Crimson Tide Roll Call: Wednesday, August 17, 2022

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Did You Notice?

It was women's basketball assistant coach Roman Tubner's birthday!

Happy Birthday Coach Tubner‼ 🎉 pic.twitter.com/98HWljNpOE

— Alabama Women’s Basketball (@AlabamaWBB) August 16, 2022

Golfer Robert Shelton regained his PGA Tour card by winning the Pinnacle Bank Championship.

ICYMI 👉 Our guy Robby Shelton put an exclamation point on regaining his @PGATOUR card by winning the Pinnacle Bank Championship over the weekend!#RollTide pic.twitter.com/hAgwhTWn97

— Alabama Men's Golf (@AlabamaMGolf) August 15, 2022

On This Date in Crimson Tide History:

August 17, 1988: Offensive coordinator Homer Smith named David Smith his starting quarterback, giving the senior walk-on from Gadsden the nod over Jeff Dunn and Vince Sutton. – Bryant Museum 

August 17, 1951: Former Alabama quarterback and Crimson Tide baseball player Butch Hobson was born in Tuscaloosa. He had an eight-year career in the Major Leagues (with the Red Sox, Angels and Yankees), and was Boston’s manager from 1992-94.

Crimson Tide Quote of the Day:

"I believe in my heart that I did the best I could. I don't regret a single thing I did. I made a lot of friends. Hope I didn't make any enemies. 

"I never embarrassed a player on the field. I never embarrassed a player in front of his teammates. That's how I managed here, and that's how I managed in the minors. If people are saying different, they don't know me. I knew when I took this job it wouldn't be easy. It didn't change me. I stayed Butch. I did. If I'd have changed, they wouldn't have had to fire me. I'd have resigned." — Butch Hobson when he was fired by the Red Sox in 1994.

We'll Leave You With This ...

The October 14th meet will be the first regular-season home competition since 2017.

Ready to RACE!

📅 https://t.co/qPS1l15KkW#BamaXC #WhereLegendsAreMade #RollTide pic.twitter.com/W98gLYan6c

— Alabama Track & Field (@AlabamaTrack) August 16, 2022