Crimson Tide Roll Call: June 11, 2021
Today is ... National German Chocolate Cake Day
Today's schedule
Track & Field, Cross Country: Alabama at NCAA Outdoor Championships, Eugene, Ore., All Day
Crimson Tide results
Track & Field, Cross Country: In day two of the NCAA Outdoor Championships, Alabama grabbed a silver medal, thanks to junior Mercy Chelangat's performance in the 10,000m, and advanced in three events. Chelangat's time of 32.22.11 put the Crimson Tide on the board in team competition. Other standouts included senior Tamara Clark, who won her 200m semifinal heat, and the relay quartet of Christal Mosely, D'Jai Baker, Sydney Milani and Natassha McDonald of the 4x400m relay semifinals.
BamaCentral Headlines ...
- The Extra Point: How a 12-Team College Football Playoff Could Have Looked Last Season
- Alabama Baseball Assistant Coach Jerry Zulli Departing Program
- Talk of the Tide: Does Alabama's Path to a National Championship Get Easier with a 12-Team Playoff?
- Alabama Softball's Bailey Hemphill, Montana Fouts on WCWS All-Tournament Team
- Alabama Baseball OF Will Patota Enters NCAA Transfer Portal
- The Extra Point: Raiders Expect Big Things From Crimson Tide Backfield
- 12-Team Playoff Proposed by College Football Playoff Working Group
- Samford Quarterback Liam Welch Named ASWA Small College Athlete of the Year
- What's Alabama Getting in Le'veon Moss? "He's That Classic SEC-Type Running Back"
- Crimson Tide Top 5: Baseball
- Throwback Crimson Tikes: Vitruvian Fan Man
- Alabama Softball's KB Sides Enters NCAA Transfer Portal
Did you notice?
- If you want my opinion, Julio Jones' looks good, but Derrick Henry should've reclaimed the Heisman-winning No. 2 jersey when he had the chance. Either way, it will be fun to watch these two in action this fall.
- Speaking of fun to watch, expect a highlight-filled freshman campaign from incoming five-star point guard JD Davison. With Coleman Coliseum at full capacity (hopefully), there should be some SportsCenter-worthy plays.
- Interesting question and answer about the similarities between the Patriots' organization and Alabama's. As Jones said, candidly, his job isn't to make comparisons. Winning games is all that matters.
Countdown to the Crimson Tide's 2021 opener:
85 days
On this date in Crimson Tide history:
June 11, 2012: Alabama athletics came off NCAA probation following violations of the textbook disbursement policy. Specifically, the NCAA had placed Alabama’s football program and 15 other of the school’s athletic teams on three years probation for major violations due to misuse of free textbooks. The penalty included stripping the Crimson Tide of 21 football wins over a three-year period.
Crimson Tide quote of the day:
"Here's a moment you dream about happening, and here it was staring at us in the face. Gut-check time. Coach always preached it, jaw-to-jaw, cheek-to-cheek. They weren't going anywhere." — Rich Wingo, of the goal-line stand in '79 for the national championship.
