Crimson Tide Roll Call: Thursday, December 7, 2023

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Today's Crimson Tide Schedule:

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Crimson Tide Results:

• Women's basketball: Alabama 88 Coastal Carolina 46. Sarah Ashlee Barker (17) and Aaliyah Nye (16) led the team in points with Loyal McQueen (11), Jessica Timmons (10) and Del’Janae “Burger” Williams (10) following with double digits. JeAnna Cunningham collected a career-high of six rebounds, while Essence Cody earned a career-high in blocks (5), helping Alabama tally 37 rebounds and 15 steals in the win. The Crimson Tide improved to 8-2.

Did You Notice?

• Alabama swim and dive men's and women's teams have a 100% graduation rate. 

• Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa leads all players in pro-bowl voting. 

• Pittsburgh Steelers' running back Najee Harris is officially listed as questionable for Thursday's matchup with the Patriots, but he did not practice all week (knee). 

On This Day in Crimson Tide History:

December 7, 1937: Alabama head coach Frank Thomas was the guest speaker at the annual Jacobs Trophy Award Dinner in Clinton, S.C. One of Thomas' star players, Leroy Monsky, accepted the SEC Jacobs Award as the best blocker in the conference. It was only the third time the award was handed out, but he was the second winner from Alabama, the first being quarterback Riley Smith in 1935.

Crimson Tide Quote of the Day:

"Football taught me the virtue of team play and enhanced my leadership qualities. These traits have been most valuable in my Navy career. Football taught me to take hard knocks and come up fighting." – Don Whitmire, an All-American tackle at Alabama (1941-1942) and Navy (1943-1944), who as a rear admiral directed the evacuation of Saigon at the end of the Vietnam War in 1975.

We'll Leave You with This:

Alabama Well Represented in 2023 SEC Football Awards