Good morning, Mobile.

Joyfulls Bakery opened in downtown OWA and Bake Blue Bakery started in Spanish Fort, offering new allergy safe options in Baldwin County; Boot Barn leased 20,000 sqft at Jubilee Square in Daphne while Cuddly Cookies plans a Mobile opening by year’s end—local agents said.

On Saturday, Tennessee completed a 72-yard drive that crushed Alabama’s comeback hopes by taking 9:32 off the clock with three key third-down plays.

The Volunteers’ final offensive burst left Alabama’s offense struggling & sealed the win.

After Alabama lost to Tennessee 26-10 (its first back-to-back regular-season losses since 2007), Paul Finebaum said the team is in a very dark place.

He added that coach Kalen DeBoer struggles to rally support as the Tide face upcoming challenges at LSU and Auburn.

Auburn upset No. 1 Georgia on Saturday when Alex McPherson kicked a game-winning field goal and quarterback Byrum Brown led the running attack.

Paul Finebaum said the loss meant everything to Auburn (but was of little worry for Georgia) as it marked consecutive upsets of top-ranked teams.

Coaches and team statisticians must email nominations or game stats for Week 9 Cunningham Bounds Coastal Player of the Week, with voting open until Wednesday morning — the winner will be announced via social media Thursday and featured next Sunday.

South Alabama released its full men’s basketball schedule for 2026-27.

The Jaguars will play an exhibition game on Oct. 29 against Mississippi Christian and open the regular season at home on Nov. 2 versus Ohio (MAC-Sun Belt Challenge).