Crimson Tide Roll Call: April 1, 2021

Your daily briefing on what's going on with Alabama athletics, and how to watch the Crimson Tide

Today is ... Opening Day

BamaCentral Headlines

• Alabama Football Focuses on Fundamentals and Leadership Ahead of First Spring Scrimmage

• Crimson Tikes: One Size Does Not Fit All

• SEC Spring Meetings to be Virtual for Second Straight Year

• Crimson Corner: Despite Losing Streak, Alabama Baseball's Pitching Remains Solid

• All Things Bama Podcast: What's Next for Alabama Basketball?

• In case you missed it: Why Alabama linebacker Dylan Moses Could be a Huge Steal in the 2021 NFL Draft

Crimson Tide results 

None scheduled

Crimson Tide schedule 

• Track and field: at Florida Relays, All Day, Gainesville, Fla.

• Women's tennis: LSU at Alabama, 1 p.m, Watch

• Softball: Texas A&M at Alabama, 5 p.m, Watch, Listen, Live Stats

• Gymnastics: at NCAA Regional Championships, 3 p.m, Tuscaloosa, Ala.

Did you know?

• Former Alabama defensive tackle Jarran Reed made it official with the Kansas City Chiefs:

Officially official ✍️ pic.twitter.com/QjdHj7ZZAN

— Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) March 31, 2021

• New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara discussed his short time at the Capstone with Shannon Sharpe on his podcast: 

.@A_Kamara6 on being at Alabama with Derrick Henry, TJ Yeldon & Kenyan Drake:

“Not thinking there’s 7 guys, 1 football and 10 games. We get into the room for the first RB meeting, me and Altee looking around the room like: ‘Man we dumb as hell, what are we doing here?’” 😂 pic.twitter.com/FR6GQqQn8O

— Club Shay Shay (@ClubShayShay) March 31, 2021

• Alabama wheelchair basketball picked up a new member in Eric Francis:

Tide Fans! It’s so great to announce that Eric Francis from Georgia will be joining the Alabama family! We can’t wait to see Eric compete starting in August! #RollTide pic.twitter.com/A1gcFQxuxB

— UA Adapted Athletics (@alabamaadapted) March 31, 2021

• Check out Kira Lewis Jr.'s most recent media availability with the New Orleans Pelicans:

Watch Live: Kira Lewis Jr.#Pelicans | @Verizon https://t.co/K09TVIxbK0

— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) March 31, 2021

• Former Crimson Tide running back Mark Ingram II was formally introduced with the Houston Texans:

Mark Ingram on what drew him to the Texans: "They wanted me man, they called and I flew in for a visit and they expressed their interest in me. So obviously just going somewhere who wants you ... Obviously coach Culley ... I know what he's about, I know the type of man he is." pic.twitter.com/ZFrD2TpRZO

— Rivers McCown (@riversmccown) March 31, 2021

Countdown to the Crimson Tide's 2021 opener 

156 days

On this date in Crimson Tide history:

April 1, 1967: Dock Rhone, Jr., a 5-8, 185-pound guard from Carver High in Montgomery was the first black player to try out for the Crimson Tide football team. He was joined in spring practice by Andrew Pernell, Arthur Dunning, Melvin Leverette and Jerome Tucker. Rone and Pernell played in the spring game and both had a spot on the team for the fall, but Rone had to drop out of school. Pernell stayed on the team, but didn’t dress for a game.

April 1, 2006: No one knew it at the time, but the last A-Day Game with Mike Shula as head coach was played at Bryant-Denny Stadium. D.J. Hall caught seven passes for 136 yards and two touchdowns to be named game MVP as the White defeated the Crimson 17-3 before approximately 40,000 fans.

Crimson Tide quote of the day

"I'd do it again in a minute. If you’re a football player, you dream of playing for Coach Bryant.” — John Mitchell, on being the first black player to play football at Alabama.

We'll leave you with this ...

Pro Day ✌️

On to the next step.#BamaFactor #RollTide pic.twitter.com/04KB7Upvjx

— Alabama Football (@AlabamaFTBL) March 31, 2021