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Crimson Tide Roll Call: Saturday, April 1, 2023

Your daily briefing on what's going on with Alabama athletics, and how to watch the Crimson Tide.
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Today's Crimson Tide Schedule

  • Track & Field, Cross Country: Alabama at Texas Relays, Austin, Texas, All Day
  • Rowing: Alabama at Tennessee/Oklahoma, Oak Ridge, Tenn., 9 a.m. CT
  • Gymnastics: Alabama at NCAA Regional Championships Finals, Norman, Okla., 5 p.m. CT, ESPN+

Crimson Tide Results:

  • Women's Tennis: Vanderbilt 4, Alabama 0
  • Men's Tennis: Vanderbilt 6, Alabama 1

Countdown to Crimson Tide's Season Opener:

155 days.

Did you Notice?

  • Colby Shelton continued to put in work for the Crimson Tide in its 12-1 win at No. 6 Arkansas:
  • Larissa Preuitt smacked her first career home run, a grand slam:
  • And Alabama basketball extended an offer to former Michigan center Hunter Dickinson, who entered the NCAA transfer portal on Friday:

On This Day in Crimson Tide History:

April 1, 1967: Dock Rhone, Jr., a 5-8, 185-pound guard from Carver High in Montgomery was the first black player to try out for the Crimson Tide football team. He was joined in spring practice by Andrew Pernell, Arthur Dunning, Melvin Leverette and Jerome Tucker. Rone and Pernell played in the spring game and both had a spot on the team for the fall, but Rone had to drop out of school. Pernell stayed on the team, but didn’t dress for a game.

April 1, 2006: No one knew it at the time, but the last A-Day Game with Mike Shula as head coach was played at Bryant-Denny Stadium. D.J. Hall caught seven passes for 136 yards and two touchdowns to be named game MVP as the White defeated the Crimson 17-3 before approximately 40,000 fans.

Crimson Tide Quote of the Day:

"I'd do it again in a minute. If you’re a football player, you dream of playing for Coach Bryant.” —John Mitchell, on being the first black player to play football at Alabama.

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