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Crimson Tide Roll Call: Monday, December 26, 2022

Your daily briefing on what's going on with Alabama athletics, and how to watch the Crimson Tide.

Christopher Walsh

Crimson Tide Roll Call: Monday, December 26, 2022
Crimson Tide Roll Call: Monday, December 26, 2022 /
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Did You Notice?

• Did you get your annual holiday greeting from the Humphrey family? 

• Who wants an Alabama star on offense or defense? The "race" for the No. 1 selection in the 2023 NFL draft is down to: Texans 2-12-1; Bears 3-12; Broncos 4-11 (traded to Seahawks) or Cardinals 4-11; Colts: 4-9-1. Quarterback Bryce Young and Will Anderson Jr. are obvious possibilities.

• Tua Tagovailoa ended up having a rough day with the Miami Dolphins, with interceptions on the final three possessions, but Jaylen Waddle had the play of the day. He finished with five catches for 143 years. 

• Yes, Najee Harris had another hurdle, but we liked this even more from the Raiders-Steelers game over the weekend: 

On This Date in Crimson Tide History:

December 26, 1930: Alabama's football team was the guest of former player Johnny Mack Brown at MGM Studios where Brown and Wallace Beery were starring in a gangster movie. The players caused a ruckus by laughing out loud when the former Alabama star escorted one of the gangster's girlfriends on stage, and some were overheard saying, "He gets paid to have such fun." After the studio visit, Wallace Wade took his squad to Occidental Field for a scrimmage in preparation for the upcoming Rose Bowl game against Washington State. – Bryant Museum

December 26, 1982: Kenneth Darby was born in Huntsville, Ala.

Crimson Tide Quote of the Day:

"It's not the will to win that matters, everybody has that. It's the will to prepare to win that matters." – Paul W. “Bear” Bryant

We’ll leave you with this …

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Christopher Walsh
CHRISTOPHER WALSH

Christopher Walsh is the founder and publisher of BamaCentral, which first published in 2018. He's covered the Crimson Tide since 2004, and is the author of 26 books including Decade of Dominance, 100 Things Crimson Tide Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die, Nick Saban vs. College Football, and Bama Dynasty: The Crimson Tide's Road to College Football Immortality. 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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