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Crimson Tide Roll Call: Sept. 3, 2019

Your daily briefing on what's going on with Alabama athletics
Crimson Tide Roll Call: Sept. 3, 2019
Crimson Tide Roll Call: Sept. 3, 2019

Today is … U.S. Bowling League Day

Today’s Crimson Tide schedule

No games scheduled

Crimson Tide results

No games scheduled

Did you notice?

• In a move that was expected the Dallas Cowboys released Rolando McClain, whose reinstatement becomes official on Tuesday. The move kept the Cowboys from taking a $5 million salary-cap hit at a position where they’re already set, and made him a free agent.

• Former Alabama tight end O.J. Howard made this announcement:

• Per The State, South Carolina quarterback Jake Bentley will miss six weeks with a broken foot, elevating true freshman Ryan Hilinski into the starter spot. Alabama visits South Carolina on Sept. 14.

• We’ll leave you with this (which includes Nick Saban’s postgame speech to the team):

On this date in Crimson Tide history:

September 3, 2017: The son of Alabama offensive coordinator Mike Locksley, Meiko, was murdered in Columbia, Maryland. He was 25. The case remains unsolved.

Crimson Tide quote of the day:

“Nobody ever wins a football game – somebody loses it.” – Wallace Wade

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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 26 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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