Brandon Walker thinks everyone needs to slow down with the Alabama hype

🚨 THE WEEKLY CORONATION CYCLE College football media runs on a simple loop: overreaction, short-term memory, and zero accountability. A ranked team wins big. Analysts immediately crown it the most complete, unstoppable team in the country. Superlatives fly for a week. Then Saturday hits. The team loses or looks mortal. The same voices hit reset, abandon the narrative, and move the crown to the next flavor of the week. No revisit. No explanation. Just the next pedestal. The 2026 season has been a textbook example. SEPT. 12: Oregon entered with national title hype. Lost 39–31 to Oklahoma State and was quickly set aside. SEPT. 19: Ole Miss beat LSU 32–24. The following week, Ole Miss lost to Florida. SEPT. 26–OCT. 3: Florida went from beating Ole Miss to getting blown out 45–17 by Missouri a week later. The conversation moved again. OCT. 3: Alabama beat Mississippi State 56–23 and strengthened its position in the rankings. NOW IT’S OCT. 10. Georgia (5–0, No. 2) and Alabama (5–0, No. 6) face off in Tuscaloosa. Both have earned their records. The Weekly Coronation Cycle is waiting for the winner. Tomorrow, the victor could become the new favorite—the team everyone supposedly should have seen coming. Last week’s favorite becomes yesterday’s news. Changing an assessment isn’t the problem. Refusing to revisit confident predictions after they collapse is. These analysts aren’t necessarily any better at predicting outcomes than the average fan on a sofa. Their advantage is a microphone and an audience that quickly forgets last week’s declarations. Tonight, Georgia and Alabama battle for the spotlight. One will lose. By Monday, the media will be ready to crown another contender. The cycle runs on one essential ingredient: THE SHORT-TERM MEMORY OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL FANS. 🏈

Bama is good but they need to run the ball better to beat the top teams. Today will be a big test of that in the rain vs Georgias D

He’s right

For real let’s think about it

Did u send @StevenCheah to Nebraska Game? Pushes his glasses like him too!

Alabama hype always peaks before the first real test

Alabama hype is undefeated until October, and October is undefeated against Alabama hype.