Crimson Tide Roll Call: August 7, 2021

Your daily briefing on what's going on with Alabama athletics, including full TV listings.

Today is … National Lighthouse Day

Bama Central Headlines …

• Practice Report: Alabama Football Hosts First Practice of Fall Camp

• All Things CW: 5 Things To Look For During Alabama's Fall Camp

• Recruiting Corner: Multiple 2022 Linebackers Still in Play for Alabama

• All Things Bama Podcast: Previewing Alabama Football's Fall Camp

• The Extra Point: Titans Defense has a Good Former Alabama Player too, Rashaan Evans

• Alabama in the NFL: Running Back Bo Scarbrough Signs with Las Vegas Raiders

• Crimson Tide Guts and Glory: Dirty Journalism

Crimson Tide in the Olympics Results

Track & Field: Remona Burchell grabs the first Crimson Tide gold of these Olympics after running on Jamaica's gold-medal winning 4x100m relay in the qualifying round. It's the first Olympic gold for Alabama track & field since Kirani James took the top spot in the 400 meters at the London Games in 2012.

Jereem Richards helped Trinidad & Tobago earn a spot in the finals of the 4x400m relay after the TTO squad took fourth this morning's qualifying round with a time of 2:58.60.

Crimson Tide in the Olympics Schedule

Saturday

Baseball: Gold Medal Game, USA vs Japan (David Robertson, USA), 5 a.m. (livestream on NBC Sports app, or watch re-air at 8:30 on USA)

Track & Field: Men's 4 x 400m Relay (Jereem Richards, Trinidad & Tobago); 7:50 a.m. (Peacock).

Countdown to the Crimson Tide’s 2021 Opener:

28 days

On This Date in Crimson Tide History:

August 7, 1963: Coach Paul W. “Bear” Bryant testified on behalf of Georgia coach Wally Butts in his lawsuit trial against Curtis Publishing Company, owners of the Saturday Evening Post. Bryant adamantly denied any collusion between him and Butts.

August 7, 1998: Jalen Hurts was born in Channelview, Texas.

Crimson Tide Quote of the Day:

“My obligation to our team is to play the best players, so I don’t care what grade they’re in, where you’re from or what the mailing address is, that’s kind of what we do. If they’re better than someone else we’re going to give them every opportunity to play.” – Nick Saban

We’ll leave you with this …

Great insight from @AROD

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— Alabama Football (@AlabamaFTBL) August 7, 2021