Crimson Tide Roll Call: Feb. 19, 2021
Today is … National Caregivers Day
Today's Crimson Tide schedule
Women's swimming: SEC Swimming and Diving Championships, 9 a.m./5 p.m. CT Athens, Ga
Women's tennis: Florida, 1 p.m. CT Tuscaloosa, Ala
Soccer: Columbus State, 2 p.m. CT Tuscaloosa, Ala, Live Stats
Softball: Liberty, 3 p.m. CT Tuscaloosa, Ala, Watch/Listen/Live Stats
Baseball: McNeese State, 3 p.m. CT Tuscaloosa, Ala, Watch/Listen/Live Stats
Men's tennis: Florida, 4 p.m. CT Gainesville, Fla, Watch
Gymnastics: LSU, 7:30 p.m. CT Tuscaloosa, Ala, SEC Network+/Live Stats
Crimson Tide results
Women's basketball: Alabama 77, Florida 70
Bama Central Headlines ...
- Nate Oats, Alabama Agree To Contract Extension Through 2027
- Alabama Women's Basketball Holds On For 77-70 Win at Florida
- Talk of the Tide: NCAA Drops the Ball Extending Recruiting Dead Period
- How to Watch Vanderbilt Commodores at No. 8 Alabama Crimson Tide Basketball
- Alabama Football Officially Announces Jay Valai As Cornerbacks Coach
- Throwback Crimson Tikes: Slam Dunked
- 2021 Alabama Baseball Season Preview
- Alabama's Connor Prielipp Earns Golden Spikes Award Preseason Watch List Honors From USA Baseball
- 2023 DB Caleb Downs Blown Away By Alabama Offer
- Throwback Thursday: Johnny Dee
Did you notice?
- The trend of Alabama student-athletes breaking records continues, as Kalia Antoniou, Morgan Scott, Flora Molnar, and Cora Dupre teamed up to set a program record at the SEC Swimming and Diving Championships. Antoniou and Dupre also earned gold and silver in a solo event, respectively.
- 5-star Alabama basketball signee JD Davison earned McDonald's All-American honors, arguably the highest distinction in high school basketball, one day after posting a 38-point triple-double in the state playoffs. Due to COVID-19, though, the McDonald's game is canceled.
- Tennessee Titan running back Derrick Henry answered the fabled question of playing at Alabama while on a Barstool Sports podcast.
Countdown to the Crimson Tide's 2021 opener:
197 days
On this date in Crimson Tide history:
February 19, 1951: Clarence "Butch" Avinger accepted the Jacobs Trophy at a special ceremony honoring some of the South's top performers in Durham, N.C. Avinger was the Southeastern Conference's best blocker for 1950.
February 19, 1954: Artist Daniel A. Moore, who has his paintings depicting Crimson Tide football moments hanging all over the state, was born in Birmingham.
Crimson Tide quote of the day
“He knocked me woozy. I have never been hit like that before and hopefully, I'll never be hit like that again.” – Notre Dame quarterback Steve Beuerlein after Cornelius Bennett's sack in 1986.
