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Crimson Tide Roll Call: Sunday, December 26, 2021

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Today’s Crimson Tide Schedule

No games scheduled, but the Crimson Tide football team travels to Dallas for the Cotton Bowl Classic.

Crimson Tide Results

No games scheduled

Did You Notice?

• Time to hit the road ... 

• The scoop from one of other other semifinal teams:

• Meanwhile, a little more north ..

• According to Bitcoin Magazine, Mac Jones gave Bitcoin to all of his offensive linemen, 12 players in all, as a Christmas gift. The article didn't disclose the initial value of the gift, though.  

• "Well, that's no ordinary rabbit. That's the most foul, cruel, and bad-tempered rodent you ever set eyes on."

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 … 

... from Auburn's practice for the upcoming Birmingham Bowl: