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Crimson Tide Roll Call: Jan. 28, 2020

Your daily briefing on what's going on with Alabama athletics
Christopher Walsh|
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Today is … National Have Fun at Work Day (what will Nick Saban do to celebrate?)

Today’s Crimson Tide schedule

No games scheduled

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Did you notice?

• All eight XFL teams released their 52-player rosters, which included two former Crimson Tide cornerbacks: Saivion Smith (Houston Roughnecks) and Bradley Sylve (DC Defenders). Mike Riley is also the offensive coordinator of the Seattle Dragons. The 2020 XFL season kicks off Feb. 8.

• We’re not sure how they came up with these numbers, but they certainly look good:

• Collin Sexton played 38 minutes, a season high for a non-overtime game, and had 23 points, five assists and three rebounds to help lead the Cavaliers to a 115-100 victory over the Pistons.

• The New York Giants continue to have a familiar look under new head coach Joe Judge, who was an analyst/special teams assistant for Saban at Alabama (2009-2011). Former Saban assistants Jason Garrett and Derek Dooley will be the offensive coordinator and an offensive assistant (position TBD), with former Crimson Tide assistant Burton Burns the running backs coach. Former Alabama quarterback Freddie Kitchens the tight ends coach. Former Alabama director of player personnel Jody Wright a defensive coach (TBD), and former Crimson Tide Director of Player Development Kevin Sherrer is the interior linebackers coach. Also, Ben Wilkerson, the assistant offensive line coach, played for Saban at LSU.

• Christion Jones has resigned with the CFL's Edmonton Eskimos.

• United States Swimming’s 18 and under World 100 list includes three active members of the Crimson Tide, plus seven signees. Current freshmen Liam Bell, Derek Maas and Matt Menke all made the list along with signees Bernardo Bondra, Gracie Felner, Reese Hazan, Matt King, Chris O’Connor, Kacper Piotrowski and Eric Stelmar.

• We don’t even know where to go with this about former Crimson Tide soccer player Merel Van Dongen …

Countdown to the Crimson Tide’s 2020 opener

221 days

On this date in Crimson Tide history:

January 28, 1983: Paul W. “Bear” Bryant was buried at Elmwood Cemetery in Birmingham, Ala. Tommy Wilcox, Paul Carruth, Walter Lewis, Jerrill Sprinkle, Mike McQueen, Paul Fields, Jeremiah Castille and Darryl White, all members of the 1982 team, served as pallbearers.

Crimson Tide quote of the day:

"Bryant can take his'n and beat your'n, and then he can turn around and take your'n and beat his'n." – Former NFL coach Bum Phillips

We’ll leave you with this …

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CHRISTOPHER WALSH

Christopher Walsh is the founder and publisher of Alabama Crimson Tide On SI, which first published as BamaCentral in 2018, and is also the publisher of the Boston College, Missouri and Vanderbilt sites. He's covered the Crimson Tide since 2004 and is the author of 26 books including “100 Things Crimson Tide Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die” and “Nick Saban vs. College Football.” He's an eight-time honoree of Football Writers Association of America awards and three-time winner of the Herby Kirby Memorial Award, the Alabama Sports Writers Association’s highest writing honor for story of the year. In 2022, he was named one of the 50 Legends of the ASWA. Previous beats include the Green Bay Packers, Arizona Cardinals and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, along with Major League Baseball’s Arizona Diamondbacks. Originally from Minnesota and a graduate of the University of New Hampshire, he currently resides in Tuscaloosa.

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