**Alabama Morning Briefing — Your Tide Update** - **Alabama Football** lands four-star OL Anthony Blalock Jr. for 2028, beating out Ohio State for the commitment - **Seven Tide tennis players** earned ITA Scholar-Athlete honors, adding to Alabama's academic accolades - **Three Alabama legends** cracked SI's best-ever college football players list — no surprise there - **Alabama Basketball** has a tip time locked in for a 2026 nonconference matchup - **South Alabama** picked near the bottom of the Sun Belt West heading into 2026 - **Troy** tabbed as Sun Belt West favorites for 2026, with Smith and Crenshaw earning individual preseason honors *Watch: Can Alabama keep stacking 2028 commits at the OL position as fall camp approaches?* The lineup's set. Drop in.