Crimson Tide Roll Call: August 31, 2020

Your daily briefing on what's going with Alabama athletics

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• Great news for former Alabama linebacker Mack Wilson as he will not need surgery on his knee that suffered an extension in training camp. His timetable for return appears to be 4-to-6 weeks.

The current expectation is that Browns LB Mack Wilson will not need surgery on his hyperextended knee, per source. Barring change, looks like a loose timetable of four-to-six weeks upon return, depending how knee responds. Good news for Browns D.

— Jeremy Fowler (@JFowlerESPN) August 31, 2020

• Former Crimson Tide standout Tony Brown showed off in the Cincinnati Bengals scrimmage on Sunday:

After 0-3 start, Burrow is 9 of 10 with a TD.
Finley is 2 of 8 for 15 yards. Two of his passes were dropped INTs by Tony Brown. #Bengals

— Jay Morrison (@ByJayMorrison) August 30, 2020

• The Denver Broncos officially signed former Alabama safety/linebacker Mark Barron.

Officially official. ✍️ pic.twitter.com/3tcRohNSa5

— Denver Broncos (@Broncos) August 31, 2020

• Here is a look at how the Alabama golfers performed at the BMW Championship. Justin Thomas finished tied for 25th with a score of 6-over par.

BMW Championship final:
Justin Thomas – 73-74-71-68, +6, T25
Robby Shelton – 75-72-71-75, +13, T59
Michael Thompson – 72-73-72-76, +13, T59

— Alabama Pro Updates (@BamaProUpdates) August 30, 2020

Finishing with a hole-out ... and a fist pump. 😂

2017 #FedExCup champ @JustinThomas34 is projected to enter the @PlayoffFinale at No. 3 in the standings.#QuickHits pic.twitter.com/qcuIhFDFIF

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) August 30, 2020

• Jonathan Allen suffered a lower leg injury in practice for the Washington Football Team on Sunday.

On Jonathan Allen - he is standing on sideline (far) and doesn't appear to have one of those immobilization braces on, appears to be a left knee sleeve. https://t.co/IvG8PrgfCT @WashingtonNFL
@WSHFootballSI

— Chris Russell AKA the 🐓🐓! (@Russellmania621) August 30, 2020

Countdown to the Crimson Tide's 2020 opener 

26 days

On this date in Crimson Tide history:

August 31, 1964: Joe Namath was the center of attention during Alabama’s picture day. The 5,000 media booklets printed by the athletic department were almost sold out, and writers from around the South were picking Alabama, LSU and Auburn to battle reigning champion Ole Miss for the league title. A picture of Paul Bryant and Namath conversing on the bench was the featured photo on the media book cover. – Bryant Museum

Crimson Tide quote of the day

August 31: "I'm trying to get our players to listen to me instead of you guys. All that stuff you write about how good we are? All that stuff they hear on ESPN? It's like poison. Like rat poison." – Nick Saban after Alabama’s win at Texas A&M in 2017

We'll leave you with this ...

This is the first of many years that Tua Tagovailoa will grace the cover of our of our NFL Previews. Get your copy today in our online store!https://t.co/ToN7UoxIti pic.twitter.com/qnvsxpBqwD

— Athlon Sports (@AthlonSports) August 30, 2020