Crimson Tide Roll Call: October 29, 2020

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

Today is ... National Oatmeal Day 

BamaCentral Headlines

• Mac Jones Showing Leadership Beyond His Years for Alabama Football

• Crimson Tikes: Good Ole' Lil' Al

• All Things Bama Podcast: Finding Jaylen Waddle's Replacement and What's the Ceiling for the Crimson Tide's Defense?

• Nick Saban Recognizes Mike Leach's Air-Raid Threat for Alabama's Defense

• Friday Night Lights Radio Preview for Oct. 30, 2020

• Mike Leach Previews Alabama, Reveals Former Crimson Tide WR Tyrell Shavers No Longer With Bulldogs

• Alabama Crimson Tide in the NFL Week 8 Tracker

• Crimson Corner: Let's Talk About Mike Leach

• Practice Report: Alabama Football Forced Indoors As Prep Continues for Mississippi State

• In case you missed it: Nick Saban Provides Injury Updates on LaBryan Ray, Ronald Williams, and Deonte Brown

Did you notice?

• Former Alabama guard Kira Lewis Jr. is gaining steam with the New York Knicks ahead of the NBA draft next month.

Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau, general manager Scott Perry and senior VP William Wesley were all having dinner together in Miami on Monday when they called Alabama head coach Nate Oats to learn more about Kira Lewis Jr, per @NYPost_Berman https://t.co/XUpEYQUuM0

— Daily Knicks (@DailyKnicksFS) October 28, 2020

• It doesn't appear that the New York Jets will move on from Quinnen Williams ahead of the NFL's Nov. 3 trade deadline. 

Gase said Quinnen Williams "will be here." Said any trade rumors are false. Gase said he and Joe Douglas have both spoken to Quinnen. #nyj

— Brian Costello (@BrianCoz) October 28, 2020

• Hall of Fame quarterback Kurt Warner shares some insight and advice for Tua Tagovailoa who is making his first NFL start on Sunday:

The legend @kurt13warner talks about @Tua taking over for #Fitzmagic & shares his similar experience with the #Giants & @EliManning #PatMcAfeeShowLIVE pic.twitter.com/zFzqnOru2l

— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) October 28, 2020

• Speaking of Tua ... he explains here what it will be like to take that first hit since his hip injury:

Tua Tagovailoa on taking that first hit, “I don’t know what the hit’s gonna feel like.” pic.twitter.com/xTcFasPVij

— Will Manso (@WillManso) October 28, 2020

Dolphins new QB1 Tua Tagovailoa leading the team with passes out in practice. It is Tua’s team now. pic.twitter.com/EIPJ7n0f9E

— Cameron Wolfe (@CameronWolfe) October 28, 2020

• Check out what Alabama softball coach Patrick Murphy had to say about culture and leadership on this podcast he was a featured guest on:

• Levi Wallace has returned to the practice field for the Buffalo Bills.

The #Bills have designated CB Levi Wallace and LB Del’Shawn Phillips to return to practice off IR, opening their window. Meanwhile, sounds like it may be another week for CB Josh Norman, who injured his hamstring last week. He hasn’t been ruled out, but it’s unlikely he can go.

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) October 28, 2020

On this date in Crimson Tide history:

October 29, 1977: Tony Nathan rushed for 115 yards on only seven carries, including a run of 59 yards for a touchdown during Alabama's 37-7 rout of Mississippi State, the preseason favorite to win the SEC. The other Crimson Tide touchdowns were on 1-yard runs by Donnie Faust and Johnny Davis, a 30-yard pass from Jeff Rutledge to Keith Pugh, and a 22-yard run by Steadman Shealy.

October 29, 2005: Brodie Croyle threw three touchdown passes and DJ Hall set an Alabama receiving record while leading a 35-3 victory over Utah State. Hall finished with 11 catches for 157 yards, becoming the first Crimson Tide receiver to have back-to-back games with at least 10 receptions (he had 10 for 139 yards against Tennessee). At the time, Alabama was 8-0 and ranked fifth in the BCS standings. 

Crimson Tide quote of the day

Oct. 29: “He's all business. I don't care if he's at LSU, the Miami Dolphins or Alabama, he's not going to change. It's all business. It's about winning games and that's what he does. He gets up every morning and goes to bed thinking about that. Right after we won the national championship in '03, the next morning he had the coaches together doing recruiting meetings from what I heard. It's about winning and it's that kind of drive that has made him successful, and will make him successful in the future.” – Former LSU center Rudy Niswanger (2003-05)

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