Jumbo Package: Injury report released for Alabama vs Texas A&M

Happy Thursday, everyone. Alabama basketball has its final preseason scrimmage tonight, against Auburn in Birmingham. The Tide are still shorthanded in the backcourt as Aden Holloway continues to serve his suspension Anderson Diaz remains on the shelf, but you can catch the game on livestream tonight at 7pm CT.

In football news, the injury report isn’t terribly encouraging.

Alabama football has already ruled out star receiver/captain Ryan Coleman-Williams and defensive tackle Terrance Green for the Texas A&M game, per the Wednesday SEC availability report.

Cornerback/captain Zabien Brown, running back EJ Crowell, defensive lineman Fatutoa Henry and center Racin Delgatty are all listed as questionable.

We knew that Coleman-Williams would be out. Hopefully the bye week will allow these other guys to heal up. There seems to be some optimism about Delgatty’s status for the game.

Theodore Fernandez notes that there are no excuses for poor defensive play on Saturday.

Reed has not been a good quarterback, and most of the Aggies’ problems can be explained by that statement. After an offseason full of talks about whether or not Reed would be able to take the next step as a passer, he’s completed just 55.7 percent of his throws for 1,227 yards, seven touchdowns and six interceptions.

The offense has resembled the atrocious 10-3 first-round home playoff loss that Texas A&M suffered to Miami last year more times than not, being held to just six points in each of its last two losses. Alabama transfer Isaiah Horton leads the team with 280 yards and three touchdowns, while returning star Mario Craver has just 241 yards, with almost half coming in the team’s 31-21 loss to Kentucky.

Simply put, if this isn’t a get right game for the defense, then the defense just isn’t good.

It’s fair to say that Kalen DeBoer is under some pressure this weekend.

The ire against DeBoer is not quite as intense as it was in early 2025, but it’s still there, and its slowly ramping up again.

Alabama looked completely unprepared against Tennessee last Saturday. There was no justifying the 26-10 defeat. There is also no getting around the fact that the Crimson Tide have scored a grand total of 27 points over their last two games.

Fortunately for ‘Bama, the Aggies have been a major disappointment in 2026. But on the other side of the coin, that’s why a home win over Texas A&M won’t do a whole lot for its standing. Alabama is supposed to hammer the Aggies this weekend.

But imagine if the Crimson Tide stumble again?

Indeed, three game losing streaks have never been acceptable at Alabama.

Frank Thomas never saw a three-game losing streak at Alabama either, following scoreless losses to Tulane and Georgia Tech with a 39-0 road beatdown of Vanderbilt in 1939, and ending a skid of road losses to Georgia and LSU with a 12-7 road win against the Commodores in 1946.

Saban saw a two-game losing streak turn into four in 2007. Bryant’s two-game skid in 1982 extended to three with a 1-point loss to Auburn.

DeBoer isn’t alone. That doesn’t mean Alabama is any more comfortable. Nor does it mean the Crimson Tide’s reality has changed.

The standard of Alabama has not changed, a standard DeBoer now represents.

Luke Metz and Deboer spoke about LB coach Chuck Morrell’s impact.

“(Morrell) loves ball,” Metz said Wednesday on DeBoer’s radio show. “He’s all about ball. He’s very detailed in the way he coaches. I feel like you need that as a linebacker. You’re managing a lot. The front half, the back half, you’re doing a little bit of everything. He’s very detailed.”

DeBoer said his sophomore linebacker and his longtime coworker “work very well together.”

“You heard me say how much (Metz) loves ball,” DeBoer said, referencing a comment made earlier in the show. “That’s the same thing with coach Morrell. From an intensity level, just everything they’re pouring into the preparation and what they want to accomplish as far as goals is very much aligned.”

Mike Locksley got the ax at Maryland.

Though multiple reports termed Locksley’s departure a firing, the school characterized it as a “mutual parting of ways.” The 56-year-old Locksley was in his eighth year with the Terrapins, with whom he had posted a 39-54 record.

“Following thoughtful conversations with Coach Locksley, we agreed that a coaching change was in the best interest of Coach Locksley and the Maryland football program,” Maryland athletics director Jim Smith said. “On behalf of the University of Maryland, I want to thank Michael for his dedication to our football program and the genuine care he showed our student-athletes.

Last, Joel Klatt has a potential silver lining to the 24 team playoff.

“There are scheduling agreements that are in place once this thing expands officially,” Klatt told KTCK-FM 96.7 The Ticket in Dallas on Wednesday. “The next thing that will happen almost immediately is we’re going to get scheduling agreements between the SEC and the Big Ten — top-end matchups, mid-tier matchups, low-end matchups — and we’re going to be expanding the valuable matchups in the non-conference, far surpassing what we have now.”

Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti pledged his league would commit to a minimum of 10 Power 4 games if conjunction with the field expanding to 24. “We need to play more good games. I think we’ve been really clear about that. We think that the season can start way better than it does. We’re committed to that. If we get to a 24-team Playoff, you are going to see many more competitive games scheduled,” he said earlier this month.

It does make sense that teams would be more willing to schedule marquee games knowing they have multiple mulligans to still make the field. Hopefully a culture is created where teams are going for high SOS because the committee rewards those big wins with higher seeding.

Shut up, I said “hopefully.”

That’s about it for now. Have a great day.

Roll Tide.