Auburn did a great job with the latest renovations to that stadium. Looks like seating was beefed up and the concourse/concession areas look like the two nicest minor league ballparks in the state (Regions Field in Bham and Riverwalk Stadium in Mtgy). It always felt like Auburn's baseball stadium was oddly shoehorned in b/w the football stadium and surrounded buildings but with the latest renovations it gives it a nice amphitheater feel

Because Tuscaloosa has a diverse range of neighborhoods—including bustling student-housing areas near the University of Alabama and luxury districts—prices vary drastically by location.

Median Prices by Area/Zip Code:

University Area (35401):

$499,900

Northport / Lake Tuscaloosa Area
(35473): $329,900

Central/Eastern Tuscaloosa (35404):
$259,000

Southern Tuscaloosa (35405):
$259,900


This is how Zillow breaks down prices in rhe Tuscaloosa area. I realize there's a difference between home value and average price but how does the average home value in an area where average sales prices across the area range from $499k to a low of roughly $260k add up to an average home value of only $231k?

That might be an all time record low win total among SEC teams in a school year. If it's not a record it's flirting with one

We'll try harder in our next home opener....

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Bama gets a lot of La kids

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Yes. My nephew who graduated from high school in the Mandeville/Covington area just finished his sophomore year at Bama. I remember being surprised at how many of his classmates were going to Bama as well.

I moved to the Mandeville/Covington area a year ago and a few of my clients and an LSU grad co-worker raved about how nice the Bama campus tour was even though a couple of the students ultimately decided to go elsewhere. It seems like most of the kids in that area who go out of state go to either Ole Miss, Bama, or MSU.

Southern Miss is another popular out of state option for a lot of kids in that area it seems likely due to proximity

Anyone noticing their algorithm feeding them a non stop relentless barrage of feminist misandrist rage bait?

Seems like once the calender flipped to 2026 my FB feed is literally 75% feminist rage bait about how 97% of women have been raped of SA'd by a man at some point in their lives. The hunting down and murdering of women is apparently reaching crisis levels all of a sudden too with dozens of women being murdered by men every minute of every day according to feminist.

Funny how traditional racism is no longer nearly as big of a crisis as the millions of women apparently being raped, SA'd, and murdered by raving hordes of exclusively "white men" in this country.

The latest outrage making the rounds is about the "62,000,000 male members" of an online group that teaches men how to drug and rape their wives and girlfriends. Nevermind the fact that it was actually 62 million views of a porn website that included a link to the lone subgroup (out of a few dozen subgroups on the site) that had roughly 1,000 members (as opposed to 62,000,000 members) promoting this sick behavior. Apparently pointing out the fact that there are actually only 1,000 male members (as opposed to 62,000,000 male members) of said group while openly condemning not only the behavior being promoted by this subgroup but the existence of the group itself means isn't enough. Apparently taking issue with 61,999,000 innocent men being falsely accused of such horrible behavior means you hate women and want to see them drugged and sexually assaulted. After all, nearly 1 and 3 American men being falsely accused of being members of this group isn't a big deal as long as it "starts a conversation"

2025 population for all 16 SEC cities. Number in parentheses denotes where each city ranks within their respective state:


1) Austin (5) - 1,000,511
2) Nashville (1) - 708,772
3) Lexington (2) - 331,139
4) Baton Rouge (2) - 219,565
5) Knoxville (3) - 200,595
6) Gainesville (14) - 150,331
7) Columbia, SC (2) - 146,933
8) Columbia, MO (4) - 132,046
9) Norman (3) - 131,717
10) College Station (30) - 129,834
11) Athens (6) - 129,054
12) Tuscaloosa (5) - 116,465
13) Fayetteville (2) - 105,221
14) Auburn (7) - 85,429
15) Oxford (11) - 27,124
16) Starkville (15) - 25,880

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Unless you’re in the Greek system it sucks. That was her mistake

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If you're a social girl (or social guy for that matter) you've got to know that Ole Miss's social life is dominated more by the Greek scene and being in a sorority or fraternity than practically any other major university (with the possible exception of Alabama) in the South. It's usually girls from outside the South that were the pretty girl and Miss everything in their high school that didn't get picked by the sorority they thought they were entitled to get into that crash out over it.

The pretty "homecoming queens" and "it girls" in their high school are a dime a dozen at Ole Miss. It's probably the first time some of these princesses have been told no or didn't get exactly what they wanted or thought they were entitled to in their entire lives and many don't handle it too well.

As someone who was in an "Old Row" fraternity at Alabama back in the latest 90s, I will admit that the entire hyper competitive social environment of the Greek systems at places like Alabama and Ole Miss was and is absurd. Even as someone who was a member of a good fraternity and had a lot fun and enjoyed the social perks that came with it, I and other members who didn't take ourselves or the whole scene that seriously would roll our eyes at the embarrassing level of faux elitism of it all and how seriously a lot of members did take it.

As a Bama grad, I'm naturally not one to praise Auburn too much. However, as someone who has close lifelong friends who were in fraternities and sororities at Auburn I've always thought Auburn, for example, had/has a healthier social balance on campus where the Greek system isn't/wasn't as dominant. That's a big area I have to admit Auburn does better than Alabama.

Huntsville, AL was the 6th fastest growing metro in the country from 2024 to 2025


Alabama has two of the 25 fastest growing metro areas by percentage growth from 2020 to 2025:

9) Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL- 15.53%

19) Huntsville, AL - 13.16%

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No sane person would take Bama's men's basketball history over LSU's. But whatever helps you sleep, bro.

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Maybe not because LSU has more more iconic former players but Alabama basketball compares quite favorably to LSU basketball historically

All time wins:

Alabama - 1,845 (ranked in the Top 30 nationally in all time wins)

LSU - 1,684

All time winning %:

Alabama - 62.2% (ranks in the Top 30 nationally)

LSU - 56.7%

All time NCAA tournament record:

Alabama - 34-27 (55.2%)
LSU - 27-27 (50.0%)

SEC regular season titles:

LSU - 12
Alabama-10

SEC tournament titles:

Alabama - 8
LSU - 1

Final 4s:

LSU - 4
Alabama - 1

Elite 8s:

LSU - 6
Alabama - 3

Sweet 16s:

Alabama - 13
LSU - 10

NCAA tournament wins:

Alabama - 34
LSU - 27

NCAA Tournament (last 10 seasons):

NCAA Tournament appearances:

Alabama - 7
LSU - 3

NCAA Tournament wins:

Alabama - 13
LSU - 3

Sweet 16 appearances:

Alabama - 5
LSU - 1

Elite 8 appearances:

Alabama - 2
LSU - 0

Final 4 appearances:

Alabama - 1
LSU - 0