{"id":218977,"date":"2025-05-02T14:21:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T14:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/alabama\/alabama-football-nick-saban-donald-trump-share-stories-at-alabama\/"},"modified":"2025-05-02T14:21:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T14:21:08","slug":"alabama-football-nick-saban-donald-trump-share-stories-at-alabama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=218977","title":{"rendered":"Alabama football: Nick Saban, Donald Trump share stories at Alabama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"t7oZH9\">Happy Friday, everyone. The softball team opened up its series at South Carolina yesterday with a resounding victory. <\/p>\n<aside id=\"bzhXJm\">\n<\/aside>\n<blockquote>\n<p id=\"QZmuhS\">Salen Hawkins ignited the Crimson Tide with a single, and after a misplayed hit by the Gamecocks, Marlie Giles hit a ball to left field, allowing Hawkins to score. Larissa Preuitt then doubled, and after the Gamecocks made a pitching change, Audrey Vandagriff greeted the pitcher with a two-run double. The hits kept coming &#8211; Lauren Johnson added an RBI double, Kali Heivilin followed with a run-scoring single, and after a walk and another Hawkins single, Abby Duchscherer brought in two more.<\/p>\n<p id=\"vgVxHv\">The highlight of the game came when Giles stepped up again and crushed a three-run homer, capping the monster inning. The Gamecocks managed a run in the bottom of the second, but the Crimson Tide\u2019s offense kept the pressure on. A bases-loaded walk and hit-by-pitch in the fourth added two more runs, pushing the score to 13-1.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"VR62mZ\">They have improved as the season has gone on. We\u2019ll soon see if it will be enough to compete for a trip back to Oklahoma City. <\/p>\n<p id=\"OPH9oE\">The baseball team also has a pivotal series this weekend, at Vanderbilt. The \u2018Dores aren\u2019t quite the juggernaut that they have been in some recent years, but this is still a very difficult trip. <\/p>\n<aside id=\"FNVlLG\">\n<\/aside>\n<blockquote>\n<p id=\"keCd7w\">In a Friday-Sunday set, right-handers Tyler Fay and Riley Quick will take the ball on Friday and Saturday, respectively. Southpaw Zane Adams, a sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/college\/alabama\/baseball\/alabama-lhp-zane-adams-like-old-self-since-rotation-move\">who went seven innings<\/a> last weekend against Missouri, will round the series out on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p id=\"x3E6bI\">Fay (0-0, 4.50 ERA) was previously a reliever before being entrusted with starting duties to kick off the series against LSU at Alex Box Stadium on April 17. In three 2025 starts, he has proven he can handle the job of getting the ball first on a weekend. He usually handles traffic well and can settle in if the seas are rough early, which they were last week against Missouri in a five-run first inning (he ended up throwing just 55 pitches total through his first five innings).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"rvu0Tn\">Que Robinson shared his admiration for Patrick Surtain II. <\/p>\n<aside id=\"7BYblc\">\n<\/aside>\n<blockquote>\n<p id=\"7JZDDIPXHBCR5BCPLT4CAVFJLE\">\u201cI\u2019ve still got a picture to this day of me and (Surtain),\u201d Robinson said. \u201cAnd it\u2019s not even a picture I posted either. This is a picture just for me to have and probably gonna frame when he gets his (Hall of Fame) gold jacket.<\/p>\n<p id=\"Gl91XM\">\u201cIt\u2019s how he came in and worked every day. That\u2019s somebody I wanted to model my game after, just being that guy we can rely on. I think usually the guys that make it in the league are guys that literally fall in love with the constant state of improvement. You\u2019d be a fool not to try to imitate that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"UIZPxu\">Last, as you know, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollbamaroll.com\/2025\/5\/1\/24422092\/watch-nick-saban-and-donald-trump-speak-at-2025-alabama-graduation-commencement\">President Donald Trump joined Nick Saban<\/a> to speak at Alabama\u2019s commencement ceremony. Here are a couple of snippets. <\/p>\n<aside id=\"VtJUzq\">\n<\/aside>\n<blockquote>\n<p id=\"nlLYEB\">\u201cThe president is really nice to everybody and he\u2019s got this very big, good-looking auspicious box on his desk that has a red button on top,\u201d Saban said. \u201cOne of the players said, \u2018Is that what you launch the missiles with?\u2019 He said, \u2018Well, push it and find out.\u2019 The player said, \u2018No I don\u2019t want to do that.\u2019 He says, \u201dNo, go ahead. Go ahead. Push it, see what happens, find out.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"P3DEGRQHY5ER7B2JQQZMRLWH4M\">Linebacker Rashaan Evans mustered the courage to do it. He decided to push the red button.<\/p>\n<p id=\"Enpbfk\">\u201cSome lady came in with a Coke on a tray,\u201d Saban said, laughing.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<aside id=\"GFg7Pu\">\n<\/aside>\n<blockquote>\n<p id=\"V29zQV\">\u201cEverywhere you look you can see the fierce spirit of this school, but no where more clearly than in your world-class athletics,\u201d Trump said. \u201cThere\u2019s nothing like it. Probably there\u2019s no school like it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"MmE4mW\">Trump took a moment to highlight the graduating football players, too.<\/p>\n<p id=\"9enjYZ\">\u201cThere\u2019s something truly special about the players, coaches and the fans that pack the stands at Bryant-Denny Stadium and proudly sing Dixieland Delight,\u201d Trump said. \u201cWe like that. Alabama has changed college football forever and inscribed into the history books the names of Bear Bryant, Joe Namath, four Heisman Trophy winners and of course, the great Nick Saban. This place is truly where legends are made.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"3Qo0nF\">Y\u2019all behave, aight?<\/p>\n<p id=\"SnbQ2a\">That\u2019s about it for today. Have a great weekend. <\/p>\n<p id=\"meCpDg\">Roll Tide. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Friday, everyone. The softball team opened up its series at South Carolina yesterday with a resounding victory. Salen Hawkins ignited the Crimson Tide with a single, and after a misplayed hit by the Gamecocks, Marlie Giles hit a ball to left field, allowing Hawkins to score. 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