Crimson Tide Roll Call: Saturday, February 18, 2023

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Today's Crimson Tide Schedule:

• Swimming & Diving at SEC Championships, College Station, Texas
• SEC Championships Central Hub | Preview

• Women's Tennis vs Tulane, Tuscaloosa, Ala., noon CT
• Live Stats | Preview

• Softball vs No. 20 UCF (2023 TaxAct Clearwater Invitational), Clearwater, Fla., 1:30 p.m. CT, 97.5 FM
• Live Video | Live Audio | Live Stats | Preview

• Baseball vs Richmond, Tuscaloosa, Ala., 2 p.m., SEC Network+
• Live Video | Live Audio | Live Stats | Buy Tickets

• Men's Basketball vs Georgia, Tuscaloosa, Ala., 5 p.m. CT, SEC Network
• Live Video | Live Audio | Live Stats

• Softball vs Indiana (2023 TaxAct Clearwater Invitational), Clearwater, Fla., 5 p.m. CT, ESPNU, 97.5 FM
  • Live Video | Live Audio | Live Stats | Preview

Crimson Tide Results:

• Gymnastics: No. 9 Alabama 197.525 | No. 19 Georgia 197.325

• Swimming & Diving at SEC Championships: Rhyan White made history as the Crimson Tide senior became the first in league history to win the 100 backstroke four years in a row while the Tide racked up two gold medals, a bronze and broke one of the oldest school records on Friday

• Baseball: No. 20 Alabama 12 | Richmond 3

• Softball: No. 2 UCLA 5 | No. 12 Alabama 3

• Men's Tennis: Alabama 6 | ETSU 1

Countdown to Crimson Tide's 2023 Season Opener:

197 days.

Did you Notice?

• Alabama swimmer / diver Derek Maas was named the SEC Swimming & Diving Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

Your 2023 SEC Swimming and Diving Men's Scholar-Athlete of the Year!

🖥 https://t.co/ERsHvFp3fT#RollTide | #BamaSpeed pic.twitter.com/y3C40Itf3a

— Alabama Swim & Dive (@AlabamaSwimDive) February 17, 2023

• Former Alabama outfielder Owen Diodati with a walk-off sacrifice fly in his first game for the Oregon Ducks. Diodati hit a walk-off home run on Opening Day last year for the Crimson Tide.

Speed kills! @A5D0l scores the winning run on a @owendiodati sac fly. #GoDucks

Xavier 2
Oregon 3 pic.twitter.com/x4kypXtVsC

— Oregon Duck Baseball (@OregonBaseball) February 18, 2023

• Former Alabama quarterback A.J. McCarron is joining the XFL. His first game with the St. Louis Battlehawks is on Sunday at 2 p.m. CT on ABC.

A.J. McCarron is not ready to be remembered as “former Alabama quarterback.”

He’s still here, still playing, believing he has years of pro football left. That continues this weekend in the new XFL.

“Any way you slice it, this guy should be in the NFL.” https://t.co/TR3rK2sJjx

— Chris Vannini (@ChrisVannini) February 17, 2023

On This Day in Crimson Tide History:

February 18, 1966: Brice Building won the contract to expand Denny Stadium to 56,000 seats by September 1. The cost of adding the 13,000 seats and modernizing the stadium was $1,044,763. 

February 18, 1971: George Teague was born in Oscoda, Mich.

Crimson Tide Quote of the Day:

Feb. 18: “Alabama’s cornerbacks don’t impress me one bit. They’re overrated. Real men don’t play zone defense and we’ll show them a thing or two come January 1st.” – Miami wide receiver Lamar Thomas before the 1993 Sugar Bowl, followed by George Teague’s answer:

Teague THE GAWD RT@tadow97: Bama vs Miami 93 Sugar Bowl "The Strip" pic.twitter.com/cJNX23N0bg

— Tampering Tide (@TideRecruits101) July 1, 2015

We'll Leave You With This:

Former Alabama safety Xavier McKinney was rocking some big shoes on his night out on the town.

Big shoes to fill here

cc: @mckinney15__ (via @nyknicks) pic.twitter.com/6RwzVhe0KN

— Blitzfits (@blitzfits) February 17, 2023