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Crimson Tide Roll Call: October 23, 2020

Your daily briefing on what's going on with Alabama athletics

Today is ...National iPod Day

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Crimson Tide results 

Volleyball: Missouri 3, Alabama 0 

Crimson Tide schedule

  • Men's tennis: Bulldog Challenge in Starkville, Miss., All Day
  • Women's tennis: 2nd SEC Challenge in Tuscaloosa, Ala., All Day 

Did you notice?

  • Justin Thomas had quite the day at the first round of the Zozo Championship, shooting seven-under par, which makes him tied for second after 18 holes.
  • A'Shawn Robinson was back practicing with the Los Angeles Rams on Thursday:
  • Robert Foster was signed to the Washington Football Team's active roster.
  • Check out Robert Horry and more Alabama basketball legends share some of their favorite memories from college:
  • Marty Lyons has a new book out:

On this date in Crimson Tide history:

October 23, 2010: Julio Jones set a single-game school record with 221 yards on a career-high 12 catches as Alabama destroyed Tennessee, 41-10. Greg McElroy threw for 264 yards and AJ McCarron hit Trent Richardson on a 5-yard touchdown pass as Alabama scored 28 unanswered in the second half. 

Crimson Tide quote of the day 

Oct. 23: "Our focus this week was to try to distinguish ourselves by playing to a higher standard, and I challenged everybody to do that and I feel like in the second half we did that.” – Nick Saban after defeating Tennessee, and his former assistant coach Derek Dooley, on this date in 2010, 41-10.

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