Bryce Young will receive the 87th Heisman Trophy tonight in New York City at the Appel Room at Jazz at Lincoln Center based on his spectacular season for the Crimson Tide, which included a historic 97 yard drive against the Auburn Tigers in a 24-22 Alabama 4 overtime victory, and a beyond stellar performance against the Georgia Bulldogs last Saturday in the SEC Championship Game in a remarkable and another memorable performance in Crimson Tide lore, a 41-24 victory over the previously No.1 Dawgs. Bryce was 26 of 44 for 421 yards, 3 TDs 0 ints, 3 carries for 40 yards, which included a phenomenal 15 yard scamper for 7. Bryce has completed 314-of-462 passes, 68%, for 4,322 yards, 43 TDs against only 4 ints. He was amazing throughout the season and put on his best performances when it mattered most against the Tigers and the Bulldogs. And what a humble, stellar guy. Highly deserving. The controversy to me is why Will Anderson is not there and C.J. Stroud, the quarterback of Ohio State is? Will led the country in tackles for loss with 32 1/2, and sacks with 15. Aidan Hutchinson of Michigan got in ahead of Will. Makes zero sense and is robbery. Hoping next year, Will is there.

Next up for the No.1 Crimson Tide is a matchup with the No.4 Cincinnati Bearcats. Cincy has an excellent quarterback in Desmond Ritter and a very good running back in Jerome Ford, an Alabama transfer. Their defense is good, especially their secondary. The Tide sure is playing well right now, so they’ll tough to beat, as always. Losing John Metchie III was a blown and hoping for John to have a full recovery and come back for his senior season to have another big team year and improve his draft status even more like DeVonta, Najee and Mack did. John will excel next year if he decides to return. Jameson Williams has been beyond exceptional and can carry much of the load. Williams has 68 receptions for 1,445 yards and 15 TDs. He’s been sensational. Slade Bolden stepped up in the championship game and is a key weapon with Metchie III out, Guys like Ja’Corey Brooks and Traeshon Holden need to develop for the playoffs. Certainly highly rated players who can excel. Cameron Latu and Jahleel Billingsley can be major factors for the Tide in the playoffs. JoJo Earle may be back from injury for the Cotton Bowl, which will take place Friday, Dec.31st at 2:30 PM CT on ESPN from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX. No.2 Michigan plays No.3 Georgia in the Orange Bowl at 6:30 that night on ESPN in Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. So some really excellent football coming up. The New Year’s Six games look terrific and there are some nice bowl matchups as well. All starts next Friday, 12-17.

The Bama basketball team earned a major victory over the previously top 5 Gonzaga Bulldogs at Gonzaga last Saturday Night with a 91-82 victory in Seattle. Jaden Shackelford was beyond superb knocking down 28 points, including 10-16 from the field and 6 of 8 from trifecta. Jaden is lighting it up. Jahvon Quinerly, another stud from last season’s team, added 17. Freshman point guard JD Davidson also chipped in 20. He’s really good too. Shackelford pulled down 9 boards. Jaden is averaging 19.3 ppg and 6.8 rebounds. Quinerly is averaging 14.9 and Keon Ellis, another stellar player from last season, is averaging 12.1 ppg. So a really fine team that is ranked No.9 in the country and is 7-1 with the only loss coming to Rick Pitino and Iona, 68-72. The Tide hosts No.14 Houston tonight at 9 on ESPN2. Houston is 8-1 and is outstanding. Should be a spectacular game.

This is a Crimson Tide team that looks like Final Four material. They have everything a team needs to get there. Just got to keep progressing this season. The talent is there. Auburn has an excellent team, too. The SEC will be interesting. Alabama and Auburn look like the best teams, but you can’t count out Kentucky, Tennessee, a very good Arkansas team, LSU etc… It’ll be quite a spectacle this season in the SEC, and the Crimson Tide and the Tigers will be right there come February-March, playing for SEC Championships and beyond that.

Army vs. Navy

MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford New Jersy

2 PM CT

CBS

Brad, Gary, Jamie

Army by 7

365 days a year at Annapolis it’s, “Beat Army!” And 365 days a year at West Point it’s “Beat Navy!” It doesn’t get any bigger than this. Guys who will ultimately be brothers in arms are bitter rivals today in East Rutherford, New Jersey. This is the 122nd meeting between the 2 academies with the Navy holding a 61-53-7 advantage.

It’s really hard for me to go against the Navy. My late grandfather is a Naval Academy grad and fought for the Navy in WWI, the great war. My late great dad, I think about him every day, was the first one in line in Nashville when he was at Vanderbilt and Pearl Harbor happened. The next day, he was there at 6 in the morning. He was a fighter pilot in the Pacific theater and fought the Jap Zero pilots, a formidable, ferocious group of warriors, but so were my dad and his squadron, and they got the better end of the battle and claimed freedom for their country against the oppressive regimes of HItler and Japan. Quite a lot of heroes from WWII. The Greatest Generation should never be forgotten.

So it’s hard to go against the Midshipmen. So I’m not going to this time. Give me my grandfather, my father, my uncle and all their friends who served for the Navy. Army is 8-3 and Navy is 3-8, but throw those records out the window. Give me Navy to, “Beat Army!”

Navy 14, Army 10