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Crimson Tide Roll Call: Oct. 31, 2019

Your daily briefing on what's going on with Alabama athletics, including full TV listings
Christopher Walsh|
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Today is … Nick Saban’s birthday. It’s also Halloween.

Today’s Crimson Tide schedule

Soccer: Vanderbilt at Alabama, 7:30 p.m. CT, SEC Network, Live Stats

Crimson Tide results

No games scheduled

Did you notice?

• Alabama graduate student Vincent Kiprop has been named the 2019 SEC Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year by a vote of the league’s head coaches. He’s the first Crimson Tide cross country runner to win the award. Kiprop earned his undergraduate degree with a 3.87 GPA in public health.

• Alabama releases new Bama Cuts, with Ozzie Newsome:

• Harvey Updyke failed to attend a hearing on why he hasn't paid court-ordered restitution after being convicted of poisoning Auburn’s oak trees. His attorney presented a letter from the 71-year-old’s doctor saying he wasn’t well enough to travel. Prosecutors planned to seek a warrant for failing to appear, and Judge Jacob Walker will decide later whether to order his arrest.

• Collin Sexton finished with 18 points against the Bulls, 10 of which came in the fourth quarter.

• How did he get through the doorway?

• Congratulations to Bradley Bozeman …

• We’ll leave you with this …

On this date in Crimson Tide history:

Oct. 31, 1981: Paul W. “Bear” Bryant won his 313th game, tying him with Pop Warner for second on the all-time list for major college wins. The victory certainly did not come easily as the Crimson Tide edged Mississippi State 13-10 in an extremely hard-hitting game played in Tuscaloosa. A total of 17 fumbles occurred. Alabama lost seven fumbles and Mississippi State four. However, it was safety Tommy Wilcox's interception in the end zone of a John Bond pass that preserved the win. A 28-yard field goal by Terry Sanders, subbing for Peter Kim who was flattened by a Bulldog defender on a first half three-point try, proved to be the game winner.

Crimson Tide quote of the day:

"What can I say about Nick Saban. He is the best coach in America." — Former Alabama athletic director Mal Moore

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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 27 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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