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Crimson Tide Roll Call: Dec. 1, 2019

Your daily briefing on what's going on with Alabama athletics, including full TV listings
Christopher Walsh|
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Today is … Rosa Parks Day

Today’s Crimson Tide schedule

• No games scheduled

Crimson Tide results

• Volleyball: Auburn def. Alabama, 29-27, 25-13, 25-17

• Football: Auburn 48, Alabama 45

• Women’s basketball at South Point Thanksgiving Shootout: Southern California 60, Alabama 57

Did you notice?

• Senior Hayley McSparin led Alabama with a season-best 15 kills, ending her four-year career with 993 (16th in Crimson Tide history), as the season came to an end with a three-set loss to Auburn. Junior Kaylee Thomas led the defense with 11 digs, while junior Meghan Neelon and freshman Emily Janek combined for 33 of the team’s 37 assists. Alabama finished 12-17, 4-14 SEC.

• Offensive lineman Andre Smith was waived by the Cincinnati Bengals.

• In case you missed this …

On this date in Crimson Tide history:

December 1, 1979: Steadman Shealy scored a game-winning touchdown from eight yards out in the fourth quarter of the Auburn game, giving Alabama a hard-fought, come-from-behind 25-18 victory and earning for the Crimson Tide a spot in the Sugar Bowl. Alabama has 24 first downs to Auburn's 11 and 394 yards to 249.

December 1, 2012: Quarterback AJ McCarron threw a 45-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Amari Cooper with 3:15 remaining, and No. 2 Alabama barely held to defeat No. 3 Georgia 32-28 in the SEC Championship Game. The Bulldogs had the ball at the Alabama 5-yard-line when time expired. Eddie Lacy had 181 rushing yards on 20 carries and two touchdowns, while T.J Yeldon had 153 yards on 25 attempts and one score at the Georgia Dome.

December 1, 1996: Matt Womack was born.

Crimson Tide quote of the day:

"I'm ready to have a heart attack here." — Nick Saban after Alabama held on to defeat Georgia on this date in the 2012 SEC Championship Game.

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CHRISTOPHER WALSH

Christopher Walsh is the founder and publisher of Alabama Crimson Tide On SI, which first published as BamaCentral in 2018, and is also the publisher of the Boston College, Missouri and Vanderbilt sites. He's covered the Crimson Tide since 2004 and is the author of 26 books including “100 Things Crimson Tide Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die” and “Nick Saban vs. College Football.” He's an eight-time honoree of Football Writers Association of America awards and three-time winner of the Herby Kirby Memorial Award, the Alabama Sports Writers Association’s highest writing honor for story of the year. In 2022, he was named one of the 50 Legends of the ASWA. Previous beats include the Green Bay Packers, Arizona Cardinals and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, along with Major League Baseball’s Arizona Diamondbacks. Originally from Minnesota and a graduate of the University of New Hampshire, he currently resides in Tuscaloosa.

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