Crimson Tide Roll Call: Jan. 18, 2021

Your daily briefing on what's going on with Alabama athletics, including full TV listings

Today is … Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Today’s Crimson Tide schedule

No games scheduled

Crimson Tide results

• Men's Tennis: Alabama 7, North Alabama 0; Alabama 7, North Alabama 0 (doubleheader).

• Women's Basketball: No. 23 Tennessee 82, Alabama 56

Bama Central Headlines …

• The Soldier: Alabama Basketball's Herb Jones Continues to Fight

• How to Watch Alabama Crimson Tide Basketball at LSU Tigers, TV, Time, Online

• This Week with the Crimson Tide: Jan. 18-24, 2021

• SEC Men's Basketball Power Rankings: Week 8

• Alabama Women’s Basketball Falls to No. 23/24 Tennessee, 82-56

• Crimson Tikes: Brag-Shirts

• In case you missed it: Alabama TE Carl Tucker Opts for 2021 NFL Draft

Did you notice?

• Former Alabama associate head football coach and running backs coach Charles Huff — who yesterday accepted a job as the new head coach at Marshall — tweeted out this thank you note to Nick Saban and the University of Alabama:

• Coming off of the bench for the New Orleans Pelicans, Kira Lewis Jr. totaled three points, two rebounds and five assists in his team's 128-123 win over the Sacramento Kings:

• Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes forgave Cleveland Browns linebacker Mack Wilson on social media following a vicious hit that left Mahomes sidelined for the rest of the game on Sunday afternoon. The Chiefs ultimately won the game 22-17:

Countdown to the Crimson Tide’s 2020 opener:

229 days

On this date in Crimson Tide history:

January 18, 1962: UPI sports editor Leo Peterson presents Paul Bryant with the national championship trophy at a dinner hosted by the Tuscaloosa Chamber of Commerce at the Stafford Hotel.

January 18, 1908: John “Hurri” Cain was born in Montgomery. During the 1930 national championship season, when Alabama was a perfect 10-0 and outscored the opposition 273-13, the sophomore wasn’t just a key player but the only non-senior starter. 

January 19, 1945: Alabama star player Harry Gilmer, who was not registered at the Capstone for the quarter, told the Crimson White that he might return to play for the Crimson Tide in the fall. With World War II still being fought, he was working in a war plant in the Magic City. – Bryant Museum

Crimson Tide quote of the day:

“John Cain is the best football player I have ever seen on a football field,” Alabama line coach and 1924 All-American center Clyde “Shorty” Propst.

We’ll leave you with this …