Crimson Tide Roll Call: Sunday, July 16, 2023

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

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Countdown to Crimson Tide's 2023 Season Opener:

48 Days.

Did you Notice?

• Team USA defeated Great Britain 7-0 for a rain-soaked, run-rule victory. The win propels Team USA to the WBSC World Cup Finals in Italy next summer. 

Alabama superstar Montana Fouts did not take the circle on Saturday, but she was part of the pitching staff that won four games, totaling 38 strikeouts without allowing a single run in the group stage.

• The Alabama Crimson Tide football program moved into the top five in recruiting rankings after securing its fourth commitment of the week on Saturday. 

• Three Alabama golfers are looking to finish with a strong fourth round in the Scottish Open.

Lee Hodges and Justin Thomas are paired together at 1:18 a.m. CT and Davis Riley will take the course at 1:51 a.m. CT.

Coverage can be streamed live on ESPN+ but can be seen in replay fashion at 11 a.m. CT on CBS.

On This Day in Crimson Tide History:

July 16, 1956: Linebacker Rich Wingo was born in Ekhart, Ind.

July 16, 1989: Days before he was due to arrive at Alabama for orientation, prize signee Deon McLeod died in a drowning accident near his hometown of Ozark. McLeod, projected to be a defensive lineman in college, had starred for the Alabama team in the high school all-star game against Mississippi.

July 16, 2013: Commissioner Mike Slive kicked off SEC Media Days with his annual "brag bag" of accomplishments that were highlighted by the Crimson Tide: "The SEC won its seventh straight BCS national championship, finished the regular season with six teams ranked in the top 10,  the first conference to accomplish such a feat in the history of college football, set a record with 63 NFL Draft picks, more than double that of any other conference, and an SEC football player was awarded the Heisman Trophy for the fourth time in the last six years.

"In addition to winning the national championship in football, we captured titles in men's indoor track and field, gymnastics, women's swimming and diving, equestrian, men's golf, men's outdoor track and field, bringing the total number of national championships won by the SEC to 86 since the year 2000.

At the same time many of our football student-athletes excelled academically. Alabama's Barrett Jones was awarded the national football foundations William V. Campbell Trophy, better known to you as the Academic Heisman. Three of the last four academic All-Americans of the year came from the SEC, namely Barrett Jones in 2012, Alabama's Greg McElroy in 2010, and Florida's Tim Tebow in 2009."

July 16, 2018: Happy birthday to … us! BamaCentral officially went live during SEC media days in Atlanta.

Crimson Tide Quote of the Day:

“That's a good question. It's pretty similar. I would say both weeks -- here you're more likely to be wearing a short sleeve, but you're pretty much looking at whatever that layering piece is is what you're going to be in the entire day. But the thing is for the Open, you're most likely going to be throwing a rain suit on with whatever you have, whether it's that cold or whether it's just raining. That's what I've done many times.

“The one difference at an Open Championship is three of the four days I've just gone to the course in sweatpants and haven't even put golf pants on because I know I'm just going to wear my rain pants over them the entire day.”

Justin Thomas on playing golf in the United Kingdom.

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