Crimson Tide Roll Call: Tuesday, October 19, 2021

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• Alabama Football Looks to Maintain Focus, Avoid Complacency After Win at Mississippi State
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• Remnants of Field Storming Serve as Motivation for Nick Saban
• Bryce Young Named to Davey O'Brien, Manning Award Stars of the Week Lists
• AP Poll Releases Preseason Top 25 College Basketball Rankings
• In-State 2022 CB Tre'Quon Fegans Announces College Decision
• Alabama Coaching Staff Names 12 Players of the Week
• What Nick Saban Said to Open Tennessee Week
• Will Anderson Jr. Named SEC Defensive Player of the Week
• Will Anderson Jr. is the BamaCentral Crimson Tide Athlete of the Week
• Alabama Game Week Scouting Report: Tennessee Cornerback Alontae Taylor

Today's Crimson Tide schedule

Men's golf: Alabama at Jackson T. Stephens Cup, Little Rock, Arkansas, All Day

Crimson Tide results

• Women's tennis: Alabama at ITA Southern Regionals

• Doubles semifinals: Anne Marie Hiser/Loudmilla Bencheikh def. Emmanouela Antonaki/Tamara Racine (MSU) 3-6, 7-5 [10-8]

• Singles semifinals: Safiya Carrington (LSU) def. Petra Sedlackova 4-6, 6-3, 6-3

• Men's tennis: Alabama at ITA Southern Regionals

• Doubles semifinals: Filip Planinsek/Juan Martin def. Ruan Du Preeze/Samrakshyak Bajracharya (ASU) 6-4, 6-2

• Doubles finals: Filip Planinsek/Juan Martin (pictured on the cover) def. Vlad Lobak/Gabriel Diaz Friere (LSU) 6-2, 7-6 (4).

• Men's golf: Alabama at Jackson T. Stephens Cup

• The Crimson Tide finished day one with a 36-hole total of 6-over par 582 (292-290), putting the team two strokes back from second place Arizona.

• Canon Claycomb finished fifth overall with a morning score of 1-over par 73 and an afternoon score of 1-under par 71.

Did you notice?

• Derrick Henry continues to make his case for the NFL's MVP honors after racking up three touchdowns Monday night against Buffalo.

Long Live The King. @KingHenry_2

➡️ 20 carries
➡️ 143 rushing yards
➡️ 3 TDs
➡️ Third 3-TD game in the last five games

👑👑👑👑👑👑 pic.twitter.com/l7QOr5f5MX

— NFL (@NFL) October 19, 2021

• As first reported by Cleveland.com, the Cavaliers and guard Collin Sexton failed to come to an agreement on the deadline of a potential contract extension. The former Alabama standout will become a restricted free agent following the season.

Two more days. #LetEmKnow pic.twitter.com/lVODWsV18Y

— Cleveland Cavaliers (@cavs) October 19, 2021

• Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa had the misfortune of being on the wrong side of history in snapping the Jacksonville Jaguars' (seemingly terminal) losing streak, but upon return from an injury to his ribs the former Alabama standout performed well, all things considered. And the data backs that statement. 

Some data on Tua's first game back:

Average depth of target: 8.5
Adjusted comp %: 79.5

He was pressured on 19 drop backs without taking a sack. The ball came out on average after 2.46 seconds.

Both TDs came against blitzes and he was 8/8 with 151 yards in the 10-19 yard range.

— Travis Wingfield (@WingfieldNFL) October 18, 2021

Countdown to the Crimson Tide's 2021 basketball season opener:

21 days

Crimson Tide Trivia Challenge

Alabama men's basketball enters the 2021-22 season ranked No. 14 in the preseason AP Poll Top 25. When is the last year the Crimson Tide was ranked entering its season opener, and what was its ranking?

The first person to post the correct answer on our message board, specifically in the Trivia! forum, will earn points toward winning a prize. Must be registered to post.

On this date in Crimson Tide history:

October 19, 1935: Playing with a broken bone in his left leg, Paul Bryant starred in Alabama's 25-0 win at Tennessee. The Atlanta newspapers doubting the story of the injury requested to review x-rays, which indeed revealed a broken fibula, before using the account of Bryant's handicap in its features on the game. Alabama's first touchdown came on a pass to Bryant who then lateralled to Riley Smith. A key block by Bryant after the pitch to Smith enabled him to score.

Crimson Tide quote of the day:

"It was just one little bone." – Paul W. “Bear” Bryant on playing with a fractured leg against Tennessee in 1935.

We'll leave you with this ...

.@stefondiggs (rec TD on #MNF) and @TrevonDiggs (INT return TD on Sunday) both scored in Week 6

It marks the first time that a player scored an offensive TD while his brother scored a defensive TD in the same NFL week since Vernon and Vontae Davis in Week 4, 2009

— NFL Research (@NFLPlus) October 19, 2021