Crimson Tide Roll Call: Friday, July 2, 2021

Your daily briefing on what's going on with Alabama athletics, and how to watch the Crimson Tide

Today is ... National Eat Your Beans Day

BamaCentral Headlines

• Crimson Tikes Guts and Glory: A Portrait of Bear Bryant

• College Football Opening Lines for Week 1

• Alabama NIL Tracker: WR Traeshon Holden, OL Evan Neal, LB Christopher Allen First to Ink Deals

• Alabama Commit Ty Simpson Shines After Day One of Elite 11 Finals

• The Extra Point: Steelers Counting on Najee Harris to Key Offensive Revival

• Former Alabama DB Brandon Turnage Headed to Tennessee

• Alabama Athletics Reports Five Minor Recruiting Violations

• Talk of the Tide: July 1 Historic Day for College Athletics But Caution Remains

• Relationship Between 2023 DB Caleb Downs and Alabama Growing After Recent Visit

• In case you missed it: Early 2021 Crimson Tide Opponent Preview: Miami

Did you notice?

• Former Alabama golfer Emma Talley is making some noise at the LPGA VOA Classic, tying her career-best round mark of 65.

.@talley_emma shot a season-best score of 6-under par 65 in the first round of the @VOAClassic, also matching her career-low mark.

The @AlabamaWGolf alumna is T4 after day one in Denton Co. pic.twitter.com/92GNY3laAp

— LPGA Media (@LPGAMedia) July 2, 2021

• Former Alabama catcher Alex Avila saw some time at second base for the Washington Nationals on Thursday. It was his first-career start at the position.

Are you not entertained?#NATITUDE pic.twitter.com/O0ztQAl0fT

— Washington Nationals (@Nationals) July 1, 2021

• Alabama soccer player Macy Clem has signed with Barstool Sports:

Midfielder @AlabamaSoccer player Macy Clem (@macyc_22 ) signs onto @barstoolsports

She becomes the first Alabama athlete to sign with them and is now an official #barstoolathlete pic.twitter.com/VUJgucCz60

— Brett Greenberg (@BrettGreenberg_) July 1, 2021

• Alabama softball has five members on the 2021 CoSIDA Academic All-District Team:

Alabama places five on 2021 CoSIDA Academic All-District Softball Team, its highest total since 2012

📰: https://t.co/APP5v132gG#Team25 #RollTide pic.twitter.com/nNsU19n6yh

— Alabama Softball (@AlabamaSB) July 1, 2021

• Julio Jones broke ground on a new car dealership in Roswell, Ga.:

Kia Roswell Ground Breaking with @juliojones_11 🏈 pic.twitter.com/8559l9c9ND

— 680 The Fan (@680TheFan) July 1, 2021

Countdown to the Crimson Tide's 2021 opener:

64 days

On this date in Crimson Tide history:

July 2, 1951: Former Crimson Tide stars Ray Richeson (guard, 1948), Vaughn Mancha (center, 1945) and Harry Gilmer (tailback, 1945) were all named to the all-time Sugar Bowl team. — Bryant Museum

Crimson Tide quote of the day

"When you win, there's glory enough for everybody. When you lose, there's glory for none." — Paul W. “Bear” Bryant

We'll leave you with this ...

Is there a better place to go now that NIL is approved that a school like @AlabamaFTBL ? @markingramII message carries more weight now than ever. #NIL pic.twitter.com/AAz2cI0PKa

— CampusLore (@CampusLore) July 1, 2021