Crimson Tide Roll Call: December 7, 2021

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• Alabama Must Work to Sustain Success for College Football Playoff

• Alabama QB Bryce Young Named Heisman Trophy Finalist

• Alabama OLB Will Anderson Jr. Wins Bronko Nagurski Trophy

• Alabama Coaching Staff Names 16 Players of the Week Following SEC Championship Victory

• 2021 Alabama Football Awards Week Tracker

• Bryce Young is the BamaCentral Crimson Tide Athlete of the Week

• Windham Wrap-up: Winning Weekend Shows Last Year's Success Wasn't a Fluke for UA Athletics

• Alabama Commit Shawn Murphy Wins Butkus Award for Nation's Top High School Linebacker

• Ty Simpson Finishes His Senior Year with a State Title, Early Signing Day Closes In

• Alabama Men's Basketball No. 9 in Latest AP Top 25, Coaches Poll

• Alabama Basketball Sweeps SEC Player of the Week Honors

• 2021 SEC Men's Basketball Power Rankings: Week 5

• The Extra Point: Kenyan Drake Calls for Rule Change Rule After Injury

Today's Crimson Tide Schedule

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Crimson Tide Results

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Did you notice?

• Alabama took no time in adding the '21' to its wall of SEC Championships inside the indoor practice facility:

No sense in delaying. These guys are on it! #SECCHAMPS pic.twitter.com/2PIEPD1nuD

— Matt Rhea, PhD (@MattRheaPhD) December 6, 2021

• Former Alabama guard Josh Primo nailed up this three-pointer for the San Antonio Spurs:

• Check out New England Patriots quarterback Mac Jones' cleats from Monday night's game versus the Buffalo Bills:

It looks like these are the cleats Mac Jones will be wearing tonight. Patriots rookies make an annual visit to @BostonChildrens as part of their “orientation” to the team.

Via @Patriots …

Full slideshow: https://t.co/cjbNrf3VF6 pic.twitter.com/038KR6ii8k

— Mike Reiss (@MikeReiss) December 7, 2021

• Damien Harris sprinted 64 yards against the wind in an incredibly blustery Buffalo:

Damien Harris hit 21.01 mph running against the wind! pic.twitter.com/rnUaijhdJE

— Doug Kyed (@DougKyed) December 7, 2021

• And Alabama football released its game win poster for the SEC Championship Game:

Game Win Poster: SEC Championship

🐘: 41 🐶: 24#BamaFactor #RollTide pic.twitter.com/mclzICI9r1

— Alabama Football (@AlabamaFTBL) December 6, 2021

On This Date in Crimson Tide History:

December 7, 1937: Alabama head coach Frank Thomas was the guest speaker at the annual Jacobs Trophy Award Dinner in Clinton, S.C. One of Thomas' star players, Leroy Monsky, accepted the SEC Jacobs Award as the best blocker in the conference. It was only the third time the award was handed out, but he was the second winner from Alabama, the first being quarterback Riley Smith in 1935.

Crimson Tide Quote of the Day:

"Football taught me the virtue of team play and enhanced my leadership qualities. These traits have been most valuable in my Navy career. Football taught me to take hard knocks and come up fighting." — Don Whitmire, an All-American tackle at Alabama (1941-1942) and Navy (1943-1944), who as a rear admiral directed the evacuation of Saigon at the end of the Vietnam War in 1975.

We'll leave you with this ... 

🐀☠️ = 😋#RollTide #SECChampionship pic.twitter.com/iww1kxZRbz

— The University of Alabama (@UofAlabama) December 7, 2021