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Crimson Tide Roll Call: Saturday, July 1, 2023

Your daily briefing on what's going on with Alabama Athletics, and how to watch the Crimson Tide.
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Countdown to Crimson Tide's 2023 Season Opener:

63 days.

Did You Notice?

• Dicky Pride shot 69 during the second round of the US Senior Open Championship at Stevens Point, Wisc., and was tied for third at -1. He's two strokes behind leader Bernhard Langer.

• Nick Dunlap's hot summer continued as he won two matches in the North and South Men’s Amateur Championship at Pinehurst, N.C. He defeated Jack Lundin 2 and 1 in the round of 16, and David Ford 3 and 2 in the quarterfinals.

• Alabama had 107 student-athletes earn a place on the 2023 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll, the league office announced

• Former Alabama player Alba Cortina Pou will join the Crimson Tide women’s tennis staff as an assistant coach, returning to the program after competing as a four-year starter for the Crimson Tide (2018-21). The Crimson Tide had 85, 55 and 131 students-athletes named to the SEC Fall, Winter and Spring Academic Honor Rolls, respectively, giving Alabama a total of 378 for the 2022-23 academic year.

• Alabama announced the hiring of Michael White as an assistant swimming and diving coach. He most recently worked as a volunteer assistant at Wisconsin (2022-23), where he helped lead the women's program to its best NCAA finish since 2017. Additionally, he served as an assistant senior coach with the Madison Aquatics Club (2022-23) after making his coaching debut as a volunteer assistant coach for Juniata College (2019-21).

• ESPN's Marc Stein reported that Donta Hall, who helped AS Monaco reach the EuroLeague Final Four, is attracting free agent interest from various NBA teams including Memphis and Portland.

• Levi Wallace was interviewed on Good Morning Football:

On This Day in Crimson Tide History:

July 1, 1922: Don Whitmire, who became an All-American lineman at both Alabama and Navy, was born in Giles County, Tennessee. 

July 1, 1964: Rumors were reported in newspapers throughout the state that Paul W. “Bear” Bryant is retiring as head coach and being replaced by his assistant head coach Gene Stallings. When asked to comment on the rumor, Bryant just smiled.

Crimson Tide Quote of the Day:

"All I know is that we went out there in two buses and we came back in one." — Former Texas A&M player and Alabama head coach Gene Stallings, upon being asked if Coach Bryant's first practices at Texas A&M were as tough as reported.

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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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