Crimson Tide Roll Call: February 4, 2022

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BamaCentral Headlines

• Alabama to Hire Former Georgia QB Joe Cox as Tight Ends Coach

• Alabama Women's Basketball Outmatched by No. 1 South Carolina, 83-51

• Greg Byrne Proposes New Basketball Arena to UA Board of Trustees

• The Extra Point: Robinson Jr., Mathis Representing Alabama at Senior Bowl

• Alabama's Additions on National Signing Day Under Nick Saban

• Throwback Thursday: 1961, Bear Bryant's First National Championship

• Alabama Catcher Dominic Tamez is Turning Question Marks into Exclamation Points

• Alabama Defensive Coordinator Pete Golding Arrested for DUI

• Why Danny Lewis Jr. is the Perfect Topper to Alabama's Stellar Recruiting Class

• Throwback Crimson Tikes: Double Dribble

Today's Crimson Tide Schedule

• Swimming & Diving at Auburn Invitational, Auburn, Ala., All Day

• Track & Field, Cross Country at Charlie Thomas Invitational, Indoor Track & Field, College Station, Texas, All-Day

• Gymnastics vs Western Michigan & UNC, Tuscaloosa, Ala, 7:30 pm CT, SEC Network

Crimson Tide Results

Women's Basketball: No. 1 South Carolina 83, Alabama 51

Did you notice?

• Former Alabama punter Ty Perine removed his name from the transfer portal, but has decided to retire from football. 

Some news on Ty Perine: While Ty Perine has removed his name from the portal, he will not play for Alabama next season. He is retiring from football and will graduate from Alabama in May.

— Tony Tsoukalas (@Tony_Tsoukalas) February 3, 2022

• Trevon Diggs and Mac Jones both showed out at the Pro Bowl skills competition.

.@TrevonDiggs just won the Best Catch competition with this front flip grab!

📺: #ProBowlSkills Showdown on ESPN pic.twitter.com/Sq1Cfd3YS0

— NFL (@NFL) February 4, 2022

Ok, @MacJones_10 🔥

Mac tests his passing precision in the #ProBowlSkills Showdown, live now on @espn. pic.twitter.com/38kFlqRCP0

— New England Patriots (@Patriots) February 4, 2022

• Alabama softball has now sold more than 3,100 season tickets for the 2022 season. 

The RSVP list for the Party at Rhoads keeps getting bigger 📈📈📈

💻https://t.co/7mIAv0EjUP
📞205-348-BAMA pic.twitter.com/UkiOr2JhDg

— Alabama Softball (@AlabamaSB) February 3, 2022

Countdown to the Crimson Tide's 2022 Season Opener:

211

On This Date in Crimson Tide History

February 4, 1940: Billy Neighbors, a consensus All-American lineman and captain of the 1961 national championship team, was born in Tuscaloosa.

February 4, 1966: Fresh off winning a second straight national championship, quarterback Steve Sloan and receiver Dennis Homan were named to the 23-member Academic All-American team. Meanwhile, Kenny Stabler, expected to be the starting quarterback, said he would split time between spring football and baseball. Baseball coach Joe Sewell called Stabler one of the most talented left-handed pitchers he had ever seen.

Crimson Tide Quote of the Day

"Billy Neighbors was a self-made person. He lost his father extremely early. He had brothers that were good football players, but Billy was different. He was just self-made. He could see something, and he had enough insight of what needed to be done to be great. He was bound and determined to be something special. He became very special in the eyes of everybody." – former teammate Bill "Brother" Oliver to AL.com when Billy Neighbors died in 2012.

We'll leave you with this...

Here’s a look at the new arena proposed by UA today:pic.twitter.com/UHYa24uDiU

— BamaCentral (@BamaCentral) February 3, 2022