Alabama Heads to Athens and A-Day Speculations on The Joe Gaither Show

Let's fire up a Tuesday edition of "The Joe Gaither Show on BamaCentral" with Theo Fernandez as we discuss tonight's basketball game between Alabama and Georgia as the regular season comes to a close, tonight's baseball game between Alabama and Jacksonville State and then finish the show by speculating on what A-Day will look like in 2026.
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The program opens by discussing the basketball team's trip to Athens. Georgia has been just dangerous enough this season to create uneasiness in the Alabama faithful. What are Alabama's keys tonight as they try to end the regular season strong? We predict the game and discuss the pace of the game as Alabama looks to keep the pedal to the metal.
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The program stays with the afternoon action and has Fernandez preview Tuesday's baseball game against Jacksonville State before turning our attention to football.
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The football conversation digs into Alabama's A-Day as the plans for the day remain unclear. Most people attribute the Crimson Tide's spring finale looking different last year to the spring transfer portal window, but Gaither offers up a different reason for the change. There's no spring transfer portal window this year, so will the Crimson Tide have a game for the fans?
The pair discusses the spring and talks about what we may see from the two quarterbacks fighting for the starting role, before getting wild and suggesting alternative plans for Alabama A-Day.
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Joe Gaither oversees videos and podcasts for Alabama Crimson Tide On SI/BamaCentral. He began his sports media career in radio in 2019, working for three years in Tuscaloosa covering the University of Alabama and other local high school sports. In 2023 he joined BamaCentral to cover a variety of Crimson Tide sports and recruiting, in addition to hosting the “Joe Gaither Show” podcast. His work has also appeared on the Boston College, Missouri and Vanderbilt web sites.
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