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Crimson Tide Roll Call: August 9, 2020

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Crimson Tide Roll Call: August 9, 2020
Crimson Tide Roll Call: August 9, 2020

Today is … National Book Lovers Day

Bama Central Headlines …

Did you notice?

  • Former Alabama golfer Lee Hodges is tied with Paul Barjon entering the final round of the WinCo Foods Portland Open:
  • Saturday was former Alabama men's basketball coach Wimp Sanderson's 83rd birthday:
  • The USGA took time to reflect on the career so far for former Crimson Tide Golfer Kristen Gillman:
  • The Cincinnati Bengals were pleasantly surprised when former Alabama offensive lineman Jonah Williams showed up to camp in incredible shape, according to The Bengals Wire:
  • The Los Angeles Rams placed former Crimson Tide defensive lineman A'Shawn Robinson on its Active/Non-Football Injury list. It is unknown at the time of the writing of this story what exact injury he has sustained:
  • Former Alabama RHP Matt Foster received his first career start for the Chicago White Sox. Foster finished the day with 2.0 innings pitched with no hits, no runs, one walk and three strikeouts:

Countdown to the Crimson Tide’s 2020 opener:

48 days

On this date in Crimson Tide history:

August 9, 1971: The movie “The Last Rebel,” starring Joe Namath, was released.

August 9, 1985: Freshmen Anthony Smith and Gene Jelks recorded the fastest times in the 40-yard dash among the new members of the Alabama football team. Smith, a nose guard from Elizabeth City, N.C., ran a 4.59 while Jelks, a tailback from Gadsden, ran a 4.35.

August 9, 1999: Former Alabama player Riley Smith died in Mobile, Ala. Smith was the second player selected in the inaugural NFL draft in 1936, and the first drafted player to play in the league as Heisman Trophy winner Jay Berwanger turned it down after being the first pick. Despite being an All-American quarterback he won the Jacobs Blocking Trophy as the Southeastern Conference’s best blocker. He was 88.

August 9, 1998: Irv Smith Jr. was born in New Orleans.

Crimson Tide quote of the day:

“I think discipline is a mindset that’s part of who you are. It’s how you live your life. It’s what you do everything you do, whether it’s how you focus in a meeting, how you get ready to practice and how you sustain practice and make the right choices and decisions. It goes back to, what are you willing to accept? It’s not what you say, it’s not even what you do sometimes. It’s what you’re willing to accept from yourself and what you’re willing to accept from your teammates. It’s great to have high expectations. We’ve always had a relentless pursuit of excellence around here in terms of what we try to accomplish and what we try to do. But if you don’t do things right all the time at a high standard, you watch someone else celebrate.” — Nick Saban

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Joey Blackwell
JOEY BLACKWELL

Joey Blackwell is an award-winning journalist and assistant editor for BamaCentral and has covered the Crimson Tide since 2018. He primarily covers Alabama football, men's basketball and baseball, but also covers a wide variety of other sports. Joey earned his bachelor's degree in History from Birmingham-Southern College in 2014 before graduating summa cum laude from the University of Alabama in 2020 with a degree in News Media. He has also been featured in a variety of college football magazines, including Lindy's Sports and BamaTime.

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