Crimson Tide Roll Call: Thursday, February 22, 2024

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 2024 Season Opener:

191 days

Today's Crimson Tide Schedule:

• Women's Basketball: Alabama at No. 1 South Carolina, Columbia, S.C., 6 p.m. CT, SEC Network

• Swim & Dive: SEC Championships, Auburn, Ala. 

Crimson Tide Results:

• Men's Basketball:No. 13 Alabama 98, No. 24 Florida 93
• Softball: No. 11 Alabama 9, North Alabama 1 
• Baseball: No. 17 Alabama 12, Alabama State 0
• Men's Golf: Thomas Ponder finished in fourth place overall as the Crimson Tide finished 10th at the Watersound Invitational in Panama City.

Did you notice?

• Grant Nelson won the hard hat during Alabama's win over Florida.

Today's 𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙃𝙖𝙩 award winner presented by@mcabeeinc: Grant Nelson#RollTide  | #BlueCollarBasketball pic.twitter.com/JPxDitTHF5

— Alabama Men’s Basketball (@AlabamaMBB) February 22, 2024

• Alabama football added Mitch Dahlen as an offensive analyst, who was on staff with head coach Kalen DeBoer at Washington. 

#NewProfilePic pic.twitter.com/knXiZsjJW6

— Mitch Dahlen (@mitchdahlen4) February 22, 2024

• Alabama's Filip Planinsek was named the SEC Men's Tennis Player of the Week for his performance the past week.

SEC Player of the Week‼ Congratulations Filip Planinsek 😤

📝https://t.co/3rG1pggann#RollTide pic.twitter.com/WmQ6LLRLRU

— Alabama Men's Tennis (@AlabamaMTN) February 21, 2024

On This Day in Crimson Tide History:

February 22, 1893: Alabama and Auburn played for the first time in football. The Tigers won 32-22 before approximately 5,000 fans at Lakeview Park in Birmingham. The schools played every year until 1907, when the rivalry was suspended until 1948.

Crimson Tide Quote of the Day:

“We hazard nothing in saying that the game would not make a single constructive contribution to education in the state.” It concluded: “The fundamental question is: Do the people of Alabama need a tranquil, sane kind of athletics in their two major institutions, or an irrational rabid kind?” – Alabama’s Committee on Physical Education and Athletics report on whether to renew the rivalry with Auburn. At the time, both coach Frank Thomas and Alabama school officials believed nothing could be gained for the Crimson Tide by playing a team that had never finished better than third in the SEC.

We'll leave you with this...

Mark's Madness signs have made it back to Coleman Coliseum

📸: Butch Dill, USA TODAY pic.twitter.com/3hhNkctPhY

— Blake Byler (@blakebyler45) February 22, 2024