{"id":795790,"date":"2026-07-31T16:59:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T16:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/795790\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T16:59:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T16:59:13","slug":"alabama-football-phil-steele-is-bullish-on-the-2026-tide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/795790\/","title":{"rendered":"Alabama football: Phil Steele is bullish on the 2026 Tide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1bij9g78 _1mt21p01\">The ride was always wildly unpredictable, but only a handful of the bluest bloods could realistically win the whole thing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1bij9g78 _1mt21p01\">Now, anything feels possible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1bij9g78 _1mt21p01\">Everyone\u2019s on the hunt for the next Indiana, and even if one doesn\u2019t replicate that unpredictable rise, we\u2019ll enjoy that search.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1bij9g78 _1mt21p01\">And the fun is in the hope.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1bij9g78 _1mt21p01\">This isn\u2019t to completely discount the legitimate concerns about some structural deficiencies within the sport and college athletics as a whole.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1bij9g78 _1mt21p01\">They\u2019re real. Some real bozos have steered this ship into choppy waters for failing to read the tides and currents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1bij9g78 _1mt21p01\">If you\u2019re as dissatisfied as my interactions indicate, speak with your wallet. Or your viewership\/attendance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1bij9g78 _1mt21p01\">Because the marketplace is the only place a message can be received\/direction altered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1bij9g78 _1mt21p01\">And, as Rhule noted, there\u2019s been no evidence of a nationwide boycott to protest the evils of college football in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The ride was always wildly unpredictable, but only a handful of the bluest bloods could realistically win the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":795791,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[35956,399,281396,398,396,397,99],"class_list":["post-795790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-football","tag-alabama-crimson-tide-football","tag-football","tag-jumbo-package","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-football","tag-ncaafootball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=795790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/795791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=795790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=795790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=795790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}