Crimson Tide Roll Call: January 5, 2022

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• Trending with the Tide: The Ups and Downs from Alabama's Cotton Bowl Win
• Nate Oats Gives Timeline for Alabama F James Rojas' Return
• Alabama Signees Arrive in Texas for All-American Bowl
• Alabama Basketball Planning to Play Next Two Conference Games as Scheduled
• All Things Crimson Tide Podcast: Cotton Bowl Takeaways Plus Who Has the Edge in Alabama/Georgia Rematch
• Najee Harris is the BamaCentral Crimson Tide Pro Athlete of the Week
• Crimson Tikes: Quivering

Today's Crimson Tide Schedule

• Men's Basketball: Alabama at Florida, Gainesville, Fla., 6 p.m. CT, ESPN2, Live Video, Live Stats
• Swimming & Diving: at Tennessee Diving Invitational, Knoxville, Tenn.

Crimson Tide Results

Swimming & Diving: Alabama Posts Three Individual Top-10 Finishes on Day One of the Tennessee Diving Invitational

Did you notice?

• Alabama basketball signee Brandon Miller threw down a monstrous dunk in his high school game: 

DUNK OF THE YEAR ALREADY⁉️🚨 @brandmillerr (via black_mosez/IG) pic.twitter.com/sWNo0KxaI1

— SLAM HS Hoops (@SLAM_HS) January 5, 2022

• Former Alabama guard and lottery pick Josh Primo had a productive night for the San Antonio Spurs.

Primo: 15 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST
Champagnie: 14 PTS, 4 3PT, 3 REB pic.twitter.com/aPdYc9VReU

— NBA G League (@nbagleague) January 5, 2022

• There were many recent transactions involving former Alabama players in the NFL.

NFL transactions today:

* Shyheim Carter, Carson Tinker, BJ Emmons all released from practice squads.

* Jared Mayden, Ross Pierschbacher, Lester Cotton, Damion Square all protected on practice squads for Week 18.

— Alabama Pro Updates (@BamaProUpdates) January 5, 2022

On This Date in Crimson Tide History

January 5, 1989: Riggs Stephenson, who played 14 years in the majors, had a career batting average of .336 and finished fifth in National League MVP voting in 1932, was born in Tuscaloosa.

January 5, 1901: Luke Sewell, who played 20 seasons in the major leagues as a catcher and never struck out more than 27 times was born in Titus, Alabama. The brother of Hall of Fame shortstop Joe, Sewell played in 1,630 games, accumulating 1,393 hits in 5,383 at bats for a .259 career batting average along with 20 home runs, 698 runs batted in and an on-base percentage of .323.

January 5, 1938: More than 5,000 fans welcomed the Crimson Tide back to Tuscaloosa after what’s still its only loss in the Rose Bowl, 13-0 to California. Said All-American guard Leroy Monsky, "All my life I wanted to play in the Rose Bowl, and on the third play of the game, I get knocked goofy and don't remember a thing until I find myself on the bench at halftime. What a bad break to end my career."

Crimson Tide Quote of the Day

"The first fifty yards I was praying no one would catch me, the last fifty yards I was praying that someone would." – Lee Ozmint, after intercepting a pass in the end zone and returning it 100 yards for a touchdown.

We'll leave you with this...

My. Goodness. Herb. pic.twitter.com/Us1g3Zzhc7

— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) January 5, 2022