Crimson Tide Roll Call: September 22, 2019

Today is … Elephant Appreciation Day

Today’s Crimson Tide schedule

• Men’s tennis at Milwaukee Tennis Classic Live Scoring; Gamecock Ranked +1 Live Video, Live Results, all day

• Men’s golf at Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational, Live Scoring

• Soccer: Alabama at Arkansas, 2 p.m. CT

Crimson Tide results

• Football: Alabama 49, Southern Miss 7

Did you notice?

• The No. 21-ranked Alabama men’s golf team carded a second consecutive score of 14-over par 294 and was tied for 12 overall after 36 holes of play at the Olympia Fields Country Club/Fighting Illini Invitational. Sophomore Davis Shore followed his opening round of 71 with another 1-over par 71. He’s in a tie for 15 overall with a 36-hole total of 2-over par 142 (71-71).

• Junior Patrick Kaukovalta and senior Zhe Zhou picked up another doubles victory duing the second day of the Milwaukee Tennis Classic. Kaukovalta also won his two consolation singles matches. Meanwhile, senior Edson Ortiz won his singles match in the second day of the Gamecock Fall Invitational. Ortiz and junior Jeremy Gschwendtner fell in both of their doubles matches.

• Per Phenom Hoop Report, consensus 4-star power forward Keon Ambrose-Hylton has Alabama in his final five schools: “Head coach Nate Oats had a great couple of seasons at Buffalo. Another high energy, fast pace, good transition. They use their wings well. Looking forward to having more talks with Coach Oats on my development.” His official visit is set for Oct. 21-23.

• Ryan Kelly to Colts.com on why he chose Alabama as a recruit: “Out of the five schools I was evaluating, it was the one school that never promised me anything. Everybody else, they’d promise you to start right away or a bunch of other empty promises. I just never felt comfortable with any coach the way I did with Coach Saban.”

• We’ll leave you with this …

On this date in Crimson Tide history:

September 22, 1962: Joe Namath debuted as the Alabama quarterback and immediately became an instant sensation. Namath was 10 of 14 for 179 yards and three touchdowns as the Crimson Tide demolished Georgia 13-0 at Legion Field. Namath's second pass went 52 yards for a touchdown to Richard Williamson. Namath also rushed for 36 yards and was named the SEC Offensive Player of the Week. Center-linebacker Lee Roy Jordan was named SEC Lineman of the Week.

Crimson Tide quote of the day:

“First I prepare. Then I have faith.” – Joe Namath