Crimson Tide Roll Call: July 22, 2021

Your daily briefing on what's going on with Alabama athletics, including full TV listings.

Today is ... National Hammock Day

Crimson Tide in the Olympics results

Soccer: Netherlands (Merel van Dongen) 10, Zambia 3

Softball: Team USA (Haylie McClenley) 1, Canada 0

Today's Crimson Tide in the Olympics schedule

No games scheduled

BamaCentral Headlines ...

• Amidst Changing Landscape, Nick Saban's Task of Rebuilding Alabama More Difficult Than Ever
• Texas A&M Coach Jimbo Fisher Doesn't Regret Previous Comments About Beating Nick Saban, Alabama
• Instant Analysis: Recapping Alabama at the 2021 SEC Football Media Days
• Mike Leach on Nick Saban: "Everybody Respects What He's Done"
• Alabama DL Phidarian Mathis: "This is going to be a very good unit"
• Former Alabama DL Christian Barmore Signs Rookie Deal with New England Patriots
• Nick Saban: "Pretty Close to 90 Percent of Players Have Been Vaccinated"
• Nick Saban Raves About Transfers WR Jameson Williams and LB Henry To'oTo'o
• Alabama Basketball Makes Home-and-Home to Houston Official
• Nick Saban Elaborates on NIL and Its Impact on College Football
• Alabama's John Metchie III Embracing Leadership Role in Unproven Wide Receiver Room
• Nick Saban Impressed with OG Javion Cohen: "We're Very Pleased"
• Everything Nick Saban Said at the 2021 SEC Media Days
• Alabama Watch List Tracker: Brian Robinson Jr. Up for Doak Walker Award
• Crimson Tide Guts and Glory: You Gotta Have Guts

Countdown to the Crimson Tide's 2021 opener:

44 days

On this date in Crimson Tide history:

July 22, 1922: Alabama’s first All-American in 1915, Bully Van de Graaf, was hired as an assistant football coach by Xen Scott. He also served as an ROTC instructor. —Bryant Museum

Crimson Tide quote of the day:

“It doesn't stand anywhere. It stands like it stands. We have two guys that are competing for the quarterback position. We're going to continue to manage those guys through fall camp. Neither guy has a tremendous amount of experience. We have a lot of faith, trust and confidence in both of their abilities. It will be interesting to see who plays better in the game, because we feel like both guys have done a really good job and both guys are talented enough to be very, very successful quarterbacks for our team.” — Saban on the quarterback competition between AJ McCarron and Phillip Sims on this day in 2011.

We'll leave you with this ...

Thinking through this logically,

Oklahoma, Texas to the SEC

Notre Dame, West Virginia to the ACC

BYU, Alabama’s Scout Team to the Big 12

Alabama to the AFC South.

— Jimmy Stein (@qb_country) July 22, 2021