Alabama Soccer, Sankey on SEC Expansion and Saban's Special Guest on The Joe Gaither Show | Episode 56: Aug. 9, 2023

Let's put SEC expansion talks to bed, discuss Alabama football's latest guest speaker and fire up the fans about Crimson Tide soccer on the Wednesday edition of "The Joe Gaither Show on BamaCentral".

Happy hump day! We had a blast on the Wednesday edition of "The Joe Gaither Show on BamaCentral" as we hit a number of headlines from the early part of the week.

The program opened with the Alabama Crimson Tide soccer team opening up the athletic calendar year on Tuesday night with an exhibition match against Tennessee. What did Alabama do well? How can the Tide take the lessons from Tuesday and apply them as the season officially kicks off? Our host ended the soccer talk with a charge to Crimson Tide fans everywhere, will you answer the call?

The program pivoted to football as Henry Ruggs III had his case settled on Wednesday. Ruggs III handled himself with humility and remorse as he appeared in front of Judge Jennifer Schwartz. 

The Crimson Tide football family received more positive news on the recruiting trail as Alabama flipped its second safety in a matter of two days. What do we see in Central Phenix City's Red Morgan? 

Greg Sankey made a definitieve assessment on conference expansion on Tuesday and what it means for the Southeastern Conference. Let's discuss his positioning and how he's set the conference up to dominate the future of college athletics.

Finally we wrap the program up with Nick Saban's guest speaker series. What does it say about your program when your head coach can solicit one of the greatest baseball players of all time to speak to his squad? What lessons will the program take from the decisions that derailed Pete Rose's career?

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